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Clothing and Closets — Fashion Writing

Melanie Saxton

Hillburn since 2007. “We personally measure for precision styling, or, if more convenient, we offer a downloadable measurement app for busy clients who live at the other end of town or in other states,” says Margot, who has been with J. Some hard-to-fit men are long or short-waisted. Some have longer or shorter arms.

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How to Prod, Poke, and Fire Up Your Readers: 8 Science-Backed Tips for Impactful Writing

Enchanting Marketing

3 (2007); David A. Smiling: Facial Muscular Activation in Response to Emotional Language,” Biological Psychology 118 (2016), quoted in Writing for Impact , p. 81-82 (Kindle edition) 5. Havas, Arthur M. Glenberg, and Mike Rinck, “Emotion Simulation During Language Comprehension,” Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 14, no.

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Delivering My First Keynote: AI Talk at #TBEX 2023

Content Hacker

He’d watched this powerful video , featured in my newsletter over at Content at Scale : This was Rick’s email after watching that story: And thus commenced an amazing conversation – all about AI, how Rick was one of the very first to launch an event for content creators and social influencers, Blog World, in 2007. Talk about OG!

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The How, When and Why of Writing Autofiction

Jane Friedman

Every Day Is for the Thief (2007): This bestselling first novel, in diaristic form, by acclaimed Nigerian-American Teju Cole depicts a young man’s journey to Nigeria to discover his roots.

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How Do Brands Come Up With Their Names?

Caroline Gibson

MG Cars : Morris Garages was named after its co-founder William Morris though, in 2007, its new Chinese owners changed the acronym’s meaning ‘Modern Gentleman’ to reflect the brand’s grace and style. However because Echo Bay Mines Limited was already registered, the second best option was chosen instead.

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How to “Ted Lasso” Your Content for Greater Customer Engagement

Contently

When Jobs launched the iPhone in 2007, we were living the dream with our Motorola Razrs and Blackberries not even realizing the world could be so much better. Steve Jobs masterfully set up the big reveal during his historic announcement at MacWorld 2007.

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Amazon has done so many smart things that some of the best ones get forgotten

The Idea Logical Company

And it has to do with the next real revolution Amazon spawned when they sharply accelerated ebook uptake with their release of the Kindle in November 2007. There is one more tidbit of Amazon history which is worth recalling here because it is so underappreciated even with all the attention the company has received.

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