Twitter Link Roundup #30 – Design, Copywriting, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More Ross | March 4th, 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!
40 Creative Skateboard Designs You Would Love To Have – http://bit.ly/99CwWe
Designers: How to Search For, Hire, and Work With a Web-Developer – http://bit.ly/bWDQrK
5 Reasons Why Landing Pages & Forms are More Valuable than Homepages – http://ping.fm/5j3eI
19 Creative and Unusual Bus Stop Advertisements – http://ki.am/aYaZmQ
80 Extreme Advertisements That Will Challenge Your Mind – http://j.mp/bslmni
60 Creative and Inspiring Festival Posters – http://bit.ly/arvLIS
15 Fresh Logo Design Processes That Teach Volumes – http://bit.ly/9BKo7M
90 Creative Back To Top Links and Best Practices – http://bit.ly/bIu3M5
Scientific Design: Images Of Faces and What They Communicate – http://bit.ly/9yfPyD
Showcase of 53 Creative and Exquisite Package Designs – http://bit.ly/b51A1g
55 Inspirational Original White and Light Web Designs – http://bit.ly/boi5Oc
The User Centered Design Conundrum – http://bit.ly/bA913A
Web Design Criticism: A How-To – http://bit.ly/a6MUa0
How to stand out and get noticed as a designer – http://bit.ly/cFs1lW
Massive Textures Showcase – Creative Examples of Use, Premium Packs and Tutorials – http://bit.ly/d0o5Q2
Showcase and Tips: How to Create Effective Landing Page Designs – http://bit.ly/9tqlRC
40 Extremely Useful jQuery Form Plugins – http://bit.ly/9sXWJq
The Future of Wireframes – http://bit.ly/cruIWk
Choose the right color for your design – http://bit.ly/9TgDoa
The Ultimate Collection Of Brilliant Web Design Tutorials – http://bit.ly/cA4UKS
Interview (12 questions) with crowdSPRING designer Pamela Harvey (USA) – http://bit.ly/cbRpu4
The Icon Designer’s Toolkit – http://j.mp/9se412
10 Basic Visual Web Design Mistakes – http://bit.ly/bFz6ey
Finding Inspiration in Uncommon Sources: 12 Places to Look – http://bit.ly/8YCV15
Excellent post about UX/UI and content design: Content design with cojones – http://bit.ly/at2fIN
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
The Mr. Rogers Guide to Blogging from the Heart – http://bit.ly/bqoLJL
Excellent post about UX/UI and content design: Content design with cojones – http://bit.ly/at2fIN
Final Lessons Learned from One of the World’s Highest-Paid Copywriters – http://bit.ly/cC4dRR
Write-up on marketing of Bob Garfield’s The Chaos Scenario (good read for authors) – http://bit.ly/dylq1X
Startups & small biz at SXSW: ideas on how to spend your time at the conference – http://bit.ly/bIlrYo
Not Everything That Can Be Counted Counts – http://bit.ly/bWvAvu
Great post for startups – “Sunk Costs” – http://bit.ly/b0RIK2
Baby steps often lead to big leaps – http://bit.ly/1a7M0R
Good post about fundraising for startups – especially if you don’t have a business plan – http://bit.ly/bY66aK
Well worth the read – interview with Tachi Yamada, president of the Gates Foundation – http://nyti.ms/9KtmtB
Another excellent video post by @bcopple about startup activity in Chicago – http://bit.ly/dqJGrG
Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) – http://3.ly/k7e4
Startup Cultures are not an Automatic Success – http://bit.ly/ds7EkH
“Three Things To Put Off As Long As Possible For Your Startup” – http://bit.ly/cFzkaV
Want to Kill Innovation? Keep Asking Questions – http://bit.ly/9KK5Ch
From – to + : The Power of Positive Thought – http://bit.ly/b5xZBE
Buzzwords and the Credibility Problem – http://bit.ly/dhWxoR
5 Reasons Why Landing Pages & Forms are More Valuable than Homepages – http://ping.fm/5j3eI
crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight Of the Week: Barspace.tv – http://bit.ly/cS39rm
How Small Business Is Using Social Media [STATS] – http://bit.ly/b6OFA9
Not Everything That Can Be Counted Counts – http://bit.ly/bWvAvu
Baby steps often lead to big leaps – http://bit.ly/1a7M0R
Buzzwords and the Credibility Problem – http://bit.ly/dhWxoR
4 Things the Grateful Dead Can Teach You About Social Business – http://bit.ly/a4PooO
5 Reasons Why Landing Pages & Forms are More Valuable than Homepages – http://ping.fm/5j3eI
The future of advertising agencies: learnings from Forrester – http://bit.ly/bizqs9
Data Visualization: The State of The Internet – http://bit.ly/9nTBUh
Buzzwords and the Credibility Problem – http://bit.ly/dhWxoR
19 Creative and Unusual Bus Stop Advertisements – http://ki.am/aYaZmQ
How Small Business Is Using Social Media [STATS] – http://bit.ly/b6OFA9
80 Extreme Advertisements That Will Challenge Your Mind – http://j.mp/bslmni
Google Secures Broad Patent for Location-Based Advertising – http://bit.ly/bls08f
Not Everything That Can Be Counted Counts – http://bit.ly/bWvAvu
Data Visualization: The State of The Internet – http://bit.ly/9nTBUh
Interview (12 questions) with crowdSPRING designer Pamela Harvey (USA) – http://bit.ly/cbRpu4
Infographic: Google Interesting Facts & Figures – http://post.ly/QOxd
Charting the Past 10 Years (This is fantastic) – http://post.ly/QeJd
crowdSPRING has adopted a new policy for stock art in logo & logo/stationery projects. Details – http://bit.ly/aqdSo5
Thrilled to see crowdSPRING in a special report on crowdsourcing on ABC7 news last night – http://bit.ly/aE0mkj
How we deal with “flooding” in projects on crowdSPRING – http://bit.ly/a4ftTZ
Not sure how I feel about Facebook’s newsfeed patent – http://bit.ly/aieJyj
Interactive Infographic: “Snake Oil” Scientific evid. 4 popular health supplements – http://bit.ly/aCkUlO
Bloom Box seems too good to be true – http://post.ly/Pj0W
Crowdsourcing getting mainstream attention: Crowdspring – http://bit.ly/9h57cF
Well worth the read – interview with Tachi Yamada, president of the Gates Foundation – http://nyti.ms/9KtmtB
crowdSPRING’s latest small business newsletter was just sent out. Here’s a copy if you’re curious – http://bit.ly/bkk50N
The Entire Alice and Wonderland Story in One Tattoo – http://bit.ly/cA4X5j
Awesome new video from OK Go – http://bit.ly/92RSdR
Web 4.0? – http://norcalis.com
We have no doubt you’d like to own your very own Chia Lincoln. Here’s your chance – http://bit.ly/dlLXRY
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.
