Twitter Link Roundup #86 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More Ross | May 19th, 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 fun and creative advertisements. More creative and fun ads in the Social Media and Marketing section below.
Small Wins and Feeling Good – http://bit.ly/lpqldo
5 Tips for Entrepreneurs on maintaining your focus: checklists rock – http://bit.ly/j9iuem
crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: NeverLabs – http://bit.ly/ks7QID
5 Tips for Entrepreneurs on maintaining your focus: checklists rock – http://bit.ly/j9iuem
Small Wins and Feeling Good – http://bit.ly/lpqldo
The One-Paragraph Start-Up Plan – http://yhoo.it/lOEyXf
Seven marketing mistakes most startups make – http://bit.ly/kxS4xL
You Are Solving The Wrong Problem – http://bit.ly/lkiTBM
The right investors for the mission – http://zite.to/jlBWQX
New Facebook resource center for nonprofits – http://on.mash.to/mlsEM8
5 lessons entrepreneurs can learn from Navy SEALs – http://bit.ly/lamQKd
How to Avoid the Passion Trap – http://bit.ly/lGCRwh
Good perspective about Microsoft’s Ballmer & reasons why a change at the top is needed – http://bit.ly/lz6gat
“With luck the latest web bubble will do less damage than its predecessor” – http://econ.st/mJjaDX
Big behavioral change can occur through small actions – http://bit.ly/j6ri21
The False Choice Between Babies & Startups – http://onforb.es/lqXfVR
Research suggests entrepreneurs are not very good at making financial projections – http://bit.ly/kzJiqu
Turning an Addiction into a Bootstrapped Startup – http://j.mp/ikwTo9
Not a good trend – word of mouth on the decline, based on recent consumer survey – http://bit.ly/l8sf8f
Earned media becoming more important (makes sense that this is happening) – http://bit.ly/jSoB1g
Very poor efficacy from Twitter ads – http://bit.ly/iiNak5
Gmail to add static images to the ads shown in free gmail accounts – http://nyti.ms/k2Xc6Q
Most Creative Ads Ever – http://bit.ly/mRPCiH
40 Awesome Photoshop CS5 Tutorials to Sharpen Your Skills – http://bit.ly/jStZy9
Brochure & Flyer Designing – Tips, Construction Techniques and Design Examples – http://bit.ly/jMLqoX
15 Photoshop Tutorials for Designing Advertisements – http://bit.ly/kz1AzZ
20 Apocalyptic Photoshop Tutorials – http://bit.ly/jk1AgT
How To Keep Your Creative Juices Flowing – http://bit.ly/lCev3j
Super Creative Illustrations – http://bit.ly/k1PUlV
Inspirational Flyer Designs – http://bit.ly/jjZ53X
30+ Well-designed Tri-fold Brochures – http://bit.ly/kwmGl6
Most Creative Ads Ever – http://bit.ly/mRPCiH
60+ Must-Have Photoshop Brush Sets For Excellent Grunge Effects – http://bit.ly/lvNHEN
50 Business card tutorials – http://bit.ly/mUgx7X
20 Amazing Photoshop Tutorials For Creating Your Own Poster – http://bit.ly/irqrs6
40 Big and Highly Detailed Free Icon Sets to Improve Your Designs – http://bit.ly/jFnWa3
10 Productivity Tips Specifically Designed for Designers – http://bit.ly/le5b6N
33 Essential Resources for Developers & Designers – http://on.mash.to/jwwjTi
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
30 Examples of Dotted-Style Logo Designs – http://bit.ly/iQCBFp
35 Stunning Blue Color Website Designs – http://bit.ly/jGCroz
33 Essential Resources for Developers & Designers – http://on.mash.to/jwwjTi
51 top travel website design examples – http://bit.ly/lbeuA4
60+ Cool and Refreshing Green Web Design Layouts – http://bit.ly/iR0qX6
40 Big and Highly Detailed Free Icon Sets to Improve Your Designs – http://bit.ly/jFnWa3
26 Web Designs for the Food Industry – http://bit.ly/lbLrkD
15 Useful Sketchbooks And Mockups For Web Designers – http://bit.ly/iweNaZ
Optimizing Error Pages: Creating Opportunities Out Of Mistakes – http://bit.ly/m0pQQh
Smarter Web Designs: Responsive and Customizable – http://bit.ly/iREtTR
What You Need to Know About Usability – http://bit.ly/jT3yPV
Improving Usability with Fitts’ Law – http://bit.ly/lursW0
39 Beautiful Bottle Designs – http://bit.ly/kojm0x
The Latest Trends In Package Design – http://bit.ly/ix4bfl
Crowdsourcing Moved Your Cheese – http://bit.ly/iCrmWt
The surprising accuracy of Minority Report 10 years later – http://tnw.co/j469Cl
Useful time tool to schedule meetings around the world – http://bit.ly/jpQ7bE
Profits per employee at Apple continue to impress and lead industry – http://bit.ly/mDZwLH
Netflix’s Internet Traffic Overtakes Web Surfing – http://j.mp/jqVLNn
Outstanding story about D. Rose and the Chicago neighborhood – Englewood – where he grew up – http://bit.ly/kJ7ABL
The Chilling Story of Genius in a Land of Chronic Unemployment – http://tcrn.ch/jvKHA3
An extensive interview with Seth Godin (Boing Boing) – http://bit.ly/kyD0Uo
Interesting “futuristic” library at the University of Chicago (still houses physical books) – http://bit.ly/kY39XK
If accurate, remarkable projections of how much Kindle contributes to Amazon’s revenues/profits – http://bit.ly/jYrrFK
Good NYT piece on how Drudge has managed to grow and stay popular – http://nyti.ms/ikPdRj
Kill Math, by Bret Victor – http://bit.ly/m7EXHJ
iPhone share of phone market in Q1: 5% volumes, 20% revenues, 55% profit – http://bit.ly/jT0Cpl
Tons of fun facts in this summer 2011 movie infographic – http://bit.ly/l22JhR
I hope you enjoy these links! Please leave a comment and let me know what you liked/didn’t like.
