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The Hypocrisy of Kleenex Hand Towels

The Marq

Arguably, you can reuse a paper towel, but the ad certainly speaks against it as the announcer explains that cloth hand towels could hide germs and you’ll want to throw away a paper towel after each use. Instead, I read the following on their FAQ. There’s no reduction either. " What a disgrace. TheMarq.com.

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What's Under the Hood of Your Web Copy? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

If you write web copy that speaks of being good in sales but sounds like it comes from a casual, laid-back stay-at-home mom, your client won’t be pleased if she’s actually a businesswoman who wears upscale clothes to impress clients at high-profile meetings every day at her downtown office. Powered by frugal

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Why Good Copywriting Goes Bad: Ignorance | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Later they learned that in Africa illiteracy is high, so companies put pictures on the product labels to show what’s inside. They are, unfortunately, classic examples of what happens when a company seeks to communicate internationally on the cheap. Good copy will reveal that the emperor is has no clothes.

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Full-time Freelance Writing Jobs | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

If you want to make a career of writing, should you look for a full-time job in a company or strike out on your own as a freelancer? I know plenty of people who prefer having a writing job working for one company. If you work at the right company, that is. Dress in comfortable clothes (I recommend Hawaiian shirts).

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Which Person Would You Talk To?

Men With Pens

Many people take advantage of that openness on another level, which is to say we’ve all had trouble with copyright law and keeping our work our own. How do you deal with copyright infringements and people stealing your work? The rising stars in my company take the minimum allowable vacation, come in to work sick (and infect all of us!),

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Taylor's a Feminist – But So Is James | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

My mother was always the main breadwinner in our family, and her male peers (and all of her peers were male, because female company owners are still rare even in liberal places like the Bay Area) respected her immensely. She didn’t have her own company yet, and she had been handing out resumes not that long ago herself. Not nearly.

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Is Your Education Useless? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Looking at the impressive list of people who have commented here, imagine putting them all together as a company: I bet they would wipe the floor with a company made of of people who only had job specific skills, and no cross-disciplinary experience and perspective! John Meadows´s last blog. 54 cents.)

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