Twitter Link Roundup #164 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More Ross | February 1st, 2013
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!
For many people (including me), the Super Bowl is about commercials, not the game. Although the ads are always hit or miss (mostly miss), there have been some gems over the years. The above ad from Apple in the 1984 Super Bowl helped make Super Bowl advertising must-see TV and redefined how companies leverage the Super Bowl to promote their products. It’s considered by many to be the best Super Bowl commercial of all time.
Lean Business Tips: Hiring Contractors for Fun and Profit(ability) – http://crowdspring.co/X7WYGx
The 7 Worst Marketing Blunders Small Businesses Make | Forbes – http://crowdspring.co/Yzi31G
“Empower Your Small Business”, crowdSPRING’s smallbiz newsletter: content marketing, lean biz, more – http://crowdspring.co/11gTp1O
3 Mistakes Small Businesses Make When Marketing – http://crowdspring.co/YzifhC
Obvious but Hard Lessons in Small Business Advertising – http://crowdspring.co/XPIytZ
Seth Godin: Why Small Businesses Fail | Inc. – http://crowdspring.co/11m0I8C
The State of Business To Business (B2B) Content Marketing In North America - http://crowdspring.co/11fWDmr
What Does It Take to Make Content All The Time? – http://crowdspring.co/WimMCs
8 Startup Founders Reveal Their #1 User Acquisition Tactic | Treehouse - http://crowdspring.co/X8hnv9
What is the good balance between searching product-market-fit and working on growth? | Quora - http://crowdspring.co/11a1NQJ
If, Why, and How Founders Should Hire a “Professional” CEO | Reid Hoffman - http://crowdspring.co/WseyqG
The State of Business To Business (B2B) Content Marketing In North America - http://crowdspring.co/11fWDmr
6 Startup Lessons From Designers At Pinterest, Fuseproject, And Behance | Co.Design - http://crowdspring.co/Yzi8SZ
Avoid the 50/50 co-founder model – here’s why - http://crowdspring.co/QkHuen
What is “Growth Hacking” really? — What I Learned Building… — Medium - http://crowdspring.co/118iWPm
How We Got Through The “Trough Of Sorrow” - http://crowdspring.co/WyNm9V
What is the good balance between searching product-market-fit and working on growth? | Quora - http://crowdspring.co/11a1NQJ
Content Marketing Presents Uncertain Future For Publishers – http://crowdspring.co/119CKNU
Be Vulnerable | Feld Thoughts – http://crowdspring.co/Wy94uq
Are You Doing Your #1 Job as an Entrepreneur - http://crowdspring.co/WyKwBA
Chicago’s Exploding Tech Startup Scene: Second to None – http://crowdspring.co/XHcmbg
6 Things You Need to Pivot Successfully – http://crowdspring.co/XHSyVm
Horowitz: The Most Important Quality In An Entrepreneur Is Not Honesty Or Integrity - http://crowdspring.co/X8gDWR
Lean Business Tips: Hiring Contractors for Fun and Profit(ability) – http://crowdspring.co/X7WYGx
8 Startup Founders Reveal Their #1 User Acquisition Tactic | Treehouse - http://crowdspring.co/X8hnv9
Research–You’re Doing It Wrong. How Uncovering The Unconscious Is Key To Creativity | Co.Create: – http://crowdspring.co/XGcYxV
Streaming Shakes Up Music Industry’s Model for Royalties - http://crowdspring.co/119XCZR
10 Tips for Building an Open Agency Business Model | Digiday - http://crowdspring.co/WC5C20
Amazon Set To Sell Advertisers On Its Customer Purchasing Data – http://crowdspring.co/YlFDPy
The State of Business To Business (B2B) Content Marketing In North America - http://crowdspring.co/11fWDmr
Mobile Marketing: 50 Percent of Marketers Have No Idea – http://crowdspring.co/XHcveP
Content Marketing Presents Uncertain Future For Publishers – http://crowdspring.co/119CKNU
30 Best Print Advertisements | Smashing Hub – http://crowdspring.co/XG84kv
What Does It Take to Make Content All The Time? – http://crowdspring.co/WimMCs
It’s Time To Call Out Fraud In The Adtech Ecosystem | John Battelle’s Search Blog - http://crowdspring.co/XGRctX
It’s Time to Re-Invent Public Relations – http://crowdspring.co/XGQGfq
30 Funny and Clever Print Ads | Grafix Designs – http://crowdspring.co/115uxik
10 New Creative Adobe Illustrator CS6 Tutorials | DesignSphere – http://crowdspring.co/115lX31
18+ Excellent Photoshop CS6 Tutorials to Learn | CollegeGFX – http://crowdspring.co/115nw0Z
30 Great Brushes You Must Have | Queness – http://crowdspring.co/X8ls2C
Popular Lies About Graphic Design | Brain Pickings – http://crowdspring.co/YCzApT
30 Inspiring Brown Business Card Designs | iBrandStudio – http://crowdspring.co/W3toSl
Redesigning Google: how Larry Page engineered a beautiful revolution | The Verge - http://crowdspring.co/XG8cjY
30 Best Print Advertisements | Smashing Hub – http://crowdspring.co/XG84kv
Research–You’re Doing It Wrong. How Uncovering The Unconscious Is Key To Creativity | Co.Create: – http://crowdspring.co/XGcYxV
18+ Excellent Photoshop CS6 Tutorials to Learn | CollegeGFX – http://crowdspring.co/115nw0Z
Free and Advanced Digital Painting Tutorials | Designs Madness – http://crowdspring.co/Yzkqll
60 High Quality Free Photoshop Patterns and Textures – http://crowdspring.co/W3rSzB
20+ Double Sided Business Cards for Inspiration – http://crowdspring.co/XG79As
40 Advertising Posters For Design Inspiration – http://crowdspring.co/115tTS0
Modern & Beautiful Packaging Designs | youandsaturation – http://crowdspring.co/XG7svi
25 Free Chunky & 3D Fonts | Speckyboy - http://crowdspring.co/115mvWz
Most Popular Commercial Fonts for Web Designers | Designmodo – http://crowdspring.co/XGbWSy
50 Best iPhone and iPad Apps for Designers | REPUBLICOF3 – http://crowdspring.co/XGc7xd
Stunning cultured packaging designs - http://crowdspring.co/XG6HCo
10 don’ts when designing for email | Webdesigner Depot – http://crowdspring.co/X8miMB
10 New Websites Every Designer Should Know | Inspired Magazine – http://crowdspring.co/XGcOqi
25 Free Serif Fonts - http://crowdspring.co/XGbFiF
30 Funny and Clever Print Ads | Grafix Designs – http://crowdspring.co/115uxik
Yet another Showcase of Beautiful Typography and Text Effects | CollegeGFX - http://crowdspring.co/115lnCy
25 High Quality & Free Textures Packs - http://crowdspring.co/115uaEr
50 Gorgeous Branding Layouts | GoMediaZine – http://crowdspring.co/XG8ffK
40 New Free Photoshop Textures - http://t.co/j8Km9U6A
Plastic Business Cards Inspiration – 29 Unique Examples – http://crowdspring.co/X8kJOL
Ranking Nike’s 20 Iconic Sneaker Designs Of The Last 20 Years – http://crowdspring.co/YjWguS
Best Free Textures of 2012 | Texturezine - http://crowdspring.co/Yj2ECz
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 Examples Of Fresh Logo Designs 3 - http://crowdspring.co/XG6b7w
35 Book Based Logo Designs - http://crowdspring.co/XG6C1C
50 Gorgeous Branding Layouts | GoMediaZine – http://crowdspring.co/XG8ffK
30 Logo Design – Creative and Inspiring Logos – http://crowdspring.co/115ng1W
25 Free Chunky & 3D Fonts | Speckyboy - http://crowdspring.co/115mvWz
25 Free Serif Fonts - http://crowdspring.co/XGbFiF
Amazing Progress Bar Design Inspiration - http://crowdspring.co/Yj2pY7
Beautiful Progress Bar (Loading Bar) PSD Designs | InstantShift – http://crowdspring.co/YzkIbJ
30 Creative Implementations Of CSS In Web Design | Top Design Magazine - http://crowdspring.co/XG72Fj
20 Examples Of Large Background Images In Web Design | Who Design Today - http://crowdspring.co/115lz4F
Mobile UI Design Inspiration: Charts And Graphs – http://crowdspring.co/WAr2dK
Fresh and Creative CSS Tutorials | Design Dazzling – http://crowdspring.co/115pG0o
Most Popular Commercial Fonts for Web Designers | Designmodo – http://crowdspring.co/XGbWSy
Creative Techniques for Single-Page Websites – http://crowdspring.co/XG6NKe
Amazing Responsive Web Design Examples for Inspirations | Designs Madness - http://crowdspring.co/115uQtp
40 New Free Photoshop Textures - http://t.co/j8Km9U6A
25 Web Designs With Clever Fixed Header Effects – http://crowdspring.co/115uDq7
The Role of Table Layouts in Responsive Web Design | Webdesigntuts+ http://crowdspring.co/XG7cwk
25 High Quality & Free Textures Packs - http://crowdspring.co/115uaEr
The Ultimate UX Design of: the Sign-Up Form | Designmodo -http://crowdspring.co/X8kSlo
Creative Layouts and Interactions in Web Design | Codrops – http://crowdspring.co/115jtlp
35 Inspiring Examples of 404 Page Design - http://crowdspring.co/115n2I6
60 High Quality Free Photoshop Patterns and Textures – http://crowdspring.co/W3rSzB
30 Best and Most Popular Fireworks Tutorials Every Web Developers Must Learn - http://crowdspring.co/XG5VVS
Best Free Textures of 2012 | Texturezine - http://crowdspring.co/Yj2ECz
Web Designers Need To Remember Typography Influences Usability – The Usabilla Blog - http://crowdspring.co/X8ozaE
10 don’ts when designing for email | Webdesigner Depot – http://crowdspring.co/X8miMB
Simple Web Design Tips Every Designer Needs to Know – http://crowdspring.co/YzkykG
Ultimate jQuery Plugins of 2012 | Tutorial Lounge – http://crowdspring.co/Yj2F9H
4 Seriously Cool Ways Nonprofits Are Using Crowdsourcing – http://crowdspring.co/YtYM1A
How Newegg crushed the “shopping cart” patent and saved online retail | Ars Technica - http://crowdspring.co/WsjtIg
What Does It Mean to Be Comfortable? - http://crowdspring.co/VoBLce
Dodge Turns to Crowdsourcing to Sell Darts – http://crowdspring.co/11a6Lgt
Why Apple Is Losing Its Aura | Co.Design - http://crowdspring.co/11j8dgC
The Power of Habit Investments | zenhabits – http://crowdspring.co/11gJkC2
Here’s How Seth Godin Writes | Copyblogger – http://crowdspring.co/WyQW3L
192 Thinkers Each Select the Most Elegant Explanation of How the World Works - http://crowdspring.co/WsE1jV
Redesigning Google: how Larry Page engineered a beautiful revolution | The Verge - http://crowdspring.co/XG8cjY
I hope you enjoy these links! Please leave a comment and let me know what you liked/didn’t like.
