Twitter Link Roundup #122 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More Ross | March 9th, 2012
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 to the left is a photo taken from inside a musical instrument. More interesting photos taken inside musical instruments in the Other section below.
Image credit: Brjoern Ewers
Small Business Tips: Foreign Payments, The Patriot Act, OFAC, and you. – http://bit.ly/xW82GP
This is a good resource for email subject lines: http://bit.ly/yMwZPL
The Importance of Brand in an Era of Digital Darwinism – http://bit.ly/wo6iYn
Selling or Funding A Startup? Tips On Surviving Technical Due Diligence – http://bit.ly/A8h315
I’m getting sick of the bullshit – http://bit.ly/ysF40u
Where Do Good Ideas Come From? – http://bit.ly/yyHVDA
How are VCs paid (and should entrepreneurs care)? – http://bit.ly/w2B2Cy
The safe career path in the future – skip college and start a company – http://bit.ly/wT6yZZ
Why entrepreneurs don’t sleep well – http://perfor.ms/zJPjIZ
Why Startups Should Curate Content – http://bit.ly/yXHwyP
The Importance of Brand in an Era of Digital Darwinism – http://bit.ly/wo6iYn
Google’s Rules of Acquisition: How to Be an Android, Not an Aardvark – http://bit.ly/wLVxma
Entrepreneurs must learn to listen and others must learn to give constructive feedback – http://bit.ly/y9Q9WD
Four Things Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Warren Buffett – http://bit.ly/xN4EUz
Ambient Social Location Apps Will be Consumer Duds – http://rww.to/we3laJ
Always Go Home with the Lady Who Brought you to the Dance (about startup fundraising) – http://bit.ly/w0OJnx
One Year Later: How Google Panda Changed Our Business – http://tcrn.ch/wacRfO
Fred Wilson’s Latest Advice for Start-up Ninjas – http://bit.ly/wKhpMn
Customer Validation: What To Do Post Product/Market Fit – http://bit.ly/A5JiIo
How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy – http://bit.ly/xzXcEz
Have Arrington and Conway screwed up big time with their investment in Highlight? – http://scoble.it/ACh25Z
Most Web Design Agencies Suck – http://bit.ly/w5AI2f
The Importance of Brand in an Era of Digital Darwinism – http://bit.ly/wo6iYn
30+ Extreme and Controversial Ads – http://bit.ly/zdMkIP
Did Facebook Just Kill Earned Media? – http://bit.ly/w6mLYR
Have Facebook Stores Flopped? – http://bit.ly/z02X9a
One Year Later: How Google Panda Changed Our Business – http://tcrn.ch/wacRfO
American Express transforms Twitter hashtags into savings for cardholders – http://bit.ly/A0lI7h
This is a good resource for email subject lines: http://bit.ly/yMwZPL
Google Is About Failure — The Failure Of Brands – http://onforb.es/y8A00y
E-commerce calls to action: 10 best practice tips – http://bit.ly/zL87Ec
The Collapse of Print Advertising in 1 Graph – http://bit.ly/wEET3j
Who Decides What Gets Sold in the Bookstore? – http://bit.ly/zYiF3R
Connecting Nonprofits With Pro Bono Help – http://bit.ly/yhe3Dp
20 Free Sans-Serif Fonts Licensed for Font-Face – http://bit.ly/wqWkNa
[Freebie] 15 Photoshop Watercolor Brushes – http://bit.ly/xpu1AW
50+ Amazing & Clever Examples of Alternative Movie Poster Design – http://bit.ly/zdgKdp
15 Wonderful Photoshop Poster Tutorials – http://bit.ly/wCBwrS
98 Intricate Ornate Swirl Patterns for Vibrant Designs – http://bit.ly/xVBrmu
Lasting Impressions: Unusual Business Cards That Will Definitely Be Kept – http://bit.ly/x15KP3
Creative New Drawing Illustrations – 34 Examples http://bit.ly/AyHVyg
30 Free Photoshop Tutorials for Graphic Designers – http://bit.ly/wKb5wd
Creative Packaging: 100 Artistic Bottles That Showcase Effective Branding – http://tinyurl.com/6f8umfq
35 Bottle Packaging and Label Designs – http://bit.ly/yFIgCX
25 Tried and Tested Retro & Vintage Photoshop Actions – http://bit.ly/zdJ9gp
30+ Inspirational Brochure Design: A Delightful Showcase – http://bit.ly/AzEwEX
36 vodka bottles for inspiration – http://bit.ly/yaz9qt
30 Uniquely Designed Business Cards – http://bit.ly/w8vkhC
70 Creative Moolicious Milk Packaging – http://bit.ly/yCb5BR
A Beginner’s Guide to Combining Multiple Fonts – http://bit.ly/wRNQhm
30+ Extreme and Controversial Ads – http://bit.ly/zdMkIP
Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to 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 Free Sans-Serif Fonts Licensed for Font-Face – http://bit.ly/wqWkNa
30 Gorgeous Examples of Retro-Style Logo Designs – http://bit.ly/yiht0P
14 Best Web Design Trends of 2012 – http://bit.ly/yiAbkW
5 Tips To Designing A Winning “Buy Button” – http://bit.ly/zGn6TT
E-commerce calls to action: 10 best practice tips – http://bit.ly/zL87Ec
25 Examples of Parallax Scrolling in Web Design – http://bit.ly/xYZPqI
The Do’s and Don’ts of Dark Web Design – http://bit.ly/yQvq6z
Design Inspiration: Shopping Cart Design – http://bit.ly/zUBH3K
Web of Color: Bold and Beautiful Uses of Color in Web Design – http://bit.ly/Aq2GYX
30 Clean Website Designs for Inspiration – http://bit.ly/yvTf8B
Less is More: 32 Clean & Minimal Websites – http://bit.ly/yMTnt2
30 Highly Unusual Web Designs – http://bit.ly/xx1MZs
A Simple, Responsive, Mobile First Navigation – http://bit.ly/A701AK
Responsive Navigation Patterns – http://bit.ly/zwyv2d
Is There Ever A Justification For Responsive Text? – http://bit.ly/xe2c70
Where Do Good Ideas Come From? – http://bit.ly/yyHVDA
An 1895 map of the world’s religions – http://j.mp/z8hBzY
A fresh look at Apple’s new TV death-to-cable strategy – http://bit.ly/wTNQBO
How Many People Can Manhattan Hold? – http://nyti.ms/wrDiCA
Japanese, A Beautifully Complex Writing System – http://bit.ly/yOw8Zr
How Giant Patent Troll Intellectual Ventures Does Business – http://read.bi/A7QwQ4
Corruption, Lies, and Death Threats: The Crazy Story of the Man Who Pretended to Invent Email – http://gizmo.do/wYdt0z
1 in 3 American kids are overweight, 50% will remain so as adults. Scary media & food consumption rates: http://bit.ly/ymqIYB
Connecting Nonprofits With Pro Bono Help – http://bit.ly/yhe3Dp
Beautiful photos taken INSIDE musical instruments – http://bit.ly/yfzmBu
I hope you enjoy these links! Please leave a comment and let me know what you liked/didn’t like.
