The Savvy Actor Career Manual

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New York's most comprehensive business class for actors is now a complete do-it-yourself guide!

 

Everything you need to turn your acting career into your business...

The Savvy Actor Career Manual goes beyond career books to give you innovative and actionable business tools to get the career you deserve. Its step-by-step workbook format guides you through every element the professional actor needs to turn talent and training into a money-making career.

The Savvy Actor founders Jodie Bentley and Kevin Urban have taken their combined 20+ years of experience in acting, marketing, branding, and sales, to create the first and only guide that puts every career tool you need in one place. This manual cuts to the core of what really works, based on actor-tested techniques for making an impact in the industry.

This manual is a must for actors that are serious about making a living from their craft. Get all the business tools they didn’t teach you in school and create your business plan today!

Over 140 pages of advice, guidance, and worksheets to:

• Develop your long-term career vision
• Prioritize goals in your life and career
• Break down your career goals into attainable steps
• Craft your Branding Statement
• Act strategically on your brand and marketing
• Streamline and polish your marketing materials
• Create attention-getting cover letters
• Perfect industry interviews with strategies that impress
• Implement targeted mailings and follow ups that work
• Develop a genuine way to build your support system
• Track and assess auditions
• Understand the impact of your financial picture
• Implement systems to track your finances
• Create organizational systems to simplify your life
• Build an automated office setup for email, calendar, and more

 

Create the Acting Career You've Always Wanted Now!

“The Savvy Actor Career Manual is a valuable tool for anyone looking to be a professional, working actor.  I have been a casting director for 15 years would highly recommend this manual to actors looking to take their career to the next level.”
– Jamibeth Margolis, CSA Casting Director

"The Savvy Actor is a way in, and helps actors approach their careers pragmatically. It promotes sound business practices that help young artists see themselves as the industry will see them - an invaluable tool."
– Scott Plate, Department Chair - Music Theatre, Baldwin-Wallace College

"I'm a huge supporter of The Savvy Actor and the dead-on coaching provided by Jodie & Kevin. The Savvy Actor Manual is a valuable resource to any actor out there."
– Jillian Sanders, Agent, Don Buchwald and Associates

"The Savvy Actor Manual has helped me clear the clutter from my craft as a performer by focusing on career, life, and financial goals and developing my specific brand. I am empowered, organized, and now consider myself not only an actor but a businessperson!"  
– Jaye Maynard, Actor