There are two new assistants at The Mine: Mallory & Rachel! Happy Holidays from the Savvy Actor!

Cyber Monday Sale - Buy the Savvy Agent List get the CD List FREE! Over 800 NYC contacts emailed right to you! Only $9.95! http://turl.ca/qhexat

Great article on Time Management from Entrepreneur Magazine: Tick Tick Boom! http://turl.ca/bcd

"Whatever you take in becomes a part of you. Give yourself permission to tap into that storage vault in your life and career. You own capital grows from your constant aggregation of knowledge and experiences."
-Peter Arnell, Shift

"People who spot and seize opportunity are different. They are more open to life's forking paths, so they see possibilities others miss. And if things don't work out the way they'd hoped, they brush off disappointment and launch themselves headlong toward the next fortunate circumstance. As a result, they're happier and more likely to achieve their goals."
Rebecca Webber, Psychology Today

"Deliberate practice" is highly demanding and meant to stretch our comfort zone. Read about it in Talent is Overrated. An amazing book by Geoff Colvin

"Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have."
Norman Vincent Peale

Ghost Brands...Check out this NY Times article and notice a special "savvy" appearance. http://turl.ca/xxakod

Your brand is a promise to the decision makers in any business. For actors it's crucial to carry through on that promise, from the initial headshot, to the followup, to getting in the door. Consistency will fulfill that promise. create your brand with your strengths & unique characteristics in mind.

Not to be missed! Join us Saturday at noon for our Free "Find Your Missing Link" Seminar. RSVP at www.thesavvyactor.com.

Interesting article on copyright and music...A topic that is very important to us all as professional artists. http://turl.ca/vemwrv

"Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along." Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

SHORT HORROR FILM COMPETITION Submit your short horror film (under 20 min) www.BigVisionEmptyWallet.com/halloween

I was never afraid of failure, for I would sooner fail than not be among the best. John Keats

Here's a great article on Copyright infringement. Something we as artists and business owners need to consider. http://turl.ca/vemwrv

Check out Savvy Client Kirsten Rani Almeida's blog about owning her own business! http://turl.ca/juaxtxf

"Managing pressure is a lot easier if you can
focus just on your own excellence. Top sports
performers don’t allow themselves to be distracted by the victories or failures of others.
They concentrate on what they can control and
forget the rest. They rarely let themselves be
sidetracked by events outside a competition." From How the Best of the Best Get Better and Better by Graham Jones. Published in Harvard Law Review

5 Ways That Social Media May Replace NYC as the Center of Creative Development
http://turl.ca/pfmnmm

The latest Savvy Newsletter article written by Savvy coach Doug Shapiro 10 Free Things to Get Your Career Back on Trackhttp://turl.ca/vay

Congrats to Michael Munoz who is opening tonight in Naked Boys Singing.

How you use Foursquare to help your acting career? Broadway has started to investigate. Article from Variety http://turl.ca/uhope

"Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde.

How is Apple trying to change the the way we watch TV? http://turl.ca/ajqdaxw

Live Your Dream TeleSummit for The Savvy Actor is tonight! Check it out!
http://ping.fm/cEJii

Live Your Dream 2010 Actors Telesummit starts 8/23! Empower yourself and attend this FREE stimulus package for actors! http://bit.ly/bst9Ae

"Through the faculty of will power, one may discourage the presence of ANY emotion, and encourage the presence of any other." from Think & Grow Rich by Napolean Hill

Great Article: about thinking like a small business: a case study from baseball. http://turl.ca/uwdm

"There is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that person is you." David Burns, Intimate Connections

Check out this article from the NY Times on Simple Living http://turl.ca/ytker

Kolstein Talent Agency has moved to 156 5th Avenue, Suite 823! Make sure you keep those mailing lists up to date and stay tuned for more Savvy Updates!

Savvy client Alexandra Smith will be walking the runway in the opening show of fashion week with two miss universe contestants!

Only a couple spots left for the "What's Your Funny" 2-week class, August 12/19. Explore what makes YOU unique!
http://ping.fm/Ch8Ou

50 Power twitter tips http://turl.ca/ejkccs

Goodbye, Law & Order! The original series and L&O: Criminal Intent are no longer casting in New York. For L&O: SVU, submit to Lynn Kressel Casting.

Check out Savvy client Angie Bullaro's cooking show debut on Cooking for Love: www.cookingforbachelors.tv

SAG AFTRA to form group to discuss merger http://turl.ca/wpu

Check out Ken Davenport's new iPhone App At the booth. Know what NY shows are playing at a discount http://turl.ca/kdzfobr

Lauren Courtney Norman booked a commercial through agent Heather Finn after meeting her in the Turn Your Craft into Your Business class!

FREE Funny Business Seminar on July 29th - What's your funny? http://ping.fm/kNKb3

Comer & Gallucio Casting are now at 336 West 37th Street, Suite 315! They are casting background for The Good Wife and future projects. Stay tuned for more Savvy Updates!

Stacey Tavor will be in the premiere of "Tombstone," starting tomorrow in Inwood Hill Park with the Inwood Shakespeare Festival!

Still a few spots left for Mailings: Faster, Smarter, Cheaper webinar tonight at 8:00. Sign up here: http://ping.fm/RJM5I

Make way, there's a new casting agency in town! Wulf Casting casts film, TV, voiceover, commercial and industrials - check out www.wulfcasting.com for more!

Savvy Client Jennifer Wren landed an agent with Frontier Booking and just opened as Miss Adelaide in Guys and Dolls!

Garber Talent Agency has moved! Same building (2 Penn Plaza) but now at Suite 1500. Stay tuned for more Savvy updates!

250 Free Business Cards from 1800 Postcards http://turl.ca/qfggw

What's your social networking strategy? Now's as good a time as any to create one. http://turl.ca/suc

"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to continually be afraid you will make one." Elbert Hubbard

Cindi Rush Casting have moved across the street! They are now at 20 West 20th Street, Suite 300 - send them a postcard and let them know what you're up to!

Savvy client Melissa Johnson booked a National Network Lowes commercial to which she was sent by Innovative.

Great Post: 50 'power Twitter' tips
Posted by Chris Brogan on his blog, June 16, 2010http://tinyurl.com/2g5njqp

Check out Savvy client Pat Angelin's article "A Revolution in Emotion: The Alba Technique" http://ping.fm/zLsHi

Stephanie Shelton is the new Talent Coordinator for Primetime at CBS Entertainment! Stay tuned for more Savvy Industry Updates!

Savvy Client Ariel Francoeur will be directing LEAP YEAR (with Savvy Client Stacy Ann Strang) at Looking Glass Theatre.

Borrow to Save. One gem from Missed Fortune's book "Millionaire by Thirty" by Douglas Andrew and his sons. Perfect for Artists at any age.

Want a better grasp on what it takes to be a working actor? Come to our free seminar How to be a Savvy Actor on June 23rd.http://ping.fm/vEXbY

Michael Rodriguez has moved The Roster twelve blocks north!! Track him down at 247 W 38th St, Room 701, send him a postcard and let him know what you're doing!

July7 Turn Your Craft Into Your Business Is Already Half Full! Don't miss out on building your business plan this summer http://ping.fm/n6WS4

In the middle of teaching Get Seen Get Cast Get Savvy! Yes, we're really teaching a lesson....really.

Great Essay: Technology changes how art is created http://twurl.nl/yv22l6

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." Aristotle

Savvy client Kirsten Almeida was just cast in a feature comedy film called 'Big Guns' about a incompetent cop turned PI.

FREE Turn Your Craft Into Your Business seminar on 6/2 at 7pm. RSVP to the Network - 212-239-3198 to snag your spot. Are you ready?

Our friends at showbizzle wrote this article we thought you'd all like! Check it out! http://ping.fm/j2oi7

Savvy client Cornelius Bethea is in the callback process for BRING IT ON The Musical!

Today's business term - USP: Unique Selling Proposition. Jay Abraham defines it at http://twurl.nl/qzninm

Complete link for tonight's Mailings: Faster, Smarter Cheaper webinar: http://ping.fm/juuPQ

Mailings: Faster, Smarter, Cheaper webinar being hosted tonight at 8:00 pm EST by Savvy coach Doug Shapiro! Register here: http://ping.fm/juuPQ

The reviews of our book are coming in - and they are AWESOME! Check out this one from The Struggling Actress. http://ping.fm/gvX6s

"In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet." Albert Schweitzer

Savvy client Daya Mendez just booked a voiceover for 7-Up to be aired during The Latin Grammys!

Check it out. mint.com is now linkable to your Actor's Federal Credit Union out. Best part is it's FREE and great for tracking spending.

Only 2 spots left for our upcoming Turn Your Craft Into Your Business class. Are you ready to shift your career in the right direction? http://ping.fm/fokO9

Make room for a new office in town! Ken Lazer Casting accepts online submissions only. www.kenlazercasting.com. Stay tuned for more Savvy Industry Updates!

Savvy Actor client Brien Milesi booked three shows with the Gretna Theatre in PA. Congratulations, Brien!

Great article on how illegal downloads affect our industry & artists bottom lines
http://ping.fm/SgrJ8

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world." Marianne Williamson

Check out these two new blogs we like - dailyactor.com and gigsmacked.com. Staying on top of your biz is part of it all!http://ping.fm/utjaP http://gigsmacked.com/

Sabrina Hyman is a new Associate Casting Director at Avy Kaufman Casting! Stay tuned for more Savvy Industry Updates!

Congratulations to Nanci Miles who booked Scott Alan's New Voices Concert on Monday, May 24th at 7pm.

Today's Business Term: DBA - Doing Business As. An individual, company or organization conducting business under a different name.

Julie Tucker Casting is now Tucker-Myerson Casting. Stay ahead of the pack and send out a postcard today branding you and your successes!

Savvy client Sydney Harris booked the lead in the short film TRANSITION, which is now going to Cannes as an official short film selection.

Next Turn Your Craft Into Your Business FREE seminar is on 5/13 at 1pm. Call The Network to RSVP 212-239-3198. http://ping.fm/4vJjj

The 5 P's to a Productive Agent Relationship - check out our article on The Daily Actor blog!!!
http://ping.fm/iWOcS

Savvy Client Jennifer Mello booked three student films based on her cover letter!

We have found a tool to simplify your mailings! Call the Network to RSVP for our FREE mailings seminar on April 27th! www.thesavvyactor.com

A great site for fundraising your dream http://ping.fm/AynMH see how Ed Malone used it. http://ping.fm/CFgEi/projects/423503993/the-three-irish-widows-versus-the-rest-of-the-wor?pos=1

Strategic plans take time to implement. Give yourself that time...(6 months to a year.) Start planning the next year today!

Savvy Client Shola Adisa-Farrar landed the lead role in the Off-Broadway Gospel musical "He'll Work It Out" at Harlem Stages!

Only ONE spot left for Turn Your Craft Into Your Business starting on 4/19. Are you ready to get your career in gear? www.thesavvyactor.com

You know how we LOVE The E-Myth. Here is a great article about being a business owner AND an artist. http://ping.fm/XcjFP

3 spots left in Mailings: Faster Smarter Cheaper Webinar tonight at 8:00 pm. To register: http://ping.fm/MCdGP

"Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind." Seneca

Savvy clients Rachel Grundy and Jelisha Gatling are booking lead roles in short films and webisodes!

Turn Your Craft Into Your Business FREE seminar is on 4/12 at 7pm. Are you ready to jump start your acting business?

What is the difference between your Branding Statement and your 30 Second Blurb? Go to www.thesavvyactorcareermanual.com to find out!

"I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure--which is: Try to please everybody." Herbert Bayard Swope

Savvy Coach Christina Shipp will be performing at the Public Theater in their Emerging Writers Series!

Donna DeSeta Casting has moved offices! The new address is 584 Broadway Suite 1001. Stay tuned for more Savvy Industry Updates!!

Turn Your Craft Into Your Business April sessions are coming up! 4/6 & 4/19 are the start dates. Are you ready? www.thesavvyactor.com

"Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out." Robert Collier

Setting goals is only one piece of an acting career- actors who take our 5 week business class get all 7 essential elements for success! http://ping.fm/pkZZ6

Savvy client Ari Rossen just played the lead role of Jonah Dwyer in a workshop of The Would-Be Room by Jennifer Lane.

Savvy Style is THIS weekend! Get your Spring/Summer wardrobe in gear with Alison Frank & George Brescia. 4 Spots left! www.thesavvyactor.com

Get Inspired! Join us at The Network tomorrow(Tues) for a Free Seminar on Mailings at 11am. 312 West 36th Street (betwn 8th & 9th Ave)

The Drama Book Launch of The Savvy Actor Career Manual is tonight!!! Hope to see you there!

Changes in the NYC Soap Scene! One Life has moved offices, stay on top of the game and send a post card to Tori Visgilio today! 125 West End Avenue, 5th Floor NYC 10023

Savvy client Anna Wood moved on to final callbacks for My Big Gay Italian Wedding. She was called in on the merits of her cover letter.

We are so excited about our Career Manual Book launch on Friday at 6pm - see you at Drama Book Shop! www.thesavvyactor.com

"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain." Maya Angelou

Faryn Einhorn, a new Casting Associate at Law & Order: CI, is now teaching a workshop at The Network. What an amazing opportunity to work in-depth on the Law and Order: CI casting process and learn the tips and techniques to book work!

Savvy Client Shola Adisa Farrar is working w/ Frontier Booking Int'l after meeting Heather Finn in Turn Your Craft Into Your Business class.

The Savvy Actor Career Manual book launch is Friday, March 19th at the Drama Book Shop. Best part? It's a FREE event!! www.thesavvyactor.com

Check out Mint.com to help you manage your money.

"Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine." -Anthony J. D'Angelo

Colin Hunt and Ben Coleman are new assistants over at Bret Adams Ltd. Why not send a postcard today to let them know what new projects you've been working on!!

Savvy client Stephanie Roberts relocated to San Francisco and is already launching her v/o career and promoting her Send Out Cards business.

Turn Your Craft Into Your Business FREE Seminar is TOMORROW at 7pm! Are you ready to take hold of your acting career? www.thesavvyactor.com

I'm convinced being an observer can make your good audition into a fabulous one. Audit Savvy Singer - use code FabulousAudition for 50% off http://store.thesavvyactor.com/products/The-Savvy-Singer.html

Artists Group East has moved offices, they are now listed in Suite 1105!! Stay tuned for more Savvy Industry Updates!

Savvy client Heather Dudenbostel is premiering in a new play with Collaborative Stages! www.collaborativestages.org

Savvy client Heather Dudenbostel is premiering in a new play, "Somewhere In Between" with Collaborative Stages! www.collaborativestages.org

5 days till The Savvy Singer workshop! Become an Auditor - save $10 by entering the code "perfect10" online. www.thesavvyactor.com

Colin Powell: "If I could use my military experience...we're taught, have a main attack, what you're really after, what's most important."

"Normality is the Great Neurosis of Civilization." — Tom Robbins

Be a fly on the wall at auditions & discover what it takes to get called back? Use code PERFECT10 to be an auditor at The Savvy Singer. http://ping.fm/owILE

New Departmental Updates at CESD!! Check out our industry lists online @ The Savvy Store, and stay tuned for next week's Savvy Industry Updates!

Savvy client Pat Angelin did a public narration in the AMERICAN NOIR series and is teaching classes in Alba Emoting. http://ping.fm/FWk3p

Only ONE more Performer Spot available for Savvy Singer on 2/28. Are you ready to work with a handful of top industry folks? www.thesavvyactor.com

Turn Your Craft Into Your Business FREE seminar is this Thursday, 2/18, at 1pm. Don't miss out! www.thesavvyactor.com.

Google Buzz: the latest social networking integration tool. http://ping.fm/U3C4y
Read up before you sign up. There are some kinks.

"Artists are magical helpers. Evoking symbols and motifs that connect us to our deeper selves, they can help us along the heroic journey of our own lives." Joseph Campbell

Katja Blitchfield is back in NYC casting with NBC for pilot season while Jen McNamara is out on maternity leave! Stay tuned for more Savvy Industry Updates!

Savvy client Jeremy McQueen is teaching master classes and just celebrated his 50th performance with the nat'l touring company of WICKED!

Turn Your Craft Into Your Business FREE seminar on February 18th! E-mail jk@thesavvyactor.com to RSVP.

The Savvy Actor Career Manual is hot off the presses. Download your copy now! http://ping.fm/WMbNy

The Savvy Actor Career Manual is hot off the presses. Download your copy now! http://ping.fm/oW5GP

“When you are not practicing, remember, someone somewhere is practicing, and when you meet him, he will win” - Ed Macauley

A great article to read - http://ping.fm/MpuCO

Heather Vergo is a new Promo Agent at Atlas Talent! Stay tuned for more Savvy Industry Updates!!

Savvy Client Vivienne Cleary just booked the role of Sally Bowles in CABARET at The Players Theatre! Congratulations, Vivienne!

Here's the link for Savvy Singer - only 6 performer spots available! http://ping.fm/cAzBX

Savvy Singer registration opens today!

At an audition do what you do best...You Never know. watch this clip. http://ping.fm/OzK3d

Union Member? VITA has begun!
165 West 46th St., 14th Floor. Open Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 11:00 to 4:00 beginning February 1.

bloc nyc agency is moving February 1st to 630 9th Ave, Suite 702. For more Savvy Industry Updates: http://ping.fm/pAGbk

Savvy Actor client Lori McNally: has a show coming up at Theatre for the New City & made it to further rounds for Yale grad school and NYU.

Seth Godin's Definition of Art! Check it out.
http://ping.fm/ehUkT

Only 1 spot left for the Turn Your Craft Into Your Business session beginning February 1st! When opportunity knocks, answer it! www.thesavvyactor.com

"Make yourself so happy that when others look at you they become happy too." yogi tea wisdom

One spot has opened up in our Turn Your Craft Into Your Business Class starting Wed the 27th. Last spot available until March! http://ping.fm/pEso4

Savvy client Ariel Francoeur directed Savvy client Stacy Ann Strang in "Winners," voted an audience favorite in Act 5 one act festival.

William Morris & Endeavor have combined! Check out the assistants over at William Morris Endeavor Entertainment & send a postcard today!

Correction: Judy Boals has added two former casting directors as soon to be agents. Stay tuned for more Savvy Industry Updates!

Turn Your Craft Into Your Business FREE seminar tomorrow, 1/20, at 7pm. Learn how you can kick 2010 into high gear! www.thesavvyactor.com

For a different take on "The Biz", check out Ken Davenport's blog http://ping.fm/sGM9j

"Only by standing our own ground can we determine our future." Anodea Judith

Judy Boals has in-house casting at her Talent & Literary Agency. Stay tuned for more Savvy Industry Updates!

Savvy client Caroline Nesbitt in NH booked the Lead Player in Hamlet and is creating a documentary on a 100 y/o Sioux tree surgeon.

Top 10 Produced Plays 2000 - 2009 http://twurl.nl/uhkizv Wall Street Journal Article

Top 10 Produced Plays 2000 - 2009 http://twurl.nl/uhkizv Wall Street Journal Article

"Being a friend to yourself is no mere metaphor or purely sentimental idea. It is the basis of all relationship, because it is a fundamental recognition of soul." Thomas Moore.

NYC's most comprehensive business class for actors is now a complete do-it-yourself guide! The Savvy Actor Career Manual launches next week!
http://ping.fm/UUPzt

Tons of Savvy Industry Updates in the New Year! Is it the year of the manager? Several new management companies have opened up and are looking for actors without representation.

Savvy client Erin Elizabeth Burns has successfully
launched her side career as a certified financial counselor for
artists! http://ping.fm/04MbO

Free Seminar: Decide to make 2010 the year you make your acting career an acting business! Thursday Jan 7th @ 1pm. Click link to RSVP. http://ping.fm/l5BpM