{"id":2699,"date":"2026-08-05T18:22:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T18:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/2026\/08\/05\/lfn-256-how-to-get-local-businesses-to-accept-gold-silver-16-years-of-counter-economy-lessons\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T18:22:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T18:22:51","slug":"lfn-256-how-to-get-local-businesses-to-accept-gold-silver-16-years-of-counter-economy-lessons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/lfn-256-how-to-get-local-businesses-to-accept-gold-silver-16-years-of-counter-economy-lessons\/","title":{"rendered":"LFN #256 &#8211; How to Get Local Businesses to Accept Gold &amp; Silver (16 Years of Counter-Economy Lessons)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2699-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/2zv58h7akqd8ceen\/LFN256.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/2zv58h7akqd8ceen\/LFN256.mp3\">https:\/\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/2zv58h7akqd8ceen\/LFN256.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>I&#8217;ve spent over 16 years building the counter-economy. Trading precious metals for goods and services with real businesses. Actual trades, actual people, actual yeses.<\/p>\n<p>In this video I break down exactly how I do it. The scripts, the mindset, and the moves that get a business owner nodding instead of staring at you like you just asked to pay in seashells.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll learn:<\/p>\n<p>How to walk up to a farmers market vendor and get a yes on the spot<br \/>\nWhy pitching a brick and mortar is a completely different game than pitching an online shop<br \/>\nHow to know what to pay so you&#8217;re never overpaying or insulting the person across the counter<br \/>\nThe objections you&#8217;ll hit before you even open your mouth, and how to handle them<\/p>\n<p>This is what&#8217;s worked for me across hundreds of real transactions&#8230; building a parallel economy that doesn&#8217;t need the dollar or the banking system to function.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to go deeper, join us this Saturday, August 8th, for the Exit &amp; Build Virtual Summit 2. Jeremy Cordon, founder of Goldback, is speaking on using spendable gold in everyday commerce. Free to attend.<\/p>\n<p>Grab your spot here:<\/p>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/exitandbuild.com\/virtual'>https:\/\/exitandbuild.com\/virtual<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve spent over 16 years building the counter-economy. Trading precious metals for goods and services with real businesses. Actual trades, actual people, actual yeses. In this video I break down exactly how I do it. The scripts, the mindset, and the moves that get a business owner nodding instead of staring at you like you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}