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Although education directory CourseAdvisor was receiving more than one million unique visitors a month, it still wanted to maximize the percentage of users that completed information requests and converted into qualified leads. In testing the TRUSTe Web Privacy Seal's impact on conversions when displayed, CourseAdvisor saw a 9% boost. Read More

Another Masterclass presented by Tibor Shanto and Top Sales Experts. "What's in Your Pipeline?", looks at things reps need to do that go beyond skills and technique. Read More

Most small business owners and entrepreneurs now realize it's important to have a presence on the Web so that your customers can learn more about you and even shop for your products online. But just being on the Web isn't good enough. You also have to be an authority on the Web. Think about your company for a second. What ever widget you sell y Read More

Esra'a Al Shafei put it all in perspective Saturday. Speaking via Skype from her home in Bahrain, the founder and Executive Director of MideastYouth.com, showed the crowd gathered at Social South the true power of social media, the internet and the idea of freedom. Read More

Using social media to promote yourself seems to be becoming more and more important for web worker, but figuring out the best was to do can be difficult. Chis Guillebeau and Gwen Bell have brought together a guide that demystifies the process: “The Unconventional Guide to the Social Web.” Read More

Vancouver-HQ'd local search firm Canpages is acquiring online social media platform GigPark today. The platform allows users to find local businesses and services through recommendations from friends, and to make recommendations themselves. Read More

In this guest post on the Small Business CEO, Laura Pettit Rusick, of http://www.optsolutionsinc.com/ gives four challenges and their attendant solutions for helping small to medium-sized businesses to tackle the kinds of projects that can help them grow. If you are in charge of an SMB seeking to take on the larger projects needed to take your com Read More

If you don't live in one of these top cities for entrepreneurs MOVE! Just kidding. Actually, with Internet technology it seems likely just about any place could be a good place for starting your small business venture. Still, this slide show with commentary from Inc.com is an interesting overview of cities that rate highest for successful startup Read More

This small biz tips video from CNN Money looks at credit crunch solutions for small to medium sized businesses impacted by the tightening of lending from conventional banks. The solution dealt with in this video is factor lending, a process by which a third party company advances part of the money on an invoice after services or products are deliv Read More

Networking for your business can be a really cost effective way to generate leads and referrals...but only if you're doing it right. Learn the 10 steps that you can follow that will have you networking with the best of them. Read More