How to Promote Yourself as a Freelance Model
If you would rather promote yourself …
Some models would rather promote themselves instead of listing through an agency. Nothing wrong with this but it does require more work on your part.
If your are signed with an agency, they promote the business, they talk to the clients in your behalf, they set up the shooting dates, they take the heat if you don’t make it to the session, etc.
But, there are many models who are “loners” in the pool of modeling and want complete control over who they work with and why.
If you are one of these models, read on …
There are several ways to promote yourself. I will try to mention some ways for you to promote your modeling talent and a step by step format to follow.
First things first ..
In self promotion, the first step to take is putting together a professional portfolio.
Once you’ve followed the portfolio guidelines from above, it’s a good idea to have comp cards and business cards made.
A) Business Cards – Your business card should have as much information on it as possible....