The better you are at staying in touch with people you meet on set, in class, and at events, the more opportunities you’ll create for your acting career. But for many of us, staying in touch with people we’re not really “friends” with can feel awkward or insincere.
To help combat those feelings, here are three simple tips to help you make connections on social media for your acting career.1. Find them on social mediaOnce you’ve met someone in person, the first step to staying in touch is to find them, follow them, and connect with them right away. Thank them for the meeting, experience or the few minutes you spent talking with them. This reminds them how they know you and will help you bring your offline connection online.
If you’re connecting on Twitter, add them to a Twitter list. As you make more connections, actors you’ve worked with, casting directors, friends, and those random people you followed back just to grow their following all get mixed together in one feed! Twitter lists let you group people—like everyone from a show you did—in one place so you’ll only see the conversations in that list. If you’re new to Twitter lists
The better you are at staying in touch with people you meet on set, in class, and at events, the more opportunities you’ll create for your acting career. But for many of us, staying in touch with people we’re not really “friends” with can feel awkward or insincere.
To help combat those feelings, here are three simple tips to help you make connections on social media for your acting career.1. Find them on social mediaOnce you’ve met someone in person, the first step to staying in touch is to find them, follow them, and connect with them right away. Thank them for the meeting, experience or the few minutes you spent talking with them. This reminds them how they know you and will help you bring your offline connection online.
If you’re connecting on Twitter, add them to a Twitter list. As you make more connections, actors you’ve worked with, casting directors, friends, and those random people you followed back just to grow their following all get mixed together in one feed! Twitter lists let you group people—like everyone from a show you did—in one place so you’ll only see the conversations in that list. If you’re new to Twitter lists
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