Twitter Link Roundup #75 – 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 to the left shows bugs on a stick – and is one of many unusual street foods sold around the world. Some fascinating street food from around the world – as well as a peek at the diets of people around the world, are in the Other section below.
How To Get The Best Merchant Account For Your Small Business – http://bit.ly/fHPT9m
10 Essential Online Resources for Preparing Your Small Business Taxes – http://on.mash.to/eD3wwp
Small business and startup issues: net neutrality and H.R. 1 – http://bit.ly/hmRs9b
35 Gut Checks When Founding Your First Company – http://bit.ly/gakjnA
crowdSPRING Small Business Spotlight of the Week: LLWorldTour – http://bit.ly/g9M6Ef
10 Questions VCs Will Ask and What They Mean – http://bit.ly/eRMwYS
35 Gut Checks When Founding Your First Company – http://bit.ly/gakjnA
Business Development for Early Stage Startups – http://bit.ly/gfp24f
Some good suggestions on ways you can validate or invalidate your startup ideas – http://bit.ly/hZdMw3
You can’t innovate if you’re focused on the present – http://bit.ly/eB1aYr
Is this the start of the second dotcom bubble? – http://bit.ly/h3uGw9
How To Get The Best Merchant Account For Your Small Business – http://bit.ly/fHPT9m
Site Speed – Are You Fast? Does it Matter? – http://bit.ly/hSsxIy
How to hire a programmer when you’re not a programmer – http://awe.sm/5GXMq
Simply being *usable* is enough to make a product truly remarkable – http://awe.sm/5GbZh
Chicago Entrepreneurism: Four Ingredients To Help Your Business – And This City – Dominate – http://bit.ly/i8uk8V
Interesting story about how organic growth caused a startup to focus on a foreign market – http://nyti.ms/dLYD6p
Small business and startup issues: net neutrality and H.R. 1 – http://bit.ly/hmRs9b
Crowd funding offers entrepreneurs a shot at financing their dream – http://bit.ly/ijW1KI
Building A Disruption-Proof Business – http://bit.ly/fIMSZE
90+ creative advertising & design from January-February 2011 – http://bit.ly/esHcOP
“It’ll never work”: a collection of failed predictions – http://awe.sm/5GbLB
The best free social media tracking tools you should know about – http://bit.ly/eA0Y6r
Good read about why Facebook marketing rarely works – http://rww.to/h2dkXz
45+ Awesome Job Recruitment Ads – http://bit.ly/fDu0vt
New, improved Google Social Search squeezes out SEO – http://bit.ly/ef6UeS
Good example a collaborative consumption platform – http://bit.ly/3EXPBv
Creative And Smart Ideas of Advertising For Inspirations – http://bit.ly/gxhoY7
8 Tested Guidelines for Creative Advertising – http://bit.ly/hHq4Fa
How to Handle Difficult Clients: tips for freelancers – http://crowdspring.co/difficultclients
Beer Labels – the Unexpected Art Medium – http://bit.ly/eUGWyu
Common Design Styles Used in Album Artwork – http://bit.ly/dYeC2V
30 of the Best Font Foundries – http://bit.ly/dM0TX6
Five and a Half Habits of Highly Effective Designers – http://bit.ly/egSVWo
Examining The Design Process: Clichés and Idea Generation – http://bit.ly/dHwAcP
The password reset experience – http://bit.ly/fz7pH7
The Art of Saying “No” – http://bit.ly/eIDvgz
Ultimate Collection of Free Photoshop Layer Styles – http://bit.ly/gU0peD
30 Inherently Useful Tools for Freelancers – http://bit.ly/gMb21w
Mind Blowing Character Designs And Tutorials – http://bit.ly/eDderD
12 Questions: Meet Mon Paningbatan (Philippines) – http://bit.ly/hBthr3
25+ Advanced Photoshop Video Tutorials – http://bit.ly/fjwbw5
Internet Package Design – http://bit.ly/hRKdCk
44 Best Tri Fold Brochure Templates – http://bit.ly/hUxjpZ
How To Organize Your Design Ideas – http://bit.ly/hipKC2
6 Photoshop Time Savers for Web Designers – http://bit.ly/efxr41
45+ Awesome Job Recruitment Ads – http://bit.ly/fDu0vt
Creative And Smart Ideas of Advertising For Inspirations – http://bit.ly/gxhoY7
A collection of 40 typography tutorials to help improve your skills – http://bit.ly/gtwx8S
Don’t Take Rejection Personally – http://bit.ly/dS219k
Graphic Design Examples Worldwide: How Nationality Reflects In Artworks – http://bit.ly/h2zvYj
All About BIG and BOLD Typography: Tips and Inspiration – http://bit.ly/dJPKJD
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
35 Attention Grasping Multicolor Logo Designs – http://bit.ly/fFpW56
30 of the Best Font Foundries – http://bit.ly/dM0TX6
Rock Solid Website Layout Examples – http://bit.ly/g0xRWm
30 Clever Examples Of Website Introduction – http://bit.ly/hT8hLN
Introduction to Web Typography – http://bit.ly/focvnE
10 Useful Tools For Cross-Browser Compatibility Check – http://bit.ly/hSVeBH
CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions – http://bit.ly/gt4py6
Web Design Trends: Don’t be a sheep. Do your job right – http://bit.ly/gtgT3K
Pretty cool About Page – http://bit.ly/hhBKIB
Minimalistic Designs of Consumer Products – http://j.mp/eRwIKG
Street food from around the world – http://bit.ly/eTPxvA
emPower: The World’s First Electronic Focusing Eyeglasses – http://bit.ly/f28XTo
Amazon Prime Now Includes Streaming Videos On Demand – http://bit.ly/ez4I0i
‘Free’ movies? — What you can learn from Amazon’s brilliant move to the future – http://tinyurl.com/4l2mumv
Good points by @dhh about the end of the IT department – http://bit.ly/hiFpSy
The iPad smackdown — 80 to 100 new tablets are coming from competitors – http://tinyurl.com/4smbx4j
Half of Detroit’s public schools being shut down? – http://huff.to/hicCb0
BlockBuster puts itself up for sale – http://lat.ms/iiEMI9
Excellent essay arguing that praising kids for working hard rather than being smart is MUCH better – http://bit.ly/hcgYdm
Around the World in 80 Diets – eye-opening look at what the world eats puts privilege in perspective http://bit.ly/hfWSZO
Skiing waves – http://bit.ly/hyf5Em
Solowheel, if your Segway is just too big for the trunk – http://tinyurl.com/6boarhp
I hope you enjoy these links! Please leave a comment and let me know what you liked/didn’t like.
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