Happy Holidays from the Staff at IMS Barter

We wish you, your families, employees, and business partners a very happy holiday.

We appreciate the attention you've given IMS Barter throughout 2025, as we celebrated our 40th year in business. You've trusted your broker to connect you with other services in the network and given your valuable time to browse the IMS website and shop the Marketplace—all in the name of supporting your livelihood.

Through these editor's choice articles we've written and republished from BarterGrams (a blast from the past, for longtime clients!), we continue to make efforts to best educate clients on how to leverage our trade exchange as a means to grow business. If you're keeping up with our presence in the news, it's easy to see how barter can impact multiple industries—dentists, hairstylists, chiropractors, and more.

2025 also reintroduced an IMS Holiday Expo to the Las Vegas market! IMS staff hosted clients at the Siena Golf Club to connect, shop, and celebrate the holidays together. This wasn't the only expo put on this year—along with Holiday Expos in nearly every IMS market, we held our first online expo, the Midwest Spring Virtual Expo, and drew attention to the marketplace products our clients were selling via the IMS website.

In the new year, IMS is intent on providing great service and building trust with our clients. We're grateful to serve each and every account. Your broker is your tie to the IMS network. Please continue to reach out with any type of concern, whether it be regarding updating your directory listings on the IMS website or looking for a new service. The mission of IMS is to minimize your cash expenses, attract new customers, and increase your sales.

Top Four Trades of April 2026
At the beginning of each new month, we go back and see what the Top 4 Trades were from the previous month. This helps us understand what our clients are looking for and how trade is supporting them in their daily lives and endeavors.
Top Luxury Stays for Your Dream Golf Vacation
Is your dream to book a high luxury golf vacation with top of the line accommodations and the perfect tee times at a top rate golf course? IMS Barter has properties that are the best of the best near some of the greatest courses. Here is our top twelve luxury stays for your dream golf vacation.
Friendship Marketing: The Barter Strategy Every Business Should Know
IMS Barter is uniquely positioned for the new era of friendship marketing—and how using barter within this relationship-rich environment can deliver meaningful, measurable savings.
The Perfect Golf Day Itinerary: Milwaukee, WI
Wisconsin’s rolling landscape has attracted some of the nation’s most talented course designers as well as top professional golfers and casual weekend players alike. With picturesque landscapes and plenty of courses to choose from, you’ll be sinking that birdie in no time. Check out this perfect golf day itinerary, courtesy of IMS Barter, to see a sampling of what we have to offer.
​Things for a Perfect Staycation
Are you getting that itch, that urge, that NEED to travel again? But you are not ready to make a big trip commitment? We at the IMS Travel Department suggest a staycation! Here are a few elements to consider when planning yours...