When you signup for PayPal, you can start accepting credit card payments instantly. As the world’s number one online payment service, PayPal is the fastest way to open your doors to over 150 million member accounts worldwide. Best of all, it’s completely free to sign up!

The PayPal Business Account features:

• Low cost. No start-up or monthly fees, no cancellation fees, and no minimum payments. Lower transaction fees than other merchant accounts
• Quick setup. Sign up and get started in minutes. No extra software or hardware needed
• Security. As an industry leader in fraud prevention and risk management, PayPal has 60%-70% lower fraud loss rates than other merchant accounts
• Network of buyers. One in three online buyers in the U.S. has a PayPal account, and over 58,000 users worldwide sign up for PayPal each day.

To sign up or learn more, visit: PayPal’s Website.

Business without profit is not business any more than a pickle is a candy

~ Charles F Abbott

Find out which websites are making the most money via Top Earning Websites In The World

Hats off to Sean Rasmussen for his excellent post about the pros and cons of using paypal. Click here to read his post.

Is your website an asset or a liability?  If your website is not making you money, consider the following strategies:

1. Promotion, promotion, promotion - SEO (Search Engine Optimization), SEM (Search Engline Marketing), Local portals, Banner ads, Web rings, etc.
2. Content - Get repeat business by posting interesting content that gets prospects clicking in (and away from the competition), keeps them on your website longer, and encourages them to come back. 
3. Web Hooks – something you can give away that entices prospects to give you their email address, and permission to market to them e.g. newsletter subscriptions, white papers
4. Sell advertising space – on your website or newletter
5. Affiliate programs – amazon, etc.
6. Social marketing sites – facebook.com, youtube.com, linkedin.com, blogspot, etc.
7. Improve your website – It’s the web that all the others should point to to close the sale. Review it and figure out how to make it better and faster – from your customer’s point of view!

6 business bibles
5 Website tests
4 Website links
3 Search sites
2 Podcasts, and
a chance to win a cool prize pack!

These are two of the topics David Cohen and I will be discussing on the Small Business Big Ideas Radio Show on Sunday, December 7th, 2008 between 9 and 10 a.m. Why not listen in via the web by going to www.ckdo.ca (press the ‘listen live’ button). You can also call in 905-723-1580 with your questions if you’d like? If you can’t listen to the show in real time, make a note to listen to the podcast afterwards at Small Business Big Ideas Radio Show. Wish me luck!