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Monday, February 25, 2008
Email Marketing Blunder Of Year Nominee

I proudly worked for the UMaine's college newspaper, the Maine Campus, for four years so I can sympathize with the low pay and long hours it takes to put out the paper out.

So imagine working all those hours and waking up to find your copy editors made a slight overlook when it came to your main headline (click image to enlarge):

Amazing how one vowel can make a complete difference, eh?


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Posted on Monday, February 25, 2008 at 9:55 AM in The Fun Stuff

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