The #1 Reason No One Has Hired You (Yet)

Make sure to scroll down and download your copy of an interview I did on this topic! Are you searching for work right now in music, television, or film and coming up empty? It’s frustrating, right? You know that even the most qualified and connected in our industry face stretches of unemployment. It’s just the [...]

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8 Words That Will Attract Your Dream Job In Entertainment

I forgot how to ride a bike. The people who say you “never forget” have never met me. I haven’t peddled a bike since I was a pre-teen. And at age 31 I forget how to balance myself on two wheels. But my wife loves to ride her bike. And last Summer she was feeling [...]

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Is the Entertainment Business Your Hobby or Profession?

Imagine this. There’s a hot record label looking for a graphic designer. And you are an amazing graphic designer looking to work with a record label. With that setup in mind, how would you react to these three scenarios? Scenario #1: The record label posts a job listing for a graphic design gig. It involves [...]

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Important Predictions for Working in Music, Television, and Film in 2012

If you read the trade magazines in the entertainment industry – publications like Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter, and Variety – you’ll spot upcoming trends in our business before everyone else is taken by “surprise”. Knowing which way the wind is blowing is critical to planning your career. If you’re a make-up artist who specializes in [...]

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Are Your Big Dreams Sabotaging Your Career In Entertainment?

“Hashim, I want to pitch you a great idea.” I was his mentor and he was a young photographer, new to the entertainment industry. We sat down for lunch in the gray cafeteria of the CBS Broadcast Studios, in between tapings of the variety show I worked for. What the young man said next involved [...]

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Are You Making These 3 Embarrassing Blog Mistakes? (Check Out The Free “Fix it” Videos)

This weekend I surveyed dozens of blogs run by professionals in the music, television and film business to find material for my online course on Personal Brand Blogging. I saw some blogs being used as living portfolios of work, and attracting a vibrant community of readers. I was even encouraged to see a “I got [...]

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