Okay. So you know your brand is the umbrella under which all the types you can play live, right? [If the whole actor brand thing is a mystery to you, I have free training for…
Browsing Category Nuts and Bolts
Your Showbiz Career Checklist
Yep. You read that right. Your Showbiz Career Checklist. I’m gonna lay it all out for you in this week’s livestream. Wednesday. The 13th. At 12pm PST (translate that to your timezone here). You can…
Your 3 Biggest Branding Mistakes
Um. Is anyone even talking about their brand anymore? I know. This year has been surreal. (OMG, Bonnie, did you *just* comment on this year without saying “unprecedented times”?!?) No matter how weird it gets,…
Our Mac-Based Livestream Studio Setup
Okay, gather ’round y’all. I have some very very very faves and a lot of experience with being on camera… and I’m 50 now so I get gear that makes me look amazing so I…
How to Do a Social Media Detox without Leaving Social Media
Sometimes on social media I notice things that make it clear that *my* relationship with social media is not typical. I see posts about comparison. I see comments about how people should be kinder to…
Why It’s Hard to Get Projects Going Sometimes
One of my favorite things about working with you beautiful creatives is my ability to get something that looks or feels impossible come into sharper focus. To clarify the next steps you need to take…
White Privilege Means Having OPTIONS
I’m supposed to be going live right now to close off the SMFA Summit, remind y’all the free replays are available for a few more hours, announce the WINNERS of all our drawings (so! much!…
Creatives Create
HOW KEWT ARE WE?!? I don’t know when this photo was taken, but I’m gonna guess 2010? When we launched Somebody’s Basement (our distribution entity) at Hollywood Happy Hour (our networking behemoth)? Here’s the deal,…
Always Bank on the More Creative Choice
During last week’s livestream on the joy of fitting out, I was asked about “the end of the co-star level role” in light of new health and safety requirements on set, as production (and everything)…
Should Actors Submit to Agents Right Now?
We had our free quarterly SMFA Tune-Up call on Saturday. We’ve been doing these free calls since early 2014 when the 4th edition of Self-Management for Actors was fresh from the printer and my goal…