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.
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