Twitter Link Roundup #110 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More Ross | November 11th, 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 shows a small section of an infographic examining the remarkable odds that each of us exists. It’s a fascinating look at the statistics – and comparisons to the odds of other things happening. The full story in the Other section below.
Secrets of The World’s Best Brands (with lessons for startups and small businesses) – http://bit.ly/vH0eSv
How to make crowdsourcing work for your business – http://bit.ly/tBptCa
Small business and startups: 5 great self-service HR resources – http://bit.ly/srgQsQ
Don’t Give Your Users Shit Work – http://bit.ly/um6vdx
How Little Brands Land Big Bang for Their Buck – http://bit.ly/u31htP
Five Things Small Businesses Should Know About Google+ http://bit.ly/pCVkFL
PR is mostly ineffective when companies step on social media landmines – http://bit.ly/t51SUy
crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Colourbox – http://bit.ly/w4yHMr
SaaS CEOs: Measure Customer Engagement – http://perfor.ms/nC3PKZ
How to Scale Without Losing Savvy Customer Service – http://bit.ly/u9XiI4
Secrets of The World’s Best Brands (with lessons for startups and small businesses) – http://bit.ly/vH0eSv
Important for all entrepreneurs to understand: The Cult of “Great Product” – http://bit.ly/rXvmok
Nice guys finish last when it comes to leadership – http://bit.ly/w0GAC2
Small business and startups: 5 great self-service HR resources – http://bit.ly/srgQsQ
What It’s Like To Be An Entrepreneur – crowdSPRING – http://bit.ly/vPKcng
SaaS CEOs: Measure Customer Engagement – http://perfor.ms/nC3PKZ
26 Promising Social Media Stats for Small Businesses – http://bit.ly/tp8ksf
How Little Brands Land Big Bang for Their Buck – http://bit.ly/u31htP
Very shady, if true. Zynga Leans On Some Workers to Surrender Pre-IPO Shares – http://on.wsj.com/vadQeS
PR is mostly ineffective when companies step on social media landmines – http://bit.ly/t51SUy
From Deadpool to Acquisition: Lessons From Sprouter’s Almost Fail – http://bit.ly/rVFsFV
How to Scale Without Losing Savvy Customer Service – http://bit.ly/u9XiI4
Caution for Startup Kids – http://perfor.ms/orF04C
Don’t Give Your Users Shit Work – http://bit.ly/um6vdx
How to make crowdsourcing work for your business – http://bit.ly/tBptCa
With Iowa Startup Alliance, spaces to open doors to visiting entrepreneurs – http://j.mp/viu8jD
Secrets of The World’s Best Brands – http://bit.ly/vH0eSv
Not encouraging…teens have trouble communicating without the Internet – http://gaw.kr/vY7ROv
Clients are becoming more dissatisfied with their ad agencies, especially in digital – http://onforb.es/tpbIN6
Five Things Small Businesses Should Know About Google+ http://bit.ly/pCVkFL
PR is mostly ineffective when companies step on social media landmines – http://bit.ly/t51SUy
Is Klout crossing the line when it comes to privacy? – http://bit.ly/vW2P3x
Google+ Pages for Brands are underwhelming – http://bit.ly/tQI5ja
Britt Bulla on Crowdsourcing a Brand: Feed, Don’t Fear, the Crowd – http://bit.ly/rVVxR1
Amazingly, Ringtones Are Still A $2 Billion Business – http://read.bi/rES4on
Google+ Isn’t Going Away – http://nyti.ms/uRPMue
Why Google+ Pages Will Have a Huge Impact on the Way Brands Approach Social Media & Search – http://bit.ly/vsZbpm
Far too premature to reach this conclusion, but a few good thoughts … Google+ Is Dead – http://slate.me/uUFtxf
Report: Search To Dominate Mobile Advertising By 2015 – http://selnd.com/v1yv6F
Can A Twitter Account Be A Company Trade Secret? – http://bit.ly/vnSi17
Are We At An Inflection Point For Mobile Search? – http://tcrn.ch/uEvJtxv
Google May Penalize Ad Heavy Pages – http://selnd.com/tZzyU9
How Little Brands Land Big Bang for Their Buck – http://bit.ly/u31htP
Not surprising – Exclusive: Majority of YouTube views from Non-English audience – http://bit.ly/w0axSQ
25+ Clever Alcohol Ads – http://bit.ly/tZxly8
How to Effectively Handle Design Criticism – http://bit.ly/w4g0wM
70 Best Illustrator Tutorials From 2011 – http://bit.ly/rrdkQB
30 Worth Learning Text Effect Tutorials in Photoshop – http://bit.ly/v7kVHN
100+ Creative, Inspirational & Stylish Print Postcard Design Project Examples – http://bit.ly/vYKR4k
Design Inspiration: Brown Websites – http://bit.ly/rxi8Cm
Establishing Your Grid In Photoshop – http://bit.ly/ue0aiu
25+ Clever Alcohol Ads – http://bit.ly/tZxly8
Hilarious Caricature Illustrations – http://bit.ly/tWIYeR
25+ Creative Examples of Invitations – http://bit.ly/vnyF4f
Graphic Design Basics Part 2: Design Principles – http://bit.ly/sRWSjH
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+ Creative Login Page Designs For Inspiration – http://bit.ly/sogI6O
20 Funny Famous Logo Parodies/Interpretations – http://bit.ly/vumSAj
Amazing Logo Designs For Inspiration – http://bit.ly/sDJm3Y
35 Excellent Icon Design Tutorials – http://bit.ly/sBGgHN
45 Creative Sports Logo Designs Using Animals – http://bit.ly/tM0DPA
Logo Design: Bottles – http://bit.ly/vYKgY5
Create An eCommerce Landing Page In Adobe Photoshop – http://bit.ly/vmY0y9
An Introduction To Dark Website Design – http://bit.ly/w0xFqx
35 Best Website Designs – http://bit.ly/tp6Jbh
Redesigning The Country Selector – http://bit.ly/s8eKke
How to Design a Tour Page: Examples and Best Practices – http://bit.ly/vf9Pd3
20 Examples Of Creative Typography In Web Design – http://bit.ly/rKeuK8
An Extensive Guide To Web Form Usability – http://bit.ly/uxEpPs
Tips in Using Handwriting Fonts for Stunning Web Designs – http://bit.ly/uuOL04
60 Examples of Responsive Website Design – http://bit.ly/sPhyzA
Beautiful and Inspiring Offices – http://bit.ly/vFTwCD
Three Great Decades: The Interesting History Of Apple – http://bit.ly/vNy8sA
3.5 million people still buy dial-up service from AOL – http://read.bi/sLNh2Y
Apple Headed for 60 Percent of Handset Industry Operating Profits – http://dthin.gs/uv3uBG
Helpful Advice from History’s Fastest, Most Prolific Authors – http://bit.ly/tmlzwI
Buy it now, for real: eBay to refer sales to nearby stores – http://cnet.co/tylEgo
Pandora CTO Reveals Half of The U.S. Pays $0 For Music – http://tcrn.ch/tOFwKy
Good explanation on why HBO has yet to sell separate steaming subscription – http://bit.ly/thgSdQ
Interesting data showing impressive growth for Spotify vs. its competitors – http://tcrn.ch/uDFhlT
Another knife in BlackBerry – Google ends support for BlackBerry gmail app – http://bit.ly/sar9CH
Modern Warfare 3 live action trailer is funny, says little about the game – http://ow.ly/7mczt
Impressive to see Vimeo with 150,000 paying customers – http://bit.ly/s8bFoc
US Dept of Interior launches a new crowdsourcing map portal – http://bit.ly/tZYYMc
Spain’s unemployment is 22.6 percent, the highest in the European Union – http://sto.ly/tw3r3v
Steve’s Last Laugh: Adobe Killing Off Flash For Mobile Devices – http://tcrn.ch/rVZnh4
How Much Rodent Filth Does the US FDA Allow In Your Favorite Food? – http://goo.gl/m6QKn
Square to allow card-free payments – http://bit.ly/sBEoLd
Of the 55M mortgages in America, more than 10M are reasonably likely to default – http://sto.ly/rwPyHt
WOW! What Are The Odds? [INFOGRAPHIC] – http://awe.sm/5ZG90
I hope you enjoy these links! Please leave a comment and let me know what you liked/didn’t like.
