Twitter Link Roundup #63 – 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 image above shows a YouTube video and an ad below for a cruise. Ad targeting doesn’t always work. I’m not sure I’d want to take a cruise after seeing this video!

Small business and startup issues: paperwork galore” (about the coming flood of 1099 reports) – http://bit.ly/i3tiVd

Small business and startup issues: choosing the wrong software – http://bit.ly/gVLKvk

Marketing Without Strategy is the Noise Before Failure – http://bit.ly/faxvlS

@crowdSPRING SmallBiz Newsletter: new 1099 rules, biz plans, building software products – http://bit.ly/iit9XH

Groupon, Cinderella and Opportunity – http://bit.ly/fWkzc0

Ideas for effective testimonials: http://bit.ly/fu31vf

Will Freemium Work for You? – http://ow.ly/3hfAL

9 Step SEO Checkup Using Google Webmaster Tools – http://selnd.com/fYqtoL

Being bad to your customers is bad for business – http://bit.ly/fW3JeI

“be better, be different or be cheaper. And the last is no fun” (Seth Godin) – http://bit.ly/euK1Hi

Important to stop and reflect on what you’re doing if you want to truly innovate – http://bit.ly/fZFBVu

18 best practices to improve your e-commerce website – http://ow.ly/3fAF0

Small business and startup issues: paperwork galore” (about the coming flood of 1099 reports) – http://bit.ly/i3tiVd

Small business and startup issues: choosing the wrong software – http://bit.ly/gVLKvk

Embrace Your Losses – They Will Make You Stronger – http://bit.ly/h17C3G

Freedom v. Chaos v. Process – http://bit.ly/hIO2ug

A Two-part Rule for Naming Your Startup – http://bit.ly/h1qd3P

Entrepreneurs Are Living The Dream, But Are They Happy? – http://read.bi/gvYOC5

“be better, be different or be cheaper. And the last is no fun” (Seth Godin) – http://bit.ly/euK1Hi

Will Freemium Work for You? – http://ow.ly/3hfAL

Bootstrapping is Bullshit – http://hac.im/ig6d60

Important to stop and reflect on what you’re doing if you want to truly innovate – http://bit.ly/fZFBVu

Groupon, Cinderella and Opportunity – http://bit.ly/fWkzc0

Stats on rural entrepreneurs – http://bit.ly/e3Y9MU

Always Assume Competition –http://bit.ly/fUSvOl

18 best practices to improve your e-commerce website – http://ow.ly/3fAF0

Marketing Without Strategy is the Noise Before Failure – http://bit.ly/faxvlS

Adding to the billion+ existing share/like buttons, LinkedIn launches its own – http://on.mash.to/gBAT3o

The math behind influence and fame. Odds are 1 in 318 you’ll click on this – http://tinyurl.com/34zjhh5

How agency landscape is evolving – http://slidesha.re/edPHYK

Fascinating analysis of US population based on publicly available Facebook profiles – http://bit.ly/hT9zE1

All social media experts “are actually the same person,” Wikileaks documents reveal – http://bit.ly/hiUhqi

Being bad to your customers is bad for business – http://bit.ly/fW3JeI

Boxee CEO To Big Media: “Resistance Is Futile” – http://tcrn.ch/fJvYmf

Google: Now Using Online Merchant Reviews As Ranking Signal – http://selnd.com/gg7jLE

The History of Coca-Cola Print Advertising – http://bit.ly/gM61AY

Advertising: Clever Automobile Ads – http://bit.ly/ezOacP

Always Assume Competition – http://bit.ly/fUSvOl

40+ Most Impressive Print Media Advertisements – http://bit.ly/emBcbR

40 Examples of Creative and Clever Billboard Designs – http://bit.ly/eSRCnQ

How To Make Your Own Fonts – http://bit.ly/hNcSLG

Six Keys to Being Excellent at Anything – http://bit.ly/fBx3gg

100 New And Free Cool Fonts A Designer Must Download – http://bit.ly/eB5cZz

The History of Coca-Cola Print Advertising – http://bit.ly/gM61AY

Showcase Of 30 Amazing Business Card Designs – http://bit.ly/egSMt5

Modern Element Trends In Magazine-Styled Webdesign Of 2010 – http://bit.ly/h6lgQc

Mobile Development Toolkit – http://bit.ly/g7A7dx

20+ Absolutely The Greatest Sites to Gain Inspiration and Resilience – http://bit.ly/iayg5Y

Interview with a crowdSPRING Designer – Dana (from Romania) – http://bit.ly/gJdK7O

40 Examples of Creative and Clever Billboard Designs – http://bit.ly/eSRCnQ

35 Promotional Flyer Design Ideas Worth Checking Out – http://bit.ly/f8edGy

Best And Free Online Color Tools To Make Your Job Easy – http://ow.ly/3haXB

50 Incredible Vintage and Retro Photoshop Tutorials – http://bit.ly/hrXFWR

A Study of Trends in Mobile Design – http://bit.ly/fSKIz1

24 Email Newsletters Inspiration For Your Next Campaign – http://bit.ly/hLu9Tp

50 Fresh and Practicable Adobe Illustrator Tutorials – http://bit.ly/ghdkM1

60+ Free High Resolution Metal Textures – http://bit.ly/dErGdY

Two Campaigns, One Theme, Different Outcomes – http://cot.ag/eK1y8d

20 iPhone PSD Collection for Your Inspiration – http://bit.ly/et51Od

Advertising: Clever Automobile Ads – http://bit.ly/ezOacP

40+ Most Impressive Print Media Advertisements – http://bit.ly/emBcbR

50 Eye Catching Photoshop Text Effects Tutorials – http://bit.ly/gL1ZKe

35 great and beautiful brochure design – http://bit.ly/et4Q0c

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco 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

Logo Design: Smiles – http://bit.ly/hjLpfj

100 New And Free Cool Fonts A Designer Must Download – http://bit.ly/eB5cZz

How To Make Your Own Fonts – http://bit.ly/hNcSLG

Inspirational Web Design Within the Music Industry – http://bit.ly/fkH1xr

Stunning & Creative Headers For Your Inspiration – http://bit.ly/eF1fOW

35 Inspiring Headers and Footers – http://bit.ly/ePARCs

40+ Great Examples of Grid Style in Web design – http://bit.ly/hFWlfw

50 Outstanding and Stylish 404 Error Pages – http://bit.ly/gn7DsE

Design guidelines for e-commerce product pages with eyetracking data – http://bit.ly/eJ1rYx

Persuasion Triggers in Web Design – http://bit.ly/eY9afY

40 Free Web UI Element Kits and Stencils – http://bit.ly/fHeItB

Things you need to know before starting to design web interfaces – http://bit.ly/ecI4cZ

18 best practices to improve your e-commerce website – http://ow.ly/3fAF0

The Fundamentals of Minimalist Web Design – http://ow.ly/3hbot

50 Brilliantly Designed “About” Pages – http://bit.ly/hy01MR

Social web design: non-profit websites – http://bit.ly/dPw9Bb

Micro Copy: Content Strategy and Writing the User Interface – http://bit.ly/hcnYyJ

Customer Experience Nirvana: How UX & marketing are set to increasingly collaborate – http://bit.ly/g91r4z

Things you need to know before starting to design web interfaces – http://bit.ly/ecI4cZ

Crafting the UX of REI’s retail experience – http://bit.ly/f0NzYI

Beautiful and Expressive Packaging Design – http://bit.ly/eRXVeH

Micro Copy: Content Strategy and Writing the User Interface – http://bit.ly/hcnYyJ

A Complete Strategy to Write Valuable Content – http://bit.ly/g2CU0F

Good interview with Ray Kurzweil – http://bit.ly/eB0Ttd

Globe & Mail: How Calitri Construction used crowdSPRING for a new logo – http://bit.ly/i0f4KF

A Bully Finds a Pulpit on the Web – http://nyti.ms/hKLDUo

Microsoft develops shape-shifting touchscreen – http://j.mp/eLnjmc

Mouse engineered to grow YOUNGER – http://bit.ly/eOr2IF

Crowd Mechanics (by @nielr1 on lessons learned from crowdsourcing)- http://bit.ly/h0D6US

The Older You Are, the More You Live in the Past – http://bit.ly/fSGmfW

NASA Finds New Life – http://ow.ly/1rMs61

Brilliant way to use Twitter for user reports of snow (in the UK) – http://bit.ly/fu0r1v

Apple? Doing POS?? (9 to 5 Mac) – http://j.mp/hUhXbb

Six Keys to Being Excellent at Anything – http://bit.ly/fBx3gg

Why Intellectual Property Rights Are So Important – http://bit.ly/gWsv9y

I must learn to play the violin from this 3 year old kid – http://youtu.be/JN2SQ4m7M04

Melting of a chocolate bunny – http://bit.ly/fHAjjJ

The Coen Brothers Movies Ranked from Best to Worst http://bit.ly/equJPI

When ad targeting goes wrong: http://yfrog.com/7b8nnp

I hope you enjoy these links! Please leave a comment and let me know what you liked/didn’t like.