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10 Innovative Strategies for Actors to Stand Out in the Industry

True or false? Actors continually find themselves navigating a highly competitive landscape. We all know the answer is true. Standing out in such a saturated market demands not only talent and dedication but also a strategic approach to personal branding, ...
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The acting industry is always evolving, with each passing year introducing fresh trends that redefine the craft, the commercial aspect, and the types of roles available. As we anticipate the upcoming year, there are numerous significant developments that actors should ...
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Since July 14, 2023, the American actors’ union Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) has been on strike over an ongoing labor dispute with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. Negotiations. You can read ...
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East Coast vs. West Coast. Oh, boy, here we go! The entertainment industry in the United States is dominated by New York and California. Despite providing actors with varied opportunities, these states have unique qualities that differentiate them. This piece ...
Leveraging TikTok to Jumpstart Your Acting Career

In the ever-evolving landscape of social media, TikTok has emerged as a formidable platform for content creators and aspiring actors alike. With its highly engaging format and massive user base, this popular app offers up-and-coming actors an unparalleled opportunity to ...
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Social media has been a big part of our society for a few generations now, and while many people use it, it’s also quite polarizing. Some people find social media to be a fun way to connect to others, while ...
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Downtime is for amateurs. If you’re an actor and you want some downtime, then you might as well be honest and say that you just want to sleep the day away. That’s perfectly fine! We all need some time to ...

SOCIAL MEDIA Monologue – A woman offends her coworker in this comedic monologue that rants about the use of social media websites. 2-3 minuteFemalesFemale INT: AN OFFICE Greta has been cornered by a coworker who is angry about being removed from Greta’s ...
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It’s hard to imagine in this social media-saturated world that there was a time before Facebook, before Twitter, even before MySpace. But that’s the ancient past of course. These days if you want to make a splash and grab some ...
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With social media such a dominant part of everyone’s lives these days, it’s amazing that there are still actors who shy away from jumping into the game with both feet. Not that there aren’t valid reasons for a certain caution ...
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It’s a mad, mad, mad digital world out there, and we’re all caught up in it to some degree. No matter how badly we might like to escape from the constant pull of the digital screen demanding our attention, it’s ...
Online Actors Tools

When you stop for a second and think about how much time people spend online, it’s hard to believe that the internet has really only been in widespread commercial use for a  little over 20 years. Imagine if you were ...
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Let’s face it, the world we live in is hyper-connected through social media. And barring disaster, that’s unlikely to change anytime soon. There’s no avoiding it: from politics to social justice movements to finding lost children to selling your stuff ...
Social Media for Actors

Social media in just a few short years has become so ubiquitous that it’s simply an accepted reality of our day-to-day lives. For some of us, it’s more like our minute-to-minute lives. Think about this for a second: Facebook has ...
Acting Business

Ask any actor who has attended an open audition lately: the acting business is crowded. Every day more and more starry-eyed dreamers leave behind their small town successes and head for Hollywood or New York, seeking to parley their star ...
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These days, social media is everywhere you look. From the president’s multiple daily tweets to your grandma’s endless Instagram photos of her favorite cat, it seems like everyone is constantly on social networks these days. With all the time we ...
Actor Branding

You are no doubt reading this right now on your phone, tablet or computer, so you know as well as anyone that the world is truly wired. We are all interconnected in so many ways it’s difficult to fathom. On ...
6waystoboostyourcareer

In a way, the long process of sifting through talent can be viewed as a luxury the America’s Got Talent team holds. From mind-blowing performances to some acts that leave you in a whirlwind of confusion, the number one TV ...