Twitter Link Roundup #38 – Design, Copywriting, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More Ross | May 6th, 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!
The Differences Between Good Designers and Great Designers – http://bit.ly/9c1Q5E
An Amazing Round Up of Illustrations in Website Designs – http://bit.ly/ajIzSJ
The connection between a logo and the brand behind the logo – http://bit.ly/crQ1tU
Useful Glossaries For Web Designers and Developers – http://bit.ly/brq41E
The State of Web Development 2010 – http://ow.ly/1GiRT
Logo Design Trends 2010 – http://bit.ly/cwlk5s
The Professional Designers Guide to using Black – http://ki.am/aWYUbe
Gorgeous and Versatile CSS Menus – http://bit.ly/bmqpA0
9 Must Have – Truly Awesome Fractal Brushes – http://bit.ly/aaMKGR
25+ Free Vector World Maps (.ai, .eps and .svg formats) – http://bit.ly/dyiI77
18 Wireframing, Mockup And Prototyping Tools To Plan Designs – http://bit.ly/9L54LV
Anatomy of Colors in Web Design: Black – A Representation of Style & Mystery – http://bit.ly/9TpMCj
Create a Realistic Panoramic Matte Painting in Photoshop – http://bit.ly/bqyWRv
20 Fabulous Photoshop Web Interface Tutorials – http://bit.ly/ct1B4P
190+ Useful Fresh Articles for Web Designers – http://tinyurl.com/2v4dszx
12 Questions: Meet Michael Irby (USA) – an interview w/ a crowdSPRING designer – http://bit.ly/cGYNSK
Award-winning package design from The Dieline – http://j.mp/9RGVM8
20 incredible examples of smooth horizontal and vertical sliding navigation websites – http://bit.ly/b4bFaq
40+ Amazing Examples of Graffiti Art – http://bit.ly/9Heuhn
Amazing Database Of Free Vectors – LAFKON vektorDB – http://bit.ly/aFNZcv
The Steps of Creative Communication – http://bit.ly/byNuam
30+ Best Texture Tutorials for Photoshop – http://bit.ly/aNFf10
12 Unique and Creative Shoes – http://bit.ly/9kKgtj
Tutorial: How to Make a Photoshop Brush Set – http://bit.ly/9oHMbO
How To Redesign Your Homepage: A Bootstrapped Process – http://bit.ly/adGpOa
12 Cool Products for your Kitchen – http://bit.ly/b4jQ5k
Beautiful Coffee Packaging Roundup – http://bit.ly/9wMV9F
The Ultimate Roundup of iPad Icons, Tutorials and PSDs – http://bit.ly/9Mkoeq
Grid-Based Web Design, Simplified – http://bit.ly/bzj9Mt
Eye Candy vs. Bare Bones in UI Design – http://bit.ly/bisJxz
30 Trendy AJAX, jQuery And Image Galleries You May Like – http://bit.ly/9qwxYY
Ask The Experts: Logo Design FAQ, Q&A, Tips + More – http://bit.ly/a5m16g
3 Ways to Get your Website Designs Up and Running Faster – http://bit.ly/9kCx7x
How to Create Cool Water Effect Typography – http://bit.ly/alB60U
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
A Case for Space: Why you should say less, more often – http://bit.ly/9FbrL4
Why is Business Writing So Awful? – http://bit.ly/bFSFfC
The Two Vital Attributes of Quality Content – http://bit.ly/bMV5QV
Guidelines for Writing a Good About Page – http://bit.ly/9U4q0G
Why Web Copy is More than Just Words – http://bit.ly/9w4byv
7 Ideas for Writing Compelling Content – http://ki.am/d9qKSr
Dealing With Customer Resistance To Change – http://bit.ly/9BG6lC
Media Relations 101 for Your Startup – http://bit.ly/ce2uyW
How To Redesign Your Homepage: A Bootstrapped Process – http://bit.ly/adGpOa
Startup Tip: Marketing One-To-One – http://bit.ly/dbtR7w
Thinking About Doing – http://bit.ly/aKPDHq
Trusting Your Gut: What They Don’t Teach You in B-School – http://bit.ly/aV9nop
The Five Whys for Startups – http://bit.ly/9VtAQZ
The Life of a Startup Founder’s Significant Other – http://bit.ly/9FT6qH
Is Your Service Business Too Squishy? – http://bit.ly/cb1sse
The Role of Education in Entrepreneurship – http://bit.ly/crIWoo
An Insider’s Guide to Venture Capital Financing – http://bit.ly/9gXIUT
11 states committed to helping startups–real, valuable help (cash) – http://bit.ly/avk0nY
Ideas for small business: Surveying your customers – http://bit.ly/cN5qwN
Dealing With Customer Resistance To Change – http://bit.ly/9BG6lC
What Twitter’s New Ad Model Could Mean for Small Business – http://bit.ly/966HdW
Startup Tip: Marketing One-To-One – http://bit.ly/dbtR7w
Is Your Service Business Too Squishy? – http://bit.ly/cb1sse
Customer-Driven Innovation: Giving Customers a Seat at the Drafting Table – http://bit.ly/dljpQU
Small Business Tip: Conference Banners – http://bit.ly/aImX2V
How Groupon Could Save Your Business – http://bit.ly/b818YW
How To Redesign Your Homepage: A Bootstrapped Process – http://bit.ly/adGpOa
Lessons In Brand And Social Media Storytelling – http://bit.ly/9MZOlx
Why Social Sharing Is Bigger than Facebook and Twitter – http://bit.ly/aDzHeB
Why I Love Bloggers with Balls – http://bit.ly/bgu67X
Ideas for small business: Surveying your customers – http://bit.ly/cN5qwN
Customer-Driven Innovation: Giving Customers a Seat at the Drafting Table – http://bit.ly/dljpQU
What Twitter’s New Ad Model Could Mean for Small Business – http://bit.ly/966HdW
Dealing With Customer Resistance To Change – http://bit.ly/9BG6lC
Are you seeing what others are seeing? Google’s personalized search feature – http://bit.ly/aSR2iQ
Bought Loyalty vs. Earned Loyalty – http://ow.ly/1Gyic
The Real Reasons Big Brands Don’t Rank – http://bit.ly/946dXp
Smart thoughts on importance of audience size as measure of our reach – http://bit.ly/avAXr7
Why People Hate Your Viral Marketing – http://bit.ly/9ZZuMb
Consumer Reports: Half of Social Network Users are “Oversharing” – http://bit.ly/a5QGll
Who Uses Google AdWords? – http://post.ly/eOLr
Is Your Service Business Too Squishy? – http://bit.ly/cb1sse
Top 10 social media brands according to poll of 60 industry pros – http://bit.ly/bdAgo8
BMW vs. Audi Billboard Wars: A Chronology: http://digg.com/d31PzQ3
5 Tips for Using Social Media for Real Results – http://bit.ly/cwKxLH
Google Crowdsourcing Investments – http://bit.ly/cZbErp
Fiat Crowdsourcing Car Design – http://bit.ly/aFZ46r
Good interview by WSJ w/ Adobe CEO about the ongoing flash dispute w/ Apple – http://bit.ly/bTQzGO
Google Drawings Wireframing Kit (for Google Docs) – http://bit.ly/ap5App
Self publishing gains respectability NYT: Authors Unbound Online – http://nyti.ms/9IUH1K
Great post by Roger Ebert about 3D movies – http://bit.ly/baTQpY
And an outstanding rebuttal to Roger Ebert’s criticism of 3D technology – http://bit.ly/affjb0
NYTimes: The Data-Driven Life – http://nyti.ms/9U304O
Stephen Hawking on building a time machine – http://bit.ly/bX0NbK
Why Content Curation Is Here to Stay – http://bit.ly/9zjTCv
Powerful arguments from @benward on what the open web “is”. Highly recommended – http://bit.ly/cbr844
Non profits: don’t ask for money, ask for change – http://bit.ly/dyU8Ui]
Customer-Driven Innovation: Giving Customers a Seat at the Drafting Table – http://bit.ly/dljpQU
One doesn’t need a Regressive Imagery Dictionary to know that Facebook users like sex – http://bit.ly/cPjb9E
12 Questions: Meet Michael Irby (USA) – an interview w/ a crowdSPRING designer – http://bit.ly/cGYNSK
The Microsoft Courier Tablet Project Was Just Killed – http://bit.ly/cJ2esK
So you think you know rock band logos? Trivia Quiz #2 is up – http://bit.ly/8ZcVRw
Oozing creativity – parkour video from Damien Walters – http://bit.ly/aU6fnw
Man claims to have had no food or drink for 70 years?! – http://ki.am/bGFCYS
40 Beautiful And Amazing Aquatic Life Photos – http://bit.ly/9fZPti
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.
