Author: Amanda Surowitz
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What You Should Know Before Becoming an Influencer
2–3 minutesWhile being an influencer looks fun and glamorous, it’s real work. And it can be a very rewarding career. But before you start building your brand, start thinking about it as a business.
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4 Blogging Niches You Can Always Profit From
2–3 minutesBlogging can do a lot for your long term career goals — it can be a way to break into the sector you want to work in, or attract attention and gain a following. Best of all, there’s profit to be made.
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I Nearly Lost my Only Complete Manuscript Draft
3–4 minutesI needed to open an older draft of Thieves to look for a scene I wanted to rework into the new version. This file was totally fine last week when I had it open to pull a different scene. But not today. No, today it was corrupted. And entirely unopenable.
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PR Nightmare: How To Handle A Bad Response on Social Media
3–4 minutesBusinesses are often heralded as masters of social media. Some companies are able to make advertisements feel like valuable content for their customers. As a small company, this can make it seem like social media is quite easy to use. However, it’s not always as easy as it looks. Mistakes on social media don’t have
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Why I’m Happy I Deleted the Facebook App
4–6 minutesTaking Facebook off your phone almost sounds like a crazy thing to do. Bonus crazy points when you factor in how much of my career depends on being active on social media. But I didn’t get rid of my account. I just deleted the Facebook app. And I’m much happier because of it. In the…
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How to Advertise Your Brand in a World Gone Mad
2–3 minutesKnowing where to position your brand in an environment of changing technological and philosophical trends is a massive challenge. Almost no sector or industry remains untouched by modern controversies, large or small. Who should you side with? Should you pick a side at all? Maybe it’s an easy choice — until you think about your…
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