Tweet

Web Designers to Follow on Twitter

Guest post by: michelle crossley

Article Overview: With the growing popularity of Twitter in the cyber world, you too can reap the benefits of following people who deserve a mention in some particular niches. Though the use of only 140 character chunks may seem a little self limiting to some, you can still get some useful information or inspiration for your work if you choose to follow the right people.

Web Designers to Follow on Twitter

In case you are a web designer by profession, and want to read a little bit about interesting and creative web designs, as well as occasional funny anecdotes, here are some people you can try to follow (though not necessarily in the same order):

1. @zeldman:Jeffrey Zeldman holds the top spot with 68,653 followers. His bio pronounces him to be the web design godfather, and you will surely enjoy an insight into his pioneering web design strategy and some other useful tips by being his follower on Twitter.
2. @vpieters:Veerle Pieters is a Belgian graphic and web designer, with her ownblog. With 60,098 followers on Twitter, this colorful designer who pronounces on her blog – “Design is my work, my play, my worldview” is worth a mention here.
3. @abduzeedo:Fabio Sasso is a dedicated Brazilian graphic/web designer who founded Abduzeedo – a tutorial for graphic design inspiration and Photoshop, has 52,645 followers till date.
4. @nicholaspatten:If you looking for lots of give-and-take, Nicholas Patten – a graphic/web designer and video editor with 43,996 followers would be the best bet to keep your eyes glued on.
5. @ilovetypography:Johno is a typography fanatic and takes pride to be the founder of ilovetypography.com. His follower count on Twitter reads 36,566.
6. @justcreative:Going by his bio on Titter, Jacob Cass is a web designer, blogger, graphic designer, logo designer, social media nut, creative thinker, link sharer and freelancer. So, if you are looking for something more than just web design related information, this person with 28,103 followers should feature on your radar.
7. @adactio:Jeremy Keith of Brighton, East Sussex is an Irish web developer who lives and works in Brighton, England. With 39,680 followers to boot, he’s a designer worth following.
8. @chrisspooner:Chris Spooner is based in Sheffield, UK and is a creative designer who’s crazy about pretty shapes and colors. You can check out hiswebsite, which he calls his personal design blog and also his digital playground, where he produces design tutorials and writes about all creative things. Chris has 27,825 followers on Twitter.
9. @meyerweb:With 25,829 followers, Eric Meyer tweets about everything starting from (X)HTML and CSS to web standards and microformats. You can also check out hiswebsitetoread more about what he has to share.
10. @imjustcreative:Graham Smith is based in Seaford, East Sussex, England and has got 25 years’ of experience in designing and creating clean and unique logos, identities and rebrands. He has 23, 520 followers on Twitter till date.

Though there are many more creative designers on Twitter, we couldn’t list all of them here due to space constraints.

Related Articles
  Wanna Know How To Increase Twitter Followers?
  You're Addicted to Twitter If You..
  How To Grow Your Twitter Followers
  How to build Twitter followers Fast!
  Building a Large Audience on Twitter Ninja Tips
  Twitter Marketing – Using Twitter to Promote Your Business
  Legal Marketing: Why use Twitter?
  Get Your Website in Front of 2000 Qualified Prospects for Free Using this Simple Advertising Method
  Twabulous Twitter Tools
  How to market your business with Twitter
  Why Twitter?
  5 Strategies for Working with Website Designers and Graphic Designers
  Twitter Tools: The Definitive List of the Best Twitter Tools Ever
  4 Steps to Choosing the Right Web Designer for Your Business
  10 Tweetlater Tactics to Make Your Twitter Life 100 Times More Productive
  What Are You Doing With Twitter To Grow Your Business?
  Is Twitter For The Birds?
  Twitter Tips: The Secrets You Should Know
  Introduction: What is Twitter?
  Eight Steps to Get Started with Twitter

Article Tags: Twitter, Web Designers



Related Forum Posts
Re: On Which Social Media Sites Are You Most Active? - Follow me on Twitter Join me on Facebook Watch me on YouTube
Re: How to Use Twitter to Market Products? - Twitter is very useful for sales and marketing especially for the promotion of products and services. Do the following while active on Twitter:- 1. Follow the people having same interest 2. Post Unique and eye catching content 3. Post Images 4. Take your user name as your favorite product name or brand name. 5. Re tweet, replies and make favorite the posts 6. Create list of people interacting with you 7. Try to active at least 5 day a week.
Re: Twiiter an sales - Twitter is very useful for sales and marketing specially for the promotion of products and services. Do the following while active on Twitter:- 1. Follow the people having same interest 2. Post Unique and eye catching content 3. Post Images 4. Take your user name as your favorite product name or brand name. 5. Re tweet, replies and make favorite the posts 6. Create list of people interacting with you 7. Try to active at least 5 day a week.
Re: Twiiter an sales - Lots of different ways soldlab. I would start with: 1) Identify your ideal accounts and see if they're on Twitter. Get to know them and what they're interested in. Reply to their tweets and get on their radar screens. Before long they'll be checking out your profile and will be curious as to what you're selling. 2) Follow key words that relate to your industry. Find people who have a problem that you can solve and offer to help. Get involved in the discussion around your industry and be seen as an expert. Good luck!
Re: What are your January Goals? - Here's a quick update on mine: Goal #1: Hire New Writer = done - Post job description on oDesk - Set up trial job - Pick top candidate Goal #2: Follow up with Clients = done - Create and send quarterly report - Touch base with last year's clients - Follow up with 4 connectors Goal #3: PERSONAL = about 70% done on the month - Do something nice for my wife each week - Exercise 4 times per week - Daily stretch - want to touch my toes


Share this article with your friends. Fund someone's dream.

Leave a comment below or share on the left and you'll help support entrepreneurs in Africa through our partnership with Kiva. Over $50,000 raised and counting - Please keep sharing! Learn more.

Newsletter

Get advice & tips from famous business
owners, new articles by entrepreneur
experts, my latest website updates, &
special sneak peaks at what's to come!

Name:
Email:

Popular Articles

Ready for a Fresh Image?

Mistakes Made by New or Inexperienced Sales Staff

Your Local Small Business Online Marketing Funnel

Suggestions

Email us your ideas on how to make our
website more valuable! Thank you Sharon
from Toronto Salsa Lessons / Classes for
your suggestions to make the newsletter
look like the website and profile younger
entrepreneurs like Jennifer Lopez.