The Web For Actors blog

Announcements, tips and the occasional argument about what an actor website is for.

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From the blog · Nov 30, 2018
Audition Versus Workshops

I've been trying to get a nice collection of audition tips going for the past few years, and you've probably already seen them all on the Audition Tips blog, but today I wanted to bring up something that takes a bit more effort to explain than just a quick sentence, the difference between workshops and auditions.

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From the blog · Nov 28, 2018
Actor Website Wednesday Wrap-up

I've been staring at my actor website to-do list for the past hour and I've been inspired by social media hashtags to organize and categorize all of my tasks using alliterations (i.e.

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From the blog · Nov 23, 2018
Mastering the Audition

Frustrating, nerve-wracking, job-winning or job-losing, flawed yet necessary - auditioning is a maddening business for everyone involved.

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From the blog · Nov 16, 2018
Get on All Social Media!

Let's face it, there are more social media channels than any single human being could manage (well) on their own.

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From the blog · Nov 9, 2018
Actors Pro Expo Review

This was our second year at the Actor's Expo in LA and we loved it! We met a lot of new faces, and we've seen a lot of familiar faces as well.

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From the blog · Nov 3, 2018
Casting Quotes

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.~ AristotleTo grasp the full significance of life is the actor’s duty, to interpret it is...

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From the blog · Nov 2, 2018
Actors Pro Expo Los Angeles 2018

This is the 2nd ever Los Angeles Actors Pro Expo, and... it's the second time we'll have a booth there, so we can proudly say that we've been representing LA at this expo since the very beginning.

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From the blog · Oct 26, 2018
Free Instagram Class, Tools and more

Just as mentioned in the title, there is a FREE 32 minute long, advice packed class with uber-talented social media coach (or as I call her "guru") for actors, Heidi Dean.

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From the blog · Oct 19, 2018
7 Gmail Tricks, Mailbox and Forwards

If you're a premium member of Web For Actors, you will be given your own domain name and your own personalized email address. For this example, let's use ActorER.com and contact@ActorER.com.

A paperback headed The Actor and His Body on a wooden deck
From the blog · Oct 12, 2018
The Actor and His Body

Litz Pisk was widely regarded as the most influential teacher of modern theatre movement of the 20th Century.

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From the blog · Oct 5, 2018
What Can We Learn From Inigo Montoya

Today, just a quick post to remind you that you don't have to write a lot to make an impact, ergo, your bios on your website and on your social media can be brief and catchy, but certainly if you are doing cold outreach and contacting people through social media, PLEASE, do not write 20 paragraphs!

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From the blog · Sep 28, 2018
The Actor's Business Plan

The Actor's Business Plan is a self-directed practical guide for actors graduating from formal training programs, as well as for those already in the business whose careers need to move ahead more successfully.