Acting Business Boot Camp

There is a pattern in this industry, and once you see it you cannot unsee it.

Something scary happens. Then the answer arrives packaged as a product.

The pay-to-play sites flooded the market? Get a better demo. Take this class. The pandemic shut down studios? Buy a booth package. Take this home recording course. AI shows up and starts eating our lunch? Learn imp...

Have you been pinned? Have you gotten your avail check? Are you down to the final two and still waiting?

You get told things like this. They loved you. You were absolutely down to the final two. And these words can feel wonderful until you realize that you have built an emotional home in the almost.

It is sort of like you created the space to be second best.

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One of my students came to me with a question I think a lot of you are sitting with.

They want to make commentary content. Real opinions under their real name. Maybe short form videos, maybe a Substack, maybe pitching some freelance pieces. But they are worried specifically about commercial voiceover. Not that the content would offend anyone. That some brands and highe...

Many actors believe that if they can just become what people want, they will finally book.

And what happens is that shape-shifting becomes exhaustion. Full-on exhaustion. Actors walking into auditions disconnected from themselves, trying to perform what they think the casting director wants instead of just being truthful in the moment.

As a casting director, I c...

How to Actually Use LinkedIn to Grow Your Voiceover Business

I know. I can already hear you groaning. Mandy, I am an actor, not a business person in a blazer who posts about synergy.

I get it. But here is what I need you to understand before we go any further.

LinkedIn is not a social media platform. It is a business tool. And that distinction matters mor...