Twitter Link Roundup #210 – 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 image above would be a perfect Holiday card photo for a family of penguins.
Small Business and Startups: 5 Tips For Keeping the Books – crowdspring.co/1f1zOfD
You Can’t Beat Habit – crowdspring.co/1dlSylX
4 Steps to Starting a Web Business Without Knowing Coding | The Next Web – crowdspring.co/1ep8F6R
A special report from The Economist on Tech Startups. Here’s the full PDF – crowdspring.co/1cNY3hP
Small Business and Startups: 5 Tips For Keeping the Books – crowdspring.co/1f1zOfD
21 Reasons To Bootstrap Your Startup | ZoomShift – crowdspring.co/M5SXUd
The mobile future of variable pricing | ThoughtGadgets by Ben Kunz – crowdspring.co/1epd89z
Good perspective fon how long it takes for entrepreneur to know if their idea might succeed – crowdspring.co/1cNRjk2
Books that Shape Common Early Stage (Startup) Culture – crowdspring.co/1fLefAN
Weird interview questions don’t predict success, but companies still ask | Fast Company – crowdspring.co/1f35ml8
The Most Valuable Lesson I’ve Learned as a CEO | LinkedIn by Jeff Weiner – crowdspring.co/1cNXgxc
The Founders Guide to Surviving Startup Life – crowdspring.co/1eYfYis
What Games Are: Flappy Bird, Patterns And Context | TechCrunch – crowdspring.co/1dmNVbo
The Complete Quantitative Guide To Judging Your Startup | TechCrunch – crowdspring.co/1gBDzfA
Microsoft, Past and Future | by Gruber – crowdspring.co/1fQMMx3
Amazon is surprisingly quiet/inactive when it comes to acquisitions | Re/code – crowdspring.co/1dhwOrm
What’s up with the Series A? – crowdspring.co/1fkwYB1
5 reasons why battery innovation is hard for Silicon Valley – crowdspring.co/1fLbWNv
Raising Seed Capital – crowdspring.co/MX18CE
“About three-quarters of venture-backed firms in the U.S. don’t return investors’ capital” – crowdspring.co/1dhuwIO
Entrepreneurs Among Happiest People In The World, Except In The U.S. | OPEN Forum – crowdspring.co/1f7YIKA
Startup founder salaries: Younger, more inexperienced entrepreneurs pay themselves less | The Next Web – crowdspring.co/1f87xE1
What I Would Look for When Choosing a VC – Knowing What I Know Now? – crowdspring.co/1f7WXgp
4 Steps to Starting a Web Business Without Knowing Coding – crowdspring.co/1ep8F6R
Why Chicago needs to stop playing by Silicon Valley’s rules | by Adrian Holovaty – crowdspring.co/1f87594
On the Matter of Why Bitcoin Matters – crowdspring.co/1e393YD
Four Keys to Sales Success | Inc by Howard Tullman – crowdspring.co/1fkx7V6
You Can’t Beat Habit – crowdspring.co/1dlSylX
Three Long-Held Concepts Every Marketer Should Rethink | Harvard Business Review – crowdspring.co/M5TsNZ
SEO Pricing: 600+ Agencies Share Costs of Services & Pricing Models | Moz – crowdspring.co/1f86l3x
12 inspiring marketing campaigns from Google | Econsultancy – crowdspring.co/1fn1hcw
How To Turn Your Online Visitors Into Customers Without Them Even Knowing – crowdspring.co/1fLcnYW
Personas: The Art and Science of Understanding the Person Behind the Visit | Moz – crowdspring.co/1fkwwCB
SEO Penalty and Algorithm Recovery Timelines | ISOOSI Blog – crowdspring.co/1fxnCmW
Bruce Clay’s 2014 SEO Industry Predictions – crowdspring.co/1ehtr8n
Smart ad. “Children of parents who smoke, get to heaven faster.” – crowdspring.co/1lsoZsV
10 Easy To Understand Photoshop Tutorials on Lighting Effects | 1stwebdesigner – crowdspring.co/LTRwIp
What’s new for designers, January 2014 | Webdesigner Depot – crowdspring.co/1dvCDkJ
25 Fresh Thin Fonts For Free – crowdspring.co/1dvDBxm
Vector inspirational – Infographics | Vectips – crowdspring.co/LTS6G6
DIY: How to Design an Indie Book Cover – crowdspring.co/1fHFLPg
25 Free Illustrative Vector Icons – crowdspring.co/1fn1PPC
Get ‘Layed’: What You Need to Know about Photoshop Layers | 1stwebdesigner – crowdspring.co/1fdEU8H
10 Portfolio Websites that Will Make You Say Wow | 1stwebdesigner – crowdspring.co/1fdEoaA
The Amazing Pattern Library | Abduzeedo – crowdspring.co/1fLl44I
40 Recently Released Free Fonts – crowdspring.co/1fdyQwN
The Top 50 Craft Tutorials for 2013 – crowdspring.co/MX7Qsi
40 Amazingly Creative Square Patterns For Free Download – crowdspring.co/MX9lqz
100 Free Simple Line Icons – crowdspring.co/1fLjMXI
12 inspirational hand-lettering projects | Webdesigner Depot – crowdspring.co/LTQpZf
10 Design Trends I Don’t Want to See in 2014 | Design Shack – crowdspring.co/1fLjBLO
11 Beautifully Minimalistic Yet Inspiring Promotional Sticker Designs – crowdspring.co/MX83f4
20 Deliciously Designed Food & Drink Menus – crowdspring.co/1fLkfsF
20 Best tutorials for learning adobe After Effects | Creative Nerds – crowdspring.co/1fLj0tz
Jimmy Neutron and The Anatomy of the Atomic Design | 1stwebdesigner – crowdspring.co/1dvDCS9
35 Photoshop Tutorials for Designing Your Own Posters | Vandelay Design – crowdspring.co/1fdF7sv
Free Pack of 12 Distressed Halftone Pattern Textures – crowdspring.co/LTRNLw
Freebie: Roundicons Icon Set (60 Icons, PNG, SVG, EPS, AI) | Smashing Magazine – crowdspring.co/1fdEajK
23 new amazing business cards – crowdspring.co/1fdASwT
40 Wedding Invitations Your Guests Will Never Forget – crowdspring.co/1fn0lVp
47 Free Flat Icons – crowdspring.co/1dvCXQJ
If 26 Famous Architects Designed An Alphabet | Co.Design – crowdspring.co/LTQg82
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
Brilliant Examples of Negative Space Logos – crowdspring.co/1fn2oZG
60 Fresh Creative Logo Designs For Design Inspiration | InstantShift – crowdspring.co/1fn2bWc
30+ Amazing Car Themed Logos | Design Reviver – crowdspring.co/1fdDISM
80 Wicked Logo Designs That Will Truly Inspire You – crowdspring.co/1fLkTXn
56 Fresh Creative Websites Built Using HTML5 | InstantShift – crowdspring.co/LTPyrv
5 UX Tips for Designing More Usable Registration Forms | Designmodo – crowdspring.co/MX91rD
How to Use UI Kits – Plus Free UI Kits to Choose From! – crowdspring.co/MX8G8p
13 Examples of Beautiful Photos in Web Design – crowdspring.co/1fLjtvQ
40 Tiny Web-Based Apps & Tools for Web Designers – crowdspring.co/MX9WbE
Examples Of Inspiring 404 Error Pages For Inspiration – crowdspring.co/1fLjIah
Transparency in Web Design: Examples and How-Tos – crowdspring.co/MX7Vfv
Responsive Design is Still the Future of Web Design – crowdspring.co/1fLk5l5
10 Design Trends I Don’t Want to See in 2014 | Design Shack – crowdspring.co/1fLjBLO
The Ten Most Popular Web Fonts of 2013 – crowdspring.co/LTQuMD
100 Free Simple Line Icons – crowdspring.co/1fLjMXI
20 UI Design Photoshop Tutorials That Will Come in Handy – crowdspring.co/MX9Aln
Free Pack of 12 Distressed Halftone Pattern Textures – crowdspring.co/LTRNLw
30 Beautiful Corporate Websites | Vandelay Design – crowdspring.co/MX8s13
Freebie: Roundicons Icon Set (60 Icons, PNG, SVG, EPS, AI) | Smashing Magazine – crowdspring.co/1fdEajK
50+ High Quality & Free Symbol Fonts For Web Designers – crowdspring.co/1fn1X1m
10 Portfolio Websites that Will Make You Say Wow | 1stwebdesigner – crowdspring.co/1fdEoaA
25 Free Illustrative Vector Icons – crowdspring.co/1fn1PPC
42 Mockup And Wireframing Tools For Developers – crowdspring.co/1fdB7Z4
30 Tutorials for Developing HTML5 Web Browser Games | SpyreStudios – crowdspring.co/1fdD4EF
44 Fresh Minimal Website Designs for Inspiration | InstantShift – crowdspring.co/1fdBwKZ
20 Cool Snowy Website Designs for the Winter Season – crowdspring.co/1fn1o7X
2014 Web Design Trends, Inspiration & Showcase – crowdspring.co/1fdCYwQ
Simplifying the UX of Your Sales-Driven Website to Increase Conversions – crowdspring.co/1fdzKta
40 Tutorials And Tools That Will Make You A CSS3 Master – crowdspring.co/1fn2vEH
42 Mockup And Wireframing Tools For Developers – crowdspring.co/1fdB7Z4
Websites with Exceptionally Creative and Unique Navigation – crowdspring.co/1fn1c8y
20 Examples of Cool Sports Websites | SpyreStudios – crowdspring.co/1fdyIxj
25 Website Designs with Unusual Color Combinations – crowdspring.co/1fdDvPe
50+ High Quality & Free Symbol Fonts For Web Designers – crowdspring.co/1fdzAlA
20+ Awesome Dashboard Designs That Will Inspire You – crowdspring.co/1fdC43v
20 Ultra Light and Elegant Fonts for Web Designers – crowdspring.co/1fn0wjw
47 Free Flat Icons – crowdspring.co/1dvCXQJ
20 Useful Web Development Online Courses and Tutorials | InstantShift – crowdspring.co/1dvDt0S
13 Examples of Illustrations and Hand Drawn Elements in Web Design – crowdspring.co/1fdzYk0
Email design trends of 2014 | Inspired Magazine – crowdspring.co/LTPPdW
Pragmatic UX Techniques For Smarter Websites | Smashing UX Design – crowdspring.co/1fdBS4c
The Pros and Cons of Flat Web Design – crowdspring.co/LTRzDU
50 Best Web & Mobile GUI Templates from 2013 – crowdspring.co/1dvCGgH
50 Best Web & Mobile GUI Templates from 2013 – crowdspring.co/1dvCGgH
56 Mobile App Icons for iOS | Graphic Design Junction – crowdspring.co/LTQlsp
What do you buy the person who has everything? How about one of these strange products? – crowdspring.co/1fad0uP
Penguins pose for their family holiday greeting card photo – crowdspring.co/1esVVfr
12 Writing Exercises That Will Transform Your Copy Today | Copyblogger – crowdspring.co/MX7D8G
Peanut allergy cured in children using immunotherapy – crowdspring.co/1gBDg4l
I hope you enjoy these links! Please leave a comment and let me know what you liked/didn’t like.
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