Getting Press for Your One-Person Show
In earlier blogs I’ve mentioned how helpful it is to have press reviews and ‘pull quotes’ for your show. How do you get ‘em? Here’s what I’ve done to get press:
Pangs of success
Have you ever wanted success so much that it left you with a pang inside?
Working With Booking Agents For Your Solo Show
Another way to enter the public speaking arena with your solo show is through a booking agent. In general, public speaking booking agencies are separate and different from LA/NY-style talent agencies; they deal just with public speaking.
How to Launch Your Solo Show as Public Speaking
So, back to what we were talking about a couple of blogs ago: taking your solo show to the public speaking arena, where the audiences are hungry for good entertainment and prepared to pay you for it.
Finding a Local Recording Studio
If you have a sub-par (or non-existent) home studio, please go to a professional studio to record your auditions. With all of the online casting sites, you’ll need to know where to go to record if you book a job anyway, so start to get to know your local studios by recording some auditions there.
I’ve never done this before. Really!
Well OK that could have sounded naughty, but it’s totally innocent, I swear!
Be prepared for a boring post.
Sorry, people, but it was bound to happen, at some point. I can only flower things up for so long before I have to get into the totally lame and boring topic of keeping track of your notes. Like I said, BORING!
A Great One-Person Show to See
Hello everybody! I am breaking from my normal blog style and content to recommend a specific show.
Competitive Intelligence isn’t just for spies!
Whenever I read in the trades that Joe Blow will be hosting XYZ show OR when I find out that Jane Blow just got hired for a job that I was up for, I immediately (if not sooner) Google them. Kinda like before a blind date!
Be Excellent
When launching a business, there is a concept called, “Cost of Entry.” Cost of Entry is the cash spent to start your business. When you decide to become a voice over actor, there are definitely Costs of Entry: your education, demo, website, and home studio, to name a few.