Your Acting Website

This being the 21st century, businesses have movedto understand that when you add your information
onto the internet. The entertainment industry is noto the internet, it can be viewed by anyone, casting
different. That being said, actors must follow suit anddirectors and creeps alike. That is why it is best to
set up their own piece of internet real estate.have an e-mail address as your main contact point.
While there are many sites out there that allow youYou can better screen people wanting your
to create free websites, the support they offer theirinformation and also have a non-invasive way for
client base is rather lacking as you get what you paythem to contact you.
for. These free hosts can take down your site forOnce you are done creating your site, it is a good
no reason and keep it down indefinitely. Socialidea to submit your url to the major search engines.
networking sites like Facebook or MySpace seemWhat this will do is tell these search engines to
rather unprofessional and you cannot really control"crawl" your site. That way, when anyone types in
their layout. They are good ancillary pages, but shouldyour name into an engine, your site will be one of the
not be your main contact point. That being said, itreturned results. Just go to any search engine and
would be wise to purchase a domain and website.type the words 'url submission.' The returned results
Since you are paying for the internet space, youwill have a link to a page where you can then submit
control the content. The best, easiest, and cheapestyour site. Do not pay to have your site submitted as
hosting package is Yahoo. It has a site builder thatyou can do it for free.
takes all the stress out of creating your site. It isFinally, it would be a good idea to place a couple ads
simply a drag and drop interface. That is how this siteon your site. Because it is your piece of internet real
was created. A straight forward name for your site,estate, it would be nice to have some of the start
i.e. will be the best domain name. However, checkup costs of setting up your site to be returned. Not
with the SAG rosters to make sure that your nameonly will the traffic that you drive to your site help
(legal or professional) is not already taken.you get work but it can also put a little money in
When making your acting website, you need toyour pocket. The AdSense program by Google is the
strike a balance between providing a site rich in youreasiest to set up. Even if it does not generate that
content, but lacking in too much personal information.much cash, it is an easy way to track visitors to
While it is important to have your name, photos,your page.
reels, voice-over demos and resumes, you also need