It’s Friday again, and today I’d like to bring you a list of 10 web design-related Twitter accounts to follow.

Whatever part of digital marketing you’re involved in, at one point or another you have to work on least a landing page. And even if you’re outsourcing the task to someone else, basic knowledge of web design, as well as keeping up with the latest trends and developments is always good.

Following the below-listed Twitter accounts should help you with that (as well as serve a good daily source of design ideas):

1. Smashing Magazine – Get smashed with Vitaly Friedman, editor-in-chief of Smashing Magazine, an online magazine for designers and web developers.
2. Jacob Gube — Web developer/designer, founder of Six Revisions, co-founder of Design Instruct, author of The Ultimate Guide to Creating Popular Websites.
3. DesignerDepot — Webdesigner Depot is one of the most popular blogs about web design trends, tutorials and much more. It’s run by Walter Apai, a web designer from Vancouver.
4. DesignersCouch — Official Twitter account of a creative community to share your designs, be inspired and connect with talented peers.
5. Anjelica Alexandris — I eat and sleep design so I can supply the freshest design resources on Twitter and if I get chance I look out of my window to check the world still exists.
6. Mathew Carpenter — Aggregating web design & development articles, news, resources & tutorials on a daily basis.
7. WebDesignDev — Creative journal for web enthusiasts. Learn web design the easy way!
8. FuelCreativity — Get inspired! Official Twitter account of more FuelBrandNetwork.com.
9. DesignrFix — From inspiration comes design! Daily Inspiration and useful online resources for web designers and graphic artists.
10. DesignFollow — Web designer and blogger.

As always, if you have anyone else to add, your input would be much appreciated. Just post it below.

Every week I read dozens of articles published online. Naturally, the vast majority of them are directly related to online marketing in general, and affiliate marketing in particular. The abundance of excellent content published online is so great that I never have enough time to incorporate what I learn into my own writing, and my today’s blog post aims at fixing this to at least to a degree.  Today I’d like to bring to your attention the 10 most interesting, in my opinion, posts and articles that have appeared online in the course of the past week. Most of them are very practical, and chock-full of invaluable advice that marketers can take and apply right away… A few of them are news (or other data) that I have found to be either of interest, or even of inspiration.

Here is my list (the order in which the below posts appear is random, and in no way reflective of any preference, or importance):

– 1 –

5 Great Ways to Waste Money in Google Adwords
Whether you are a merchant or an affiliate just starting with paid search, this article is a must read for you.

– 2 –

30+ Principles to a Better Landing Page Design
Successful web page design rests on four pillars: (i) research, (ii) design, (iii) copy, (iv) testing and improving. More in this article.

– 3 –

Multivariate Testing, 1 2 3 …
Good article on what and how to test. If you’re not yet into testing and analytics, hop aboard!

– 4 –

Give Your Affiliate Campaigns the Psychological Edge and Boost Conversions
Invaluable collection of links on how to employ psychological principles to improve conversions, or motivate people to buy.

– 5 –

What Super Bowl Advertising Can Teach Your Small Business
While I do not share point #2, the rest of this article is very useful for all kinds of marketers.

– 6 –

What Your Form Design Reveals About You
How to improve form design (thereby showing you care about your visitors) to increase your conversion rates.

– 7 –

9 Tricks I Used to Triple My AdSense Earnings in 30 Days
Hundreds of thousands of webmasters are using Google AdSense to monetize their websites. Must read article on what to improve to start earning more.

– 8 –

100 Top Entrepreneurs Who Succeeded Without a College Degree
An interesting list of 100 entrepreneurs who have achieved the pinnacle of success – some even without an elementary school degree.

– 9 –

Confirmed: Google Acquires Social Search Engine Aardvark
Big news: Vark.com acquired by Google for some $50 million. Official post here.

– 10 –

comScore Reports U.S. E-Commerce Spending in Q4 2009 Reached $39 Billion
December 15 ranked as heaviest U.S. online spending day in history at $913M. More in this post.

Today I have decided to put together a list of posts, articles and discussions I have enjoyed in the course of the past week. Some of them are related to affiliate marketing and affiliate program management, while others address the areas of marketing and advertising that I am personally fascinated with. I hope you will find a few gems in the below list as well:

► Affiliate Marketing with Twitter [affiliate program management]

► Looking into the Future of Digital Marketing [online marketing]

► 10 Ways to Make More Sales [marketing & sales]

► How Not to Use Twitter: Case Study [marketing with Twitter]

► Marketers: More Hockey, Less Figure Skating [online marketing vs traditional]

► 27 Must-Have Starter Kits for Web Designers [graphics & web design]

► E-commerce Calls to Action: Design Tips [usability, web design]

► Hidden Meanings in Popular Logos [logo design]

► 192 Creative, Smart & Clever Advertisements [advertising]

► Great Wall of Facebook: The Social Network’s Plan to Dominate the Internet — and Keep Google Out