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Dear Tony,
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Tony
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Hi Tony!
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Hi!
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First of all, any questions I have are answered extremely fast, and not only that, you give me a very helpful answer every time.
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Laura Doukas, Actress
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Tony,
I did what you said and…I got two interviews with two agents! Thank you! Sorry but can I ask you…how do I prepare to go meet the agent? What do I have to do?
Marsha P., New York, NY, USA
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How To Find Available Acting Jobs
Finding Available Acting Jobs & Hosting Jobs Made Easier
As I am very interested in television hosting as part of my performing arts career, I had the pleasure of taking a teleprompter class with one of the most experienced hosts I know. Patrica Stark has extensive hosting and acting experience. When I met her, I began to get an even better understanding for the way actors and performers can market themselves. She explained to us in the class how we can get the casting directors, agents and production companies to notice us. |
She is a master at marketing herself and thus she works continuously. Let us learn from her example. Her tips for mailing out your materials (headshots, résumés, acting cover letters and post cards) are summarized below in an article she was kind enough to make available for the visitors to ActingCareerStartUp.com.
Here are some great tips from a great teacher to help you find hosting jobs and available acting jobs.
"Get MIC'd" : 10 Best Tips for Marketing Mailings by Patricia Stark
#1. Postcards are your best bet. Make it easy for prospective clients. No envelopes to open. Less expensive postage for you.
#2. Your photo on one side, your latest bookings and training announcements on the other. Sweet, neat and simple.
#3. Have your email address, website (if you have one and hopefully you do), name and contact number printed clearly on either side.
#4. Make use of labels. Handwritten notes and addresses look unprofessional.
#5. Load Avery Label Pro onto your computer if you don't already have it. Every kind of label template you can imagine and corresponding labels available at your local business supply stores like Staples & Office Depot (in the U.S.A.).
#6. Select a label that is 1/2 - 3/4 the size of the back of the left side of your postcard. The right side is for the address label and postage stamp. Create a template for this label and type in your latest information. Print out 100-500 of these labels depending on the size of your mailing and peel and stick your info onto the back of your postcard.
#7. It's ok if you only have one or two new things to report. You just need to keep your name and face out there and let people know you are actively working and/or training.
#8. Order 1000-2000 postcards to have on hand. Monthly mailings can range from 100-500 pieces depending on who you are targeting during a particular month.
#9. Do this each and every month.
#10. Be prepared to follow up with demo tapes, 8 x 10's & resumes, bios' and cover letters when potential clients contact you for additional information. Also be sure that your website is up to date if you have one for them to check out.
© 2005-08 Media Image Coach. All Rights Reserved
Notice how Pat talks about "monthly mailings"? If you want a long-term strategy to finding available acting jobs, you have to persist and create a method for yourself. If you follow it it will work! Pat does it. I do it. Many successful actors do it too. There's no reason why you can't either!
Visit Pat’s website (www.mediaimagecoach.com) for more tips and to sign up for her newsletter and hosting casting notices.
You will also want to be aware of the fact that you could use Pat's 10 Tip Guide to try and get at least 21 different types of available acting jobs!
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What you’re doing is great Anthony. Whenever I read the things on your site, the interviews and even your book, I feel like if only everybody got to read this before they got started, they would be so much better off and everybody else (casting directors, agents, directors, etc.) would be so much better off too.
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Tony,
I want to say you changed my life. I want to be an actress so bad, but i began losing motivation when I couldn't figure out what to do. And then I found you! Thanks to you, I'm taking my first acting classes next month! Yippee!
Sara, Pasadena, CA
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Hi Tony
I would like to thank you for helping me with the monologue question I asked you. I went to the auditions for a Drama course and I am happy to say that I have been accepted as a first-year student at the Tshwane University of Technology.
Please keep on sending me those newsletters and let me know where I can find books that will help me in my acting career.
Thank you once more.
Have a blessed day.
Sincerely
Edward Thaba -South Africa
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Dear Anthony,
Just wanted to thank you for bringing me in to [audition for the video], meet you and chat this Saturday. I was really excited to hear about your working on actingcareerstartup.com and even took a look at it today - it's awesome! You are very well-spoken, knowledgeable and enthusiastic, and it shows through the work that you do! I hope our paths in the industry will cross again and really enjoyed meeting you. Thanks, again and best wishes with your very important work!
Warmly,
Gretchen, NY, NY
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Hey Tony, thanks for the info, yours by far is the most useful, I am 30 years old, and I myself always (secretly) wanted to be an actress, but I never knew where to begin, so thank you. You have given me hope!
Ana C., Tampa, FL