Twitter Link Roundup #130 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More Ross | May 11th, 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 above is an ad created by TBWA for Moustaches Make A Difference – a campaign to raise support for prostate cancer research. More interesting ads in the Social Media and Marketing section below.
Growing Your Small Business Using Social Media: The Facts – http://bit.ly/JfbaI1
Web Tool of the Month: crowdSPRING – http://bit.ly/IIQ5GA
Lean Marketing: Delivering Customer Service via Social Media – http://bit.ly/ImKDaT
How to Increase Trust for a Landing Page Design – http://bit.ly/JZnGsr
Better Agile Than Smart – http://bit.ly/J9Di3c
The 5 Qualities of Remarkable Bosses – http://bit.ly/JN9J5a
Four Things to Get Right When Starting a Company – http://bit.ly/JewYHD
8 Core Beliefs of Extraordinary Bosses – http://bit.ly/Ja53TR
Six Myths of Product Development – http://bit.ly/IAYevk
When Selling is the Worst Way to Win Customers – http://hub.am/JYMXJ8
Building It Is Not Enough: 5 Practical Tips On User Acquisition – http://bit.ly/IMfZca
Unlimited Vacation Doesn’t Create Slackers–It Ensures Productivity – http://bit.ly/IPcnXs
Crowdsourcing taps public for work, money, ideas – http://bit.ly/KmvBUJ
If You’re Competing On Features You’ve Already Lost – http://bit.ly/KwmMKZ
Tips for small business (and startups): Negotiating With the New Recruit – http://bit.ly/J9uuqk
Growing Your Small Business Using Social Media: The Facts – http://bit.ly/JfbaI1
The Scarcest Resource at Startups is Management Bandwidth – http://bit.ly/JCo0xb
If You’re Not Pissing Someone Off, You’re Probably Not Innovating – http://bit.ly/JCnwqS
Unlimited Vacation Doesn’t Create Slackers–It Ensures Productivity – http://bit.ly/IPcnXs
Fred Wilson: what crowdfunding means for the VC business – http://bit.ly/Jesq3W
Good reminder about the importance of face to face communications – http://bit.ly/JexdlS
When Selling is the Worst Way to Win Customers – http://hub.am/JYMXJ8
Andreessen Horowitz Confirms Its Scout Program, Calls Out Lazy Angels Who Hate Competition – http://bit.ly/JesvER
Are You Willing To Pay For The Change You’re Demanding? – http://bit.ly/Kjc9It
VC Rights: Up, Down, And Know What The Fuck Is Going On – http://bit.ly/Je0IAy
The 5 Qualities of Remarkable Bosses – http://bit.ly/JN9J5a
8 Core Beliefs of Extraordinary Bosses – http://bit.ly/Ja53TR
Poor long term returns by VC funds, according to Kauffman Foundation – http://bit.ly/JesrVv
What I learned from raising venture capital – http://perfor.ms/yRB2WZ
Better Agile Than Smart – http://bit.ly/J9Di3c
Four Things to Get Right When Starting a Company – http://bit.ly/JewYHD
So what exactly is a tech company? – http://bit.ly/JesoZY
If You’re Competing On Features You’ve Already Lost – http://bit.ly/KwmMKZ
It’s Time to Rethink Continuous Improvement – http://bit.ly/KjbEhu
Taking E-Mail Vacations Can Reduce Stress, Study Says – http://nyti.ms/JO5YfT
Six Myths of Product Development – http://bit.ly/IAYevk
Crowdsourcing taps public for work, money, ideas – http://bit.ly/KmvBUJ
Early Startup Time Wasters – http://bit.ly/LJSEuP
The CEO who invented a cure for hiccups – and, oh, yes, she’s 13 – http://j.mp/Ja37uK
Sequoia Confirms Existence of “Stealth” Scout Program. Who’s Next? – http://bit.ly/KayBTX
The Maturation of the Billionaire Boy-Man – http://bit.ly/IEffbQ
How to Increase Trust for a Landing Page Design – http://bit.ly/JZnGsr
Lean Marketing: Delivering Customer Service via Social Media – http://bit.ly/ImKDaT
Is Facebook Larry Page’s Moby Dick? – http://onforb.es/INEEKx
Building It Is Not Enough: 5 Practical Tips On User Acquisition – http://bit.ly/IMfZca
Web Tool of the Month: crowdSPRING – http://bit.ly/IIQ5GA
After Timeline, Top 50 Brands See Facebook Comments Dip 11%, Likes Rise 11% – http://bit.ly/IPcGl0
Lean Marketing: Delivering Customer Service via Social Media – http://bit.ly/ImKDaT
Tips for small business (and startups): Negotiating With the New Recruit – http://bit.ly/J9uuqk
Building It Is Not Enough: 5 Practical Tips On User Acquisition – http://bit.ly/IMfZca
30 Sophisticated Ads To Give You Great Inspiration – http://bit.ly/JVYybF
Very shallow argument that Facebook is not a publisher, and thus should not be blamed for horrible ROI – http://bit.ly/K1C3Cj
Another Big Newspaper Says Digital Ads Shrank Last Quarter – http://dthin.gs/K7gvlZ
Klout to expand +K button – http://bit.ly/J7GmHy
50 More Humorous Print Advertisements to Make You Smile – http://bit.ly/JVYIQr
Creative Advertising In These 90+ Epic, Smart & Beautiful Ads – http://bit.ly/J93Xtu
Beautiful And Creative Advertising Design Ideas – http://bit.ly/Jfbt6A
22 Fresh And Free Fonts For Your Design – http://bit.ly/KA4usf
100 Ideas That Changed Graphic Design – http://bit.ly/JcxYMg
60+ High-Quality Graffiti Fonts for Your Design Works – http://bit.ly/KwTaHJ
50 Photoshop And Illustrator Tutorials For Creating Text Effect – http://bit.ly/JQPMGc
700+ Ready to Grab Free Photoshop Pixel Patterns – http://bit.ly/J8ICUy
30 Gorgeous Examples of Very Creative Business Cards – http://bit.ly/Jfcagt
48 High Quality Wood Textures – http://bit.ly/JfcvQ1
40+ Beautiful And Creative Letterpress Designs – http://bit.ly/J8IN1S
35 Different Types of Liquid Textures – http://bit.ly/KOaKXZ
20 Beautiful Examples of Efficient Brochure Designs – http://bit.ly/J94Lyl
20+ Step by Step Tutorials in Designing a Typographic Poster – http://bit.ly/IRxqf6
15 Useful Chrome Extensions For Designers And Developers – http://bit.ly/J94ICF
25 Flashy Pink Business Cards – http://bit.ly/ImKfci
20 Creative and Appealing Business Card Designs – http://bit.ly/Jf9DTm
50 Amazing business cards – http://bit.ly/JVYAR5
30 Free and Appealing Outline Fonts – http://bit.ly/Jf9jE7
Food Packaging – 10 of The Tastiest Designs – http://bit.ly/JfcFXS
Beautiful And Creative Advertising Design Ideas – http://bit.ly/Jfbt6A
Free Peeling Paint Textures – http://bit.ly/J8GyM8
How to Use Drop Shadows in Photoshop – http://bit.ly/Jf9Zt2
New Design Practices for Touch-free Interactions – http://bit.ly/JQPFup
30+ Examples Of Brilliant Typography Designs – http://bit.ly/JVYDvZ
45 Useful Paper Textures – http://bit.ly/J8Iu7s
30 Spectacular Red Business Cards – http://bit.ly/ImKxQw
Free Stone Textures – http://bit.ly/ImKq7n
Rough Concrete Tiles: Texture Pack – http://bit.ly/ImKunD
12 Questions: Meet Tiffany Silverberg (USA) – http://bit.ly/Kq8mG2
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
25 Inspiring Logos with Innovative Use of Typography – http://bit.ly/JriyiP
30 Free and Appealing Outline Fonts – http://bit.ly/Jf9jE7
20 Simple, Yet Clever Logos – http://bit.ly/JVYQPW
36 Impressive Logos Inspired By Cats – http://bit.ly/JQPYoV
22 Fresh And Free Fonts For Your Design – http://bit.ly/KA4usf
Turn It Up: Musically Inspired Logo Design – http://bit.ly/JVYPeH
60+ High-Quality Graffiti Fonts for Your Design Works – http://bit.ly/KwTaHJ
40+ Creative uses of Ribbons in Web Design – http://bit.ly/ITrqwN
Footer Design Trends – http://bit.ly/JVYGbd
World of Watercolor: Beautiful Watercolor Effects in Web Design and Tutorials – http://bit.ly/JQPu27
30 Orange Website Designs Which Look Stunning – http://bit.ly/J8HuAj
How to Increase Trust for a Landing Page Design – http://bit.ly/JZnGsr
30 Inspiring Examples of Textures in Web Design – http://bit.ly/JfaRy3
30 Beautiful Gray Web Designs for Inspiration – http://bit.ly/ISnA66
20 Pure Websites with Clean White Backgrounds – http://bit.ly/JNs9jY
22 HTML5/CSS3/jQuery Tutorials for Frontend Web Developers – http://bit.ly/J8InbZ
UI: Proper Indicators for Hidden Elements – http://bit.ly/IEkzgh
30 Awe-Inspiring Black and White Website Designs – http://bit.ly/JVYusA
21 Beautiful Examples of Typography in Web Design – http://bit.ly/ImKuUU
Top 10 most read books in the world – http://bit.ly/J2WHzh
Ever come across such people (constantly talking on the phone)? http://youtu.be/AgOEvi9rbHs
Disturbing data on how chemicals affect people (and animals) – http://nyti.ms/IPcdiS
So you know, how astronauts sleep – http://j.mp/J0y86I
The Unknown Inventor Whose Work Is Saving The Developing World – http://bit.ly/J8I693
Suncream Ingredient ‘Zinc Oxide’ Linked To Skin Cancer – http://huff.to/ITlmYy
Amazon Leaps Into High End of the Fashion Pool – http://nyti.ms/JesqAX
People to marry robots? With a 50% divorce rate in the U.S., doesn’t seem far fetched – http://slate.me/Jesscg
Ha – there’s scientific support for the egos of “social media experts” – http://on.wsj.com/Jesktb
Given what passes for journalism today on some sites/publications, this robot is sure to be a huge step up – http://bit.ly/J9CN9m
Once Upon a Time in Dubai-Amazing photographs of a time before the boom – http://bit.ly/JwMiIS
I hope you enjoy these links! Please leave a comment and let me know what you liked/didn’t like.
