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Twitter Link Roundup #126 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

Friday, April 6th, 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 shows the amount of caffeine in various types of coffee and tea. More interesting facts about the health benefits (and risks) of tea and coffee in the Other section below.

Fall In Love With Your Business, Not Your Business Plan – http://bit.ly/H5aib0

Design is Marketing – http://bit.ly/I0QCUz

The Dirty Little Secret Of Overnight Successes – http://bit.ly/HfUrro

How much does Pinterest actually make? – http://bit.ly/H59xyN

Design is Marketing – http://bit.ly/I0QCUz

Forget Self-Improvement – http://bit.ly/H59Vxk

The Education of Google’s Larry Page – http://buswk.co/HoYgHC

Fall In Love With Your Business, Not Your Business Plan – http://bit.ly/H5aib0

Some Thoughts about Selling at Startups – http://bit.ly/H36Mu6

The Dirty Little Secret Of Overnight Successes – http://bit.ly/HfUrro

Study: How one dresses impacts how they perform – http://bit.ly/I0R0lP

Getting the Feedback You Need To Raise Capital: Thick Skin Needed – http://bit.ly/Hi4Ay0

Eye Movement Study Reveals Six Must-Know Things About Facebook Brand Pages – http://rww.to/HVnEms

Design is Marketing – http://bit.ly/I0QCUz

Interesting case study of what happened when Pepsi gutted its advertising – http://bit.ly/H7Yncs

More on Pepsi’s market slide (with useful insight about ad strategy) – http://bit.ly/H7YtkA

30 Attractive Rounded Fonts to Download – http://bit.ly/HPC0qU

40 Stylish Fonts For Professional Web And Print Design – http://bit.ly/HWBmDV

Redesigning With Personality – http://bit.ly/HESUKQ

Drop Caps: Historical Use And Current Best Practices With CSS – http://bit.ly/HkF1PT

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The April cS Award and the March cS Award Winner

Wednesday, April 4th, 2012

Last summer, we announced that we would issue a monthly cS Award to honor quality work by designers and writers in the crowdSPRING community.

April cS Award

There are now more than 113,000 graphic, web, industrial designers and writers in the crowdSPRING community. You come from nearly every country on the planet and speak over a hundred different languages.

The April cS Award of $1,000 will be given to a designer or writer who is awarded at least one project on crowdSPRING during the month of April and who has the highest average buyer score for all entries they submitted to projects during April. If there’s a tie, the tiebreaker will go to the creative who participated in the most projects during April.

Good luck!

And now…. the March cS Award Winner….

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I’m in Unicode Love: The Curator’s Code

Monday, April 2nd, 2012

Attribution on the web is a controversial topic; ideas, stories, videos, graphics are copied and pasted over and over again, propagating their way across the virtual universe. As an entrepreneur and blogger, I am always pleased when I see my articles shared on other sites, or linked to in the social media. While I would prefer for all of those readers to come over to our blog to read the piece, I certainly understand the value of additional reach that can be gained when my posts are re-published elsewhere or when others discuss ideas I may have written about first. The negative comes when those posts or ideas are used without any attribution whatsoever. The formula for plagiarism on the web is sometimes as simple as copy+paste=post.

Last week Maria Popova, the founder of brainpickings.org was interviewed by Brooke Gladstone of NPR’s On the Media about her latest creation, The Curator’s Code. The code, created in collaboration with Tina Roth Eisenberg of swissmiss.com is their attempt at a structure to govern online usage and attribution.

The code is a straightforward way for an author (or curator in some cases) can give honest and proper attribution not just for a source, but also for “inspiration.” It works by sorting all attribution into to basic categories, the “via,” which is the original content that the author is reposting, quoting, or paraphrasing, and the “hat tip,” which is the secondary source where the author may have first learned of the primary material, idea, or article.

Popova and Eisenberg have created two uncomplicated unicode graphics meant to be inserted into text, graphics or video which simply and cleanly indicate to the reader that the content was discovered or created elsewhere. For instance, I would use the following ‘hat tip’ attribution when referring to the On the Media story where I first learned of the Curator’s Code, I would attribute in a footnote or parenthetical, using a ‘hat tip’ like this: ↬Brooke Gladstone, onthemedia.org. But, I would credit Popova and Eisenstein who originated the idea and are the primary source, using a ‘via’ like this: ᔥ curatorscode.org. I could also display as a twofer like this ᔥ curatorscode.org | ↬Brooke Gladstone, onthemedia.org. The unicode character always links back to the Curator’s Code site allowing a reader to better understand the usage of the symbols as well as the philosophy behind the code itself

Simple and elegant, Popova and Eisenstein have created an uncomplicated method for visually and ethically providing attribution where attribution is due. You can listen to the entire interview here or read the transcript here.

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Twitter Link Roundup #125 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

Friday, March 30th, 2012

The video above is the world premiere, of Woflgang Amadeus Mozart’s old piano, of a new composition found in a notebook in an attic, believed to have been composed by 10-year-old Mozart. The composition is called “Allegro Molto in C Major”. The composition is performed by Austrian musician Florian Birsak.

Lean Marketing Tips: Hyperlocal Marketing Channels – http://bit.ly/GSoFiR

4 Code-Free Steps to Launch Your Business Website – http://read.bi/GVCtW6

Jackpot! 50 (mostly) free social media tools for brands – http://bit.ly/GKGNLF

Why the Best Product Doesn’t Always Win – http://bit.ly/GXxTsR

Agile is a Sham- http://bit.ly/GWykzT

Why Youth Has An Advantage In Innovation & Why You Want To Be A Learn-It-All – http://bit.ly/GUbydB

Never Make Counter-Offers – http://perfor.ms/xtPlDd

5 Key Talents of Successful Startup Founders – http://on.mash.to/H0Nfvg

Bill Gates: We need crazy energy entrepreneurs – http://bit.ly/GRNmwj

Why the Best Product Doesn’t Always Win – http://bit.ly/GXxTsR

Spotify Is Raising At A Stunning $3.5 Billion Valuation, Multiple VCs Say – http://read.bi/GSiyGY

What Every Start-up Should Know about PR – http://bit.ly/GRNVX1

Turning down Zynga: Why I left after the $210M Omgpop buy – http://bit.ly/GZPhcb

4 Code-Free Steps to Launch Your Business Website – http://read.bi/GVCtW6

Why Premature Hype Kills Start-ups – http://bit.ly/HdmFCe

Solving the Wrong Problem – http://bit.ly/H1AxfY

Jackpot! 50 (mostly) free social media tools for brands – http://bit.ly/GKGNLF

Do you really need a full-time hire for that? – http://perfor.ms/GPFhmQ

Do you telecommute to work? There are many benefits [INFOGRAPHIC] – http://bit.ly/H0hhfO

Digital advertising is broken – http://bit.ly/GWDKLt

Facebook Sets High Asking Price for Log-Out Ads: $700K a Day – http://bit.ly/GRMurr

Interesting perspective on truthiness in advertising – http://bit.ly/GZ4PO2

Is Pinterest the next Facebook? – http://bit.ly/GTT5eU

Will CPE (Cost Per Engagement) advertising ever take off? – http://bit.ly/HgOuH9

I lost interest in Pinterest. – http://bit.ly/HmD6aS

Hot Girls in Demotivational Posters – http://bit.ly/GLjWOg

Going Viral on Pinterest: Driving Big Traffic and Making Pinterest a Real Marketing Solution – http://mz.cm/GKH2WV

Is Klout “score marketing” the path of least resistance? – http://ow.ly/1J8KRh

Google’s Punchd wants to replace loyalty cards with an app – http://lat.ms/GKxj2Z

Google Research: Even If You Rank #1 Organically, You Can Double Your Clicks With Paid Search – http://selnd.com/GZxpgT

Vision vs Research – What are focus groups good for? – http://bit.ly/GROiAM

Google spending big money on traditional advertising – http://on.wsj.com/GUc2kt

Magazine print circulation is mostly dead and digital isn’t growing fast enough – http://bit.ly/H22kR7

Nielsen TV ratings are “a bit of a joke and need to be replaced” – http://bit.ly/GLjAr5

QR Code-Enabled Condoms Let You Check-In When Having ‘Safe Sex’ – http://su.pr/1jMmQd

Twitter Data Scientist Takes on McDonald’s Entire Menu, Survives – http://bit.ly/GT2fId

Jackpot! 50 (mostly) free social media tools for brands – http://bit.ly/GKGNLF

Lean Marketing Tips: Hyperlocal Marketing Channels – http://bit.ly/GSoFiR

49 Beautiful Letterpress Business Cards – Dark – http://bit.ly/GSlR5q

+70 Awesome Letterpress Business Cards – http://bit.ly/H0GyMs

40+ Fresh And Useful Adobe Illustrator Tutorials – http://bit.ly/H7oywU

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Twitter Link Roundup #124 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

Friday, March 23rd, 2012

The photo to the left shows one of the strangest houses that one can find around the world. I hope they have an elevator! More strange houses in the Other section below.

One Customer Doesn’t Make a Market – http://bit.ly/zdUkS6

crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Milk & Media Studios – http://bit.ly/zLqWsH

Are You Building A Company, Or Just Your Credentials? – http://tcrn.ch/GJ2pl9

Are Women Better Leaders than Men? – http://bit.ly/wjM6ny

Looking to Get Creative? Skip SxSW – http://bit.ly/z8owbA

Silicon Valley’s Hottest VC Is a Rug Dealer – http://onforb.es/GTFFCZ

Are You Building A Company, Or Just Your Credentials? – http://tcrn.ch/GJ2pl9

One Customer Doesn’t Make a Market – http://bit.ly/zdUkS6

Marketing is the next big money sector in technology – http://bit.ly/GF6GLU

The Hunger Games: Using Social Media Marketing to Bring Fiction to Life – http://bit.ly/GF5FTY

A Short Lesson in Perspective – http://bit.ly/GR2m7W

Facebook’s New Business Pages Means Marketers Must Evolve – http://bit.ly/GF674I

Marketing is the next big money sector in technology – http://bit.ly/GF6GLU

Teens, Smartphones & Texting – http://bit.ly/GP4Gf1

50 Fresh and High Quality Adobe Photoshop Tutorials – http://bit.ly/Ac3sdH

A Collection of Western Fonts for your Designs – http://bit.ly/GONffd

30 Very Useful Photoshop Tutorials for Every Type of Designer – http://bit.ly/GONiHO

What’s Coming Up Next? Use Interactive Infographics To Stand Out! Why? – http://bit.ly/wzzU9U

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12 Questions: Meet Catherine Faletanoai (New Zealand)

Tuesday, March 20th, 2012

In our 12 Questions blog series, we feature interviews with someone from the crowdSPRING community. For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community – in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Plainly – activities that make crowdSPRING a better community. Be professional, treat others with respect, help us build something very special, and we’ll take notice.

We’re very proud to feature Catherine Faletanoai (crowdSPRING username: Catalyst) today. Catherine lives and works in Auckland, New Zealand

1. Please tell us about yourself.

Ok, sure, or should I say ‘surrrrre’… I grew up in Wyndham, Southland, New Zealand – and we Southlanders are know to roll our ‘rrrs’ I live at the other end of the country now, Auckland, New Zealand and often get asked with questioning looks… “where ARE you from??!” So apart from rolling rrrs Southland is a beautiful piece of New Zealand, perhaps the most beautiful….yes. I was raised on a sheep farm with my 3 sisters, Mum and Dad. Great times, great childhood. I completed high school at Menzies College with Dux in my final year and went on to study at Otago University. I completed a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Design with my main focus being on Design and Communication. Fast forward a few years of working for Woodworx Design Agency, Chipmunks NZ Ltd, Kiwi Mortgage Market…. and we arrive in Auckland. I moved to the other end of the country to be with my Prince (Dwaine) and we now live here with 2 young children, (Mia, 4 and Mason, 1). Oh yea – I nearly forgot – work now?…I don’t have a lot of time for a whole lot of designing – kids have that affect on us stay at home mums! But I wouldn’t have it any other way, love being home with the kids every day and fit my work around that – when they’re sleeping, glued to the TV (I mean books) and in the evenings with a tall glass of Coke to keep me awake!

2. How did you become interested in design?
I remember knowing logos – from a very young age I could remember a whole street of shop signage, logos, colours, fonts – I’m a very observant person by nature, and I see it in my daughter too. I’m also a visual person, and have always been interested in art and anything design. That’s why I love my job as I don’t really see it as a ‘job’, it’s more an outlet, a relaxing thing, entertainment for me. I look forward to evenings where I can sit down and just design, no pressing deadlines, just let the creativity happen. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn’t, and I think that’s the key to a good designer is knowing when to stop and when to go for it when you’re on a roll!
I’ve learnt to trust my instincts – if something moves me, it must have value…so I strive to design with that in mind.

3. Which of your designs are your favorites and why?
It’s not a graphic piece – but it’s something I did in design school that I’m very proud of. A scale replica or Alvar Aalto’s 406 Armchair, made completely from paper (see picture). It’s about the size of a matchbox, and took me many painstaking hours to weave the paper and get it just right. It’s perfect and still sits by my computer and reminds me that anything can be done with a bit of persistence!

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Twitter Link Roundup #123 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

Friday, March 16th, 2012

The video above shows a mechanical device for opening and pouring a bottle of wine. It’s complicated, huge, loud and I love it!

How anyone can create a successful online business for next to nothing (Part III) – http://bit.ly/yyTI6X

Why Do Some People Learn Faster? – http://bit.ly/wFcigV

Why You Need Marketing Analytics, Not Web Analytics – http://bit.ly/zYurcM

Competitive Differentiation that Matters – http://perfor.ms/wzrk7a7 Rules for Bootstrapping a Business – http://bit.ly/A5uzm7

Repeat after me: business is always about the customer – http://bit.ly/zzdgnG

Women (Entrepreneurs) Who Go Their Own Way – http://bit.ly/wrBdYn

Twitter’s Secret History As the World’s Worst Tech or Media Business – http://gaw.kr/wH6hqq

Why I left Google – http://bit.ly/xDOns2

Competitive Differentiation that Matters – http://perfor.ms/wzrk7a

A Start-Up Ecosystem Forms in Chicago – http://on.wsj.com/y09pUa

How Y Combinator Started – http://bit.ly/yqjidP

Repeat after me: business is always about the customer – http://bit.ly/zzdgnG

Name dropping! Now what could go wrong with Silicon Valley – http://bit.ly/AvdwaV

Hiring of Kevin Rose by Google sends all the wrong signals to Silicon Valley – http://bit.ly/FORxBS

The Magic of Doing One Thing at a Time – http://bit.ly/wSMs9S

Secrets of the acquisition process from EA and Zynga – http://bit.ly/wv3Mv0

5 New Spots for Chicago Tech Entrepreneurs – http://on.wsj.com/yBMyce

Startup Recruiting 101: Strategies, Hacks & Don’ts – http://bit.ly/zOrH9P

Frighteningly Ambitious Startup Ideas – http://bit.ly/zXgY76

Why Do Some People Learn Faster? – http://bit.ly/wFcigV

7 Rules for Bootstrapping a Business – http://bit.ly/A5uzm7

How I Changed My Life, In Four Lines – http://bit.ly/yh474X

Apple sold more iOS devices in 2011 than all the Macs it sold in 28 years – http://bit.ly/yJH8Di

A Big Idea: Y Combinator Now Lets Founders Apply Without… An Idea – http://tcrn.ch/yIN4yB

Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann’s Lesson for Start-Ups: Go Your Own Way – http://bit.ly/wAReI6

Why are companies defecting from Google Maps? – http://bit.ly/xAXRxU

Why This 29-Year-Old’s Company is Worth $400 Million – http://bit.ly/xVSisb

MEMO TO EVERYONE: You Can’t Beat Apple By Trying To Be More Like Apple – http://read.bi/AmSLDw

U.S. Manufacturers Are Hurting Themselves by the Way They Hire – http://bit.ly/yD0ssP

Yahoo! Crosses The Line – http://bit.ly/zpjLxf

Why You Need Marketing Analytics, Not Web Analytics – http://bit.ly/zYurcM

How Three Germans Are Cloning the Web – http://buswk.co/y7mhHn

Twitter’s Ad Sales Are Booming, Says Gawker – http://bit.ly/yYnJNe

Why Marketers Never Learn From Others’ Social-Media Mistakes – http://bit.ly/zBXNci

Marketing the Viral Effect and Not-for-Profit Gold – http://bit.ly/zpLFbK

How This Man Made Dos Equis a Most Interesting Marketing Story – http://bit.ly/y5JtJm

Why You Need Marketing Analytics, Not Web Analytics – http://bit.ly/zYurcM

Honest ads that say what we’re all really thinking – http://bit.ly/wqvsZM

Trada Has Unlocked The Secret To Google And Facebook Ads That Work – http://bit.ly/zuAQ04

Top Non-Destructive Photoshop Techniques – http://bit.ly/xiqLO1

“Be interested in being wrong.” An interview with Jonathan Ive, Apple’s designer – http://bit.ly/y9top2

PBS Mini Documentary About Typography – http://bit.ly/zBwjp5

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Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Milk & Media Studios

Friday, March 16th, 2012

What do Werner Herzog, the NBA, and The Dark Knight have in common? Well, besides being awesome: Milk & Media Studios!

The seeds for the film financing and production studio were planted when NBA star Elton Brand (yup, this guy) and film maker Harry Knapp worked together on a Werner Herzog movie, Rescue Dawn. If I’m to continue with this cheesy metaphor, the idea blossomed after they helped produce The Dark Knight with one another.

The two are self-professed web aficionados/addicts. Unlike many Hollywood media companies, Harry and Elton specifically aim to incorporate the web– as opposed to fighting it tooth and nail– into their business model. As of now, they are actively looking to invest in awesome web concepts. In fact, at one point, they even inquired about acquiring crowdSPRING.

Harry goes on to talk about breaking into the tough media business:

What made you use crowdSPRING?

As one of the first crowdSPRING users, we were intrigued by the crowdsourcing movement and instantly wanted to support it. In fact, we inquired with Ross about buying crowdSPRING at one point. Luckily we have enough Photoshop skills to articulate our vision and communicate with designers. However, even if you’re a total rookie, you will get plenty of great designs from crowdSPRING. It’s important to value your new venture against the award your offering. If you’re building a million dollar company, don’t offer $500 for a logo you will be using for the next 10 years.

What are some industry specific challenges you faced?

In the web business, one quickly learns that there are designers and there are programmers, most don’t do both well. Designer rarely think about algorithms and programmers rarely think about pretty things.

This is especially true if you plan to code your website overseas. Our experience has been mixed at best but one thing that seems universal is the disconnect on design. Users are interested in user experience; hire a designer who can articulate a vision and theory behind the work.

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Tags: film, interwebz, media, movie production, NBA, small biz, small business
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Marketing the Viral Effect and Not-for-Profit Gold

Monday, March 12th, 2012

I spend a fair amount of time on social media websites: I check into Facebook several times on any given day, I follow over 700 people on my Twitter account and average anywhere from 3-10 posts to it per day. I also regularly visit LinkedIn as well as Google+ and have been known to browse Pinterest, Quora, and some of the various other players. The point is that I usually have a pretty good feel when a topic is trending or a movement is growing on the Internet. At dinner this past Tuesday, my 16 year old son asked me if anyone at work was talking about that “Coney video.” I had no idea what he was talking about and asked him what he meant; “There’s this guy in Africa and he’s been kidnapping kids and forcing them to fight. Don’t worry – you’ll hear about it soon” Ah, That Kony. I was aware of the Lord’s Resistance Army through various news accounts over the past 5 years, but wasn’t aware of a web video. My son went on to tell me that lots of kids at his high school had been talking about the video and the group that was promoting it and they were horrified by what they learned.

The video that my son and his friends had seen was the culmination of a sophisticated and strategic effort to build awareness and raise money for a very specific cause. The web has seen other videos go viral, but never with the speed accomplished by three young filmmakers who traveled to Africa in 2003 to help stop the rebel Joseph Kony’s ferocious campaign and his strategy of using children as soldiers and sex slaves. It took them 8 years of work to shoot, edit and distribute the film, but in the past week, it has turned Kony into a familiar name to tens of millions of people around the world. The filmmaker’s organization, Invisible Children, launched the Kony 2012 video on Monday and, as of this writing, the video had received over 72 million views on YouTube. It has been mentioned on Facebook over 400,00 times, more than 2.8 million users have Liked the page and by the end of last week the Twitter hashtag #StopKony had been used over 10 million times.

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Tags: kony, kony2012, marketing, social media, uganda
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Twitter Link Roundup #122 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

Friday, March 9th, 2012

The image to the left is a photo taken from inside a musical instrument. More interesting photos taken inside musical instruments in the Other section below.

Image credit: Brjoern Ewers

Small Business Tips: Foreign Payments, The Patriot Act, OFAC, and you. – http://bit.ly/xW82GP

This is a good resource for email subject lines: http://bit.ly/yMwZPL

The Importance of Brand in an Era of Digital Darwinism – http://bit.ly/wo6iYn

Selling or Funding A Startup? Tips On Surviving Technical Due Diligence – http://bit.ly/A8h315

I’m getting sick of the bullshit – http://bit.ly/ysF40u

Where Do Good Ideas Come From? – http://bit.ly/yyHVDA

How are VCs paid (and should entrepreneurs care)? – http://bit.ly/w2B2Cy

The safe career path in the future – skip college and start a company – http://bit.ly/wT6yZZ

Why entrepreneurs don’t sleep well – http://perfor.ms/zJPjIZ

Why Startups Should Curate Content – http://bit.ly/yXHwyP

The Importance of Brand in an Era of Digital Darwinism – http://bit.ly/wo6iYn

Google’s Rules of Acquisition: How to Be an Android, Not an Aardvark – http://bit.ly/wLVxma

Entrepreneurs must learn to listen and others must learn to give constructive feedback – http://bit.ly/y9Q9WD

Four Things Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Warren Buffett – http://bit.ly/xN4EUz

Ambient Social Location Apps Will be Consumer Duds – http://rww.to/we3laJ

Always Go Home with the Lady Who Brought you to the Dance (about startup fundraising) – http://bit.ly/w0OJnx

One Year Later: How Google Panda Changed Our Business – http://tcrn.ch/wacRfO

Fred Wilson’s Latest Advice for Start-up Ninjas – http://bit.ly/wKhpMn

Customer Validation: What To Do Post Product/Market Fit – http://bit.ly/A5JiIo

How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy – http://bit.ly/xzXcEz

Have Arrington and Conway screwed up big time with their investment in Highlight? – http://scoble.it/ACh25Z

Most Web Design Agencies Suck – http://bit.ly/w5AI2f

The Importance of Brand in an Era of Digital Darwinism – http://bit.ly/wo6iYn

30+ Extreme and Controversial Ads – http://bit.ly/zdMkIP

Did Facebook Just Kill Earned Media? – http://bit.ly/w6mLYR

Have Facebook Stores Flopped? – http://bit.ly/z02X9a

One Year Later: How Google Panda Changed Our Business – http://tcrn.ch/wacRfO

American Express transforms Twitter hashtags into savings for cardholders – http://bit.ly/A0lI7h

This is a good resource for email subject lines: http://bit.ly/yMwZPL

Google Is About Failure — The Failure Of Brands – http://onforb.es/y8A00y

E-commerce calls to action: 10 best practice tips – http://bit.ly/zL87Ec

The Collapse of Print Advertising in 1 Graph – http://bit.ly/wEET3j

Who Decides What Gets Sold in the Bookstore? – http://bit.ly/zYiF3R

Connecting Nonprofits With Pro Bono Help – http://bit.ly/yhe3Dp

20 Free Sans-Serif Fonts Licensed for Font-Face – http://bit.ly/wqWkNa

[Freebie] 15 Photoshop Watercolor Brushes – http://bit.ly/xpu1AW

50+ Amazing & Clever Examples of Alternative Movie Poster Design – http://bit.ly/zdgKdp

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