I had the good fortunate to present at BrightTALK's SMB Marketing Summit on Wednesday this week. The day was chocked full of great webcasts that provide actionable tips for small and local businesses to help their online presence. This week's edition of Prime Angus Cuts links you to all the tips, best practices, trends, action items, and success factors presented.

Here is my presentation. It's a Matter of Trust: Driving Traffic and Increasing Sales.

Best Practices for Your Social Media Campaigns

Two other presentations that I highly recommend focus on maximizing your results through social media.

Save Time & Increase Impact with a Social Media Home Base

Jennifer Laycock, Editor at Search...

Today VeriSign announced a new partnership with MerchantCircle that helps small businesses drive more happy customers to their doorstep (or home page). MerchantCircle is the nation's largest social network of local business owners. Now its 1.3 million members can standout from the competition in local search results and build increased confidence
with consumers by displaying the VeriSign Trust Seal.

Local and small businesses need a high-impact online presence to succeed. They...

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Announcing the VeriSign Trustâ„¢ Seal Twitter Haiku Contest! The contest begins this Sunday,...

Next week the ecommerce trade show and event calendar explodes. There are three events all in one week that online retailers do not want to miss. Etail West, Miva Merchant Conference, and Parallels Summit are chocked full of great sessions, speakers, and exhibitors. Of course, VeriSign is going to be there too to help you learn how to increase your online sales by instilling trust in customers.

eTail West 2010 February 22-25 in Palm Desert, CA

On Tuesday February 23rd at 1:10pm Tim Callan's session is a must see - How Trust Indicators Can Improve Conversions. Tim is presenting with Vibhav Prasad, VP of Online Marketing at 1-800-Flowers.com as a part of the Customer Acquisition & User Experience Innovation track.

Miva Merchant Conference 2010 February 24-17 in San Diego, CA...