As a businessperson, you know that the online market presents a vast, largely untapped opportunity. But how do you go about making the most of that opportunity? Whether you're one of the many merchants already using PayPal--or thinking about becoming one--this book will show you how PayPal can help integrate services like credit card payments, subscription billing, online invoicing, and more to help grow your business and improve the bottom line. Both casual sellers and established business owners will learn how to use PayPal to: Assist customers--from accepting credit cards to allowing bank payments Manage money--from getting paid to helping you avoid fraud Apply reports--from assessing inventory to tracking profits Maximize growth--from expanding marketing to increasing sales PayPal has the tools and this book shares the skills you need to learn, apply, and grow your business.

In "The PayPal Official Insider Guide to Mobile Profits," readers will learn about such topics as initiating PayPal Mobile merchant operations, creating and managing PayPal Mobile accounts, allowing mobile-based recurring payments, facilitating mobile consumer P2P exchanges, processing mobile credit card transactions, and much more.

Technology moves fast. So do criminals. Cyber attacks hit large and small merchants alike, phishers and fraudsters seem to be everywhere, and identity theft is prevalent. But this is not the end of the world, and you can’t afford to hide in the closet. Your customers are online, on their smartphones, and buying goods and services in a virtual market that’s growing at an amazing rate. You’ve got to ride this digital wave, but also make sure you don’t get wiped out by the bad guys. This guide helps you to choose strong passwords, install virus software on your computers, educate employees about phishing emails, and safeguard your customers’ personal information. This PayPal Press guide is to be your partner in anticrime, to share what we know about protecting your business and customers, and to help you grow and thrive.

This book demonstrates to sellers that social media is the ideal focus and PayPal is the best tool to grow profits in today's online marketplace. Key social media sales strategies, tactics, action plans, and real-world success stories for all kinds of sellers are presented, making it easier for sellers to choose the right solutions with PayPal. This book shows sellers how they can deploy PayPal payment tools, products, and services through their presence on social media. Sellers will see how to apply PayPal via custom apps, buttons, badges, widgets, and more. Sellers using PayPal can help buyers make transactions as part of their regular networking on posts, blogs, tweets, podcasts, videos, group-sites, and more. This book provides a PayPal playbook to help casual sellers and established business owners use social media to build better ongoing customer relationships and more profits online.

SELLING YOUR CRAFTS ONLINE Sell your handmade crafts and artwork worldwide on the Web! Do you sell your own handmade crafts or artwork? There’s a whole world of customers beyond what you find at crafts shows and malls. For the first time in history, there’s a great way to reach them: the Internet! In Selling Your Crafts Online, Michael Miller guides you step by step through succeeding in the world’s biggest online crafts marketplaces and attracting new customers where millions of them already hang out. Miller offers crafts-specific tips and advice on everything from creating listings to getting a fair price, processing payments to providing outstanding service. No matter what you make or where you already sell it, you can earn a better living if you also sell online. This guide will help you get started, get successful, and stay successful! -- Create a quick “mini” business plan that improves your chances of success -- Discover what sells best online–and what doesn’t -- Predict your costs, see what competitors are doing, and set your best price -- Write compelling listings and take great photos, even if you’re not a professional writer or photographer -- Create an attractive online presence on Etsy, eBay, and other sites -- Discover and compare growing online marketplaces you never knew existed -- Decide whether it makes sense to create your own craft-selling website -- Set yourself up to accept credit cards, PayPal, or other payment services -- Pack, seal, and ship your merchandise safely without overspending -- Answer questions, handle complaints, and offer guarantees -- Track your inventory -- Promote your business on Pinterest and beyond -- Measure your success and learn from experience

What if you discovered a blueprint that could grow your brand’s reputation and loyalty, dramatically reduce customer service issues, produce content and technology, and cement a powerful, lasting relationship between you and your customers? Communities have been a popular topic since the rise of the Internet and social media, but few companies have consistently harnessed their power, driven tangible value, and effectively measured their return on investment (ROI) like Salesforce.com, Star Citizen via Kickstarter, and Red Hat. Companies such as PayPal, Facebook, Bosch, Microsoft, CapitalOne, and Google, have also built communities inside their organizations, which have fostered innovation, broken down silos, and helped their organizations to operate more efficiently and collaboratively. People Powered helps C-suite leaders, founders, marketers, customer advocates, and community leaders gain a competitive advantage by answering the following questions: What is the key value proposition of building a community? What kind of community do we need and how do we build and integrate it into our organization? How do we incentivize and encourage people to get involved, build reliable growth, and keep community members engaged? How do we develop authentic, productive relationships with community members both online and in person? How do we get departmental buy-in, hire effectively, and create consistent, reliable community engagement skills in our organization? What are the strategic and tactical pitfalls and roadblocks we need to avoid? How do we make sure that our community continues to grow with us—and more importantly, how do we make sure that we continue to grow with them? People Powered pulls together over 20 years of pragmatic experience into a clear, simple methodology and blueprint to not just answer these questions, but deliver results. Don’t get left behind—become an industry trailblazer and ensure your company’s longevity by tapping into the most dynamic force both outside and inside your organization: the people.

High Growth Handbook is the playbook for growing your startup into a global brand. Global technology executive, serial entrepreneur, and angel investor Elad Gil has worked with high-growth tech companies including Airbnb, Twitter, Google, Stripe, and Square as they’ve grown from small companies into global enterprises. Across all of these breakout companies, Gil has identified a set of common patterns and created an accessible playbook for scaling high-growth startups, which he has now codified in High Growth Handbook. In this definitive guide, Gil covers key topics, including: · The role of the CEO · Managing a board · Recruiting and overseeing an executive team · Mergers and acquisitions · Initial public offerings · Late-stage funding. Informed by interviews with some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley, including Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn), Marc Andreessen (Andreessen Horowitz), and Aaron Levie (Box), High Growth Handbook presents crystal-clear guidance for navigating the most complex challenges that confront leaders and operators in high-growth startups.