The first and most important thing is getting and keeping a good agent to help manage your career. Having a good agent will get your face seen in many places across the industry. Obviously, this will greatly increase your chances of getting acting gigs. One thing about agents that you should know about is, if you lack experience and skills, you have less chances of finding an agent that will take you on. You see, an agent only makes money when you are working, so they will sign and keep you as their client if you can show them that you will be a valuable asset to them.
The next thing that you need to know and understand is about resumes. A resume will help in every area of the acting industry. Not only will it help you get and agent, but once you have found an agent to represent you, your agent will use your resume to get you auditions. There are some very important things that you should never leave out of your resume if you want to impress those who will be making the decision of whether or not to hire you for a gig.
- As in any industry, try to keep your resume to one page. If it is more than one page, one of the pages might get separated from the other and some of your details will be lost.
- Make your resume as neat and legible as you can. Some actors try to get around the one page rule by making the font as small as they can. I wouldn't recommend it since it is hard to read. Most people will not even consider reading a resume if it is going to be too hard for them see.
- You must always make sure that you have an up-to-date head shot. Use a photo that shows you at your best.
- Lastly, never, ever, ever lie on your resume. Truth be told, probably every person has exaggerated something on a resume or application at one time or another, but you need to be very careful about what you put on your resume. You future can and will be jeopardized if you are caught in a lie found on your resume.
These are probably two of the most important things that an actor can master besides practicing and honing your acting skills. Work on these and your skills and you will be a great actor and asset to any agent looking to represent you.
How To Get Noticed
It's estimated that over 3,000 new Web sites go live every day. That's a lot of noise you'll need to be heard over.
That's why Web Directories are so handy.
The Net is awash in them, by the thousands. Yahoo! started it all, with handy lists, arranged by categories, of Websites large and small. Then Google and MSN and dozens of other search engines came along and consumers got used to looking in directories for relevant Web sites.
Now those very same search engines scour the thousands of other Web Directory sites out there, making note of the sites listed there. Those links are then calculated by the search engines for listing Websites of that category.
And those so-called ?organic? search results are what gets your site listed for consumers searching for information specific to the niche of your site.
When posting a listing to a Web Directory, here are five tips:
1. Look for free listings. Many sites will try to get you to pay for a listing. A paid listing means nothing more than a free listing to a search engine. If you can only get listed on a directory by paying, make sure it has a high page rank (over 5) before buying that link.
2. Post only in the category that is specific to your niche. The surest way to get de-listed or outright banned is by blindly trying to get linked in any old category. Directory Webmasters are very serious about mismatched categories. Don't get on their bad side by listing your site in a non-relevant category.
3. Be selective in giving reciprocal listings. Some Web directories are so traffic-starved that they need your link more than you need theirs. Only reciprocal link with sites that have a greater page ranking than you have.
4. Give a great description of your site. Make the site name compelling, not just a name. use the title to zoom in on the niche. Stress your site's main attraction. Think of the title as a newspaper headline. It gets your reader's attention.
5. List keywords. If your site offers free listings, stress that in the meta tag description. If it's a niche specific directory, make sure you use that niche in your keyword description.
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