Whether you're a newcomer or an accomplished veteran in your Acting or Modeling career, everybody, at every level, needs to learn how to promote themselves. Even if you're represented by an agent, you cannot rely on someone else to bear the full burden of promoting your career. Your biggest PR person is yourself. To succeed in the entertainment business you need to really promote yourself. So get ready and roll up your sleeves, because you're about to dig in and start making a real difference in your career.
There's no question you are entering into a highly competitive field. But the good news is that by joining InstantCast, you've already taken your first big step towards getting your entertainment career off the ground. Not only can you use your InstantCast membership to find great casting calls every day, but it's also a growing community of your peers and sought-after Casting Directors. Your profile is available internally to other InstantCast members, but it also available as a public page that can be viewed by fans everywhere.
To help you start pounding the pavement and getting your name out there, InstantCast has created this handy list of ways you can use the InstantCast service and community to promote yourself. Remember: Like any other profession, you have to be proactive in order to stand out. You've already taken the first step by joining; now make the best of InstantCast by taking advantage of its new and improved service.
Here are the Top 10 Ways to Promote Yourself on InstantCast:
- Send more fanmail. Fanmail is the main way people communicate with each other on InstantCast. If you've already gotten some fanmail, congratulations! The best way to get your first fanmail, or to increase the amount you receive, is to send more fanmail to other member. You can send fanmail to all InstantCast members when you visit their profiles. By sending fanmail to new colleagues and old friends on InstantCast, you become an active member of the community of a ctors and models just like you. And fanmail is a measure of popularity, so it definitely looks good to have lots of fanmail.
See other members and send them fanmail!
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- Share your profile via social bookmarking. Your InstantCast profile is available to the general public - you do not need to be a member to see your profile. But as you know, just because you "have" a profile , doesn't mean you automatically get a lot of traffic. The good news is we now make it easy for you to direct people to your profile by offering a number of profile sharing options with tagging and bookmarking sites like del.icio.us, Furl, My Web, and more. By sharing your profile with communities outside of InstantCast, you can promote yourself to more people. Let other people know what your skills are, and what you're doing now.
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- Expand your network of peers. Use the Member Gallery or Search Members functions to find members who have something in common with you - an interest in modeling, experience on stage, people who live in your neighborhood - and send them fanmail. You never know who you might meet and who might become your biggest fan.
Check out the Member Gallery or Search Members now!
- Upload more photos. InstantCast lets you upload up to five of your best photos - both professional and candid - and share them with your friends. Just go to your Edit Profile Page and click the My Media tab. Having more photos makes your profile more interesting, and you're more likely to get noticed by other members, casting professionals, and the public at large.
Upload more photos now!
- Campaign for the Superstar Talent Search. Let other members know why you're a star by sending them fanmail, or posting in the InstantCast blog and Forums. Compete for great prizes, and tell our community why you're a winner.
Check out the Superstar Talent Search or the InstantCast Blog now!
- Participate in Casting Forums. The Casting Forums allow you to ask your questions, talk to your peers, and share your experiences. It's also a great way to meet new people and build new relationships.
Check out the Casting Forums now!
- Share your talent profile via email. When you click on the Share Profile button on your profile, you can write a personal note to anyone and send them a link to your talent profile. Show your friends and family what you've been doing to set yourself apart.
Share your profile now!
- Post a link to your InstantCast talent profile on other social networking sites like MySpace. At the top of every member profile, look for: "Link to this page: http://www.instantcast.com/users/your.user.name." This gives you the code you need to link to your profile from other sites. Then just post the link to make it easy for your MySpace friends to visit you on InstantCast.
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- Fill out your profile with more information about yourself. Edit your profile to share your professional experience, your favorites, and everything you want your peers and Casting Directors to know about you. When people visit your profile, give them something to talk about! Plus, Casting Directors can use this information to decide if you're what they're looking for.
Update your profile now!
- Let us know about your experiences. By sending a testimonial to us at InstantCast, you can tell us why you're the one to watch. This is a great way to become a Featured Member on the Home Page or Member Gallery.
Send your success story now!
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