After noticing that Twitter was down and possibly til roughly 3 AM, I had a minor freakout. Then I realized that like any sort of good messaging plan, I should have multiple avenues of messaging fans & those interested in knowing about what I’m doing..
Which is why I have a few ways of letting people know what’s going on with me (and I recommend you do the same):
1) Facebook Fan Page: Especially if you have real news to publish – you eating a corndog is not news unless you are Kobayashi. Personal Facebook profiles (not pages) have a sneaky way of possibly going public.
2) Blog: Well, you’re reading my bloggy or my RSS feed right now, so you’re off to a great start! A blog is also a wonderful place to put longer discourse/ideas instead of trying to fit everything into 140. For me, my blog also doubles as a place to put my social media and acting resumes! If you’re stuck on where to start – check out the free Wordpress.com or the business solution Wordpress.org or just make a quick site using Blogger.
3) Email Newsletter: If you’re using/know what MailChimp or ConstantContact is, you’re in a good place. Even if you don’t – start aggregating emails of your friends and create a little update newsletter once a month as long as it is (and I’ll say it again), relevant news.
4) Personal Site: My personal site happens to host my blog as well. This is the place where all your news can live in archives or longer blog posts.
Any more creative ideas?
I got some requests for me to compile my actor tweet recommendations (still not following my twitter at GoldieChan, for shame!)… here we go, a random assortment of my ATAs for the past couple of weeks:
#Actors: Do you have good strong personal relationships & hobbies that have nothing to do with #acting? #makeyourlifefull
#Actors: Do you have @ least 1 legit #Casting #Director that you can ask ques (not beg for jobs)? They’re great for checking yr #headshots!
#Actors: Being positive in your career is not the same as being blissfully unaware. Be as informed about your #acting market as possible.
#Actors: Do not bring any bitterness/anxiety/your cr*p to an #audition. Just don’t.
#Actors: Where’s the love? If you’re strugg in a rom scene w/a less-then-desireable partner, try to find smthg nice about them. Could be their ears.
#Actors: Is your personal Facebook profile safe in the future? Be informed. http://bit.ly/facebookprivacymay
#Actors: Take a good look at your #acting class. Is it really making you a better #actor or just stroking your ego?
If these are helpful, let me know in comments & I’ll try to keep compiling them!
Acting Stuff (Los Angeles)
- Central Casting (background work)
- LA Casting (slightly sexier sister of SF Casting, find roles here)
- Actor’s Access (submit to some legit stuff here)
Acting Stuff (Bay Area)
- SF Casting/Beau Bonneau (currently casting background for Trauma)
- Nancy Hayes (They sometimes have dogs in their casting office, yay!)
- Casting Connection (mention “goldie” for 10% off your first month!)
- BAWIFM (get your lady acting networking on)
- Tonry Talent (my agent, a really really great lady)
Acting Stuff (General)
- IMDB (for everywhere, honestly. Search for movies, people, gossip)
- Backstage (more info then you can shake a fist at)
- Playbills vs. Paying Bills (great info site with actors in three diff cities talking about how to be working actors)
- SAG (ah, the union of choice for film/TV actors)
- AFTRA (the other union)
Fun Stuff
- Etsy (cute, handmade indie designer stuffs)
- Makeup Alley (want to buy a beauty product and want to hear what fifty million strangers have to say about it? Go here)
- Moleskine (can’t be an ironic artist type sans this)
Social Media Stuff
- Techcrunch (for crunchy good news on the tech world)
- Tweetdeck (how I compulsively check my Facebook and Twitter constantly on my iPhone)
- Twitpic (getting those pictures onto Twitter)
- Bit.ly (shorten them URLs, get ‘em shorty!)
- Twitter (uh, not on it? Join today and get 80k followers)
- Facebook (made a fan page, got some fans, come say hi – the water’s fine)
Geek Stuff
- Piled Higher and Deeper (yes, I’ve read them all… thank goodness I’ve done research before)
- XKCD (all the math jokes a lady can take)
- Perry Bible Fellowship (no longer updated but absolutely brillant!)
- ThinkGeek (when reading about being a geek isn’t enough, buy the stuff here)
- Geek Squad (I’ve never used them, but I’ve always wanted one of their Bugs)
Anime Stuff
- Crunchyroll (watch anime/Japanese, Korean and Chinese soaps here)
- OneManga (I read the manga here, then go out and buy it when it comes out in the US)
- Cosplay.com (Ever cosplay or want to see crazy outfits? Check it out)
- Viz (local publishing company of Japanese titles. Has a cool building in San Francisco Japantown)
- Clamp (My favorite anime artists ever. Four ladies. Four awesomenesses.)
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