Twitter Link Roundup #103 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More Ross | September 23rd, 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!
It’s always fun to see creative advertising – especially in unusual places. Here’s an ad for an online job search company, on the side of a fuel pump at a gas station. More creative ads in the Social Media & Marketing section below.
Practical advice for your next tough negotiation – http://s.hbr.org/pdIB6b
crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Creative Semiotics – http://bit.ly/o4pXo2
The two ways to build a product, according to Bezos – http://bit.ly/rrYnjr
Creating Your Brand Identity (or Maybe Recreating) – http://bit.ly/oue5zx
crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Hands Occupied – http://bit.ly/rdFGuw
Sage advice for startups on picking a PR representative – http://j.mp/peNMSj
26 Popular Business Card Designs for Startup Entrepreneurs – http://awe.sm/5VPT3
Should you launch (your company or new product/service) at a conference? – http://bit.ly/p3efWp
Odds Are, Your Startup Probably Isn’t a Platform – http://perfor.ms/pCLvW3
Love seeing all the VC activity in the Chicago area! http://me.lt/8K0Df
Giving Due Diligence Calls Their Due – http://perfor.ms/nHWlAD
Several good funding tips for entrepreneurs – Early Funding Mistakes Can Be Fatal – http://bit.ly/oQUuHH
Excellent post by @micah about mentoring entrepreneurs – http://bit.ly/pyNhXN
An Inside Look at how a VC Evaluates Startups – http://bit.ly/qZqpal
Why Entrepreneurs Can’t Sleep – http://j.mp/pZmgSn
The two ways to build a product, according to Bezos – http://bit.ly/rrYnjr
Creating Your Brand Identity (or Maybe Recreating) – http://bit.ly/oue5zx
Love this post by @jtwinsorabout facing obstacles or becoming irrelevant – http://bit.ly/oGiERh
Practical advice for your next tough negotiation – http://s.hbr.org/pdIB6b
What Steve Jobs Is Like In A Meeting – http://bit.ly/q5ZjXX
Excellent @Scobleizerinterview with Color – and pretty cool pivot (100% Facebook integration) – http://bit.ly/pfZXh5
Outstanding tips … Be interesting (and other ways to help land a job/internship at a startup) – http://bit.ly/pBzRyE
Great questions for the advertising industry: part 1 (by @edwardboches) – http://bit.ly/nepVJx
Social Media’s Impending Flood of Customer Unlikes – http://bit.ly/n9SJ3r
Quality of mobile experience on landing pages impacts adwords ad quality (and cost) – http://tcrn.ch/onMLH1
9 examples of crowdsourcing, before ‘crowdsourcing’ existed – http://bit.ly/p6FXNT
Google+ has opened the doors to everyone – http://bit.ly/riEckh
33 Beautiful and Inspiring Print Advertisements – http://bit.ly/qv6xDQ
55 Amazing Billboards That Will Surely Catch Your Attention – http://bit.ly/qPBGDZ
40 New Free Fonts for Your Designs – http://bit.ly/rhqez4
33 Beautiful and Inspiring Print Advertisements – http://bit.ly/qv6xDQ
55 Amazing Billboards That Will Surely Catch Your Attention – http://bit.ly/qPBGDZ
33 Useful Photoshop PSD Freebies for the Web – http://bit.ly/pj1g4s
Ten Best Financial Management Tools for Freelancers – http://bit.ly/ncyWB8
How to Create a Kick Ass CD Packaging Design – http://bit.ly/pjNYNk
Impressive Collection Of Free Photoshop Brushes – http://bit.ly/pliLVf
Top 10 : Must-Have Apps for a Graphic Designer – http://bit.ly/oFddfD
Car emblems: the history and the emotion behind them – http://bit.ly/p5X3Ct
Fun With Typography – http://bit.ly/nQPXRb
8 Simple and Useful Tips for Kerning Type – http://crowdspring.co/q9rgrw
Cool Examples Of Postcard Designs – http://bit.ly/r8YGhs
Great Resources On How To Choose The Perfect Typeface – http://bit.ly/pYZOSc
Graphics in Photoshop: 6 Beginner Tips for Web Designers – http://bit.ly/q6yALN
10 Educational Videos to Introduce You to Typography – http://bit.ly/qbBZbe
Developing Balance in Web Design – http://ow.ly/6zuUQ
On Kickstarter, Designers’ Dreams Materialize – http://nyti.ms/n4E2NR
How Metrics Can Make You A Better Designer – http://bit.ly/mUf6jY
10 Tips for Designing Better Infographics – http://bit.ly/nk5JyL
50 Creative and Unusual Business Cards – http://bit.ly/pDiIRk
26 Popular Business Card Designs for Startup Entrepreneurs – http://awe.sm/5VPT3
crowdSPRING designer interview – 12 Questions: Meet Dragan Lon?ar (Belgrade, Serbia) – http://bit.ly/oBTF3Q
50 Creative Designs and Shapes of Hang Tags – http://crowdspring.co/ozDxmM
Exciting Typographic Book Covers – http://bit.ly/qGuSJL
Nail Packaging – http://bit.ly/pmCvcN
60 Stunning and Awesome Examples of Smoke Art – http://bit.ly/rqenCM
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
Insipiring Showcase Of Fabulous Origami Inspired Logo Designs – http://bit.ly/oSstR8
Fascinating Fish Logos – http://bit.ly/pDWxxa
8 Simple and Useful Tips for Kerning Type – http://crowdspring.co/q9rgrw
30 Superb Examples Of Colorful Logos – http://bit.ly/rkU8Np
35 Clean and Minimal Logo Design Inspiration – http://bit.ly/mXzIIz
30 Examples of Sign-Up Web Forms for Design Inspiration – http://bit.ly/rqRIGR
45 Brown Website Design Showcase – http://bit.ly/oh4Yzu
Important for software designers – users rarely change their settings – http://bit.ly/q6d7L8
Improving The Online Shopping Experience, Part 2: Guiding Customers Through The Buying Process – http://bit.ly/nXXvN1
Design Inspiration: Orange Websites – http://bit.ly/n0D3MO
A Showcase of Creative Texture Based Web Designs – http://bit.ly/nSE5mZ
15+ Inspirational Examples of Website Redesign – http://bit.ly/q7FnCz
Well Designed Threaded Comments Sections in Webpages – http://bit.ly/oGy1EQ
50 Color-Creative Website Designs – http://bit.ly/o9Ec9b
Web Forms How-To Part 1: Simplicity – http://bit.ly/pHVLQb
20 Great Examples Of Typography In Web Design – http://bit.ly/qhT0Dt
40 Beautiful and Creative Blue Website Showcase – http://bit.ly/o6isQW
Login / Registration Form: Ideas and Beautiful Examples – http://bit.ly/rfEqL0
Illustration On the Web – Brilliant Examples to Inspire You – http://bit.ly/pCrcMR
Best Approach to Mobile Website Design – http://bit.ly/pojLU4
Key Points to Remember when Designing Child-Oriented Websites – http://bit.ly/qFeaMK
How To See the Invisible – http://bit.ly/nqwCDw
Not surprising – placebos often work as well as real medicine. Very interesting – http://bit.ly/qORa9x
So creative … A complete history of the Soviet Union, arranged to the melody of Tetris – http://bit.ly/o8N6zE
How Apple will build a hologram – http://bit.ly/oQCG6W
You are what you eat. Literally? http://bit.ly/o7PlWg
On Kickstarter, Designers’ Dreams Materialize – http://nyti.ms/n4E2NR
Interesting question with 3D printing technology: is printing a gun the same as buying it? – http://tcrn.ch/nrNFUv
Good summary of our discussion yesterday on the Future of Publishing panel in Chicago – http://bit.ly/qHtSPT
Bold & interesting move by Netflix to spin-off its DVD by mail business – http://bit.ly/ntP37m
Can Apple change television technology the way they’ve innovated in the computer space? – http://buswk.co/qinY5R
Very proud to announce that over 100,000 designers & writers now work on crowdSPRING – http://bit.ly/q7lr5v
Work by crowdSPRING designer seen by hundreds of millions of people – http://bit.ly/n22Lcj
Why Reed Hastings Should be Applauded for Netflix Split – http://bit.ly/oxy0b8
Netflix’s YouTube explanation about pricing/service changes. Comments are very negative – http://youtu.be/c8Tn8n5CIPk
Dream trip: VirginGalactic. $200k to go into space – http://bit.ly/q6T3JM
I suspected Einstein was an overachiever. He was wrong about the speed of light, for example – http://tgr.ph/pWdz6l
Apple Donates Refurbed Original iPads To Teach For America Teachers – http://tcrn.ch/pLTv1n
HP’s ousted CEO will take home $25 million (CNNMoney.com) – http://cnnmon.ie/qP1KVF
I hope you enjoy these links! Please leave a comment and let me know what you liked/didn’t like.
