hey what's going on guys welcome back to my channel if you guys are checking out this
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awesome videos on a weekly basis that you guys are absolutely gonna love so in this video um let's
talk about getting represented by modeling agency so now we're in a lockdown and a lot of agencies
offices are closed you're not seeing a lot of open calls as you used to before the pandemic
so now the best way to actually get signed by an agency if you're not yet signed is to submit
online or to try to get attention um offline so in this video i want to give you guys some
tips on how to get an agency's attention so that way you increase your chances of getting signed
okay guys so one of the very best things that you guys can do to get noticed by an agency is to make
sure you beef up your social media presence and specifically you want to increase your following
on instagram on tick tock those are the two platforms that agencies are looking at the most
especially on instagram what you want to do is that you want to make sure that you have
an instagram account that's dedicated to your modeling career you want to treat your instagram
page sort of like an extension to your modeling portfolio so every photo that you post has to
be clean has to be professional quality try to avoid posting memes or things that are unrelated
to your modeling career and just make sure that your page looks aesthetically pleasing
now another thing is that you also want to increase your following on instagram and there
are so many ways that you guys can increase how many followers you guys have on instagram and i
can touch on that later if you guys would like me to just drop that in the comment box down
below now as far as your instagram presence um one thing that you guys can do is to use the hashtags
that are listed on my website i've listed so many hashtags on my website that you guys could use
that will help you get noticed by an agency and now that brings me to my second tip which is
probably one of the most important tips on this video is that you have to have a target so have
a target set of agencies that you guys would like to get represented by for example if you
want to get represented by wilhelmina first of all find out who the agents at wilhelmina are
find out who the bookers are find out who the talent scouts are do your research most of
these things are listed on their website anyway um but once you found those out try to follow those
people on instagram and don't just follow and then send a message like hey i want to become a model
try to engage with your posts spark a conversation and then let that lead you into a conversation
about getting represented now my next tip is to have great digitals personally i need to update
my digitals as well having great digitals would definitely get the attention of talent scouts
of modeling agencies because this is you at your natural look and having those digitals as part of
your portfolio or even on your instagram page is definitely going to draw some attention from the
agencies so make sure that you guys are taking professional digitals that are unretouched or
minimal retouching and try to leverage that use the hashtags to get more attention on your page
another thing that you guys could do is to sign up for new book new book is an app it's also a
website but it's primarily an app this app is like a community for models for agencies for brands
to post jobs to get jobs this is a great place where you can also upload your best images and
create a portfolio on there you can also upload your digitals as well and not only that you
can find modeling jobs without an agency by just looking at the job board since this is a community
anytime you post a picture it shows up on the feed and guess what talent scouts and modeling
agencies are definitely looking at this app so if you post a picture that draws a lot of attention
chances are you're going to get messaged and you might be asked for an interview to potentially get
represented okay so my last tip on how you guys can get noticed by an agency is a very expensive
tip and here's why my tip is to shoot with high fashion photographers that have specifically
shot for a particular agency or shop for a publication or an editorial magazine the reason
is because a lot of these agencies they actually follow their favorite photographers they're in the
fashion business and they pay attention to what they post now if you shoot with a high fashion
photographer and that photographer happens to a recommend you to an agency or b post your picture
on their page or on their portfolio you're definitely going to get seen and that photographer
might get asked like hey who's that model that you shot with i'm interested in representing them or
if you approach that agency they already have some kind of familiarity with your look because they've
seen your pictures on a particular photographer's page so making sure that you're targeting those
photographers who work with top agencies and shoot for editorial magazines and other high fashion
publications that's very important of course it's not going to be free you're going to have
to pay those photographers whatever their rate is but shooting with those photographers could
be very beneficial and that's a tip that not a lot of people know so but now you know so these
are some of my tips for how to get more attention from modeling agency um if you guys have questions
definitely drop them in the comment box down below i'll love to hear from you guys if you guys like
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