Why do I blog?

This question has been sent to me a few times now, and I was like, its not obvious?  I want to help!  I want Actors to make it, and do what they love to do.  It is that simple.  There are so many people that are nothing more than scammers out there, that are trying to take undeserved money from actors that it just kills me.  There are handfuls of people that truly want to help, and I am hopefully as can be seen one of them!

I want to work with one of you guys on the set, and here the statement, “Hey, I got some great advice at this guys blog”  That would make me very happy!

This is why I blog!

Here are two sites that I feel are a huge help to actors:

www.actinghelpcenter.com – this is a bulletin board system, full of great topics, totally free!  Great advice.

www.myactingsite.com – The only real place to get your website done, Made by great actors, for all actors!  And they answer the telephone!

www.headshots101.com – The best resource I have ever seen on the topic of head shots.  Its free, and it will answer all of your questions!

That is it for now!

Peace! – Frank

actor website template

Interesting topic…  here is the funny part… if you are an actor you need a web site… but you do not want your site to look like everyone else’s site?  OK… but you are an actor and you have a a head shot and a resume and guess what… it looks like everyone else’s, except for the data inside.

 A web site template is smart, why? because not only does it save you a ton of money and ton of time, but it has been well defined in the industry of what is exactly needed on an “Actors Website”.

The key elements of the site are the following:

A home page, which introduces you to the world.

A Bio page, which give s the nuts and bolts of who you are and why you are an actor.

A resume page, which shows all of your work, and can be EASILY printed right from your website.

A photo gallery page, which shows you off.

A demo reel page, which shows your demo reel to the world, but is big enough too be seen well, and downloads FAST.

And pages to get ahold of you and keep people interested in you. like a contact page, and a mailing list page.

The layout of the site should be EASY to navigate, and the color schemes should fit your look and feel.

I looked at all kinds of places for a web site before going to myactingsite.com but to be honest they are the absolute best, and have like 40-50 different overall looks or “Templates” for you to choose from, and if you decide to change it… its free…  And they add new ones all the time.

I had a quote from a good firm of $5500.00 to make this kind of site for me on a custom basis… well for that kind of money if you have it go for it, but for the rest of us $20.00 per month is kind of easy.

There is nothing cooler than having your own website, and showing yourself off to the world, and getting auditions as a result of having one.

The idea that your site will be the same as someone else is not a good idea… I hope this helps.

-Frank