THIRD PARTY WEBSITES

As an Actress and Model, when you're getting started in your career the easiest way to begin getting work is to create a profile on a website that already exists for talent.  But...which one should you choose and how do you avoid a scam?  I've had some personal experiences in this area so I hope this helps.  Once you have a few years of experience, you'll want to seek out exclusive representation with a reputable agency.  Until then, here are some options for you.

I recommend Taylor Royall in Baltimore.  I've been to their office many times and have worked on some great acting and modeling jobs that they got for me.  There's Baby Boomer's Talent Management in Philadelphia.  The staff is great, tell them I sent you!

What about New York and Los Angeles?  When you want to work in either the New York City or Los Angeles areas, then I would suggest the nationwide websites.  I've personally used Casting Networks the most.  In New York City, I got booked on a national TV commercial for a very well known telecommunications company through Impossible Casting.

If you want to try commercial modeling, there's Aaron Marcus's How to Model book and workshops.  I bought his book when I first started modeling.  Since then, it's been updated.  My success story is near the bottom, just keep scrolling down.  I've had the most success with One Model Place (OMP).  I've heard stories of some models who earn their entire livelihood as a full-time freelance model from bookings through OMP.  I recommend signing up at the Silver level so you can receive casting notifications.

Please do your research prior to joining other websites.  Some websites to avoid are Freelancemodels, Supermodels and WeSelectModels . Unfortunately, these websites are "dead", which means they've been abandoned and no one moderates them.  I did some sleuthing on the internet regarding Freelancemodels and Supermodels.  A search on Google came up with "Alex To" as the owner in Los Angeles, CA but there's no information about him so he might be fake.  Also, I think SuperModels was sold to ugalleries.net because the URL changed names when I was logged in and then it did a redirect to Linkbucks.  I think it's safe to say that Linkbucks owns Supermodels now.  There's also a large banner ad for Linkbucks on the home page of Supermodels.  As of this writing, I'm unable to delete my accounts on all three websites.  Another dead websites is FaceFinder , my profile is on there and I'm unable to delete it.  There are other websites that I've used and I'll continue to update this section with more information.