Twitter Link Roundup #147 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More Ross | September 28th, 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 look – in one minute – at how fashion has changed over the last 100 years.
Small Business and Startups – 13 Great Reads From The Business Press - http://crowdspring.co/PfRuX0
Answers to the 19 Most Frequently Asked Questions About A/B Testing - http://crowdspring.co/UPM3lK
Small town survival of the fittest - http://crowdspring.co/Tw6tCp
crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Bicyclette – http://crowdspring.co/PoVtRh
Why Good Design Is Finally A Bottom Line Investment – http://crowdspring.co/PDgskb
Startup = Growth - http://crowdspring.co/Urndp2
Is Going for Rapid Growth Always Good? Aren’t Startups So Much More? - http://crowdspring.co/Urnjgw
Small Business and Startups – 13 Great Reads From The Business Press - http://crowdspring.co/PfRuX0
Is Three Founders One Too Many? - http://crowdspring.co/SgXFtD
10 Things I, As A Developer, Wished More Entrepreneurs Knew – http://crowdspring.co/UrmqED
“Stealth mode” and other f’ing brilliant strategies – http://crowdspring.co/Tw91Ak
7 Habits of Highly Effective and Successful Entrepreneurs – http://crowdspring.co/OGOWB1
Answers to the 19 Most Frequently Asked Questions About A/B Testing - http://crowdspring.co/UPM3lK
Chicago magazine writes about the tech scene here at 1871 – http://crowdspring.co/Qq7QiB
Ten Ways to Get People to Change - http://crowdspring.co/Qq8mgx
How Social Dynamics Made You Successful – http://crowdspring.co/P9chu4
Twitter CEO Costolo Talks Ads, Facebook, and IPO – http://crowdspring.co/SS5LZI
How Facebook killed the big IPO – http://crowdspring.co/Qq8xsj
A strong egois actually a good thing – here’s why – http://ow.ly/dQjHK
Why Good Design Is Finally A Bottom Line Investment – http://crowdspring.co/PDgskb
Facebook Drives More Traffic to Retail, But Pinterest Users Spend More – Study - http://crowdspring.co/Tw8eiT
Pew study: News consumption up via mobile, social media – http://crowdspring.co/SgXcaE
What Customers Want Most From Small Business Mobile Websites – http://crowdspring.co/QUlybd
Why Facebook is failing as an advertiser - http://read.bi/QI3ErG
Microsoft Aligns With Klout: Makes Strategic Investment and Integrates Into Bing – http://dthin.gs/Q4Q82f
Creative Ads: A Collection of 40 Amazing Print Advertisements – http://crowdspring.co/PfK3z0
Maybe a bit too early to dismiss Facebook’s rich data .. retargeting isn’t exactly a blazing success - http://crowdspring.co/Twa4jO
Answers to the 19 Most Frequently Asked Questions About A/B Testing - http://crowdspring.co/UPM3lK
Does Your Company Pay For Social Media Reviews? - http://crowdspring.co/UPWS7i
23 Original and Funny Restaurant Ads – http://crowdspring.co/PfJOUM
20 Creative Examples of Bench Advertising – http://crowdspring.co/VInpmq
35 New Examples of Unusual Business Cards – http://crowdspring.co/Uy7fOo
Horrible Fonts And Better Alternatives – http://crowdspring.co/Uy7tVJ
25 Useful Free Handwriting Fonts - http://crowdspring.co/Uy76dT
Why Good Design Is Finally A Bottom Line Investment – http://crowdspring.co/PDgskb
An Inspiring Collection Of Menu Printing & Design – http://crowdspring.co/Uy8Qnl
50 High Quality Free Fonts For Graphic Designers – http://crowdspring.co/VIjru8
Cool Business Cards Reloaded – Fresh Examples – http://crowdspring.co/Ps5zR6
20 Creative Examples of Bench Advertising – http://crowdspring.co/VInpmq
Magazine Covers with Amazing Typography – http://crowdspring.co/Ps5WLz
Swiss Style Design Inspiration - http://crowdspring.co/SzC1Wx
Cool and Innovative Food and Beverage Package Design – http://crowdspring.co/V0pif0
30+ Seamless Patterns for Photoshop - http://crowdspring.co/VIk4nt
Stunning Illustration Artwork (45 Fresh Creative Examples) – http://crowdspring.co/V0qf70
What Customers Want Most From Small Business Mobile Websites – http://crowdspring.co/QUlybd
15 Authentic Popcorn Package Design – http://crowdspring.co/Uy7xEZ
18 New and Free Fonts For Web Designers – http://crowdspring.co/VIj2Yu
Creative Ads: A Collection of 40 Amazing Print Advertisements – http://crowdspring.co/PfK3z0
The Newest and Coolest Fonts Available – http://crowdspring.co/PfJG7y
20 Inspiring Album Cover Designs - http://crowdspring.co/SzBAvm
Why design is the key to the connected world – http://crowdspring.co/UEqlCI
23 Original and Funny Restaurant Ads – http://crowdspring.co/PfJOUM
Spectacular Motion Graphics Inspiration: 29 Videos – http://crowdspring.co/PXhJ7p
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
50 Beautiful Examples Of Custom Logo Design – http://crowdspring.co/Uy835W
30 Inspirational Leaf Logo Designs - http://crowdspring.co/V0q8YZ
Horrible Fonts And Better Alternatives – http://crowdspring.co/Uy7tVJ
The Newest and Coolest Fonts Available – http://crowdspring.co/PfJG7y
25 Useful Free Handwriting Fonts - http://crowdspring.co/Uy76dT
50 High Quality Free Fonts For Graphic Designers – http://crowdspring.co/VIjru8
What Customers Want Most From Small Business Mobile Websites – http://crowdspring.co/QUlybd
Emotional Web Design: Tips and Examples – http://crowdspring.co/PXhqJX
Clean and Creative Mobile Websites and Apps – http://crowdspring.co/SzBp3b
Top 12 Wireframe Tools for Designer - http://crowdspring.co/V0pXNf
30 Website Designs with Big Typography – http://crowdspring.co/V0owyA
The Latest Web Design Trends In 22 Awesome Examples – http://crowdspring.co/V0oZAN
Modern Progress Bar Design: 40 Examples for Inspiration – http://crowdspring.co/VIjGoY
30 Fresh CSS3 Tutorials - http://crowdspring.co/VIjhmw
20 Cool Restaurants and Foods Website Designs – http://crowdspring.co/PXhOIl
18 New and Free Fonts For Web Designers – http://crowdspring.co/VIj2Yu
UX Sketching And Wireframing Templates For Mobile Projects – http://crowdspring.co/Uy7Lfu
Showcase Of 30 Online Shopping Websites With Creative Product Catalogs - http://crowdspring.co/PfJoh8
Best 10 Free Tools A Web Designer Can Use For Creation Of A Quality Mobile Website - http://crowdspring.co/PfJxBa
100 years of fashion in 100 seconds – http://crowdspring.co/OT1Z6X
Five Reasons Crowdsourcing is an Effective Strategy for Creating Content - http://crowdspring.co/V0spnb
Kickstarter is trying to reign in some of the problems with execution in product projects - http://crowdspring.co/Qq7rg7
Kickstarter Will Not Save Artists From the Entertainment Industry’s Shackles - http://crowdspring.co/OT1Gc8
What Business is Wall Street In ?: Wall Street doesn’t know what business it is in… - http://crowdspring.co/Qq6iVE
Gifted Students Deserve More Opportunities – http://crowdspring.co/Qq5zDZ
Fascinating … Chinese families’ worldly goods in Huang Qingjun’s pictures - http://crowdspring.co/OT2spw
Thinner is not necessarily better when it comes to health - http://crowdspring.co/UrmBjx
100 million will die by 2030 if world fails to act on climate – report - http://crowdspring.co/SS6om3
Retail Web Sites Are Getting Slower; IE 10 Beats Firefox & Chrome, Study Says - http://crowdspring.co/P9bJnX
A&E isn’t exactly great content (some exceptions), but Netflix continues to bleed content - http://crowdspring.co/Tw70Eq
How Liberal Arts Colleges Are Failing America – http://crowdspring.co/QC5omr
A Tiny Balloon Factory, Small-Batch Whiskey, and 3D Printing: A Dispatch from the Future of Manufacturing – http://crowdspring.co/P9b9qj
Great tips for playing a gig from Thelonious Monk – http://crowdspring.co/PDhexE
Very creative – bike seat doubles as a pump for tires – http://crowdspring.co/SgX0bm
Fascinating poston the manufacturing of pop stars in China – http://j.mp/Pt4rNg
Done anything wild in your life? - http://crowdspring.co/QX69aa
The grass is not always greener on the other side. Literally – http://crowdspring.co/SS6Dxb
A bigger percentage of Twitter users in the U.S. lean Democrat – http://crowdspring.co/OlBln1
Ad agency run by high school students gets first client - http://crowdspring.co/QqdYr9
Sad state of creativity in Hollywood - http://crowdspring.co/Qq8BrT
I hope you enjoy these links! Please leave a comment and let me know what you liked/didn’t like.
