Twitter Link Roundup #186 – 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 compares 200 calories of various foods and drinks. Unsurprisingly, you can eat a lot more broccoli and celery, than chocolate!
Small Business and Startups: 5 Marketing Myths – http://crowdspring.co/1auYSeo
Simple Daily Habits Of The Delightfully Successful | by Dharmesh Shah – http://crowdspring.co/15b0ohY
Everyone is wrong: The surprising advantage to being a working mom | PandoDaily – http://crowdspring.co/12nnHUD
10 Lessons from a First Time Entrepreneur – http://crowdspring.co/1avBVrM
Your Customers Are Not Ignorant, Selfish Control Freaks | by Dharmesh Shah – http://crowdspring.co/12dSZsZ
Simple Daily Habits Of The Delightfully Successful | by Dharmesh Shah – http://crowdspring.co/15b0ohY
Why you can’t find a technical co-founder – http://crowdspring.co/129AuWJ
Small Business and Startups: 5 Marketing Myths – http://crowdspring.co/1auYSeo
Tough Love: Brought to You By the Notorious Mark Suster – http://crowdspring.co/12Dxiaf
Startup co-founder survival tips – http://crowdspring.co/152LLgG
Valuation vs Ownership | by Fred Wilson – http://crowdspring.co/12snQGt
Product Strategy Means Saying No | Inside Intercom – http://crowdspring.co/14ReKBM
Everyone is wrong: The surprising advantage to being a working mom | PandoDaily – http://crowdspring.co/12nnHUD
5 Monster Management Lessons From Pixar | Co.Create by Ari Karpel – http://crowdspring.co/124JXyk
10 Lessons from a First Time Entrepreneur – http://crowdspring.co/1avBVrM
The New Economics of Part-Time Employment | NYT – http://crowdspring.co/1cRC0CI
Interesting read on the origins of Google Docs – http://crowdspring.co/1cRPbDD
Your Customers Are Not Ignorant, Selfish Control Freaks | by Dharmesh Shah – http://crowdspring.co/12dSZsZ
Here’s How to Actually Empower Customer Service Employees | Chris DeRose and Noel Tichy, HBR – http://crowdspring.co/1cRA6Ca
The 6 Most Important Mobile App Marketing Lessons – http://crowdspring.co/18pTZ5I
Ending the Tyranny of the Open-Plan Office | Businessweek – http://crowdspring.co/15b0gPy
Problem Solving Versus Empathy | Feld Thoughts – http://crowdspring.co/11YQe3m
“Sometimes having the vision to see what’s ahead is more productive than trying to get there faster.” – http://crowdspring.co/15aTbP0
GiveForward’s Journey to $50 Million – GiveForward – http://crowdspring.co/12riECT
Sad to see Boxee lose independence, but good match for Samsung – http://crowdspring.co/12GfqLU
Collaboration and Security – http://crowdspring.co/1avfAu8
Five commonly held myths about marketing and why you should ignore them – http://crowdspring.co/12zCcow
Why you’ll share this story: The new science of memes – http://crowdspring.co/17ED7Fz
Facebook & Twitter customers are worth less long term than other channels | VentureBeat – http://crowdspring.co/11NNQfK
Without Storytelling, Native Is Just Advertising As Usual – http://crowdspring.co/11Tv1Yu
310 Million Visits: Nearly Half of All Web Site Traffic Comes From Natural Search – http://crowdspring.co/12r9Lt1
How Google is Killing Organic Search – http://crowdspring.co/12Ai5GF
Where Do Marketers Get Leads? [Data] | Hubspot Blog – http://crowdspring.co/129V7lB
Why Do Consumers Become Facebook Fans? Study Says It Depends On The Brand – http://crowdspring.co/17pCbVn
Facebook news feed ads generate 49X more clicks at 45% less cost (study) | VentureBeat – http://crowdspring.co/1cGgctU
The 6 Most Important Mobile App Marketing Lessons – http://crowdspring.co/18pTZ5I
Perhaps ad agencies need to eat some spinach. They’re not seeing the forest from the trees – http://crowdspring.co/1cOEVfC
How crowdsourcing and open innovation could change the world | Guardian – http://crowdspring.co/128YitD
Not surprising Instagram video is seeing 15 minutes (seconds?!) of fame, but effect on Vine is interesting – http://crowdspring.co/11TuYft
Three lies that scare freelancers into being average | Graphic Design Blender – http://crowdspring.co/15bzDtL
45 Free Fonts for Designers | http://inspirationfeed.com – http://crowdspring.co/17Bo6aW
50 New Resources and Tools for Developers and Designers – http://crowdspring.co/17Bo2YO
20 New and Amazing Photoshop Text Effect Tutorials – http://crowdspring.co/129ZGwk
Flat Design and Skeuomorphism – http://crowdspring.co/14r7Cf7
Tools for Creating Beautiful Infographics – http://crowdspring.co/15bzzKv
Why Designers Use And Overuse Skeuomorphism | Vanseo Design – http://crowdspring.co/12a0gKt
50 Beautifully Designed Book Covers for Inspiration – http://crowdspring.co/15bzvdX
25 brilliantly designed covers from albums released in 2013 | Web Design Mash – http://crowdspring.co/15bzN4u
Why Aren’t Our Gadgets Still Covered In Wood? | Co.Design – http://crowdspring.co/15bAmv1
16 Free Vintage Paper Texture Packs – http://crowdspring.co/15bAnPH
Flat Design – The Newest Trend Exposed in 30 Amazing Examples – http://crowdspring.co/12aeWco
ComprehensiveGuide to Color in Photoshop – Swatches | Psdtuts+ http://crowdspring.co/129ZRHT
10 Best Free Photoshop Plug-ins | Creative Nerds – http://crowdspring.co/14r51lD
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
45 Free Fonts for Designers | http://inspirationfeed.com – http://crowdspring.co/17Bo6aW
50+Fresh Logo Designs for Inspiration | InstantShift – http://crowdspring.co/129ZVaD
If great scientists had logos… – http://crowdspring.co/1anoLgi
25 Elegant Logo Designs For Inspiration | DJDESIGNERLAB – http://crowdspring.co/12a05Pg
UXSpotlight: Behind the scenes of Tumblr’s design process | Ars Technica – http://crowdspring.co/15bzOVT
Interesting Real Estate Web Design Trends – http://crowdspring.co/11ZoEym
50 New Resources and Tools for Developers and Designers – http://crowdspring.co/17Bo2YO
Fresh Collection of Valuable Flat GUI Sets | InstantShift – http://crowdspring.co/15bA47z
10 brilliant examples of landing page design | Creative Bloq – http://crowdspring.co/14r4nnX
Browse This Awesome Collection Of Sci-Fi Interfaces | Co.Design – http://crowdspring.co/12a08dS
Creative Examples Of Concept UI Designs For Inspiration – http://crowdspring.co/129ZLzX
20+resources for learning web design & development | Webdesigner Depot – http://crowdspring.co/12a0i4V
5 Usability Mistakes You Shouldn’t Make – http://crowdspring.co/14r4H6r
Flat Design – The Newest Trend Exposed in 30 Amazing Examples – http://crowdspring.co/12aeWco
Nifty Modal Window Effects – http://crowdspring.co/12a0dOB
From 4-Inch Phones to 40-Inch TVs: Designing Responsive Websites | noupe – http://crowdspring.co/129ZQ6H
32 Photoshop Tutorials for Creating Web & Mobile Graphics | SpyreStudios – http://crowdspring.co/14r4VdK
New And Useful Tools For Web Designers – 38 Items – http://crowdspring.co/12a0fGt
19 Inspiring Examples of Illustrated Elements in Web Design – http://crowdspring.co/14r4WON
Email Templates For Web Designers And Developers (PDF, ODT, TXT) | Smashing Magazine – http://crowdspring.co/17gm24H
Interesting insight about ways YouTube is trying to cut down video lag – http://crowdspring.co/1am1bjU
32 Photoshop Tutorials for Creating Web & Mobile Graphics | SpyreStudios – http://crowdspring.co/14r4VdK
iOS 7: Instead of Flatness, We Got Depth – http://crowdspring.co/129GuPg
Creative Examples Of Concept UI Designs For Inspiration – http://crowdspring.co/129ZLzX
Browse This Awesome Collection Of Sci-Fi Interfaces | Co.Design – http://crowdspring.co/12a08dS
The 6 Most Important Mobile App Marketing Lessons – http://crowdspring.co/18pTZ5I
Various foods in portions of 200 calories [45 pictures] – http://crowdspring.co/12rgwuS
A Harvard Economist’s Surprisingly Simple Productivity Secret – http://crowdspring.co/11TuQwz
No surprises – the live music concert business is dominated by 1% of acts – http://crowdspring.co/14OnkkP
I hope you enjoy these links! Please leave a comment and let me know what you liked/didn’t like.
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