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How to Succeed in the Acting Industry

How to Succeed in the Acting Industry

Get the Definitive Roadmap to Gain Momentum in Your Film Acting & Commercial Modeling Career in the Midwest & Beyond.
Created byTaylor Abigail
Last updated 11/2025
English

What you'll learn

  • Learn how to cost-effectively navigate the acting industry and how to find auditions from anywhere.
  • Learn how to stay connected to your creativity and artistic goals while advancing in the business.
  • Learn how to sign with and vet talent agents and managers.
  • Learn how to build and leverage a compelling portfolio.

Course content

5 sections5 lectures2h 37m total length
  • Master Course1:11:20

    Set Crew Positions article: https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/film-crew-hierarchy-guide-75132/


    Taylor Abigail's Reels: https://www.taylorabigail.com/filmdemoreel.html


    Taylor Abigail's Commercial Reel: https://www.taylorabigail.com/commercialportfolio.html


    Taylor Abigail's VoiceOver Reels: https://on.soundcloud.com/yEMmNJPw6828T8Kw7


    Taylor Abigail's Personality Reel: https://youtu.be/93YuJfaZJnQ?feature=shared


    Casting Networks Lawsuit article: https://deadline.com/2024/04/casting-networks-targeted-in-class-action-lawsuit-over-its-bait-switch-subscription-based-service-1235886049/


    UPDATE 10/08/2024: https://support.castingnetworks.com/hc/en-us/articles/26150852688525-TALENT-Thrive-Benefits


    Taylor Abigail's Professional Acting & Modeling Website: https://www.taylorabigail.com


    Taylor Abigail's IMDb Profile: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12670987/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk


    Self-Taping Equipment guide: https://youtu.be/ODCxtqBD4kk?feature=shared


    Actors Access website: https://actorsaccess.com


    Casting Networks website: https://www.castingnetworks.com/talent/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=PMax&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw6uWyBhD1ARIsAIMcADrZZDqElN09JeKkXXfNhIbPbZo6bjymG9g3X-lhbhzYOVmayCTBM5gaAohcEALw_wcB


    Casting Frontier website: https://castingfrontier.com


    SAG-AFTRA's website: https://www.sagaftra.org


    The Artist's Way Book (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/3WP0qNO


    Taylor Abigail's email: hello@taylorabigail.com


    One-on-One Career & Performance Coaching: https://meet.brevo.com/taylorabigail


    Taylor Abigail's Instagram: @taylorabigailactress


    // This course made possible through the generosity of the Greater Columbus Arts Council Artist's Grant 2024 and Jordan Rice, videographer, sound engineer and editor. //


    // USCO 2024 Copyright in perpetuity //

Requirements

  • No prior acting or on-set experience needed. You will learn everything you need to get started from square one.
  • If you have some experience and are feeling stuck, this course will get you unstuck.

Description

THE "HOW TO MAKE MONEY ACTING" COURSE IS FOR YOU IF...


  • You're an aspiring or tractionless narrative film actor, commercial actor or commercial model (NOT a fashion or runway model).

  • You want to build a personally fulfilling acting or commercial modeling career with big profit potential.

  • ​You want to build a competitive portfolio for roles and shoots that you actually love!

  • You need a step-by-step process of how to get started OR gain traction in your acting and/or commercial modeling career.

  • You want to avoid financial pitfalls and be informed and strategic about your monetary investments.

  • You want to be more connected to the roles you book and more creatively fulfilled as you build your dreams.

  • You've researched and found holes and more confusion about how to win in a scam-filled, high-risk industry.

  • You're feeling burned out and lackluster about your current bookings and opportunities and don't know how to elevate.

If there's anything I've learned in my years as a Midwest film actress and commercial model, it's that the game is not as simple as "book roles to make money..."


You need to book the roles that energize you, fulfill you creatively and that offer a great paycheck in order to keep up the stamina and momentum required to succeed in the entertainment industry.


Otherwise, you'll burn out, become frustrated with your opportunities and continue to spend hundreds and thousands on classes, courses and photos that don't elevate your career.


What you need is two-fold:


1. To understand the mechanics of the industry so you can book roles consistently


2. Be deeply connected to your creative goals and know how to manifest them in a business-savvy and artistically authentic way.


This course gives you both!


Making an acting career the Midwest and elsewhere with film acting and commercial modeling is entirely possible.


For perspective, an average day rate in the Midwest for a commercial is $1,000. Film compensation varies greatly, but even in the Midwest you can easily make a few thousand dollars for a week or two of work.


​Imagine what consistently booking $1,000/day jobs would mean for your life and your creative fulfillment!


This prerecorded, online acting business course gives you all the tools you need to get started or gain traction in building a lucrative acting career, right where you live (and beyond!).


The key isn't just booking roles (although, you'll learn everything you need to know about how to become a booking machine inside the mini-course), it's about booking roles that energize you, fulfill you and give back to you monetarily.

Who this course is for:

  • Beginner Actors
  • Experienced Actors
  • Mid-Tier Actors
  • Non-Businessminded Actors
  • Any actor feeling stuck or like they don't know what to do next or where to start.
  • Midwest Actors
  • Actors in LA NY ATL Chicago KY +
  • Full-Time Actors
  • Hobby Actors
  • Part-Time Actors
  • People who don't consider themselves actors (yet) but are curious.
  • Actors wanting to learn more about the business of acting and how to become more profitable.