Twitter Link Roundup #28 – Design, Copywriting, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More Ross | February 18th, 2010
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!
Measuring Up: Are You a Good Designer or a Great One? – http://bit.ly/amhKzb
Designing Great Information Graphics – http://bit.ly/beV7PF
25 amazing Hand based Logo Designs – http://bit.ly/cNmfVg
Illustrator & Type Tips Worth Knowing – http://bit.ly/9G623K
30 Beautiful & Inspiring Packages (package design) – http://bit.ly/bTL8lS
50 Beautiful Clean and Simple Web Designs – http://bit.ly/ce8eYK
22 Fantastic Animal Character Tutorials for Illustrator – http://bit.ly/bxohoy
50 Beautiful Clean and Simple Web Designs – http://j.mp/b17Ub6
35 Latest High-Quality Free Fonts for Professional Designers – http://bit.ly/9ImtLr
50 Inspiring Dark Web Designs – http://bit.ly/b87M4T
15 Tools for Cross-Browser Testing – http://bit.ly/d4Keo9
The Art of Crafting Beautiful Stylesheets – http://bit.ly/bzxlr
95+ Amazing and Colorful Floral Designs- Free EPS Files – http://bit.ly/8Y3Nml
The Most Common HTML and CSS Mistakes to Avoid – http://bit.ly/bZYGAx
Email Newsletter Design: Guidelines And Examples – http://bit.ly/9pbl9m
Super Easy Typographic Portrait in Photoshop – http://bit.ly/cDKV1r
Most Creative and Fantastic Error 404 Pages – http://bit.ly/bprKGS
20 CSS3 Tutorials and Techiques for Creating Buttons – http://bit.ly/9AlsGC
The Future of User Interfaces – http://bit.ly/dyniTQ
10 Hand-Picked Tutorials for Beginning Web Designers – http://bit.ly/apDXKv
30 Best Written And Explained Logo Design Tutorials – http://bit.ly/9U3G2f
Creative Web Form Designs: Ideas And Realizatio – http://bit.ly/a2G8tX
Most Creative Ads Series: Hands – http://bit.ly/axPSfP
15 tips to choose a good text type – http://bit.ly/fyFnb
40 Fundamental Illustrator Tutorials You Must Know – http://bit.ly/bdY5Py
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
SEO Copywriting For Beginners – http://bit.ly/cuZmMP
Five “Old School” (copywriting) Tactics That Could Ruin Your Sales Page – http://bit.ly/dpXGR6
10 Pathways to Inspired Writing – http://bit.ly/bK4Y7Y
Problems Are Opportunities, Not Threats (why we should never stop questioning everything) – http://bit.ly/dgXWnv
5 thoughts for startups & small business on managing the work vs. home wrestling match – http://bit.ly/42nF0y
Good interview with @jasonfried about meetings, spam, productivity & culture – http://bit.ly/a9z4dP
Five compensation-related mistakes startups make (and should avoid) – http://bit.ly/aXDsYq
Interesting perspective about leadership & why the first follower is most important – http://bit.ly/d1fcqW
Startup Marketing Mistake: Losing People Through the Bottom of Your Funnel – http://bit.ly/5b7GW8
Should You Be An Entrepreneur? Take This Test – Harvard Business Review – http://bit.ly/bvoe0p
Five tips for startups & small business about delivering great customer service – http://bit.ly/c27cSZ
5 thoughts for startups & small business on managing the work vs. home wrestling match – http://bit.ly/42nF0y
Five tips for startups & small business about delivering great customer service – http://bit.ly/c27cSZ
Should You Be An Entrepreneur? Take This Test – Harvard Business Review – http://bit.ly/bvoe0p
Web Strategy Matrix: Google Buzz vs Facebook vs MySpace vs Twitter – http://bit.ly/d9vruI
Cognitive Fluency, easy = true – http://bit.ly/bj2JGs
Google launches advertising retargeting – http://tinyurl.com/ybf9489
Why Brands are Becoming Media – http://bit.ly/9kAp1H
If your product is Great, it doesn’t need to be Good. – http://bit.ly/cYDsvU
Designing Great Information Graphics – http://bit.ly/beV7PF
Thought-provoking post by @tdefren on whether PR agencies should blog about their clients – http://bit.ly/dB3SGx
5 Keys To Avoiding Social Media Fatigue – http://bit.ly/9VuRqH
Startup Marketing Mistake: Losing People Through the Bottom of Your Funnel – http://bit.ly/5b7GW8
Do you see problems as threats or opportunities? – http://bit.ly/dgXWnv
Love this post by @stoweboyd about meritocracy of ideas & why Condé Nast’s Gourmet folded – http://bit.ly/akcvBO
The Future of User Interfaces – http://bit.ly/dyniTQ
crowdSPRING interview w/ graphic designer Janis Aydelette (USA) – http://bit.ly/9oVRka
Good thoughts from @stoweboyd about his vision on the future of user experience (user interfaces) – http://bit.ly/9gicXW
To-do lists work for some people. They’re not for me. Here’s how I stay efficient – http://bit.ly/afnqDV
The D?o of Search: Search Suggestions – http://bit.ly/bL4hih
Fun contest for young entrepreneurs looking for seed capital (w/ cash prize & mentoring) – http://bizbreakapp.com/
crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week – http://bit.ly/dr1TyM
For all the ladies out there…don’t try to fight…this guy will sweep you off your feet – http://bit.ly/acBZkt
Everything you ever wanted to know about poop – http://bit.ly/djdhQa
43% of Canadians prefer bacon over sex – http://ki.am/cUaOP1
I hope you enjoy these links! If you can spare a minute, please leave a comment and let me know what you liked/didn’t like.


