The internet is an endless source of available information.
Some of that information is great, but there are many manipulative strategies designed to influence our thoughts and opinions.
It’s increasingly crucial to be aware of how our beliefs are being formed by external influences.
This is particularly true on social networks, where social proof sneakily colors our opinions of the content we consume with likes, shares, and comments, we need to consciously disengage with public opinion before forming our own interpretations of what we’re reading. Or watching. Or liking.
To read more about this, read this fascinating piece from Medium.
Now, we hope you enjoy another great set of links and articles that we shared with you over the past week on our crowdspring Twitter account (and on Ross’s Twitter account). We regularly share our favorite posts on entrepreneurship, small business, marketing, logo design, web design, startups, leadership, social media, marketing, economics, and other interesting stuff! Enjoy!
Hot web design trends for 2019 |@AZBigMedia – https://t.co/Wo26OxxtHD pic.twitter.com/XQMp59Ak6Q
— crowdspring (@crowdspring) December 20, 2018
Want to be more creative? Go for a walk … How Does the Brain-Body Connection Affect Creativity? https://t.co/PAwPhlP4Sm pic.twitter.com/IGJGBHZhIw
— crowdspring (@crowdspring) December 16, 2018
What You Should NEVER Ask Your Customers – https://t.co/PvXFgjOXnl pic.twitter.com/thPI8jgqTu
— Ross Kimbarovsky (@rosskimbarovsky) December 7, 2018
What is Brand Identity and How To Create a Great One: A Complete Guide for Marketers and Businesses (2019)@crowdspring @ramonray @rosskimbarovsky https://t.co/O0vaOr5nFV pic.twitter.com/ayhzkZv8f6
— mobilemonkey (@MobileMonkey) December 19, 2018
What is Brand Identity and How To Create a Great One: A Complete Guide for Marketers and Businesses (2019)Starting a Business: 10 Small Business Experts Share Their Most Important Advice https://t.co/5s6CZ4vlJR pic.twitter.com/lxKWTOXozT
— crowdspring (@crowdspring) December 9, 2018
Brand Health: 6 Important Questions You Should Ask About Your Small Business Brand https://t.co/exqn67xmmY pic.twitter.com/PPBeoap7zU
— crowdspring (@crowdspring) January 4, 2019
Innovation Isn’t All Fun and Games — Creativity Needs Discipline | @HBR – https://t.co/jISUzwatAb
— Ross Kimbarovsky (@rosskimbarovsky) January 9, 2019
What is Brand Identity and How To Create a Great One: A Complete Guide for Marketers and Businesses (2019) | @crowdspring Blog – https://t.co/eLWslN8wLO (nearly 17,000 words!) #brandidentity #branding #MarketingStrategy #SMBs pic.twitter.com/xFaBRncCfV
— crowdspring (@crowdspring) December 17, 2018
You can let data drive your decisions or you can decide what you want and conform the data to your decision. The latter approach is less useful. https://t.co/cL5UUX9Mii
— Ross Kimbarovsky (@rosskimbarovsky) December 11, 2018
6 Women Entrepreneurs Share Their Most Important Advice About Starting And Growing A Successful Business https://t.co/OvaXpMlqs7 pic.twitter.com/RjfFb6BYio
— crowdspring (@crowdspring) December 14, 2018
Why Side Projects Are Important (And How You Can Get Started) https://t.co/oRI0gLgVrJ pic.twitter.com/hWOC7GbaC2
— crowdspring (@crowdspring) December 16, 2018
Just because people pay you, doesn’t mean they own you. Don’t give them permission to take over your life.
Thx @jasonfried https://t.co/gYyux3M5DG pic.twitter.com/vDdDNTDOYW
— Chase Jarvis (@chasejarvis) December 18, 2018
Thx Accelerate Growth by Investing in Your Company’s Brand Identity https://t.co/NvkLt92JMV nice article by @crowdspring
— Ramon Ray (@ramonray) December 27, 2018
Want to be more creative? Go for a walk … How Does the Brain-Body Connection Affect Creativity? https://t.co/PAwPhlP4Sm pic.twitter.com/IGJGBHZhIw
— crowdspring (@crowdspring) December 16, 2018
Accelerate Growth by Investing in Your Company’s Brand Identity. (My guest post in @advertisingweek) – https://t.co/57MrPyJld1 #branding #brandidentity #marketing pic.twitter.com/vA7P6I4eZK
— Ross Kimbarovsky (@rosskimbarovsky) December 19, 2018
11 Eye-Catching Packaging Design Trends for 2019 | @crowdspring Blog – https://t.co/nFjN3jXxkL #Packaging #packagingdesign #branding #SMB pic.twitter.com/13L2RrnId6
— crowdspring (@crowdspring) January 10, 2019
Interesting … majority of A/B tests are stopped earlier than they should be and as a result, the experiments often lead to the wrong conclusions. p-Hacking and False Discovery in A/B Testing – https://t.co/z4oCpuXbGr
— Ross Kimbarovsky (@rosskimbarovsky) December 18, 2018
10 Essential Tools That Will Help Grow Your Marketing Agency https://t.co/IUfBGcyJwH pic.twitter.com/LvBo7Yh9tm
— crowdspring (@crowdspring) December 25, 2018
Crazy. Facebook counts a video view after 3 seconds … What’s A Video View? On Facebook, Only 3 Seconds Vs. 30 At YouTube | @MarketingLand – https://t.co/uusghYbkCT pic.twitter.com/GeIeX4eTSG
— Ross Kimbarovsky (@rosskimbarovsky) December 7, 2018
A terrific guide from @ElephateSEO … The Ultimate Guide to JavaScript SEO https://t.co/37YfuB4Z0a pic.twitter.com/ce3NjIjIH4
— Ross Kimbarovsky (@rosskimbarovsky) December 26, 2018
Facebook Messenger Chatbot Marketing: The Definitive Guide (2018) https://t.co/vExg61CWdb pic.twitter.com/32RxbxskCu
— crowdspring (@crowdspring) December 14, 2018
Interesting but incomplete. Shares often stay silent (no reshares or reads). The situation is actually worse than they are reporting. In 2018 Buzzsumo Proved Content Marketing Is Dying. https://t.co/7jcaBLvLLc pic.twitter.com/QtbEpmgyoX
— Ross Kimbarovsky (@rosskimbarovsky) December 8, 2018
Terrific read – many valuable insights for content marketers and SEO consultants … 7 Search Ranking Factors Analyzed: A Follow-Up Study | @Moz blog – https://t.co/7vKEQeiahB pic.twitter.com/zkfeLEqZ7N
— Ross Kimbarovsky (@rosskimbarovsky) December 10, 2018
11 Eye-Catching Packaging Design Trends for 2019 | @crowdspring Blog – https://t.co/nFjN3jXxkL #Packaging #packagingdesign #branding #SMB pic.twitter.com/13L2RrnId6
— crowdspring (@crowdspring) January 10, 2019
Innovation Isn’t All Fun and Games — Creativity Needs Discipline | @HBR – https://t.co/jISUzwatAb
— Ross Kimbarovsky (@rosskimbarovsky) January 9, 2019
Strong, modern web design is vital to your brand’s reputation, your bottom line, and your future. Here are 7 Modern Web Design Trends for 2019 | @crowdspring Blog – https://t.co/3QPODkSFke #Webdesign #SMBs #Marketing pic.twitter.com/nkzpXfXKPS
— crowdspring (@crowdspring) December 10, 2018
The food you serve should always be the star. But your food packaging design should never be an afterthought: https://t.co/l7YeMDoLRg #packaging #foodservice @crowdspring
— Total Food Service (@TFS_TotalFood) December 11, 2018
How to Make Your Craft Brewery Stand Out With Great Design https://t.co/VIOZKIBxSW pic.twitter.com/kzeMWzd8el
— crowdspring (@crowdspring) December 13, 2018
10 Smart Tips To Help Authors Create an Amazing Book Cover Design https://t.co/azEnWttbBA pic.twitter.com/9bsgrIcCmN
— crowdspring (@crowdspring) December 13, 2018
A well-designed logo will help boost awareness and can improve marketing and a brand's bottom line. A poorly designed logo can tarnish it. Here are 8 innovative logo design trends and styles for 2019 | @smartbrief – https://t.co/US3STRKOIQ pic.twitter.com/S9ooCRuJFc
— crowdspring (@crowdspring) December 19, 2018
How A Strong Logo and Brand Can Help Your Etsy Store Thrive https://t.co/HacMQWDIkB pic.twitter.com/ws1LbTMjgy
— crowdspring (@crowdspring) December 16, 2018
The Logo Store Nightmare: Ready Made Logos Harm Your Business https://t.co/PsFgW2lVK7 pic.twitter.com/LzbsrNamf6
— crowdspring (@crowdspring) December 9, 2018
Los Angeles county is home to more people than each of these 41 states pic.twitter.com/BfO32FYlyR
— Conrad Hackett (@conradhackett) December 10, 2018
I don't agree with some of the assumptions, but this is a good look at the scooter biz … Lime and Bird are each worth 10B+ https://t.co/VTsHaSTaZq
— Ross Kimbarovsky (@rosskimbarovsky) December 7, 2018
Perspective matters … pic.twitter.com/BOk7p4z7Ex
— Dovey Wan
(@DoveyWan) December 9, 2018
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