I blogged last week here about the LinkedIn Poll MyVenturePad posted: a chance for small and mid-sized businesses to voice their views on “Who SMBs trust most when making a business software purchasing decision" – and wanted to give an update on the results. We’ve had some extremely valuable comments, mainly centered on peers and peer groups being a missing choice in the poll. Have a look at our results. So far, with 298 respondents, tech evaluation sites and independent bloggers / independent analysts are tied for being main influencers in those decisions, with tech evaluation sites slightly ahead.

Leading up to our webinar this week on the “The Stimulus package, what it means for small and mid- sized businesses and how to discover a 'hidden stimulus' within your own business" [Register here], we’ve leveraged other opportunities to provide LinkedIn members a place to voice their views.    

On LinkedIn Answers a Featured Question was posted by Chad Moutray, Chief Economist of SBA.gov, which refers to the webinar this Wednesday. I’ll leave you with that question and the program line-up and description for July 29th webinar.

$787 billion helps. However, there are quite a few opportunities that may be found from within your business to help stimulate your success. What are your thoughts and suggestions on these "hidden opportunities" and how to find them?

Join the live discussion and follow the thread of comments which include numerous SMB business leaders.

Chad Moutray is the Chief Economist at the US Small Business Administration (SBA) and will lead off “The Economic Stimulus and Your Business" which takes place on July 29th at 2pm EST. Other Webinar panelists include: Steve King, SMB Expert, Emergent Research and @Smallbizlabs, and Sam Sliman, Optimal Solutions.