The days are gone when a photo and résumé were the only marketing tools an actor needed. Today, your website is home base for all of your marketing materials: your headshot, résumé, reel, media, and social media accounts. A professional looking actor website tells the world you’re serious about your career!
Here are the 10 things your actor website needs to have:
1. Your professional name in a very prominent place. It might seem obvious, but you’d be surprised how many times it’s super hard to find!
2. Union affiliations. If you’re in a union (or if you’re union-eligible) give your union affiliations prime real estate near your name.
3. Photos of you. Choose a photo to headline your site and use it on all of your social media platforms. Consistency across platforms helps your brand recognition. You can include a few other headshots on the site, but just a few. You don’t need to put your entire proof sheet on your website. Production stills are OK, too. All of the shots you choose should represent what you’re most castable as right now.
4. A killer “about me” page. This is where you can really set yourself apart from other actors and tell
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