Web Tutorials: "Ask The Senior Agent": The Actor's Website

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Welcome to Hanns Wolters International web tutorial series. My name is Oliver Mahrdt. I'm the president and senior agent of the company that was founded by Hanns Wolters and his wife Mitzi in 1962. After so many successful years in the business, we would like to give back to the acting community and help you sharpen your business skills to succeed in today's market. Come join us now and let us help you become successful.

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In this web tutorial, we want to talk about the website and whether it's a must. Yes it is. I know there are still some agencies who don't like websites out. I do think in this world it's very important that you have that as an additional promotional tool. In regards to contact information, it should be your email address only. Why? You're becoming a public person. I think it's very important to think about stalkers.

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It has become really a big problem lately. So, I would say you should put, of course, your agent's telephone number on it and who your agent is at the agency. Please think about that. It's very important that, of course, people see that you have an agent and that you're serious with your acting.

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You should have different elements on your website. There should be a newsletter about new jobs that you booked. There should be a selection of additional photos that you can put to a casting director. Because you only have ... we agents only can give out one photo or two. On your website, there should be a whole range. You in different clothes, in different situations, so that you entice basically a casting director with your abilities. You should have film clips of work that you've done.

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I would put everything on WordPress, so if people Google you and whatever search engine you need, so you come up and your name comes up. Different elements are, as I said before, collection of photos. Please keep them all decent. Don't be shown with drinks. I mean, you want to show that you're professional and that you're not an insurance risk for the film production company. Have film clips on there. Your resume. Your always updated resume, please. Press clippings about you. Contact info of your agent. Your email only. And, your social media links.

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And that concludes our web tutorial for today. Tune in to our next web episode. We at Hanns Wolters hope that you can achieve your artistic goals. You can follow us on our website at www.hannswolters.com, or follow us on Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook. Have a great day.