The Copywriting Maven

I’ve been deep in copy deadlines all week, hence the short posts about this and that. Here’s another that I found if not entirely useful, completely fascinating.
The First Typewriters Used All-Caps - Remington Changed That
I learned how to type on a manual Brother typewriter. My folks gave me a top-of-the-line electric Smith-Corona for my 16th [...]

There are a lot of upsides to freelancing, but a major downside is getting decent health coverage. Unless they have spouses/partners who have health insurance benefits, too many freelancers pay huge rates for basically crappy coverage, or worse go "bare."
Formerly only available to freelancers in NY, come June 1 Freelancers Union will now be offering [...]

One of the most generous marketing guys I know is Drew McLellan. Several months ago, he asked a bunch of his marketing blogger buddies to contribute a little career advice to a new ebook he was compiling targeted to new college grads.
Since I’ve enjoyed the complete undergraduate college experience - community college, big-name private [...]

Are you age 40+? If so, have fun and take the Maven’s Baby Boomer "Wow, Look How Old They Look" Quiz."
Ready? Indentify this man!
- German Ambassador to the US?- Former US Senator?- Member of the Politboro?- Announced Presidential candidate in 08?- CEO of Haliburton?
(Answer at the end of this post)

Do you remember the milkman?
Until I was about age 5 or maybe 6, the milkman would come to my house, walk through the gate and leave fresh bottles of milk and juice and sometimes a loaf of bread in the special insulated box that sat outside our side door. He’d take away the empty [...]