Twitter Link Roundup #185 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More
Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account, I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design, web design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!
The video above shows the world’s highest Base Jump – from Mt. Everest.
Hire People Who Make Things Happen (get rid of the rest) – http://crowdspring.co/11Y7GAr
How To Apologize Online – http://crowdspring.co/17x2NHn
You Cannot Learn If You Are Not Willing To Listen – http://crowdspring.co/11BbFaF
Want to become a better public speaker and promote your business? Here are 10 tips – http://crowdspring.co/1a7Y677
How To Say No To People Who Want To Pick Your Brain – http://crowdspring.co/12h3kIV
5 Smart Ways to Resurrect your Customers – http://crowdspring.co/11PZ5zD
The one cost engineers and product managers don’t consider – http://crowdspring.co/1c2k7kj
Everyone is wrong: The surprising advantage to being a working mom | PandoDaily – http://crowdspring.co/12nnHUD
Kickstarter messed up, but here’s a good lesson in how a company should apologize for a mistake – http://crowdspring.co/11RFTBJ
The origin of the 8 hour work day and why we should rethink it | The Buffer Blog – http://crowdspring.co/17x3q3H
An Initial Sales Rep Comp Plan to Lower Your Stress Level, Increase Cash, and Make Everyone Money – http://crowdspring.co/18bfuHt
Hire People Who Make Things Happen (get rid of the rest) – http://crowdspring.co/11Y7GAr
Everyone is wrong: The surprising advantage to being a working mom | PandoDaily – http://crowdspring.co/12nnHUD
You Cannot Learn If You Are Not Willing To Listen – http://crowdspring.co/11BbFaF
Don’t look for talent, find people who do things – http://crowdspring.co/15rhpRH
How To Apologize Online – http://crowdspring.co/17x2NHn
Head Designer of Mint on Why Great Design isn’t about Making Things Pretty – http://crowdspring.co/12iOvFE
How startups can learn more while building less – http://crowdspring.co/11qhgQP
Old Ideas Are Better Than The Idea You Just Thought Of | TechCrunch – http://crowdspring.co/1cjsZSQ
Learn to savor your mistakes | by Chris Yeh – http://crowdspring.co/177Vp1F
Stop thinking big and start thinking small | by Chris Yeh – http://crowdspring.co/17kCfWz
Want to become a better public speaker and promote your business? Here are 10 tips – http://crowdspring.co/1a7Y677
How To Say No To People Who Want To Pick Your Brain – http://crowdspring.co/12h3kIV
How To Deal With Startup Failure: Reload | Forbes – http://crowdspring.co/15rhAfT
Good lessons about leadership and why inspiring leaders are most respected | HBR – http://crowdspring.co/176LsBq
An Initial Sales Rep Comp Plan to Lower Your Stress Level, Increase Cash, and Make Everyone Money – http://crowdspring.co/18bfuHt
10 Best Websites for Recruiting Remote Talent | http://Noobpreneur.com – http://crowdspring.co/18aKyqR
If you think Silicon Valley can’t innovate, you’re not looking hard enough — http://crowdspring.co/11VjSBS
Chicago startups connecting with big local companies, entrepreneurs and corporations | by Wailin Wong – http://crowdspring.co/11Wjtzg
5 Smart Ways to Resurrect your Customers – http://crowdspring.co/11PZ5zD
The origin of the 8 hour work day and why we should rethink it | The Buffer Blog – http://crowdspring.co/17x3q3H
The one cost engineers and product managers don’t consider – http://crowdspring.co/1c2k7kj
Interesting perspective from Steve Jobs about his legacy (from 1994) – http://crowdspring.co/183kb63
5 Things To Avoid Saying To An Investor | Business Insider – http://crowdspring.co/14N0JHn
The Psychological Guide to Starting Up: Preparing Loved Ones | by Zach Davis in Tech Cocktail – http://crowdspring.co/11PZcv0
Google uses Big Data to prove hiring puzzles useless and GPAs meaningless – http://crowdspring.co/181s9N4
Kickstarter messed up, but here’s a good lesson in how a company should apologize for a mistake – http://crowdspring.co/11RFTBJ
The Most Effective Ways to Make It Right When You Screw Up | HBR – http://crowdspring.co/1c1s60W
Breaking Down the Methodology Behind Word of Mouth Marketing | by Dan Martell – http://crowdspring.co/181tBPw
Lean Marketing Tips: Public Speaking – http://crowdspring.co/1cdWJ3g
5 Smart Ways to Resurrect your Customers – http://crowdspring.co/11PZ5zD
7 Marketing Lessons from Eye-Tracking Studies – http://crowdspring.co/1citxIx
Five ways to create marketing worth sharing | Econsultancy – http://crowdspring.co/1citKeP
Crowdsourcing Gone Wrong: How Brands Can Avoid Messy Marketing Mistakes | Search Engine Watch – http://crowdspring.co/11IhmDu
CMOs Lack Knowledge To Measure Customer Experience | MediaPost – http://crowdspring.co/17gmujl
Seven inspiring examples of charity / non-profit marketing campaigns | Econsultancy – http://crowdspring.co/17cntRw
Creativity still rules, even in old channels like direct mail. Great example – http://crowdspring.co/14SgNI9
CMOs: Let’s Give Up On Advertising And Do These 6 Things Instead | Forbes – http://crowdspring.co/14SgyN6
Primum non obturba: The Startup Mentor’s Oath – http://crowdspring.co/17kAHM3
Why advertising awards are now for losers. — http://crowdspring.co/19WrHQP
How To Apologize Online – http://crowdspring.co/17x2NHn
What Scott Cook Wished He Knew About Being a CEO When He Founded Intuit – http://crowdspring.co/120G6Tc
Kickstarter messed up, but here’s a good lesson in how a company should apologize for a mistake – http://crowdspring.co/11RFTBJ
Forrester: Consumers Prefer Organic Search, Not Search Ads, For Discovery – http://crowdspring.co/16TNQve
Chevrolet is crowdsourcing a film for the next Oscars | brand-e – http://crowdspring.co/17xXOXa
NASA is crowdsourcing Asteroid Detection | The National Law Review – http://crowdspring.co/14lihrW
Beverage Companies Tap the Crowd | WSJ – http://crowdspring.co/120BpIY
Heineken is tapping Crowdsourcing To Develop Beer – http://crowdspring.co/14TeNzh
90 top-class typography tutorials | Creative Bloq – http://crowdspring.co/17yIERq
Print Inspiration: 20 Awesome Business Cards Designs – http://crowdspring.co/1a8UYb7
Head Designer of Mint on Why Great Design isn’t about Making Things Pretty – http://crowdspring.co/12iOvFE
Designing for Touch: Thumb and Finger Sized Design | mobiForge – http://crowdspring.co/11WUKuA
20 examples of Beautiful Letterpress Wedding Invitations – http://crowdspring.co/19RxTJR
Imaginative food art by Dan Cretu – http://crowdspring.co/1789c8k
40+ Inspiring Business Card Designs that Create a Big First Impression | Vandelay Design Blog – http://crowdspring.co/1abDHhn
25 must-see examples of kinetic typography | Creative Bloq – http://crowdspring.co/12hGpgm
CD Cover Designs by Nicolas Lalli | Abduzeedo – http://crowdspring.co/11WUtaZ
20 inspiring examples of vintage posters | Creative Bloq – http://crowdspring.co/14TWeep
20+ Fun and Cool Stitch Fonts For Your Next Enjoyable Designs – http://crowdspring.co/12hVG0G
33 Outstanding Examples Of Hadouken Photography – http://crowdspring.co/12hVQoR
How to Design Responsively – http://crowdspring.co/14TWlXp
High Resolution Text Brushes For Your Imaginative Design – http://crowdspring.co/17cIHi2
7 Free High-Quality Concrete Wall Textures – http://crowdspring.co/11WUT1c
Beautiful and Creative Examples of Latte Art – http://crowdspring.co/14TWjyB
How to use the Smudge Tool in Photoshop | Creative Bloq – http://crowdspring.co/14mAKV5
Beautiful Illustration and Packaging Work of Brent Couchman | Abduzeedo – http://crowdspring.co/177X0oe
Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – http://bit.ly/1ySfi
Legal Contracts for Graphic Designers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – http://bit.ly/XTLkS
25 Clever, Inspiring & Beautiful Logos Using Negative Space | Vandelay Design – Blog http://crowdspring.co/19Rydbs
35 Logos Designs that Make Use of Mascots | Vandelay Design Blog – http://crowdspring.co/14mBSrE
30 Beautiful Typekit Web Fonts to use in Design Projects | DesignM.ag – http://crowdspring.co/11LL8mm
3 UX Lessons from Pinterest – http://crowdspring.co/19RykUk
25 Portfolio Sites That Are Boldly Ignoring Design Trends | PSDFan – http://crowdspring.co/11EW6i3
40+ Empathetic Charity and Non-Profit Organizations Website Design – http://crowdspring.co/1citCMr
A growing collection of UI animations – http://ui-animations.tumblr.com
Designing for Touch: Thumb and Finger Sized Design | mobiForge – http://crowdspring.co/11WUKuA
Ultimate Guide to Flat Website Design – http://crowdspring.co/14TW72q
UI & Wireframe Sketches for your Inspiration – http://crowdspring.co/11WUwnb
Thirteen Tenets Of User Experience | Smashing UX Design – http://crowdspring.co/11WUUlv
5 New Trends in Web Design Layouts | Creativeoverflow – http://crowdspring.co/11WUuf4
45 Beautiful Movie Website Designs for Your Inspiration – http://crowdspring.co/11WUoE5
30 Unusual, Fresh and Creative WordPress Site Designs 22 | WPLift – http://crowdspring.co/17yIwBi
How to Design Responsively – http://crowdspring.co/14TWlXp
5 Usability Mistakes You Shouldn’t Make – http://crowdspring.co/14r4H6r
Paper Tear Effect with Cinema 4D & After Effects | Greyscalegorilla – http://crowdspring.co/14TWgmi
Longing for Longform: Optimizing For Longer Video – http://crowdspring.co/1ceR5Oy
A growing collection of UI animations – http://ui-animations.tumblr.com
Designing for Touch: Thumb and Finger Sized Design | mobiForge – http://crowdspring.co/11WUKuA
UX Metaphor Equivalents for iOS & Android – http://crowdspring.co/177X5bw
How to Design Responsively – http://crowdspring.co/14TWlXp
Sketching For Better Mobile Experiences | Smashing UX Design – http://crowdspring.co/14q851k
A Couple of Best Practices for Tablet-Friendly Design | CSS-Tricks – http://crowdspring.co/11WUPyq
Why You Need To Unplug Every 90 Minutes | Fast Company – http://crowdspring.co/181s0ct
How Long Can You Survive Without Sleep? | Business Insider – http://crowdspring.co/12cEGcj
Unplug Your Weekend Or Ruin Your Life | Fast Company – http://crowdspring.co/12hVe2C
You Cannot Learn If You Are Not Willing To Listen – http://crowdspring.co/11BbFaF
Chevrolet is crowdsourcing a film for the next Oscars | brand-e – http://crowdspring.co/17xXOXa
NASA is crowdsourcing Asteroid Detection | The National Law Review – http://crowdspring.co/14lihrW
Beverage Companies Tap the Crowd | WSJ – http://crowdspring.co/120BpIY
Heineken is tapping Crowdsourcing To Develop Beer – http://crowdspring.co/14TeNzh
Tesla continues to impress with the way it communicates with customers, even for recalls – http://crowdspring.co/1c42IHQ
18 Effective Time Management Tools | http://inspirationfeed.com – http://crowdspring.co/1ciuHUr
How Long Can You Survive Without Sleep? | Business Insider – http://crowdspring.co/12cEGcf
What Scientists Now Know About Repairing Memories | Innovations – http://crowdspring.co/1ceIo6X
The Decline and Fall of the English Major – http://crowdspring.co/16uVpYy
Funny video from John McAfee about uninstalling the anti-virus software he created. NSFW (language) – http://crowdspring.co/183jJok
WTF? Russian Tampon Commercial – http://crowdspring.co/19nTFC6
I hope you enjoy these links! Please leave a comment and let me know what you liked/didn’t like.
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