The Copywriting Maven

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Two items caught my eye today:
The Science of Sarcasm (Not That You Care)
” … perceiving sarcasm, the smirking put-down that buries its barb by stating the opposite, requires a nifty mental trick that lies at the heart of social relations: figuring out what others are thinking …”
Now I understand why there is [...]

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From time to time when I see a juicy listing for goodness-gracious-genuine copywriters, I’ll pass them along.
Here’s one I just vetted. Note that on-site work will be required for a while. Contractor positions. Several available. Good hourly rate.
PLEASE CONTACT N&B CONSULTING DIRECTLY. I’m just the happy messenger.
My consulting company, N&B Consulting, L.L.C., [...]

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As someone who is still feeling her way along in social media (and yes, I think I still don’t get Twitter or why anyone remotely cares to follow me), Drew McLellan tagged me to participate in a best practices discussion about SM. Specifically, the strongest best practice in my SM arsenal, er [...]

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In the few weeks while I was working on the renewal series to nowheresville, tending my kids until I got to shout ‘yippee’ and skip down the street after the school bus came and got ‘em, I’ve been collecting, yet again, a host of odd thoughts, mentions and links [...]

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… and what does it mean to you? To me it means get your all your fees in advance because chances are when they say “different” what they really want is “more of the same.”
Case in point. I’ve just spent the last several weeks – nose to the grindstone, fingers a’ [...]