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The AJSWITZY Project:

Stories, Creative Living, and a Bit of Chaos

Author: Amanda Surowitz

  • 4 Blogging Niches You Can Always Profit From

    2–3 minutes

    Blogging 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 minutes

    I 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 minutes

    Businesses 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 minutes

    Taking 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 minutes

    Knowing 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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  • 5 Easy Ideas to Boost Your Mental Wellness

    3–4 minutes

    Improving your mental wellness is a great personal goal. What works best for you may take some trial and error; there’s no one-size-fits-all method. To get started on boosting your mental wellness, consider any of these five ideas.

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