After reading this article, you'll not only know where to find legitimate commercial auditions, but also what to do to book significantly more of them.

I've also included some bonus tips from experts in the industry (casting directors, agents, and even some actors who've booked national commercials). You can see their advice towards the bottom of the article.​

​​"There's no other job where you’re asked to prepare so much - working unpaid - to go in for something that will most likely result in nothing."

"I shouldn't be going out tonight because I could be using that money for my acting career."

Have you ever felt like that?

By the end of this article, you'll have a clear understand of why branding for actors is so important, plus a solution to find your own brand and use it to move your acting career forward.

But first, a story on how finding a brand helped an actor get major career success:

Tyrone L. Robinson was working as a professional actor for over fifteen years. He had a long list of credits but felt stuck because he was always being offered the same, 1-2 line roles in film, TV, and theater.

At the time, however, he believed he had a clear grasp on his brand because he was often being called in for police officer and detective roles frequently. He told me an acting coach told him his brand was: strong, burly detective.

I took him through a series of very specific questions, and after about thirty minutes we came up with this:

African American strength, compassion, and pride.

And that's when everything changed.

What would it feel like if suddenly you had some extra cash?

And not just $20 or $50. How about $500?

Imagine if every month someone walked up to you and laid five crisp $100 bills in your hand and said, "Do whatever you want."

What would you do? Would you save them? Invest them? Pay off some debts?

Or would you spend them on something really fun?

Regardless of how you use them, an extra $500 per month is a welcome addition to anyone's income, and it's easier than you think to achieve.

In this post is the definitive, step by step, non-scammy plan. If you follow it to a T, you're pretty much guaranteed to start earning $500 more - and possibly a lot more. Learn how I built City Headshots from nothing to over 100 clients per month within just a few years.

​If you're not interested in freelancing but still want more money, you might want to learn what employers are looking for so you can find a higher-paying job.

And if you just want to figure out how to save money (and you're an actor), you should check out this: How to Save $3,450 Per Year as an Actor.

​Otherwise, if you want to start earning more, continue reading to get started!

​Most blog articles begin with a long introduction. Well not today! Let's just get started.

​In this article, we will discuss how to:
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• Get Genuine Smiles from Everyone: Do people ever fake-smile in the pictures you take with your phone? Well you'll learn exactly how to avoid that and get everyone looking genuinely happy with a simple trick.
• Make Your Smartphone Pictures Look More Professional: Learn a super easy way to get rid of tourists and other distractions from your pictures so they look much better.
• Take More Memorable Pictures: Learn how to make your photos more memorable simply by adjusting the way people are standing and what they're doing with their hands.

Toni has been doing amazing things since I shot her headshots back in 2012. She was actually one of my first clients when I was just getting started as a headshot photographer! Anyway, I love this interview because we talk at length about a number of great strategies she used to help her book over 36 commercials for numerous well-known companies!