Twitter Link Roundup #128 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More Ross | April 26th, 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 video above is a fascinating account on the excess and hubris of the International Art Market (reporting by 60 Minutes journalist Morley Safer).
Small Business and Startup Tips: Managing Remote Employees – http://bit.ly/HVo69c
The Economic Clout of Women-Owned Small Businesses – [INFOGRAPHIC] – http://t.co/ZLSNaSEa
Small business Congress-watch: Three Reasons to Vote Next November? – http://bit.ly/I6a3Og
crowdSPRING”s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Invitation Consultants – http://bit.ly/Jq2XzC
Small Business and Startup Tips: Managing Remote Employees – http://bit.ly/HVo69c
Nice write-up on Google’s venture capital investment company – http://bit.ly/IqlFb5
5 tech deals that need to happen – http://bit.ly/I0xKro
Good thoughts on assembling a board for a startup – http://bit.ly/Jt2mRq
Startups Should Say No to 99% of Partnership Opportunities – http://t.co/7FV94ni6
What It Takes To Innovate: Wrong-Thinking, Tinkering & Intuiting – http://t.co/sWeGOD1o
Entrepreneurs, keep you eye on the ball and don’t get distracted! – http://t.co/Rm4MAUm3
Jeff Bezos: ‘Even Well-Meaning Gatekeepers Slow Innovation’ – http://t.co/1qbf8w4b
Making the Turn – Leveraging a Pivot into Growth – http://t.co/UruvDKFX
Why Being A Meaner Boss Will Help Your Company–And Make Your Employees Happy – http://t.co/gvZAe5mt
Should Your Brand Launch a Film Festival? http://t.co/b5meagjD
Why Obama’s JOBS Act Couldn’t Suck Worse – http://t.co/qwBiJnT1
Twitter’s Revolutionary Agreement Lets Original Inventors Stop Patent Trolls – http://t.co/qWUXfcqr
The Twitter IPA: What does defensive really mean? – http://t.co/1EJwRmDY
Linking To Facebook Pages Lowers Ad Costs – http://bit.ly/HLmcn4
Why Earned Media Alone Won’t Cut It – http://bit.ly/Jjym5P
Facebook, Google Must Adapt as Users Embrace ‘Unsocial’ Networks – http://buswk.co/I9RFBd
25 Stunning Examples of Minimalistic Advertising – http://bit.ly/IiHiYt
Digital ecosystems: an in-depth comparison – http://vrge.co/HLpWVI
Crowdsourcing on Facebook Gets You Consumers’ Ideas and Their Purchases – http://t.co/LvD0xELh
Collaborative commerce: Pinterest and Amazon are a match made in affiliate heaven – http://t.co/hlvG1TNf
Click-Through Rates May Matter Even Less Than We Already Thought – http://bit.ly/I9HcXx
Clever Twitter ad from Smart Car Argentina. Go here and hold down the letter J – http://t.co/EiqXRNMy
Study: Those Social Media Logos On TV Actually Work – http://t.co/TNLVrZOz
What It Takes To Innovate: Wrong-Thinking, Tinkering & Intuiting – http://t.co/2kBVE99l
The funny side of advertising: 20 amusing and clever print advertisements – http://t.co/cLtn5oTA
Creative Examples of Billboard ads – http://t.co/EtVse2Db
The 18 Most Ridiculous Ads Of The Dot-Com Super Bowl – http://t.co/27SOnBcv
55 Latest Free Fonts for Professional Designers – http://t.co/I9xkCMkY
40+ Creative ideas in business cards – http://bit.ly/IiFPBg
10 Things to Consider Before Starting a Freelancing Career – http://bit.ly/IDIlF8
Magazine Cover Design Through The Decades – http://bit.ly/I6oTnX
200+ Pinterest Boards for Designers to Follow – http://t.co/ttPi6KYQ
50 Extremely Beautiful Photoshop Patterns for Elegant Designs – http://bit.ly/Icm7bq
200+ Free Vector Grunge Graphics for Designers and Illustrators – http://bit.ly/IDInwC
29 Hot New Freebies Every Designer will Love – http://bit.ly/IDIgky
Cool and Unique Bookshelf Designs For Inspiration – http://bit.ly/IDIice
General Info and An Intro to Font Selection – http://bit.ly/IDIsAz
35 Stylish and Creative Wedding Invitation Designs for Inspiration – http://t.co/Y4UaoFs2
40+ Fresh & Creative Minimal Art & Film Poster Designs Inspiration – http://t.co/FkfLyiHp
30 High Quality Examples of Scratch Texture – http://t.co/jcxdWTod
A fantastic free font: Valentia typeface, an antique Spanish didone – http://t.co/g00mQASB
35 Stylish and Creative Wedding Invitation Designs for Inspiration – http://t.co/Y4UaoFs2
Showcase of Creatively Designed Brochures – http://t.co/VJMLC73s
Getting Creative Things Done: How To Fit Hard Thinking Into a Busy Schedule – http://t.co/gQljYBKG
Newly Released Tools And Resources For Web Designers And Web Developers - http://t.co/dVzfoOPc
Six Brochures That Will Amaze You – http://t.co/JrSFXZ9Q
Absolutely Fresh And Useful Adobe Illustrator Tutorials – http://bit.ly/IDIbO0
Excellent Collection of Brochure Design for Inspiration – http://bit.ly/IiG0ww
40+ Creative Sticker Label Inspirations In Package Design – http://bit.ly/Ibe4kH
30 Awesome Examples of Free Wood Font – http://bit.ly/IcmaUy
30 Amazing Photoshop Tutorials That You Can’t Missed – http://t.co/2AaEC82r
20 Superb Labels Used in Package Design – http://bit.ly/IiFIWm
Latest Business Card Transparent Designs – http://bit.ly/JB6dKq
30 High Quality Examples of Rope Texture – http://bit.ly/IiFiPZ
15+ high quality, free pattern sets – http://bit.ly/J5psrB
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
60 Photography Logos That Are Among The Best – http://bit.ly/IcmfYi
30 Fantastic Celtic Fonts for Free – http://t.co/LZcN4ksO
Showcase: 40 Appetizing Restaurant Logos – http://t.co/Gqy5yYZB
55 Latest Free Fonts for Professional Designers – http://t.co/I9xkCMkY
18 Beautiful Examples of Parallax Scrolling in Web Design – http://bit.ly/IiGaE6
45 User Friendly Navigation Menu Examples – http://bit.ly/IiGkeL
Using Photo Backgrounds in Web Design: 30 Examples – http://t.co/Kpj0c5OM
21 Inspiring Examples of About Pages - http://t.co/hWcL4l5n
Showcase of 27 Beautiful Restaurant and Food Websites using WordPress – http://t.co/MKbrtieb
32 Examples of Usable Mobile Website Layouts – http://t.co/PCofRb8a
20 Best Examples of Landing Page Design – http://t.co/HCU0TNme
40 Creative Examples of Pricing Page Design for Your Inspiration – http://bit.ly/IkbXrV
23 Inspiring Examples of Contact Pages – http://bit.ly/IiHV4n
35 Beautiful Landing Page Design Examples to Drool Over [With Critiques] - http://t.co/8WBdFlMd
1st grader without hands wins a penmanship award – http://abcn.ws/IBvzpH
Wonderful set of infographics about the foods we eat and our diets – http://bit.ly/J9uyHP
How Psychedelic Drugs Can Help Patients Face Death – http://nyti.ms/Ikicf8
Apple nearly doubles quarterly profit – http://bloom.bg/JpIb37
13 Fun & Fascinating Facts Not to be Feared on Crowdsourcing – http://t.co/57sz5bLm
The dumbest toilet door #FAIL I have ever seen – http://t.co/V3hJadd4
Audi Crowdsources The Design Of Their Race Car Inspired Chair – http://bit.ly/Jh3atM
Truly despicable how women are treated in the Middle East in Arab countries – http://bit.ly/IMMgyg
NASA crowdsourcing solutions for a way to get to Mars on the cheap – http://tnne.ws/HRvLkp
New study says social security will run out of funds 3 years earlier than previously thought – http://trib.in/I8USni
Why Are We Drugging Our Soldiers? – http://nyti.ms/Imfk27
Not surprising that data centers require lots of coal and nuclear power to operate – http://t.co/deGFJ13i
Interesting … clinical research suggests there’s a connection between inadequate sleep and ADHD in kids – http://t.co/wW1Dsoci
Mobile Payments Won’t Replace Cash or Credit for Another Decade – http://t.co/qsOKsb5a
Art for the One Percent: 60 Minutes on the Excess & Hubris of the International Art Market – http://t.co/ZWGtttAF
Seems far fetched but at some point, I believe we will mine asteroids for minerals – http://bit.ly/I8lp2b
Outstanding look at depression and clinical research on Prozac – http://nyti.ms/IfIsYd
Confirmed: He Who Sits the Most Dies the Soonest – http://bit.ly/JinNmU
I hope you enjoy these links! Please leave a comment and let me know what you liked/didn’t like.
