Twitter Link Roundup #47 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, 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 Legal Risks And Dangers Of $99 Logo Stores – http://bit.ly/dtxKJ3
Small business and startup tips: track your own customer service data – http://bit.ly/a4oBzL
10 Tips For Making Your Tagline Stand Out – http://bit.ly/10taglinetips
Buyer Beware: Generic Logo Design – http://bit.ly/arJADa
Can Killer Systems Make Up For Lack of Passion Or Vision? – http://bit.ly/dfUiDv
You probably do a bad job calculating risks – http://b.globe.com/9xRjxu
6 traits of successful small businesses, from Entrepreneur Magazine – http://bit.ly/bojKDx
crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Zing! – http://bit.ly/aKESs7
The Legal Risks And Dangers Of $99 Logo Stores – http://bit.ly/dtxKJ3
Buyer Beware: Generic Logo Design – http://bit.ly/arJADa
But I Just Wanted To Be Fair… – http://bit.ly/b5NUjf
Three Kinds of People (from blog archives) – http://bit.ly/domTxJ
How to Create a Great Startup Office Space on a Bootstrap Budget – http://bit.ly/9cR2Lb
The Benefits of Top-Down Thinking & Why it is Critical to Entrepreneurs – http://bit.ly/aWEpVz
10 Tips For Making Your Tagline Stand Out – http://bit.ly/10taglinetips
Can Killer Systems Make Up For Lack of Passion Or Vision? – http://bit.ly/dfUiDv
How Do You Define “Startup”? – http://bit.ly/b9VIiy
Googley Principles – Not For Design Only (from the archives) – http://bit.ly/bIobak
You probably do a bad job calculating risks – http://b.globe.com/9xRjxu
Small business and startup tips: track your own customer service data – http://bit.ly/a4oBzL
11 Famous People Who Were In The Completely Wrong Career At Age 30 – http://bit.ly/GrFLZ
is “real” media missing the point of social media? – http://bit.ly/cGkgQZ
25 Cool Print Ads for Major Shoe Brands – http://bit.ly/9VBMPR
5 Tips for Managing Your Company’s Brand on the Web – http://bit.ly/aWf2vE
Not sure how long Old Spice can keep it up – but this is a BRILLIANT social media campaign – http://bit.ly/dcC0ba
What’s the future of advertising? @jtwinsor says the current agency model is broken – http://bit.ly/cxLerw
Six Digital Trends to Watch – http://bit.ly/bvuF26
Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone, Or Else – http://bit.ly/ajG7ao
How to create a customer advocacy program (to scale social media) – http://bit.ly/axg59R
10 Tips For Making Your Tagline Stand Out – http://bit.ly/10taglinetips
25 Cool Print Ads for Major Shoe Brands – http://bit.ly/9VBMPR
A Showcase Of Amazing Prints Ads – http://bit.ly/bPMWr8
Social Media Policy: The Good, Bad & Ugly (Fast Company) – http://bit.ly/d1ECDS
Nice writetup by @rww about how the @oldspice videos are being created – http://bit.ly/aHjxdj
Bob Garfield writes about crowdSPRING and crowdsourcing in today’s AdvertisingAge article – http://bit.ly/bv0njn
The Legal Risks And Dangers Of $99 Logo Stores – http://bit.ly/dtxKJ3
13 Google Chrome Extensions To Simplify Web Designer’s Life – http://bit.ly/djq5Gz
gCons: Free All-Purpose Icons for Designers and Developers (100 icons + PSD) – http://bit.ly/auAEhG
Buyer Beware: Generic Logo Design – http://bit.ly/arJADa
Colour Patterns: a large repository of background patterns – http://bit.ly/cuw2fU
30 Useful Frameworks for Designers – http://bit.ly/bUy9d5
Top-Pick Tutorials: Logo Design – Creation and Process – http://bit.ly/ansC9Y
Multicultural web design – http://bit.ly/aYC2dv
When Designers And Developers Work Together – http://bit.ly/dpeli4
25 Completely Free Fonts Perfect for @fontface – http://bit.ly/95NCds
Logos are Dead? – http://bit.ly/cjYJXk
25 Cool Print Ads for Major Shoe Brands – http://bit.ly/9VBMPR
12 Tools To Reevaluate And Analyze Your Web Design – http://bit.ly/cCUyjS
Ultimate Roundup of Best Photoshop Wallpaper Tutorials – http://bit.ly/aJ540M
Examples of Solid Colors in Web Design – http://bit.ly/atv96t
Drag And Drop Everything With 30 Handy jQuery Plugins – http://bit.ly/aP74j0
Examples of Solid Colors in Web Design – http://bit.ly/atv96t
What are the Origins of the World’s Most Important Typefaces – http://ow.ly/28oMX
Phone Fans Look to Design the Future – http://bit.ly/aKHTOb
Must Have Dark Textures Pack for Designers – http://bit.ly/aXAhvI
Typography: 80+ Inspiring Creative Designs – http://bit.ly/cauR5f
Making Sense of Color Codes – http://bit.ly/aYAlyu
I’m In Logo Love: The Big Ten Logo Design – http://bit.ly/dyDo53
A Showcase Of Amazing Prints Ads – http://bit.ly/bPMWr8
40 Stunning Premium and Free Tumblr themes – http://bit.ly/dhAqQ1
Usability makes the world work better – http://bit.ly/aR75DE
Noupe: 40 Terrific Works of Art Made From Common Trash – http://bit.ly/aeh26Q
Working Within Mobile UI Design Limitations – http://bit.ly/d6E8Qy
250 Quick Web Design Tips (Part 2) – http://bit.ly/9ysHs7 | part 1 – http://bit.ly/8ZQ1aK
Super Stylish CSS Footers – http://ow.ly/29WDI
Designing A Facebook Fan Page: Showcases, Tutorials, Resources – http://bit.ly/cALiGq
Design is History: a nice, comprehensive resource covering the history of design – http://bit.ly/b87ldw
Showcase of Beautiful Photography – http://bit.ly/cO0Sjt
4 Dangerous Mistakes Web Designers Make When Presenting Content – http://bit.ly/aFvD8x
Tips and Inspiration on Creating a Great Website Footer – http://bit.ly/bspDBE
Redesigning Your Website: Are you Making the Right Move? – http://ow.ly/2axr7
Fresh From The Oven: 30+ Tasty & Unbelievable Cake Designs – http://bit.ly/aWvrDN
Meet Your Type: A Field Guide to Typography (52 pages, PDF) – http://bit.ly/azJ46b
Empty Space: 40+ Stunning Minimalistic Book Covers – http://bit.ly/avu8DN
Content Organization: Deciding What Matters Most – http://bit.ly/8YN25H
Web Design: Awesome Magazine Style Sites – http://bit.ly/cDVmVh
Improve Your Skills: 25 jQuery Beginner Tutorials Roundup – http://bit.ly/9FBIqS
12 Tools To Reevaluate And Analyze Your Web Design – http://bit.ly/cCUyjS
25 Cool Print Ads for Major Shoe Brands – http://bit.ly/9VBMPR
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
Writing for the Web: Improve Your Skills in 9 Easy Steps – http://bit.ly/9USuUS
Content Organization: Deciding What Matters Most – http://bit.ly/8YN25H
10 Tips For Making Your Tagline Stand Out – http://bit.ly/10taglinetips
4 Dangerous Mistakes Web Designers Make When Presenting Content – http://bit.ly/aFvD8x
11 Famous People Who Were In The Completely Wrong Career At Age 30 – http://bit.ly/GrFLZ
Bob Garfield writes about crowdSPRING and crowdsourcing in today’s AdvertisingAge article – http://bit.ly/bv0njn
DIY fun through the centuries…. (from blog archives) – http://bit.ly/cwLqKI
Phone Fans Look to Design the Future – http://bit.ly/aKHTOb
Showcase of Beautiful Photography – http://bit.ly/cO0Sjt
Lebron decision was a PR fiasco – but this response from Cav owner is stupid – http://bit.ly/bbEI8l
UberCab: Roll In Style With On Demand Car Service – http://bit.ly/cuD0pr
Cool way for Seth Godin to celebrate his 50th birthday by “giving it” to @charitywater – http://bit.ly/92IUSt
crowdSPRING on NPR: The Crowdsourcing Dilemma – http://bit.ly/c8OQq6
Gravity doesn’t exist (as least according to one scientist) – http://nyti.ms/dyJXXE
World cup final inspiration – Monty Python “The Philosophers’ World Cup” – http://youtu.be/92vV3QGagck
Weird Nature Photography: Transparent Animals – http://bit.ly/9aL5gd
The top 10 soccer commercials ever made – http://bit.ly/a9NLbc
The Octopus says Spain will win the World Cup – http://bit.ly/ce9dkw
My next life – by Woody Allen – http://bit.ly/dsmMwJ
You know you wanna be Canadian – http://youtu.be/mWQf13B8epw
Creepy Manipulations – http://bit.ly/a0AKxH
Comedian Nails Heckler With The Best Comeback Ever – http://huff.to/bmTvw4
“I am the fucking prince of darkness mate”. Ozzy, as Darth Vader, records TomTom directions – http://bit.ly/c4bmrd
I hope you enjoy these links! Please leave a comment and let me know what you liked/didn’t like.
image credit: Luc Legay
Design Done Better
The easiest way to get affordable, high-quality custom logos, print design, web design and naming for your business.
Learn How to Grow Your Business With Beautiful Design