Twitter Link Roundup #90 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More Ross | June 16th, 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 showing one of the latest rages in outdoor sports – extreme ironing. WTF? More examples of extreme ironing (including while hang gliding, underwater, bike riding and more in the Random Fun section below.
Why entrepreneurs shouldn’t delegate a job until they’ve done it first – http://bit.ly/kjDzYY
crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Voguette – http://bit.ly/jtnEcs
Startups and The Problem Of Premature Scalaculation – http://bit.ly/kJFlkL
Why entrepreneurs shouldn’t delegate a job until they’ve done it first – http://bit.ly/kjDzYY
Entrepreneurship at its most basic – http://bit.ly/mm5Bj1
The Economics of Dropbox – http://perfor.ms/iK5lUo
Case Studies in Freemium: Pandora, Dropbox, Evernote, Automattic and MailChimp – http://bit.ly/kvkSog
Interesting perspective on startup hiring and whether startups confuse A and B “players” – http://bit.ly/j0wnqA
Sandbox Industries Launches Healthbox, An Accelerator for Healthcare Startups – http://bit.ly/k8ot6p
Excellent Bloomberg video about Marc Andreessen & history of the browser – http://bloom.bg/kn0CqO
Meet Amazon.com’s first employee: Shel Kaphan – http://bit.ly/lXspuR
10 New Creative Guerrilla Marketing Examples – http://bit.ly/kwBe9K
Good tips for building online relationships – http://bit.ly/jMcHuo
Good article in the @NYTimes about Twitter #hashtags with a profile on @ChrisMessina – http://bit.ly/lgmTHJ
Enjoyed this presentation by @unmarketing about the need to engage (video & slideshow) – http://bit.ly/kufWUz
Shocking. People who are already your fans on Facebook are more likely to like you – http://rww.to/iwaqf3
Big brands wasting time & energy on Empire Avenue. No doubt their “gurus” suggested strategy – http://on.mash.to/ingK0E
10 Habits of Highly Successful Freelancers – http://bit.ly/lJ7FU2
Understanding Copyright And Licenses – http://bit.ly/lZFztM
750+ Free Photoshop Brushes to Download – http://bit.ly/lETalT
40 Remarkable Examples Of Typography Design #5 – http://bit.ly/iS2ffu
58 Gadget Photoshop and Illustrator Tutorials – http://bit.ly/jsXk8O
5 Productivity Tools for the Busy Freelancer – http://bit.ly/jwJxjx
Creative Packaging: Excellent Designs of Paper Bags and Boxes – http://bit.ly/iNJS3H
Awesome ambigrams http://bit.ly/mRIYsB (expand) and even more awesome ambigrams – http://bit.ly/ltwuLC
Impressive Album Covers and Artworks That Rock – http://bit.ly/kbalBd
10 Killer Photoshop Tips For Web Designers – http://bit.ly/lBmOHg
Modern Designed Resumes – http://bit.ly/mbjxSZ
All About Grunge: 60 Useful Examples, Tutorials and Free Resources – http://bit.ly/jpJ5Ig
TeuxDeux: A “designy” to-do list app – http://bit.ly/iFu8Ti
A Graphic Design Primer, Part 1: The Elements of a Design – http://bit.ly/jpwjla
A creative touch to your layout: tips & tricks – http://bit.ly/lq72dL
The Story Of Scandinavian Design: Combining Function and Aesthetics – http://bit.ly/lfO5xM
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
20 Superb Examples Of Logos With Straight Line Designs – http://bit.ly/m9GyfG
Nice Colourful Logos – http://bit.ly/jK4CKw
Logos with Funny Characters – http://bit.ly/jaiul0
All About Website Sidebars: Content, Design, and Examples – http://bit.ly/lUxJYc
Signup Form Usability and Design Best Practices – http://bit.ly/lUzpAW
Colors in Web Design: An Exploration – http://bit.ly/lEVSla
Useful HTML-, CSS- and JavaScript Tools and Libraries – http://bit.ly/iGxkhp
Great collection of classic Mike Wallace interviews from the 50s – http://bit.ly/ky0i9K
crowdSPRING writer interview – 12 Questions: Meet Keith Woodruff (USA) – http://bit.ly/iND3kT
In the latest from the Kunz Academy, @benkunz teaches us simple math, Facebook style – http://bit.ly/m1bwJh
10 Habits of Highly Successful Freelancers – http://bit.ly/lJ7FU2
Enjoyed this Daily Mail interview with Bill Gates – http://bit.ly/jA2lkb
Iceland Is Crowdsourcing Its New Constitution – http://bit.ly/iF0MM3
Meet Amazon.com’s first employee: Shel Kaphan – http://bit.ly/lXspuR
Excellent Bloomberg video about Marc Andreessen & history of the browser – http://bloom.bg/kn0CqO
They couldn’t add another blade, so Schick added smell to their men’s razor? Nuts. http://j.mp/mA47ce
Good video about history of the space shuttle – narrated by William Shatner – http://bit.ly/j7Z1If
The latest extreme sport. Speechless – http://bit.ly/lOXm43
50 of the most picturesque city views and skylines in the world – http://bit.ly/jiNMGd
I hope you enjoy these links! Please leave a comment and let me know what you liked/didn’t like.
