The law of "karma"...
 

Thanks Glenn for sharing Kelly's story...

I've found that, when you help other businesspeople... It almost always comes back to you in a positive way...

Other people can help open new doors to opportunities, as well as help solve your problems... It's always a good thing to do!

Often, you'll find that this is one of the things that separates the success stories, from those who just don't make it... The successful people are more likely to help others...

Best wishes!

Dien

Re: 3 skunks free, you trap and remove - CraigsList Barter Deal Begins
 

Thanks Glenn!

Can't wait to hear the end of the skunk story...

You may need to create a new business card with...


Thanks for sharing! :)

Dien

How I Bartered for 3200 Pounds of Sand on CraigsList
 

Thanks Dien,

This past summer I answered a CraigsList ad about Free Sand.

A young lady had ordered TEN TONS of Clean, Pure, Sand. The perfect
kind you order to put btwn sidewalk paving stones.

"8 tons of Sand in my Front Yard
Come Get it."

How is this BARTER you ask?

Well.

On day 1 - I showed up with a shovel and 20 - Five Gallon Buckets in my
pickup truck.

Jane showed me her Garden beside the house
with her 5 year old daughter -Lucy- dancing around us - in a Pink Leotard.

So I went into my glove compartment.

Made a Paper Rose for her. And Asked PERMISSION to make a Yellow, Pink,
Red and Purple Paper Rose for Her Daughter - Lucy.

Soon Lucy was out with me Ankle Deep in the sand pile
"HELPING" me shovel sand with her Pink Plastic Shovel and Hot Pink
Bucket.

That little girl Talked Non-stop
for an Hour.

I told Mother - Jane - And Daughter Lucy, "I'll be Back tomorrow."

Jane said, "Ok, I won't call the neighbors or any of my gardening friends
until you get all the sand you want."

Day #2 - I Stuck a 2 Inch wide Star on Lucy - for "helping me." And suddenly
a 6 yr old neighbor girl showed up too. I made each of them a Paper Rose.

Day #3 - I made two trips. (Now I had 3 Little Kids "helping me"
shovel sand.)

20 buckets - 5 gallons each wet sand. (A gallon of water weighs 8 lbs.)

So.

20 buckets X 4 Trips = 80 Buckets of sand

40 lbs per bucket

80 Times 40lbs = 3200 pounds of sand

And All Because I BARTERED A Dozen Paper Roses
And Gold Stars I Made - right there in front of the Mom and Daughter.

Without the PAPER ROSE MAGIC
Jane would have called her neighbors
and friends and all the sand would have been Gone
over the 3 days of my Sand Collecting.

I put sand in 5 Of my Raised Bed Gardens
and am Raising WaterMelons and Cantalopes as I Write this.

NEVER could grow watermelons - Until NOW -
Too much clay.

Not anymore.

I've got watermelons bigger than my head Growing.

Thanks,
Glenn

P.S. - Oh yeah - Tell My Magician friend at www.NapkinRose.com
that Glenn Osborn sent you. Might help me Barter for some
more Napkin Rose Colors.

Re: The law of "karma"...
 

I'm wondering if Karma shouldn't be called Charma. Isn't that what we are really doing? Charm has a very positive connotation so it would not be like we were tinkering with a tried and true principle.

How Jack Canfield Barters To Increase His Advance Book Fee to 6-Figures
 

Thanks Dien,

Here's How You Can BARTER to find out what Self Made Millionaires
and Even Self made Billionaires Are REALLY Doing to make make
Big Bucks.

I often work as a "Shadow Consultant" to other Consultants
when they have A CLIENT EMERGENCY.

Dorothy called.

Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hanson had a "How to Write a Best Selling Book"
Seminar coming up in 5 days - 250 Seats where UN-SOLD.

A Staffer Called Dorothy-The-Marketing-Consultant in a PANIC.

a - Dorothy called us. We dictated an Email.

b - Dorothy and the "Team" Emailed millions of "Chicken Soup for the Soul"
book buyers an Offer to SPEAK to and ASK Questions of Mark and Jack
- F-r-e-e.

c - Inside the email we "mentioned" 3 new book authors
Mark and Jack had mentored - would be on the call to share their experience.

AFTER 90 Minutes of the FREEBIE Conference Call all 250 seats SOLD OUT.

As a Result Dorothy told me
How Jack Got a SIX FIGURE Advance on
a book they were writing together.

Jack put the Total Book Sales of His
Previous Book on a page.

Then the # of people on their
"Chicken Soup..." Mailing and Email list.

Then listed the # of Attendees in seats
at their Various Giant Seminars. (Including back of room book sales)

AND a Mock-Up of the book cover.

Table of Contents.

And Bullets and cover design for the back and front of the book.

***The MUNNY TOTAL Went At Bottom.***

BASICALLY
Jack Had his Team
Do all the Work FOR The Book Companies.

Then Jack sent this page to the
TOP DOG at 3 Competing Book
Publishing companies.

With a cover letter that said, "Top Advance Bid Gets This Book."

AND
Waited for his phone to ring.

Thanks,
Glenn

A Trash Can That BARTERS for F-r-e-e Wi Fi Service
 

Thanks Gordon,

Here is a Wangdoozler of a Barter Story!

Glenn

========
========
A Trash Bin That
Barters for Free
Wii Fi

This is Genius!

Some Techies who couldn't find a cell signal
at a Fair Created a Internet Trash Can.

Basically - when you toss in trash
you get a few minutes of F-r-e-e
Wii Fi signal for your phone
or other internet devices.

Here is a YouTube
Link to a video
which should stay up
for a long time.

If Not.

Google- "Wi Fi Trash Bin"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsozqe9Xn8w

Sent in by Arabella in Scotland

How We Bartered 3 FLOWERS for a 350.00 Apple iPad Mini
 

Thanks Gordon,

Paper Roses Cost me about 50 cents each.

Instant Scratch off Lotto tickets - 1.00 each

So I Bartered about 4.50 to Get This 350.00 Apple iPad Mini.

In a Restaurant.

Our Brunette waitress was smiling and happy and
getting us all kinds of Extra stuff from the kitchen.

A clean soup spoon.
More Ketchup. (My Dad puts ketchup on his string beans)
Extra Napkins.

So I smiled and Thanked her
and Gave her a LOTTO ticket.

Then While she watched
I made her a Red Paper Rose
I got at www.Napkinrose.com

Then another LOTTO ticket.

Then a Yellow Rose.

A 3rd Lotto ticket
and a Purple Rose.

This Girl Was Skipping
and dancing.

The end of the meal
comes and Sue
brings over some
Raffle Tickets.

Sue says, "The Restaurant
chain is celebrating it's
20th Anniversary. You've
Been SO Great here are
10 Chances to win a
Free Drink or a meal
or even a Computer."

My Dad is 96 and says,
"What's the holdup?
Let's go."

I am scratching madly away
and say, "Just a minute."

3 Scratch-Cards in and The
spoon I am Scratching cards
with Uncovers the words...

GRAND PRIZE
WINNER

And Darn if I didn't win
an Apple iPod Mini.

I - I put the rest of the
scratch-offs in my pocket
so Sue didn't get into
trouble for giving me
10 Cards.

II - Then we had to wait
for the manager.

III - I signed about 10
pages of FORMS.

IV - The manager is
muttering, "I can't
believe it. 2nd day
of the Promotion
and our only Grand
Prize is gone."

Turns out they
issued ONE Apple
Mini to each Restaurant
and I GOT IT.

Thanks,
Glenn

Re: How Barter Got Dave 30%-50% of the Junk He Sells at his JunkYard
 

Glenn
Nice going, I really like that story

Trevor

Millionaire LIMO Company Owner Builds ENTIRE Biz on Barter
 

Thanks Gordon,

I got Referred to a Fellow
who is what we call a
Serial Entrepreneur.

Meaning he creates,
Operates and sells
multiple businesses
at once.

I was hired to increase
Sales at his LIMO Biz.

I Asked Questions:

#1 - Do you have a Yellow
PAge ad?

NO.

#2 - Do you advertise on the
Radio or TV?

NO.

#3 - Do you have a Website?

YES - but it's just for
show. Doesn't make
us a dime.

#4 - Do you call Past clients
for repeat business?

NO.

#5 - Do you ASK Customers
for Referrals?

NO.

#6 - Not even while they
are DRUNK?

NO.

Exasperated I said, "Well,
How in the World do You
Get Clients to use your
LIMO Service?

ANSWER: "I Barter
Champagne &
A Fr-e-e LIMO Ride
For 2 Plus Use Barter
To Arrange a FREE
Night-On-The-Town
At Swanky Restaurants,
Clubs & Bars with
The Concierge of
Two Major Hotels.

I asked, "Isn't that
Against Hotel Rules?

"Don't The Big
Hotels Have Referral
Deals with XYZ Limo
Service?

CLIENT ANSWER: "They
do but the Concierge
Gets NOTHING for
those referrals.

"So they send All they
can to me.

WOW-MY Marketing Job
was EASY after that.

I Made a List of Big
Hotels and Took the
Concierge To Lunch
and explained
the "Barter-for-Referrals
To-LIMO-Rental-Clients
Plan-BENEFITS."

Several Came on Board
even tho Our LIMO
Barter Referral System
was Somewhat
BLACK - OPPS.

Thanks,
Glenn

Barter Challenge w/Special Forces Soldier
 

Thanks Gordon,

We Got Referred to a Bored Special Forces
Soldier - just Retired from Jumping out
of planes all over the planet.

Sent him CHAPTER I of "Enchanted NLP V#1"
And Wally Said, "This is GREAT. People Act WEIRD
when I ask them Any One of your 4 Questions."

So I Challenged him a bit.

"Wally, You probably can't Do This but Here's how
I meet All the Waitresses AND the Manager of Restaurants
BEFORE I meet a Potential Client."

"If you do it RIGHT. You Can CONTROL the Restaurant
and Lead All the people there - Pied Piper Style."

"Get 100.00 in One dollar bills. Flirt Tip Every Waitress
who passes your Table with 1.00 Bills.

"Then Make Friends with the folks at a table near yours
and tell them you want to impress a client when they
arrive. Hand a Volunteer at their table 10 - 1.00 bills.
And SAY, "Everytime I hand the waitress a 1.00 bill
YOU do it too, OK?"

"You Are Soon KING of The Restaurant. Waitresses
and cooks Dancing around and giggling and Piling
food on your table. AND the Prospect is Much
More likely to PAY You When he or she sees
you Leading 100's of people."

Wally said, "I'm going to TRY THAT with my Mother-in-Law
at the Table on my Wife's Anniversary dinner."

RESULTS?

Wally Reported back, "Wow, everything worked Fantastic.
Even my Mother-in-Law was Impressed at the Service.
And finally SHUT UP. The Joint was Jumping.
And when we left 7 waitresses
lined up at the door to Say Thank You."

I asked, "Did you tip them all another dollar
on the way out?"

Laughter, "OF COURSE."

Wally Then sent me 913.79 for the REST of the
"Enchanted NLP Invisible Persuasion-Program.

Thanks,
Glenn