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You'll learn:
• How to turn your promotional postcards into interactive links to lead directly to your web site
• What format your headshots need to be in to view them online
• Discover online casting sources for both on-camera acting jobs and voice acting jobs from across the country
• Which web sites offer you the most work as a actor and/or voice over
• How to land voice acting jobs from producers in regions on the opposite side of the country with the use of a simple FREE online tool
• How to practice recording and editing your auditions from home with out destroying your professional reputation
• Plus a great deal more!
The wealth of information you'll find in these pages doesn't simply come from what we think or based solely on our own (albeit vast experience) and unparalleled expertise, but from extensive survey of more than 12,000 casting and production professionals nationwide to offer you the benefit of this collective wisdom.
