Self-Management for Actors: Data Never Lies Join Bonnie Gillespie as she jams with showbiz creatives about wrangling data to get ready for TARGETING! Your show bible, tiers defined… it’s getting good, y’all! This is day…
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Data Never Lies
I was speaking to a class of undergrads at UC Irvine on Tuesday (this is one of my very favorite things to do, BTW, travel to a college campus, sit up on a stage in…
The Show I’m Targeting Was Cancelled! Now What?
I was working with a private coaching client on her badass targeting list. She's — like a lot of actors — spending a lot of time refining her agency target list using the Self-Management for…
Let’s Geek Out!
Truth be told, I could just as easily write every week about systems and organization and efficiency. Many times, I do weave these topics into columns for actors between paragraphs about marketing materials and self-taping…
Watering Your Contacts
It was 1992, in Linda Buzzell’s book, that I first read the words “watering your contacts.” I still use this phrase, because it’s pretty awesome. Our contacts in this industry — and in life, really…
The Work: Ep. 0517 — Laying the Groundwork for a Show Bible
Thank you for joining us for Episode 0517 of The Work. Laying the Groundwork for a Show Bible: Listener email! Bonnie Gillespie answers a young actor’s question about how to take full advantage of the…
How Early Should I Start My Show Bible?
I read your Your Turn about keeping a show bible on target shows that have been cancelled and I understand that all of those people will still work, so there’s value in doing the work….
Long-Term Value of Show Bible Research
Bonnnniiieeeeeeeeee! Help! My target show got cancelled! I’m soooooo bummed! All that work I put into researching the team on the show, all that targeting, all that data entry for my show bible… dead, in…
Using CastingAbout to Target Casting Directors
Hi Bonnie, First, thank you for giving us access to you through “The Actors Voice.” It is so nice to have the means to ask questions of someone like you. I also follow you on…