Castingwebnews.com

[JoeActor]

Hello all,

I was wondering if anyone had some info on Castingwebnews.com?

Here's an e-mail I received from them as a jumping off point:

Castingwebnews.com

Get an Agent, Manager or Casting Director to view your headshot & resume.

Submit yourself to an Agent / Manager / Casting Director for an interview. After finding the Agent or Personal Manager you choose, submit your resume, complete with headshots, audio and/or video samples, will go directly to the Agent / Manager /Casting Director/Record Company.

The Industry List Hundreds of Agents, Personal Managers, Casting Directors, Record Labels Nation Wide. Join and you can email a good amount of them. Save money on mailing.

Post your multi-media resume / portfolio show your talent for Agents, Managers, Casting Directors and Record Companies to see 24 hrs. A day.
Up to 4 pictures - a picture is worth a 1000 words...
An Audio Recording for voice-over or music demos.
A Three Minute Video.
See adds from Agents and Managers and links from Casting Directors 24 hrs. A day.
Instantly submit yourself for consideration.
Get Results!
YOU CAN TRY OUR WEB SITE FREE FOR ONE WEEK WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO LOOSE.

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CastingWebNews.com will provide information for actors, models, musicians and other talent about steps it takes to become a successful actor. Learn how to get a good headshot and the proper way of making out a resume. Links where you will get good information on acting jobs.

Castingwebnews.com

It's a pay service, but is it worth the money?

Opinions please

Thanks,
Joe J Thomas
www.JoeActor.com

[AlexisAdair]

First of all, the website design isn't very good.

Second of all, it looks like all they're doing is compiling addresses and e-mail addresses of industry people, and then they'll spam them with a link to your profile when you "submit".

It's like the resume services that would fax the office manager at the law firm where I work - they'd send a fax with tidbits about a person's resume, and give a way to contact the firm. It was unsolicited and impersonal - and completely ignored.

For the money, I'd say go elsewhere. I seriously doubt any legitimate casting or agencies are going to look kindly on getting their inboxes crowded with those things. Besides, I'm sure you could find the e-mail addresses at the same places castingwebnews is farming them from, and at least send a "personal" e-mail, or better yet a hard-copy submission.

But that's just my opinion. FWIW.

Alexis

Oh, yeah, and myriad spelling errors never inspires confidence, for me at least. "WE POLICE THIS SITE FROM TIME TO TIME BUT YOU SHOULD MAKE SHURE THAT THE INDUSTRY ADVERTISED ON THIS SITE ARE LEDGT."

[JoeActor]

Thanks Alexis.

Yeah, I didn't get "inspired" by the pitch either...

Joe