Twitter Link Roundup #54 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More Ross | September 30th, 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!
image credit: Andrew Morrell Photography
Put Crowdsourcing to Work for You – http://bit.ly/9bjSx1
10 Most Common Excuses For NOT Making Ideas Happen – http://bit.ly/9vjwwd
Useful resource for small businesses – Google has refreshed its SEO starter guide – http://selnd.com/ciSfnv
Logo & web design: the crowdSPRING alternative – http://bit.ly/9ZAObz
crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Sole Discretion – http://bit.ly/cSVr09
How to handle getting a no – http://bit.ly/bHGWHQ
Free resources for small businesses from Google – http://bit.ly/c7bI7a
Excellent and must read post from MailChimp – Going Freemium: One Year Later – http://bit.ly/cUs61S
Good intro “how to” guide on local online targeting by IAB – http://bit.ly/a7kx13
Five social media recommendations for startups – http://bit.ly/ahrsSF
Startups Should Say No to Most Opportunities – http://bit.ly/9rnFNE
10 Most Common Excuses For NOT Making Ideas Happen – http://bit.ly/9vjwwd
Put Crowdsourcing to Work for You – http://bit.ly/9bjSx1
Excellent post about hackers and leadership – http://bit.ly/b3qR1W
The Butterfly Effect of Entrepreneurship – http://bit.ly/a14Byf
Startup Versus Goliath: When Your Competition is a Giant – http://rww.to/aydfNF
The Good Enough Revolution: When Cheap and Simple Is Just Fine – http://bit.ly/cpKnee
Entrepreneur at the Door; Angel at the Gate – http://bit.ly/b4Gr5m
Excellent and must read post from MailChimp – Going Freemium: One Year Later – http://bit.ly/cUs61S
The Digital 100: The World’s Most Valuable Startups – http://post.ly/zRYT
Logo & web design: the crowdSPRING alternative – http://bit.ly/9ZAObz
How to handle getting a no – http://bit.ly/bHGWHQ
Worry About Customers, Not Financing or Exits – http://bit.ly/92lcxr
Panels mostly suck. Solid advice doesn’t. @msuster writes about VC’s and angels – http://bit.ly/a7A6CZ
Why Every Entrepreneur Should Write and 9 Tips To Get Started – http://bit.ly/chZ8on
Small Change. “Why the revolution will not be tweeted” – http://nyr.kr/9Kj1aH
How Google Senses Your Frustration – http://bit.ly/ad3r0C
Why The Gamification Of Everything Is A Bad Thing? – http://bit.ly/9zG9JM
Good intro “how to” guide on local online targeting by IAB – http://bit.ly/a7kx13
The Moment You Speak To The World, You Speak to No One – http://bit.ly/ajZSEf
Promoted Tweets Selling for “Upwards of $100,000″ – http://bit.ly/adNo2z
No more need to pretend. Now you can buy “influence” directly – http://rww.to/c54K4l
What Would You Ask a Big Dumb Agency? – http://bit.ly/9zMtor
Perfect that tweets have short lifespans. People have short attention spans – http://rww.to/9LJjoq
Free shopping bag icons set (PSD and PNG) – http://bit.ly/cb9qHh
Good thoughts about simplicity in design – False Simplicity – http://bit.ly/b1ccEn
The right business name for optimal branding & marketing – http://ping.fm/UvSBd
Useful Adobe Photoshop Techniques, Tutorials and Tools – http://bit.ly/cA8SEu
15 Uniquely Creative Annual Report Designs – http://bit.ly/cHVNPo
Connect your Words and Design for the Most Impact – http://bit.ly/d6iSXe
30 Creative Business Card Designs for Inspiration – http://bit.ly/dtDPrm
20+ Free Fonts Inspired by Famous Movies – http://bit.ly/b64qfw
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
Real Estate Logos – Home, Sweet Home – http://bit.ly/c8gRUE
60 Excellent Adobe Illustrator Icon & Logo Design Tutorials – http://bit.ly/c20DkK
11 Trends in Web Logo Design: The Good, the Bad and the Overused – http://bit.ly/coSLAC
Top 5 Web Font Design Trends to Follow – http://bit.ly/bAnuXV
Does The Future Of The Internet Have Room For Web Designers? – http://bit.ly/dkBvE6
I Want To Be A Web Designer When I Grow Up – http://bit.ly/b7nsxS
20 Best Websites to Learn and Master CSS – http://bit.ly/9gIqyp
Fashion Websites: Trends, Showcase, Interviews – http://bit.ly/9nuYns
45+ Very Functional Javascript Sliders and Scrollers – http://bit.ly/cDAwQ0
40 Excellent Free Fonts For Minimal Web Design Creation – http://bit.ly/c2gsyN
10 Usability Crimes You Really Shouldn’t Commit – http://bit.ly/azdifB
Bizarre and Unusual Product Designs – http://su.pr/6Rv4vy
Online Copywriting: Make Your Website Copy Dazzle – http://bit.ly/9qwfj4
Writer incomes falling – Authors Feel Pinch in Age of E-Books – http://bit.ly/dtHp9B
Why Every Entrepreneur Should Write and 9 Tips To Get Started – http://bit.ly/chZ8on
“Community creative – how we work” – http://bit.ly/aiKvSt
Put Crowdsourcing to Work for You – http://bit.ly/9bjSx1
Interested in crowdfunding? Check out this deep analysis of Kickstarter projects – http://bit.ly/cj2uri
Anatomy of a Patent Litigation – http://tinyurl.com/2g9na5w
I love seeing crowdsourcing initiatives expanding to classroom education – http://bit.ly/d3o6m1
What scientists believe but can’t prove – http://bit.ly/9xy1hW
Mark Zuckerberg Now Richer, More Philanthropic Than Steve Jobs – http://tinyurl.com/39mjq5a
Gillette’s Strange History with the Razor and Blade Strategy – http://bit.ly/9UgV0o
Mendelsohn reports print use down 16% among affluents thanks to tablets. Striking – http://tinyurl.com/35l5l73
Great collection of photos @BeckyMcCray has shared from her safari trip – http://bit.ly/9wuhz2
The secret to creativity – http://post.ly/10Uw7
This furniture would have looked right at home in Lord of the Rings – http://bit.ly/9YjFli
Van Gogh + Tilt Shift = Amazing- http://bit.ly/bATMXn
Tribute to Graffiti: Beautiful Graffiti Artworks – http://su.pr/8oC1EQ
The World’s Lightest Bike http://su.pr/1DlTcu
I hope you enjoy these links! Please leave a comment and let me know what you liked/didn’t like.
