Twitter Link Roundup #159 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More Ross | December 21st, 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 was filmed in a single take, with the musician playing 100 riffs on the guitar, representing 100 of the most iconic songs in Rock N’ Roll history. It’s a pretty impressive feat, and a cool listen.
It’s Time to Join the Crowd | Fox Small Business Center – http://crowdspring.co/SkXHXs
Why you must sample what you sell | by Becky McCrae Small Biz Survival – http://crowdspring.co/UbapqW
What Job Are Your Customers Hiring Your Products To Perform? | crowdSPRING Blog - http://crowdspring.co/U6ygai
Small Business and Startups: Dear Santa - http://crowdspring.co/Tr47kD
Five Trends Driving Traditional Retail Towards Extinction | Forbes – http://crowdspring.co/VLUJqE
10 Content Marketing Tips You Can Employ Now | Social Media Examiner - http://crowdspring.co/UbMyaC
When You Should (and Shouldn’t) Outsource Your Marketing | Hubspot Blog - http://crowdspring.co/UbLe7A
crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Colbrook Kitchen - http://crowdspring.co/VQdfhf
Which links get the most clicks in email newsletters? (part 1) – http://crowdspring.co/SWhadT
Are You Making the Most Common Pricing Mistake? | Think Traffic – http://crowdspring.co/VMhpXR
A/B Testing: What are the most unexpected things people have learned from A/B tests? | Quora – http://crowdspring.co/TwjyZ2
Key Digital Marketing Trends For 2013 | crowdSPRING Blog – http://crowdspring.co/R6PvIO
10 Reasons Your Top Talent Will Leave You | Forbes – http://crowdspring.co/SWiqO9
Beyond the install: 10 keys to driving sustainable mobile user growth - http://crowdspring.co/VOo6YZ
The danger of starting at the top – http://crowdspring.co/VPIZ60
Bullshit Metrics – http://crowdspring.co/Ub8p21
The Power of Thinking Long-Term | crowdSPRING Blog – http://crowdspring.co/U8nyQw
Why You Should Want to Pay for Software, Instagram Edition | The Atlantic - http://crowdspring.co/Ub8L8P
New Research: The Skills That Make an Entrepreneur | Bill J. Bonnstetter-Harvard Business Review - http://crowdspring.co/SOaK0v
What Job Are Your Customers Hiring Your Products To Perform? | crowdSPRING Blog - http://crowdspring.co/U6ygai
Small Business and Startups: Dear Santa - http://crowdspring.co/Tr47kD
10 Content Marketing Tips You Can Employ Now | Social Media Examiner - http://crowdspring.co/UbMyaC
I’m Not The Product, But I Play One On The Internet - http://crowdspring.co/VPMHwy
Which links get the most clicks in email newsletters? (part 1) – http://crowdspring.co/SWhadT
10 Lessons I’ve Learned During My First Three Months As a Founder (by Len Kendall) | Technori - http://crowdspring.co/UdZf4L
Hire For Cultural Fit Over Competence - http://crowdspring.co/UbMdVx
Facebook: This Is The Bet You Are Making | Seeking Alpha – http://crowdspring.co/UcKIq7
Andreessen Horowitz, Github, and Box Share 2013 Enterprise Insights - http://crowdspring.co/U7hmtc
Programming Your Culture | TechCrunch - http://crowdspring.co/UbM4Bl
Don’t Think Big. There, I Said It. | Market By Numbers - http://crowdspring.co/VOpNFN
What You Really Need Is A Market, Not An Idea | Paul Finn - http://crowdspring.co/U7FFHb
Eight things Marc Andreessen said to Quartz that made us sit up and listen - http://crowdspring.co/U7fpwG
Fantastic post by Ernie Miller on why he loves bing a programmer in Louisville - http://crowdspring.co/12kSOQi
Why Instagram Hopes You Won’t Mind The Ads – http://crowdspring.co/UbaTgP
Beyond the install: 10 keys to driving sustainable mobile user growth - http://crowdspring.co/VOo6YZ
Are You Making the Most Common Pricing Mistake? | Think Traffic – http://crowdspring.co/VMhpXR
When You Should (and Shouldn’t) Outsource Your Marketing | Hubspot Blog - http://crowdspring.co/UbLe7A
Fab’s 2nd Pivot | betashop – http://crowdspring.co/U7fSiz
Five Trends Driving Traditional Retail Towards Extinction | Forbes – http://crowdspring.co/VLUJqE
Good read about how Aviary changed its business model | The Verge - http://crowdspring.co/U7Ucmp
The danger of starting at the top – http://crowdspring.co/VPIZ60
10 Reasons Your Top Talent Will Leave You | Forbes – http://crowdspring.co/SWiqO9
This is a very useful valuation tool from AngelList (browse startup valuations) - http://crowdspring.co/U9BauS
The One Conversational Tool That Will Make You Better At Absolutely Everything - http://crowdspring.co/UbKTC1
Learn to love uncertainty and failure, say leading thinkers | The Guardian - http://crowdspring.co/VKapuy
A/B Testing: What are the most unexpected things people have learned from A/B tests? | Quora – http://crowdspring.co/TwjyZ2
Key Digital Marketing Trends For 2013 | crowdSPRING Blog – http://crowdspring.co/R6PvIO
Working alone sucks – http://crowdspring.co/U3fgdM
The Top Five Career Regrets | Daniel Gulati-Harvard Business Review - http://crowdspring.co/VI0dmf
Top Marketing #FAILs of 2012 -http://crowdspring.co/VOr5k8
Key Digital Marketing Trends For 2013 | crowdSPRING Blog – http://crowdspring.co/R6PvIO
Which links get the most clicks in email newsletters? (part 1) – http://crowdspring.co/SWhadT
The danger of starting at the top – http://crowdspring.co/VPIZ60
Facebook Could Now Advertise To Children, Thanks To Updated Federal Privacy Rules – http://crowdspring.co/VQSHVZ
Why Instagram Hopes You Won’t Mind The Ads – http://crowdspring.co/UbaTgP
“your business plan cannot be secret anymore.” – http://crowdspring.co/VQT5DP
10 Content Marketing Tips You Can Employ Now | Social Media Examiner - http://crowdspring.co/UbMyaC
Study: Affluent Consumers More Likely to Use Digital Coupons Than Lower Income Groups - http://crowdspring.co/VHZEbU
Funny And Creative Ads #2 | Inspihive - http://crowdspring.co/VLWrs1
Amazon, Advertising’s Sleeping Giant, to Awaken in 2013 | Adweek - http://crowdspring.co/VMpcER
The Do Plan, or Why We Know But Don’t Do | zenhabits – http://crowdspring.co/UcGrmm
US Mobile Ad Spending Jumps to $4 Billion | eMarketer - http://crowdspring.co/VPIPf5
Why 84% of Kickstarter’s top projects shipped late - http://crowdspring.co/UcEfv9
Facebook Stops Its Long-Awaited Ad Network Before It Starts (For Now) | AllThingsD – http://crowdspring.co/UdgKlJ
Facebook Preps to Bring Video Ads to News Feed | Advertising Age - http://crowdspring.co/UbacnK
Beyond the install: 10 keys to driving sustainable mobile user growth - http://crowdspring.co/VOo6YZ
A/B Testing: What are the most unexpected things people have learned from A/B tests? | Quora – http://crowdspring.co/TwjyZ2
30 Clever Examples of Park Bench Advertising Campaigns – http://crowdspring.co/U7odCP
Will 2013 be the year of conversion optimisation? | Econsultancy - http://crowdspring.co/Ue08Kw
Creative Advertising Inspirations - http://crowdspring.co/VLZpg9
Five Trends Driving Traditional Retail Towards Extinction | Forbes – http://crowdspring.co/VLUJqE
30 Embossed Business Cards - http://crowdspring.co/VLUVWF
Learn Photoshop CS6 From These Great Tutorials -http://crowdspring.co/U7nL7A
Photoshop Secrets - http://crowdspring.co/U7k4yC
10 Vintage Photoshop Tutorials - http://crowdspring.co/VLWnIT
5 Awesome Adobe Photoshop Tutorials | Inspihive – http://crowdspring.co/VLYPPj
10 Modern Letterhead Designs for Inspiration – http://crowdspring.co/U7nMZj
35 Impressive Photography Business Cards – http://crowdspring.co/VLZqRe
20 Fascinating Examples of Origami Art - http://crowdspring.co/U7jAsy
10 Most Inventive Business Card Designs of 2012 | PrintRunner Blog - http://crowdspring.co/VLYHQ0
25 Inspiring Websites Related To Designs - http://crowdspring.co/VLWcx0
21 Examples of Minimal Business Card Design | CoalesceIdeas – http://crowdspring.co/U7oa9W
15 Practical Tips How To Use Typography For Emotional Design | The Usabilla Blog - http://crowdspring.co/U7owxw
300+ Christmas Textures and Patterns | TutorialFreakz – http://crowdspring.co/VLYLPM
Creative Advertising Inspirations - http://crowdspring.co/VLZpg9
40 Typography Inspiration for designers | Psdblast – http://crowdspring.co/VLZBfg
Design: What is the most elegant idea ever? | Quora – http://crowdspring.co/TwiCno
30 Clever Examples of Park Bench Advertising Campaigns – http://crowdspring.co/U7odCP
25 Free Fonts For Designers | Tech Design Blog – http://crowdspring.co/VLZIaN
Creative Food Packaging Design Inspiration | Designs Madness – http://crowdspring.co/U7nGRb
20 Exceptional Book Packaging Designs - http://crowdspring.co/U7nzFe
Posters with Awesome Typography | Abduzeedo – http://crowdspring.co/U7nmlz
Free Grunge Wall Texture Pack - http://crowdspring.co/VLZa4E
10 Must Have Free Retro Fonts - http://crowdspring.co/VLYwnT
45 Cool Retro Style Illustrations for Your Inspiration – http://crowdspring.co/VLYyvX
Showcase of 44 Beautiful Letterpress Business Card Designs | InstantShift - http://crowdspring.co/U7nf9K
20+ Pixel Perfect Food Icon Designs for Inspiration | CoalesceIdeas – http://crowdspring.co/U7n6D1
Funny And Creative Ads #2 | Inspihive - http://crowdspring.co/VLWrs1
Wonderful Object Photography – 40 Examples | Dzinepress – http://crowdspring.co/VLVGz8
Creative Postcard Direct Mail Designs | Postcardology’s Space – http://crowdspring.co/U7jRLT
How To Identify Fonts In An Image Using | TutorialFreakz – http://crowdspring.co/U7jz7U
35 Free Christmas Photoshop Patterns | Graphic Design Junction – http://crowdspring.co/VLUThL
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 Inspirational Travel And Tourism Logos | Top Design Magazine – http://crowdspring.co/VLVbFa
35 Chicken Logo Design Perfect for Poultry Business – http://crowdspring.co/VLW7te
31+ Gorgeous Custom Lettering Logos for Inspiration | Bloom Web Design Blog - http://crowdspring.co/U7oqpu
How To Identify Fonts In An Image Using | TutorialFreakz – http://crowdspring.co/U7jz7U
39 Business Logo Design Inspiration #14 | Graphic Design Junction – http://crowdspring.co/VLZFf1
25 Free Fonts For Designers | Tech Design Blog – http://crowdspring.co/VLZIaN
10 Must Have Free Retro Fonts - http://crowdspring.co/VLYwnT
29 Web Layouts using Big Oversized Background Images | SpyreStudios - http://crowdspring.co/VLVyj8
Improving Usability And User Experience Through Consistent Web Design - http://crowdspring.co/VLW9Bk
25 Radical Responsive Landing Pages | PelFusion – http://crowdspring.co/VLZxMz
Restaurant Web Designs: 40 Yummy Cafe & Restaurant Websites and Trends | DesignModo - http://crowdspring.co/RWuH8o
20+ Pixel Perfect Food Icon Designs for Inspiration | CoalesceIdeas – http://crowdspring.co/U7n6D1
50 Creative and Inspirational Single Page Websites – http://crowdspring.co/VLZ2Ca
21 Inspiring Examples of Texture Use in Web Design – http://crowdspring.co/VLZMr3
A Roundup of Stunning Landing Pages For Inspiration – http://crowdspring.co/VLZ3WH
404 Page Design – 30 Fresh And Creative Examples–Inspiration | Graphic Design Junction - http://crowdspring.co/VLYCvD
110 Predictions For the Next 110 Years | Popular Mechanics – http://crowdspring.co/SWhFEU
This is what the internet looked like in 1995. Feeling Old? – http://ow.ly/gamrg
100 Riffs (A Brief History of Rock N’ Roll) - http://crowdspring.co/VPWdji
Design: What is the most elegant idea ever? | Quora – http://crowdspring.co/TwiCno
The Top Five Career Regrets | Daniel Gulati-Harvard Business Review - http://crowdspring.co/VI0dmf
Really? Losing Sleep Reduces Your Tolerance for Pain – http://crowdspring.co/V64DGU
To stream everywhere, Netflix encodes each movie 120 times - http://crowdspring.co/VOqrTV
Learn to love uncertainty and failure, say leading thinkers | The Guardian - http://crowdspring.co/VKapuy
The Heaviest Thing Amazon Will Ship for Free Weighs Nearly a Ton - http://crowdspring.co/WsPfXy
The Power of Concentration - http://crowdspring.co/VMhavO
Innovation: What are the best new products that people don’t know about? | Quora - http://crowdspring.co/U57grQ
I hope you enjoy these links! Please leave a comment and let me know what you liked/didn’t like.
