The Web For Actors blog

Announcements, tips and the occasional argument about what an actor website is for.

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From the blog · Sep 9, 2016
Startup of the Year Competition... Again

Great news. We made it!Thanks to all of our patrons and users we always strive to be #1 in web development for actor websites, and this piece of news is here to show that we're definitely on the right track.We had made the Top 50 Startups for Innovate and Celebrate this year.

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From the blog · Sep 1, 2016
Help Stop Age Discrimination

Age discrimination is a major problem in our industry, and it must be addressed.

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From the blog · Aug 19, 2016
Impress visitors to your actor website with reviews

To this day I have seen upwards of 1,000 different actor websites, but it's sad to say that less than 1% of these websites contain actual reviews / testimonials section.

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From the blog · Aug 12, 2016
Why do I write sins? (not tragedies)

I'm not sure what year this was, 2003 or 2004, but I was in college back then. I was walking down Chambers Street in New York when I saw a sign "$5 haircuts by student barbers".

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From the blog · Aug 5, 2016
10 Questions for Your Designer

I honestly wanted to start this blog post by listing all of my competition.I even created a neat little table demonstrating what they do well and where they really suck.

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From the blog · Jul 29, 2016
Tech.co Startup Night in LA

Ever since tech.co interviewed me in Las Vegas late last year and nominated us for the Startup of the Year this year, we've been inseparable.

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From the blog · Jul 22, 2016
How to convert your media

Being a techie, I get this question a lot.Many actors want to post their reels online, but they don't have their videos in the right format.

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From the blog · Jul 15, 2016
Actor Website Tips

If you don't know who I am, here's a little 411 on me.My name is Tomasz and I've been professionally developing websites since 2004.

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From the blog · Jul 8, 2016
We are moving servers

We're moving severs! We've been planning this for over a year now and we're finally ready to make that move.

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From the blog · Jul 5, 2016
The Businesses We Love

Fourth of July is here again and one thing that all actors worldwide have in common is that they all can appreciate a good sale, regardless of their nationality.As far as actor websites go...

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From the blog · Jun 24, 2016
You are a Product on your Actor Website

What some actors don't quite understand is that their acting website is a tool, but the tool needs to be used properly in order to achieve success.

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From the blog · Jun 17, 2016
Actor Press Kit

For years I was really at a loss about the whole actor's electronic press kit (EPK) advice that I constantly saw all over the web.