Twitter Link Roundup #68 – 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 some fun illustrations on coffee cups. You’ll find the article which includes this illustration and much more in the Industrial Design section below.
Five Designs Small Businesses and Startups Should Crowdsource – http://bit.ly/crowdsourcedesign
The 2011 Trends Driving Rural Small Business, my annual look ahead: http://bit.ly/ePTwGI
Need a Logo? Maximize Your Results on crowdSpring – http://bit.ly/g5NhF3
A Good Solution-Budget Friendly Design Resources – http://bit.ly/fkQuxN
Three economic trends for 2011 (fueled by startup goodness) – http://bit.ly/fW8UYi
HOW TO: Attract Early Adopters to Your Social Startup – http://on.mash.to/ebaE0D
Top Startup Trends of 2010 – http://ow.ly/3wyVK
An open letter to the Chicago entrepreneurial community – http://bit.ly/fHMfr8
15 mistakes young entrepreneurs make, but don’t have to – http://bit.ly/iaPJgQ
Keeping Score: Exit Activity for Venture Backed Companies in 2010 – http://goo.gl/fb/iIR2Q
Do Investors Invest in Ideas, People or Markets? (by @byosko) – http://bit.ly/ghw3hT
A short, traditional story about a Brazilian fisherman to kick off the new year: http://bit.ly/eh2b2J
A Good Solution-Budget Friendly Design Resources – http://bit.ly/fkQuxN
Five Designs Small Businesses and Startups Should Crowdsource – http://bit.ly/crowdsourcedesign
Tremendous post on virtues of Path: http://wp.me/pzpBt-jE
Content is king as users look to buy from trusted sources – http://bit.ly/hfaiQd
Top 15 New Social Media Apps of 2010 – http://ow.ly/3xZZy
6 must read social business prediction presentations – http://bit.ly/gM90gP
Social Media influence dynamics. Read sections 1 & 7 for highlights – http://tinyurl.com/32u6f3f
The Top 50 Best Photoshop Tutorials from 2010 – http://bit.ly/hfN4oH
The Best PSDFAN Tutorials of 2010 – http://bit.ly/hs1FZn
38 brilliant wine label, bottle & package designs – http://bit.ly/fG6All
40+ Amazing New Free Fonts to Download – http://bit.ly/i2b6SP
David Carson, Spec Work, and Hypocrisy – http://bit.ly/er6h6w
15 Great Photoshop Button Tutorials – http://bit.ly/hzUjV6
60+ Free High Quality Vintage Textures – http://bit.ly/dIUDK5
How to Be a Purple Cow Among Designers – http://bit.ly/gzzf4v
30 Best Prints of 2010 – http://bit.ly/ejvuuo
90 Dazzling Examples of Login Form Designs – http://bit.ly/eOqtq5
50 of the Best Seamless Pattern Sets – Updated – http://bit.ly/fveWR6
Common Typography Mistakes: Apostrophes Versus Quotation Marks – http://bit.ly/hifjuf
25+ Clean Modern Brochures Examples – http://bit.ly/eWSJt0
Typography with a Message: 55 Powerful Examples – http://bit.ly/h7fXmi
HOW TO: Get More Out of Your Fonts – http://on.mash.to/dVA7UG
35+ Free Mobile & Web Application Development Icon Sets – http://bit.ly/eNvTII
crowdSPRING illustrator interview: 12 Questions: Meet Dave Porter (USA) – http://bit.ly/f1EXsB
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
HOW TO: Get More Out of Your Fonts – http://on.mash.to/dVA7UG
Understanding the Psychology of Logo Design – http://bit.ly/i3ijJO
40+ Amazing New Free Fonts to Download – http://bit.ly/i2b6SP
Interesting logo redesign by Starbucks. I like it, but removing the name seems risky – http://bit.ly/gSkRqB
4 Predictions for Web Design in 2011 – http://on.mash.to/dMpNpd
The State of Web Design Trends: 2011 Annual Edition – http://bit.ly/dLWDjQ
Web Design Predictions for 2011 – http://bit.ly/gFeZPt
22 Cool Packaging Design – http://bit.ly/gEjEYj
A better Post-It – http://bit.ly/gQfJdG
38 brilliant wine label, bottle & package designs – http://bit.ly/fG6All
77 Catchy and Creative Slogans – http://bit.ly/dL0MLA
Need a Logo? Maximize Your Results on crowdSpring – http://bit.ly/g5NhF3
Borders stops paying some publishers. Suppliers stop shipping. Yipes. – http://ow.ly/3xb3O
Mobile carriers are calling everything 4G these days – http://on.wsj.com/hH0E6h
Forrester Forecasts One Third Of U.S. Online Consumers Will Own A Tablet By 2015 http://tcrn.ch/hggGpk
Best of 2010 Tech, Year In Review (by @FrankGruber) – http://bit.ly/hMQMpa
Goldman Invests in Facebook at $50 Billion Valuation – http://nyti.ms/ik7DVE
Good summary of some of the problems w/ GoogleTV, AppleTV & similar products – http://bit.ly/h6uemC
Best Buy plans to buy back electronics from its customers. Gimmick or smart idea? – http://bit.ly/eCbbeL
Amazon patents system to stop bad gifts – http://lat.ms/e1vjD5
I hope you enjoy these links! Please leave a comment and let me know what you liked/didn’t like.
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