Twitter Link Roundup #84 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More Ross | May 5th, 2011
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 above is one of a number of funny de-motivational posters – you’ll find more in the Random Fun section below.
10 Tips for small business: surveying your customers – http://bit.ly/mGyMJB
Negotiation Tips For Small Businesses, Entrepreneurs and Freelancers – http://bit.ly/9yioyH
Top 10 tips for email newsletters – http://abcn.ws/dSAICt
Lean startups: Office space for the 21st Century (what to consider when leasing office space) – http://bit.ly/ijHJG7
Small Business Spotlight of the Week: PVPower – http://bit.ly/jvUDAB
Lean Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses and Startups – http://bit.ly/hvIPeE
crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Mancx – http://bit.ly/eyXoFV
The case for unlimited vacation time – http://bit.ly/maPy7v
The case for unlimited vacation time – http://bit.ly/maPy7v
10 Tips for small business: surveying your customers – http://bit.ly/mGyMJB
Lean Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses and Startups – http://bit.ly/hvIPeE
Lean startups: Office space for the 21st Century (what to consider when leasing office space) – http://bit.ly/ijHJG7
Good post by Twilio about strategies to avoid downtime due to single point (i.e. AWS) failures – http://bit.ly/etzB2A
What It’s Like To Be An Entrepreneur – Mark Achler – http://bit.ly/kCAGrY
4 Ways to Make Social Technology Work For Your Biz – http://bit.ly/ghXFqd
Must read article for all startup entrepreneurs about valuation – http://goo.gl/Y0xLi
Interesting perspective by @msuster on product vs. service startup business models – http://bit.ly/fRFz6n
Seven lessons to learn from Amazon’s outage – http://zd.net/i9U0Nt
Negotiation Tips For Small Businesses, Entrepreneurs and Freelancers – http://bit.ly/9yioyH
Top 10 tips for email newsletters – http://abcn.ws/dSAICt
Advertising CTR rates are abysmal and may be even worse than the metrics show – http://bit.ly/htfcX9
Are the junior talent in advertising packaging themselves wrong? – http://bit.ly/f42gnF
Q&A With Survivor Host Jeff Probst On Surviving Social Media – http://tcrn.ch/i1b6RS
EmpireAvenue: All Heat And No Light? – http://sto.ly/fwGx32
Good thoughts by @edwardboches on acting responsibly when you command attention in the SM world – http://bit.ly/fyDEpf
Interesting to see Google offer instant previews for search ads – http://bit.ly/hanamY
Digital accounts for more than one quarter of U.S. agency revenues – http://bit.ly/fOouot
I think @shelisrael has it wrong about Emire Avenue being a winner – http://bit.ly/hN5T3S – my view here – http://b.qr.ae/fx74WR
Digital? Traditional? Both? Plenty of confusion in the ad agency space – http://bit.ly/fEiu6U
Perhaps this is how ancient philosphers would have described Instagram? – http://bit.ly/esqPKY
Interesting suggestion that Twitter license its API using freemium model – but thinking too small? – http://tcrn.ch/hwe8sS
Understanding and Using Embedded Fonts: What, Why and How? – http://bit.ly/ivGJcJ
Designing for Different Age Groups – http://bit.ly/jsiOWL
32 Myths On Debunking User Experience Misconceptions – http://ow.ly/4M0Hl
Ten Guidelines for Quantitative Measurement of UX – http://bit.ly/hJiV0E
20+ Online Color Selection Tools For Web Designers – http://bit.ly/dXwQbE
Negotiation Tips For Small Businesses, Entrepreneurs and Freelancers – http://bit.ly/9yioyH
31 New Examples Of Typography – http://bit.ly/hAoKed
26 Minimalist Ads That Inspire – http://bit.ly/hPOn2G
50 Photoshop Tutorials to Get You Ready for Spring – http://bit.ly/hSVa9X
Things Designers Need to Know About Colors – http://bit.ly/eKa6Ao
Bridging the Gap: Difference between Print and Web Design – http://bit.ly/ifuX87
30 Superb Sans Serif Fonts – http://bit.ly/dVcn2H
25+ tutorials on creating brushes in Adobe Illustrator – http://bit.ly/ejUV1v
Scrolling and Attention – http://ow.ly/4FxMO
14 Beautiful Texture Packs – http://bit.ly/gSpiUD
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
11 Mistakes Customers Make When Getting a Logo – http://bit.ly/irkOV9
Logo Design: ¡Mexican! – http://bit.ly/fyuMp0
35 Perfect Examples Of Branding Design – http://bit.ly/fwnwPv
30 Superb Sans Serif Fonts – http://bit.ly/dVcn2H
Logo Evolution of 12 Companies Brands – http://bit.ly/hmzI3j
Do’s and don’ts for designing email newsletters – http://bit.ly/j2pnTr
32 Myths On Debunking User Experience Misconceptions – http://ow.ly/4M0Hl
50 Effective and Creative Call to Action Buttons – http://bit.ly/gfd3xa
Understanding and Using Embedded Fonts: What, Why and How? – http://bit.ly/ivGJcJ
Designing a Web App Homepage: Examples, Tips and Peeves – http://bit.ly/ghfmnd
Common elements used in interface button design – http://bit.ly/ifjDw1
Examples of Purple in Web Design – http://bit.ly/ehfDx9
Bridging the Gap: Difference between Print and Web Design – http://bit.ly/ifuX87
Brilliant Japanese Product & Packaging Design – http://bit.ly/l9W3IO
Wine Package Design Inspiration – 40 Stylish Examples – http://bit.ly/eMbhV8
63 Brilliant Examples Of Packaging – http://bit.ly/huXkRa
Sweet Music Doc Straight Out of Austin – http://bit.ly/mhyUwh
Some good reasons not to sit at your desk all day. You’ll live longer, among other things – http://n.pr/gdGGaZ
Impressive organic search growth for Netflix past two years – http://bit.ly/fPudJT
Netflix continues to impress with its latest earnings report – http://tcrn.ch/eFO7F7
There are two kinds of people in the world – http://bit.ly/h7J8bH
l memories of Chernobyl but outstanding photos on boston.com – http://bo.st/fvrSFB
The Complete Guide to Not Giving a Fuck – http://bit.ly/hqeorv
Funniest Print Ads – http://bit.ly/he24bb
Funny Motivational Posters – http://bit.ly/gZ356z
Thor vs Darth Vader – http://j.mp/hHMVjV
Shakespearean sonnet day again at crowdSPRING. Who wins this battle? YOU decide – http://bit.ly/g39F5v
9 famous movies recreated in one take, brilliant! – http://j.mp/ec5AnU
I hope you enjoy these links! Please leave a comment and let me know what you liked/didn’t like.
