Twitter Link Roundup #140 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More Ross | August 10th, 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 shows the largest model railroad in the world (Hamburg, Germany) – it took 500,000 hours to build.
Startups Tackle Small-Business Problems – http://on-msn.com/OIRspE
Saying “No” To Customers Can Save Your Company – http://bit.ly/eJjoxm
5 Things Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Olympic Athletes – http://bit.ly/MnHd8A
crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Eventual Millionaire – http://bit.ly/MTYFD4
Good advice from Becky McCrayabout managing your email inbox – http://bit.ly/QFdJbx
5 Ways to Alienate a Customer – http://bit.ly/QfYG3Q
5 Things Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Olympic Athletes – http://bit.ly/MnHd8A
First-Time Startup Entrepreneurs: Stop Fucking Around – http://crowdspring.co/QDnLfq
Entrepreneurs With ‘Founder’s Disease’ Will Make Any Investor Run Away – http://read.bi/NnP5rt
Is It Time to Rethink the Stigma for Tech Companies Led by Couples? – http://crowdspring.co/PYsIZA
Startups Tackle Small-Business Problems – http://on-msn.com/OIRspE
Startups: Stop Trying To Hire Ninja-Rockstar Engineers – http://bit.ly/QfZ1mS
Ten million users is the new one million users [for consumer focused startups] – http://bit.ly/OHNr58
Productivity vs. Guilt and Self-Loathing – http://bit.ly/N5HQrh
Top 10 Signs Your Business Is Not VC Fundable – http://bit.ly/NcFLvP
Y Combinator’s first batch: where are they now? – http://crowdspring.co/QDo1Lu
5 Questions Great Job Candidates Ask – http://bit.ly/QfZiGE
3 reasons innovative ideas aren’t enough (and what to do about it) – http://bit.ly/QfZEgs
Saying “No” To Customers Can Save Your Company – http://bit.ly/eJjoxm
Upstart Wants College Grads to Pass Up Jobs at Large Companies – http://on.wsj.com/NcH6CF
The Value of Time – http://bit.ly/OHO4vq
Why Less is More in Teams – http://bit.ly/OIVvCk
Research shows that we must tell fewer lies to become happier and healthier – http://bit.ly/QfZqFY
Impressive & generous benefits to families when a Google employee dies – http://onforb.es/NcFCIw
Is there a future for Q&A sites? Looks like Facebook Questions has died (quietly) – http://crowdspring.co/QDnxou
Professor Billionaire: The Stanford Academic Who Wrote Google Its First Check – http://onforb.es/N5I4P9
What Zynga’s CEO Believes is The Future of the Company – http://bit.ly/MsoYVg
(Startup) Advice I Wish I Could Have Given Myself 5 Years Ago – http://bit.ly/OX4Kzi
Who Needs a Walk Down Sand Hill Road? AngelList Alums Have Raised $1.1 Billion – http://bit.ly/OX5jZV
5 Ways to Alienate a Customer – http://bit.ly/QfYG3Q
If you’re tired you don’t perform well. Is there really a need for more studies on this? – http://bit.ly/QfYzVH
Lawyer speak vs. Fred speak – http://bit.ly/O3Qci2
41 Female Founders Every Entrepreneur Should Know – http://on.mash.to/OX7Kf2
Real estate can be a great investment if you invest in it for the right reasons – http://bit.ly/QRFxf3
Good interview with Troy Henikoffabout Excelerate’s summer program – http://crowdspring.co/PYpwNy
The Power of Negative Thinking – http://crowdspring.co/PYqEAK
Good look at how Facebook’s stock price impacts the company and its employees (beyond the obvious) – http://read.bi/MsoS02
Is Busyness Bad for Business? – http://bit.ly/O1Aggf
The 8 women following Marissa Mayer to major CEO-dom – http://crowdspring.co/QDoflH
Deals and Discounts Dethroned as Reasons to Follow Brands – http://bit.ly/QfYUb3
Social Media Stunts Do More Harm Than Good – http://crowdspring.co/PYsfGT
The Secret of Neuromarketing: Go for the Pain – http://nyti.ms/QfZOV6
Is there a future for Q&A sites? Looks like Facebook Questions has died (quietly) – http://crowdspring.co/QDnxou
Poor methodology in marketing research studies renders many results meaningless. Example – http://bit.ly/QfZ7Lq
Interesting stats on tablet use (Fire, iPad and others) – http://tcrn.ch/QFtD7Z
Why McKinsey Says Social Media Could Add $1.3 Trillion to the Economy http://bit.ly/MU15lg
30 Most Amazing Print Ads You Have Ever Seen – http://bit.ly/QFb55u
30 Examples of Funny Ads for Inspiration – http://bit.ly/QAWE2h
Self serving research, but makes sense … Search Undervalued, Critical to Brand Campaigns – http://bit.ly/QfYPEr
10 Mistakes Designers Make When Applying for Jobs – http://bit.ly/QFblRW
20 New High-Quality Free Fonts for Use in Design Projects – http://bit.ly/O1bGw9
Useful Adobe Illustrator CS6 Tutorials – http://bit.ly/MfdenR
15 Mobile UI Splash Screens For Inspiration – http://bit.ly/QxtiE4
35+ Delicious Coffee Website Designs for Inspiration – http://bit.ly/OIUMRQ
30 Free Handwriting Fonts Every Designer Should Own – http://bit.ly/OIUV7y
60 Best Free Fonts To Use In Your Next Logo Design Project – http://bit.ly/QAW98r
50 Remarkable Examples Of Typography Design – http://bit.ly/Mfdbs8
Showcase: 20 Retina-Ready, Highly Detailed iOS Icons – http://bit.ly/QFbbdh
Understanding Typography: 10 Helpful Tools And Resources – http://bit.ly/OX32hk
Notes and Paper Design Textures – http://bit.ly/NnN4vh
20 Cool Business Cards That You Should See – http://bit.ly/OX3DzA
25 Brand new typefaces released last month that you need to know about (August) – http://tnw.co/OX3T1x
25 Amazing Typography Graphic Designs for your inspiration – http://bit.ly/QFbvc4
30 Most Amazing Print Ads You Have Ever Seen – http://bit.ly/QFb55u
30 Examples of Funny Ads for Inspiration – http://bit.ly/QAWE2h
A New Collection of Retro Fonts – http://bit.ly/OIVhLB
30 Sets of Free High Quality Lined Paper Texture – http://bit.ly/O1bFbp
Source Sans Pro: Adobe’s first open source font family – http://vrge.co/O1bAV7
After Effects CS6 Tutorials: 40 Top Notch Visual Effects Tips – http://bit.ly/Mfd7J3
200+ Fresh Awesome Icons Sets for Next Project – http://bit.ly/MfcX4n
Programming fonts: proportional vs monospaced – http://bit.ly/N5GZHk
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
30 Inspirational Lawyer and Law Logo Designs – http://bit.ly/O1bzAE
20 New High-Quality Free Fonts for Use in Design Projects – http://bit.ly/O1bGw9
50 Creative Bird Logo Designs for Inspiration – http://bit.ly/OX3cW9
30 Free Handwriting Fonts Every Designer Should Own – http://bit.ly/OIUV7y
60 Best Free Fonts To Use In Your Next Logo Design Project – http://bit.ly/QAW98r
Showcase of the Retro and Vintage Logo Designs to Get You Inspired – http://bit.ly/OIUFFR
Top 15 Web Design Trends of 2012 – http://bit.ly/OIUiuI
Inspirations Showcase of Websites for iOS Apps – 40 Sites – http://bit.ly/OIUt9s
16 Cool & Funny 404 Error Pages – http://bit.ly/RCZ0iO
Subtle UI Improvements – http://bit.ly/QAW1G9
30 Eye-Popping Yellow Website Designs – http://bit.ly/NnMBsU
10 essential features for creating great product pages – http://bit.ly/RCYK37
10 Very Useful Online Resources For Creating Grid Based Websites – http://bit.ly/NnMYnm
20 Cool Website Designs with Full Screen Slideshows – http://bit.ly/QAWg3X
25 Examples of Creative Typography in Web Design – http://bit.ly/O1bv3L
200+ Fresh Awesome Icons Sets for Next Project – http://bit.ly/MfcX4n
70 Excellent Church, Ministry, Worship, and Outreach Website Designs – http://bit.ly/OIUbzz
This is an impressive model railroad – http://youtu.be/ACkmg3Y64_s!
Interesting graphic showing Usain Bolt’s time in the 100 compared to 116 years of other sprinters – http://nyti.ms/O1bkp7
Elon Musk of SpaceX: The goal is Mars – http://lat.ms/RszkRr
CNN has been dragging for some time. Does it have a future? – http://crowdspring.co/PYq1au
The Majority Of Americans Think The Olympic Coverage Has Been ‘Good’ to ‘Excellent’ – http://bit.ly/OIRhdU
Raising Successful Children – http://bit.ly/PzpYBp
China’s wealthy and influential sometimes hire body doubles to serve their prison sentences – http://bit.ly/N77uKp
Research shows that we must tell fewer lies to become happier and healthier – http://bit.ly/QfZqFY
How to survive an active shooter. Sad to think we need to know this – http://youtu.be/5VcSwejU2D0
Movie recipes illustrated – http://bit.ly/S3HWya
Those New Mac Ads – Why We REALLY Hate Them – http://crowdspring.co/OT4xit
Curiosity Rover Lands Safely on Mars – http://nyti.ms/O1d41S
Where Borrowing $105 Million Will Cost $1 Billion: Poway Schools – http://bit.ly/O1Abt9
It’s Not (Just) the Culture, Stupid: 4 Reasons Why Israel’s Economy Is So Strong – http://bit.ly/O1A3d0
Want to eat more protein? How about cricket power bars? Yum! – http://crowdspring.co/PYqjOJ
Apple’s Secrets Revealed at Trial – http://on.wsj.com/N5GA7K
Fascinating conversation about human existence between Einstein and Tagore – http://crowdspring.co/QDmYLi
I hope you enjoy these links! Please leave a comment and let me know what you liked/didn’t like.
