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Posted on August 20, 2017Upcoming scheduled maintenance on 15.08.2017
Dear customers, we are scheduling a system maintenance on Tuesday, August 15th from 21:00 to 21:30 (CEST UTC/GMT+2) during which our services may not work.
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Posted on August 18, 2017How to Boost Employee Retention With a Better Onboarding Program
Congratulations! You’ve found a stellar employee who will add tremendous value to the growth of your business. But even though the ink is dry on your offer letter, you’re not done yet.
It’s time to onboard your new hire. How you welcome them into the fold will determine if the new employee you just spent months recruiting will stay for the long haul or bolt after a few short months or even weeks.
Here’s how to build an employee onboarding program that will effectively train new staff members and keep them happily employed for the long run.
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Posted on August 17, 2017How to Learn These Wildly Useful Business Skills From Home
Whether you are a Harvard lecturer or a do-it-yourself entrepreneur, we all stand to benefit by learning a new skill.
In the age of the internet, you don't even need to step into a classroom to get educated.
From learning how to fine tune marketing techniques to mastering a new language, there are scores of websites that offer resources to help you develop your skill sets. Many of these online resources are free, and all of them can be done in your spare time from the comfort of your home.
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Posted on August 17, 2017Essential Financial Ratios for Small Businesses…Simplified
All too often, businesses work to increase their sales without regard to their actual cash position… and this can spell disaster for a small business owner.
In fact, many business analysts point to poor cash management as the number one reason that businesses go bankrupt.
If your business’s cash management could use some attention, don’t despair! A few simple financial rations can make a world of difference.
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Posted on August 17, 2017Company spotlight: FastSpring and the revolution of SaaS
In the early 2000s, the SaaS industry saw rapid growth, extending to many different industries including eCommerce, human resources, business intelligence/analytics and accounting. In addition to large players like IBM and Salesforce, small companies all over the world began developing their own SaaS products. This growth continues today, with Gartner reporting that the public SaaS market grew to a staggering $204 billion in 2016, and Forrester projecting a compound annual growth rather of 22% until 2020.
However, while the industry was growing at incredible rates, the ease of doing business had not kept up. SaaS providers were struggling with setting up their eCommerce storefronts. Many found that traditional eCommerce enablement platforms were not well suited to their needs, lacking robust customer support and the flexibility to address their unique business models.
In 2005, a group of eCommerce veterans saw the beginnings of these trends and decided to change the SaaS game. They started with a mission – bypass the legacy systems that had been dragging the SaaS industry down, while addressing the contemporary needs of a universal customer. As a result, FastSpring was born – the first flexible, full-stack digital commerce platform for software, SaaS, content, or anything-as-a-service businesses.
What is FastSpring?
FastSpring is a robust and technologically advanced eCommerce platform that allows users to sell digital products through online, mobile, and in-app experiences. The company has revolutionized the eCommerce storefront to maximize conversions, increase sales, and ultimately grow business.
The founders of FastSpring believed that superior customer support and service, for both sellers and buyers, was an important differentiator in a market well known for woeful treatment of customers. That mentality remains paramount. In addition to 24 Hour customer support, FastSpring gives its sellers full control of their customer experience. This next-generation contextual commerce product supports the latest digital commerce business models and customer experiences. Plus, FastSpring is incredibly easy to integrate and start using; on average, you can get started selling online in just a few hours.
Fueling growth for digital goods
Today, FastSpring is helping SaaS providers and software developers expand across global markets. Beginning with VSBs and SMBs, the company now also services divisions of larger companies including Adobe, Telestream and Random House. FastSpring continues to adapt and evolve with customers who have shifted from download/one-time-purchase sales to cloud-based/subscription models using their recurring payment software. Most recently, an integration with Payoneer has enabled FastSpring customers to accept payments from over 200 countries and territories, and offer a variety of fast and flexible payment methods.
Looking forward, FastSpring aims to continue its innovation by offering uniquely differentiated products. FastSpring storefronts will evolve with the eCommerce industry as payment processing, recurring billing, and back office becomes increasingly developed and integrated. Over time, SaaS will continue to change radically. FastSpring strives to be an integral part of the emerging fabric for this digital transformation.
FastSpring is now the a leading SaaS eCommerce platform, powering thousands of successful entrepreneurs in over 200 countries. To sign up for FastSpring, head to www.fastspring.com and create a free account to begin selling from your website. Creating an eCommerce storefront has never been easier.
Learn more about selling on FastSpring
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Posted on August 17, 2017GoCardless Career Switchers: From office manager to marketing executive
At GoCardless, we believe in supporting our people to develop their strengths in different ways, to help them reach their full potential. Some even end up embarking on a whole new career path while still working at GoCardless.
In our new Career Switchers series we meet some of the GoCardless people who have changed careers during their time with us. First up is Sally, who started out as the GoCardless office manager, then made a big leap into the marketing team.
Who are you?
I'm Sally, I've been at GoCardless for nearly two years. I joined the company almost fresh from university, where I studied Spanish and Portuguese - and got to enjoy living abroad for a year.
Tell us about your past and current roles
At first, I was brought on as the office manager, responsible for making sure the office was the best place possible for my colleagues, and organising all of our social events. I also lent a hand with payroll and benefits, onboarding of new team members and implementing our volunteer programme.
In my current role as marketing executive I'm a generalist, lending a hand within the marketing team and absorbing as much information as possible. At the moment I'm helping with our content, product marketing, marketing ops and vertical marketing teams, doing everything from strategy to creation and implementation across all levels of our marketing funnel. I never know what's coming next!
Why did you choose to change career focus?
It was a combination of feeling like I could add more value for the company in another discipline, along with wanting to interact with our product more often.
Why did you choose to stay at GoCardless?
It wasn't an option to move away! GoCardless has the most talented, generous and wonderful people across the board, a product that's actually solving a problem in the payments industry, a culture that nurtures growth and an engaging vision. It's a really exciting time for the company and I wanted to stay part of it.
What kind of support did GoCardless offer to help you switch?
I raised my thoughts with my manager early on, and she was very receptive. She quickly got me connected with our VP Marketing, along with other members of the Marketing team to learn more about the variety within each role. Once I moved to Marketing, GoCardless offered me the chance to join a mentoring scheme, matching me with an experienced mentor in the same field. This has been a godsend. Everyone should have a mentor!
What do you like best about your new role?
I enjoy seeing my impact across our product and marketing channels. I like problem solving - there's lots of it - and trying to think of creative solutions. I feel that I’m really contributing... and I’m being given plenty of responsibility. There's always something to learn... as I'm surrounded by a talented and experienced team. It was daunting at first but learning from them is such a pleasure. I'm forever improving and that's a real driver for me.
Have there been any particular challenges?
There's just so much to learn. I don’t have specific marketing experience, and what’s more, trying to get to grips with our product has been a (welcome) challenge! To stop it becoming too overwhelming I had to remind myself to break things down into sections. For example, instead of trying to learn everything about Google Analytics, I've started by just learning the areas I need to build a relevant dashboard for the task at hand. It always helps to consolidate learning with real life usage.
Finally, what are your future plans?
I’m thoroughly enjoying the ride, soaking up as much information as I can from my colleagues. As someone new to marketing, I can learn so much from my fellow marketers, which always keeps me going - and always makes me push myself. I think my next steps would include specialising in a certain area of marketing... but I don't want to give away any spoilers right now...
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Posted on August 16, 2017How to use Altcoins with SolidTrust Pay
Did you know that you can buy and sell Bitcoin with SolidTrust Pay? Simply create an account and follow these instructions! You can either buy Bitcoin from your account or convert it to USD and make a withdrawal using the method of your choice. We use a service that tracks the value of Bitcoin and exchanges it at whatever the current rate is.
In addition to Bitcoin, there are several other cryptocurrencies that are gaining recognition and popularity, including Litecoin, Ether and Dogecoin. With SolidTrust Pay, you can turn these “altcoins” into cash by depositing them into your SolidTrust Pay wallet and having them instantly converted to USD.
Here’s how:
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Navigate to your Deposit Money Area by clicking My Money -> Deposit Funds within your account and choose the “Bitcoin/Altcoins” option.
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Enter the amount of money in USD you wish to withdraw from your altcoin wallet, check the Bitcoin Deposit option, enter your secondary password and click Deposit Funds.
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Carefully read the details of your transaction, including the fees and total amount you will receive, then press the CONFIRM Transaction button.
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Choose the coin you wish to use for your deposit from the dropdown menu (in the examples below, we chose Ether).
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Enter your altcoin address, click Pay with Ether and press Continue!
Please note: Paying with altcoins takes a little longer than paying with bitcoins.
Expect a delay of 30-90 seconds before we register your payment.The following is an up-to-date list of cryptocurrencies that you can use with SolidTrust Pay:
Bitcoin
Litecoin
Ether
Startcoin
TetherUSD
Dogecoin
Reddcoin
Peercoin
StorjX
Nubits
Novacoin
Digibyte
Mastercoin
Counterparty
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Posted on August 16, 2017Company spotlight: Exclusive Q&A with Shutterstock’s CMO, Jeff Weiser
Payoneer is proud to announce that we are now working with Shutterstock!
We sat down with Jeff Weiser, Chief Marketing Officer at Shutterstock, to learn more about this innovative creative platform.Introduction to Shutterstock
What is Shutterstock and who is it for?
Shutterstock is a New York based technology company and leading global provider of high-quality licensed photographs, vectors, illustrations, videos and music to businesses, marketing agencies and media organizations around the world. Working with its growing community of over 225,000 contributors, Shutterstock adds hundreds of thousands of images each week, and currently has more than 150 million images and 7 million video clips available.
What makes Shutterstock different from other stock photography companies?
Shutterstock is first and foremost a technology company, when it launched in 2003, it was the first stock photo provider to make a subscription model available for customers, completely disrupting the industry. Shutterstock invests heavily in its platform with industry leading search technology that allows our customers to find exactly the right image from our enormous catalogue as well as the addition of a new generation of workflow tools for customers.
Most recently, Shutterstock introduced new search technology including ‘color search’ and ‘more from this artist’ to make the work in the library even more discoverable. These are just a few of the new features Shutterstock has on the horizon that will allow its global customer base to dig deeper, filter in multiple ways, and get to the content they want faster and with increased accuracy.
From a contributor standpoint, Shutterstock empowers artists by giving them access to reach millions. Shutterstock serves 1.7 million customers from 150+ countries and has paid over $500 million in contributor earnings. See 2017 Contributor Earnings Report.
What types of creative content/photography are most popular right now?
Trends and fashions come and go, and our contributors need to stay ahead of what the market demands. To help with this, every year Shutterstock publishes a Creative Trends Report that takes the vast amount of download and search data that the company has and distills the information into a guide that defines what customers are going to be looking for in the year ahead. This year the four trends that defined the landscape were Head up Display, white textured background, halftone and emojis. The cultural trends were a look at nostalgia, faith and future technology, while in design trends nature and tech created an interesting tension.
2017 Creative Trends Report.
For Contributors (Photographers, Videographer, Music & Illustrators) :
Once my content is online on Shutterstock, how can I best promote it?
Contributors can easily earn more by promoting their work and collection on social media. It is easy to share sets on Twitter or Facebook with a broader audience. Many of our prolific contributors also have their own personal websites that act as a showcase for their images.
If contributors want to earn more cash from the site, Shutterstock also has an important referral program. Every Contributor referral earns you 10% of the sale price of each of their downloads for the first year. Every Customer referral earns you up to 20% of the price of their first purchase. Learn more.”
What is your strongest base of buyers (demographically and geographically)? How can I best target them?
Shutterstock serves millions of customers from 150+ countries. We have found that the more local content that customers can find the more they buy, so we strongly encourage our contributors to look for things that make the people and places they live in come to life. Certainly anything with people in it tends to sell very well across the world. Authentic imagery is also in high demand at the moment. People doing everyday things, in parks, at cafes, heading to work or out at play. But don’t forget to get a valid model release.
I’d like to get started with Shutterstock today, where should I begin?
Signing up for a Contributor account is easy. Head to ‘Become a contributor’ and get started. Then download our free Contributor Success Guide and our Market Success Guide Here.
How can I receive payments from Shutterstock?
Shutterstock makes payments available via Payoneer, PayPal, Skrill and check.
Going Forward
How do you see the future of this industry? Where are the big opportunities?
With more and more channels of distribution available for marketers, there continues to be a huge demand for images and video to fill these channels. Images are proven to help sales wherever you are marketing, in email, on social images and video can make the difference between a sale or not. We live in such a visual world today where everyone is a photographer, that images have become a way to communicate effectively, globally.
Where do you think Shutterstock will be in 5 years?
We will continue growing our current business, but with a stronger focus on workflow tools for our customers. They should be able to do what they need to do from our site and we are building things like Editor and new features in our Collections in order to help them get their jobs done better and faster. We continue to invest in search technology will improve dramatically with machine learning & artificial intelligence, making our content more discoverable.
To learn more about how you can become a contributor for Shutterstock, click here.
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Posted on August 16, 2017How to integrate eZ Cash with Payoneer
Great news for Payoneer and eZ Cash users! You can now withdraw funds directly from your Payoneer account to your eZ Cash account in Sri Lankan rupees, easily and quickly.
eZ Cash is an e-wallet service, enabling users to perform a wide array of financial transactions, directly from their mobile device. The ease and simplicity of the eZ Cash platform allows users to pay bills, make purchases and complete other transactions, with a simple sign-up process and low fees, all done via mobile. The company is approved by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.
Payoneer has now partnered with eZ Cash, so that users can withdraw funds from their Payoneer account directly to their eZ Cash Cash account.
How to pair Payoneer with eZ Cash
1. Log in to eZ Cash on your desktop computer.
2. Click on the Payoneer banner.
3. Enter your eZ Cash Wallet Number in the box and click Verify.
4. You will receive a push notification to the mobile device number that is paired with your eZ Cash account. The notification will include a secret PIN.
5. On your mobile device, you will be prompted to enter your PIN in the eZ Cash app. Enter your pin and press Send.
6. Once the PIN is authorized, you will see this screen on your mobile device.
7. Once authorization is complete, you will be redirected to a Payoneer page on your desktop automatically.
8. After signing in with Payoneer credentials, you will be redirected back to the eZ Cash website on your desktop.
9. Integration is now complete.
How to withdraw funds from Payoneer to eZ Cash
1. On your mobile device, dial your USSD short code.
2. Select Foreign Remittances by entering 7 to the USSD menu, and pressing Send.
3. Select Payoneer by entering 2 to the USSD menu and pressing Send.
4. Enter the amount you would like to withdraw from your Payoneer account into your eZ Cash wallet in USD ($) and press Send. (In this example, a user is withdrawing $50.)
5. To confirm the withdrawal, enter your secret PIN code and click Send.
6. eZ Cash will confirm the withdrawal with Payoneer, and you will see this screen:
7. Once withdrawal is confirmed, you will receive an SMS notification with transaction details.
* NOTE: eZ Cash will automatically credit your eZ Cash account with Sri Lankan rupees.Link my Payoneer account to eZ Cash »
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Posted on August 15, 20175 essential sales techniques that we must all master
When I tell people that I work in sales, I see their smiles falter momentarily, thinking “Alright, what is this guy trying to sell me?”
Sadly, to many, the word “selling” implies manipulating, pressuring, haggling- not unlike the snarky and slick salesman stereotypes portrayed in television shows and in movies. I aim to deflate that stereotype and exonerate that slick-haired salesman that we all have grown to love to hate.For a moment, join me in redefining what it means to sell.
When simply put, “selling” someone a product or an idea is essentially explaining to a potential client the rationale and benefits of said product or idea. Now, this could be anything – a business proposition with a potential partner, a pitch to your boss of why you deserve a promotion, or even a negotiation with your toddler about why plastic toy figurines simply do not belong in the radiator. The bottom line is we are all in sales, regardless of what our actual job description reads.
Knowing how to make a good sale is, at its core, knowing how to communicate efficiently, effectively and productively. And we can all agree, communication skills are critical to everyone. After all, we are all selling something.
Here are five basic sales skills that I believe are instrumental to increasing one’s success both professionally and personally.
1. Asking qualifying questions
Customer discovery is essential. Ask questions. Get to know the needs of your buyers. The more information you gather about your prospect, the more you will know if your product fit is right for them and the easier it will be for them to make a suitable, well-informed decision. If you do not ask the right qualifying questions, you’ll never know your customer needs and you won’t be able to help them adequately.
2. Listening carefully
You just asked a myriad of well thought out and on point questions. Great. Now be prepared to LISTEN to the answers. Never forget the ratio of two ears to one mouth. Listen more, talk less. It’s important that, as you listen, you internalize what is being said by keeping an open mind and possibly discovering new ways you can make a connection.
3. Developing a connection
People usually want to do business with people they like. To develop a connection, one must listen to the details. Pay attention to the small stuff (like birthdays, hobbies, interests etc). Be mindful of their interests and use this information to make a connection. Always try to build a lifelong relationship.
4. Telling a story
Everyone loves a good story. Using anecdotes, whether personal or otherwise, helps make your sales pitch not only an entertaining one, but a memorable one too. Stories that provoke an emotional response of any kind tend to stay with people. In order for a client to accept your sale, they have to remember you.
5. Presenting a solution
So we’ve learned some information on our prospect, listened intently, developed a bond; now we go in for the close. Be clear, concise and on point as to why your solution should be considered. Always present yourself as the key to helping the customer succeed.
As the Director of Business Development at Payoneer, this is my approach to all of our customers. Your success is my success – if I can help you figure out how to answer a problem, then I can create a long-lasting, mutually-beneficial relationship. My clients, themselves, are also sales people; you are business leaders, merchants, freelancers, entrepreneurs. You understand and value a personalized sales process that centers on how we can help each other grow.
When you focus on benefits and solutions, and when you can address an unmet need of your customer, you’re sure to see your business succeed.
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