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Copywriting in 2025: How to beat AI and short attention spans

Copywriter Collective

A study by Microsoft found that the average human attention span decreased from 12 seconds in 2000 to 8 seconds in 2013. Thats right, research indicates that human attention spans have been declining in recent years. Micro copy is memorable taglines, app or push notifications, social media captions, or bio descriptions.

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15 Bloggers to Watch in 2013

ProBlogger

Welcome to the 2013 edition of Bloggers To Watch. I believe that both sites have a lot of potential, and that her profile will be growing a lot in 2013. Hopefully we’ll see more writing from her in 2013. I think that she´ll be enjoying a lot of momentum in 2013. 15 Bloggers to Watch in 2013. Emily Winters.

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Topic no. 509, Business use of home

Freelance Union

  Revenue Procedure 2013-13   PDF  allows qualifying taxpayers to use a prescribed rate of $5 per square foot of the portion of the home used for business (up to a maximum of 300 square feet) to compute the business use of home deduction.

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Blockbuster Blogs: How Breakthrough Ideas Are Born

Animalz

Framework Creation Two weeks before they publicly launched Slack in 2013, founder Steward Butterfield wrote a blog post memo titled “ We Don’t Sell Saddles Here, ” a framework for thinking about product positioning.

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Why Blogs that Allow Guest Posts Will Be Penalized in 2013

ProBlogger

Just as low-level article directories (ezinearticles, articlesbase, and others) got hurt by Google’s Panda Update in 2013, I predict that Google will hurt sites abusing guest blogging in 2013. In 2013, that is my prediction. Why Blogs that Allow Guest Posts Will Be Penalized in 2013.

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What Are the Best Days and Times to Post on Social Media?

Contently

This marks a significant change from the morning and midweek peaks that dominated CoSchedule’s earlier research from 2013, 2014, 2016, and 2019. The top-performing days have also shifted, with Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays emerging as the new champions of engagement. In 2024, it appears that late-day engagement is where the action is.

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Writing Storybooks with Inspiration from the Storybook Capitol of America in Abilene, Texas

Melanie Saxton

Horton Hears a Who Photo by Chris Koehn of Chrissy Cakes & Bakes in Montgomery, TX Installed: 2013 Sculptor: Leo Rijn Book: Horton Hears a Who! The Grinch Photo by Chris Koehn of Chrissy Cakes & Bakes in Montgomery, TX Installed: 2013 Sculptor: Leo Rijn Book: How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

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