NO B.S. ACTOR WEBSITE TIPS

Web For Actors: There are always different opinions out there on what the first step of getting the website should be. Without any doubt, I strongly believe that the f

Web For Actors: Now that you've gotten a domain name for your actor website, you should be able to set up an email address under that domain. I understand that a lot

Web For Actors: Time an time again I get contacted by actors asking me if I can keep their design and move their acting website over to IADB. It saddens me to hear the

Web For Actors: There are many options out there that will offer to get you your actor website for free. Be wary of those. The number one biggest issue with thos

Web For Actors: Here's another scam you need to avoid. These websites truly frustrate me and I've only seen these scams when the client is an actor or a model, no othe

Web For Actors: One last thing to stay away from when deciding on who's hosting your website. Avoid flash websites at all costs! There are too many reasons to li

Web For Actors: I don't care if you listen to me about any other tips listed on this website, but if you won't listen to this tip, then you're truly doing yourself a d

Web For Actors: Okay, now that I've pointed out what to avoid, here's what you definitely want on your actor website: An easy to access content management system.

Web For Actors: What it means for website to be responsive is that it will "respond" to screen size changes. In other words, it will look great no matter how big or sm

Web For Actors: You probably have heard about website analytics before, but some may not have a clue what that's all about. And that's fine, you probably don't need to

Web For Actors: I see a lot of actors missing this constantly. For instance, they advertise their website in a Twitter post, but when I go to the website, there is no

Web For Actors: This may be basic knowledge, but I see a lot of actor websites out there that are missing this basic information, so here is the MINIMUM that you shoul

Web For Actors: First things first. You may ask: "well, how do I know if my website is on google or not". It's simple. Go to google.com, in the search bar type in: si

Web For Actors: This is a huge problem that a lot of actor websites have, but their owners may not even be realizing it. Let's face it, not all screens were created eq

Web For Actors: This happens way more with actor websites and model website than any other websites out there. Here's a scenario. You get your headshots taken by a ph

Web For Actors: I'm not saying it's you. I'm just saying there's a lot of bios out there that just don't look right. Some of them are too long, some too short, but pu

Web For Actors: I see this happening even among IADB'ers. We do have the filter option for important skills and less important keywords. But since we're talking tips,

Web For Actors: Let's assume that you linked up all your social media to your website and you linked up your website to all your social media as I pointed out in tip

Web For Actors: The primary visitors that you want on your actor website are people who will say, "yes, this is who I was looking for". Let's say that you have all you

Web For Actors: I mentioned this briefly while talking about optimization, but cropping images is not only about page load speeds, it's about aesthetics. If you have

Web For Actors: I recommend this only to actors who are active on social media! If you post on social media sporadically and have periods of time when you don't post

Web For Actors: More and more actor websites I stumble upon seem to auto-start a reel or trailer or some other video as soon as the home page loads. This is just bad a

Web For Actors: This may be my biggest issue that most people don't realize! How many times do you go to a website, click on something and a new page opens up. Then w

Web For Actors: The best way to see if a company you're trying to hire to build you your actor website is active and using the new technology is to ask them for a rece

Web For Actors: This statement might be ambiguous, and so, I'm not sure if it will be very helpful. I think that the Biggest Mistakes section of our website will do th

Web For Actors: There are many sayings that describe this behavior: "Do as I say not as I do", "Don't trust a skinny chef", there was something about a bald barber and

Web For Actors: I constantly see these popping up everywhere and they're trying to capitalize on you, so why give them the time of day? Here's a screenshot of on of

Web For Actors: In Poland we have a saying which warns you about buying the cat in a sack . If you're paying upfront for a design you haven't seen yet, you just don

Web For Actors: I'm so tired of the cheesy clip arts and non-related images of globes and handshakes on all the actor websites. I'm sure that all the casting directors

Web For Actors: So what are the most important keywords for you to use on your actor website? Which keywords will allow you for best branding online? Let's start with:

Web For Actors: One thing that seems to be missing from a lot of actor websites are solid credentials. Listen, you paid for all of these acting classes. Years of train

Web For Actors: When I work with actors individually, the process is as follows: Create and populate your actor website Get a domain name and an email address Get

Web For Actors: I hope that goes without saying that you need to wow your visitors. You don't want to give them a Joe Shmoe with a sub-par website experience. Instead,

Web For Actors: You may or may not be aware of controversy of whether or not people should use their email and phone number on their website. Some people use tricks t

Web For Actors: If your reel is impressive and of a great quality I would even recommend putting it on the homepage instead of your main image, but in any case you sti

Web For Actors: I used to build real estate websites for many years, and we've always had a standing rule of "three clicks". What it meant is that no content should ta

Web For Actors: Not only does it look more presentable to your visitors, but search engines also appreciate the clean URLs for each page on your website. Having a pag

Web For Actors: There are many articles on actor bios out there that will teach you how to write these. This tip is not about that. This tip simply says: keep

Web For Actors: There's a big back and forth toggle war on whether or not behind-scene photos should be used on your actor website. When I first started hosting actor

Web For Actors: Depending on your design structure and code quality, you may want to consider adding an XML sitemap to your actor website so that Google knows how to n