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No One Right Action

Not every talent who has been signed to a talent agency followed the exact same path to achieve that goal. Not every model who has appeared on the cover of a magazine did the exact same thing to accomplish that feature. Not every model who has worked on a commercial...

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I Didn’t Realize

Yesterday I saw an advertisement for a college student looking to paint houses as their summer job. I, needing a fresh look for my house, contacted them. They responded letting me know they could provide me with an estimate for the work. I responded, "Oh, I didn't...

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The Leaning Doing Gap

QUICK SHAMELESS PLUG: The team will be shooting in the Los Angeles area April 11-13 and are available for gym and studio sessions! Now... onto this morning's article. There was a group of us in college - all journalism majors - who spent a significant amount of our...

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Why Models Should Print a Portfolio

You as a talent have been shooting for let's say one-to-two years by now. You currently have a pretty extensive library of images you've done from different photo shoots with various photographers. Your marketing efforts of these images have included posting various...

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You’re Not the Only One

Imagine for a moment that you are the only person who does what you do in your area. You are the only model or photographer or graphic designer or makeup artist or guacamole maker. No one else does what you do. In this instance - who has the power? Obviously you do....

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Respect for Our Greatest Commodity

Time is the most valuable commodity we have – yet the companies we follow and subscribe to have become very comfortable with wasting our time. Even when they have nothing to say we get posts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Blogs bombarding us with subpar content....

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Branding with Purpose

If a brand is an expression of an idea - my question is "what is your idea?" Our goal as business owners is to move ourselves from being random in our branding initiatives to having purpose and intent. For yourself as a talent this means what kind of pictures you...

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Where’s the Money?

I had a talent call me yesterday with a fantastic question. She has been spending the time and investment to grow her published resume - pitching to various publications, appearing in a variety of editorial spreads and cover features. It was no doubt that her efforts...

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