Posts Tagged ‘acting advice’
Twitter for Actors: Land Acting Work with These Tips
Using Twitter for actors isn’t just about following other accounts. It’s about turning your tweets in real acting work that pays your bills. But how do you do that? What should actors who are on Twitter be doing with their accounts? I recommend a few simple tasks… Add Your Location You don’t have to be…
Read MoreSocial Media Mistakes that Can Damage Your Acting Career
Social media mistakes come in all sizes – small and big. The smaller ones you can recover from (although it may take some time). But the bigger ones could permanently damage your acting career. What you have to understand is that when you’re online, you’re representing your acting brand. That means you’ll want to avoid…
Read MoreDisplay Your Acting Brand on Social Media
You may not think about your acting brand on social media but it’s essential that you do. You want your brand and your social media to be in alignment. If you’re trying out for sexy vixen roles but all of your social media selfies show you dressed conservatively and looking like the girl next door,…
Read More15 Positive Affirmations for Actors
Danielle had been interested in acting for years. When she began going on auditions, she struggled. She’d often think, “No one is going to hire me. I’m just going to fail.” These thoughts quickly became self-fulfilling. The more Danielle thought that she would fail, the more she did. To overcome this problem, Danielle began working…
Read MoreHere’s What You Should Know before Getting Your Acting Headshots
Your acting headshots represent your brand. It broadcasts who you are as an actor to directors, writers, and producers. If you choose the wrong headshot, you risk two things: 1.) that you’ll get called in for the wrong roles or 2.) you won’t be contacted for any auditions. Both outcomes are bad for your career.…
Read More4 Questions to Ask Before Signing Up for Acting Classes
Honing your acting skills is a life-long journey. No matter how popular you become or how many acting jobs you land, you want to be continually improving yourself as an actor. One of the best ways to do this is to take acting classes. There are so many wonderful and amazing teachers that would…
Read MoreThis One Thing Can Make or Break Your Success as an Actor
Mindset is your habitual thinking, your beliefs, how you view the world, the acting industry and yourself. It’s your attitude about life, your worthiness, and your career because how you think about all these determines how you’ll act and what you’ll do. “I had an acting teacher who said people often go into acting to…
Read MoreHow to Use Social Media to Land Acting Work
Social media can be a very effective way to connect with buyers and find acting work. I have a client who’s fluent in ASL (American Sign Language) and she wanted to be on the show Switched at Birth. So, she did a video of herself signing and found Dee Dee Bradley, the casting director, on…
Read MoreKeep Reaching Out to Casting Directors
If you’re always putting out content, you’re going to get people’s attention. That’s why using the same picture over-and-over again is important because people will eventually say, “Oh, wait! I know this guy.” They don’t know how they know you but they’ve seen your picture a million times so they think they do. What Brian…
Read More3 Actors that Changed Their Mindset in Exciting Ways
Mary Somers, a client with Actor’s Fast Track, knows how powerful the critical voices can be that linger behind our personal fear and doubt curtain. She says her mother once told her she was fat and it became a defining belief that affected her self-image and ability to get out there and sell herself. She…
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