BREAKING! In a seismic shift that will send shockwaves throughout corporate America, retail giant Walmart said on Monday that it will roll back a number of diversity, equity, and inclusion
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My short-lived career as a United States Postal Service (USPS) mail carrier
Earlier this year, I’d vowed to get out of marketing. After burning out on writing for university programs, being ghosted by clients who owed me money, and hearing a prospective
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Is Big Tech censoring The Cranky Creative blog?
You bet your free speech it is. I’ve noticed it for more than two years: Every time I publish a blog post saying something that goes against an approved mainstream
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The Cranky Creative blog turns FIVE
A lot has happened since 2018: I left in-house and agency marketing to start my own freelance copywriting business; I found success and satisfaction working directly with clients (and not
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Why I’m calling it quits after 30 years of marketing copywriting
Well, I’m doing it. After nearly 32 years in marketing and copywriting, I am moving on. It’s a strange feeling, leaving a job I’ve done for so long. Interestingly, I
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Is AI coming to take your job? Yeah, it probably is.
The explosive growth of generative AI (artificial intelligence) programs such as ChatGPT and Midjourney is about to change the world — and put a metric shit-ton of people, including marketing
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