What is IVR?
IVR stands for Interactive Voice Response, basically, you call a company looking for information, and a computer detects your voice and telephone touch tones to get you the info you need. For example, let’s say you need to call the airline to get a flight status. A pre-recorded, pleasant sounding voice will ask for a […]
You are not just marketing to CDs, Agents, Producers, etc… are you?
When I sit with actors, I see the same things over and over again. Everyone is mailing to the same people (more on this in another blog), but it amazes me that in an industry built on relationships, actors don’t take the time to reach out to their actor friends and check in.
It’s not about you (Mailing to CD’s)
When you are marketing yourself (i.e. NOT SELLING – see earlier blog), but marketing yourself, remember that it is NOT and I repeat NOT about you!
Why am I doing this?
Lately, I’ve been looking at things that serve me personally and things that serve my career. Since this is not about me and my personal stuff we’ll focus on the career part. As I’m culling out projects, people, and general distraction from my career (I didn’t move here to surf), I’ve had to take a […]
“Build it and they shall come”
The phrase, “Build it and they shall come,” was made famous in the movie Field of Dreams. What in the world does a movie quote about baseball have to do with your TV hosting career? It’s all about the build. How do you build a hosting career if you’ve never hosted before? Naturally, YOU know […]
Speaking of commercials turning into TV Roles
So we know that commercials are an important way to earn money, get SAG status, acquire health insurance and gain experience while building your career but it’s great to see that commercials can work as the breeding ground for theatrical work, too. Take Kyle Bornheimer from Worst Week with his T-Mobile ad and the woman […]
Building Your One-Person Show: Power of Collaboration
When is a one-person show NOT a one-person show? If you’re lucky, ALWAYS! Allow me to explain…
Risk Avoid or Risk Manage Your Career
In passing tests to get my insurance licenses, I had to learn the difference between Risk Avoiding and Risk Managing. The example given was that if a person wanted to ‘Avoid’ being in an auto accident then simply that person never gets in a CAR! If that same person wanted to ‘Manage’ that risk than […]
WHY do a one-person show? (Part 2)
In my last post I talked about some of the awesome results you can expect from doing a one-person show. It’s also important to know going into it what not to expect. Here’s some results you ought not to count on:
Expert! Expert! Read all about it!
When was the last time you turned on the TV and saw Jillian help an obese person lose weight, Emeril whip up a meal in 30 minutes or Ryan report on the goings-on of a celeb? If you’re anything like me, it was probably just a few minutes ago. How is it that I can […]