hey what's up guys welcome back to my channel if you guys are checking out my
channel for the first time and you're interested in becoming a model you
definitely want to check out the rest of my videos I make awesome content on a
weekly basis where I give you guys some of the best tips so obviously all
businesses have been severely impacted by everything that's going on in today's
world especially the modelling industry the model industry has been shut down
all the models are unemployed not booking so this is a very crucial time
for aspiring models and for models who are actually getting work so in this
video I want to give you guys five simple things you can do to get some
work done to lock down and even after the lockdown these tips would increase
your chances of getting booked when you're having a slow season all right
guys so the first thing that you guys should do is to stay fit and I know
that's easier said than done especially with all the gyms being closed you can
do a lot of home workouts you can go run in you can do some push-ups and sit-ups
those things don't require the gym one of my agents used to say the best thing
they can do when you're not working is to stay ready so you don't have to get
ready so making sure you watch what you eat making sure you're still staying
active and keeping your body at the ideal measurements for modeling so try
to work on your physique and improve on it especially during this time when no
one is working the next thing that you guys can do is to update your photos so
whether it's your headshots your full body shots your 3/4 you want to get
fresh photos even think about your digital's as well try to work with
photographers especially on instagram collaborate with photographers keep in
social distancing in mind if you can still get those photo shoots in
definitely try to work with photographers during this time and build
your book the next thing that you can do and you should always be doing this is
to work on building your influence especially on Instagram
so I've stressed the importance of Instagram for models on several videos
Instagram is very important guys a lot of agencies are looking for this clients
are also looking for this as well the often one of book models that have a
huge social following so try to work on your Instagram try to build your
following and build engagements make sure you're posting
high quality content on Instagram this will help you get more followers and
this will make your page more appealing the next thing that you guys should be
doing is to update your portfolios or build a modeling portfolio website in a
previous video I did a tutorial on how to build your portfolio websites this
video is very useful and shows you how to build a professional looking site in
less than five minutes so now when you're creating your portfolio and
whether it's a book or whether it's a website you want to put your headshot
first your best headshot first then your best full-body shot next you want to put
your your absolute best picture next and whatever most recognizable images that
you have whether from popular photographers or from magazines or tear
sheets you want to put that follow in your headshots and you pull body shots
finally the last thing that you guys should be doing is to try to find work
for yourself so one way to do that is to reach out to brands directly now there's
some brands that actually want models to contact them directly and they've listed
their information on their website so some of those brands are forever 21
they actually list this on their website ASOS does the same and a couple of other
brands I'm gonna list them in the description box down below
so just to give you guys an example so usually when I'm you know not working or
having a slow season I like to go to my favorite online shopping sites like
forever 21 ASOS top men and whatnot and if you
actually look on the footer of their websites sometimes it lists information
that is very valuable for models like for example forever21 has a press and
talent page where you can actually contact them and send your information
to become a model ASOS does the same thing as well they
have how to get scouted page and you can read the description of what exactly
they're looking for that can help you become a model on ASOS another side that
does this as well is fashion OVA and guys there are a couple of other sites
that do this as well so all you need to do is just make sure that you're looking
at the footer of the website and if you do submit your photos make sure you're
submitting high-quality photos that fit exactly what the brand
looking for it also helps to be wearing their clothing as well also as a bonus
I'm gonna also include an outreach templates that I've personally used and
it works great so this is just a simple templated letter and you guys can
customize it as you want to these templates will help you get influencer
partnerships or potentially help you get scouted as a model for a particular
brand so I hope you guys enjoyed this video if you guys learn anything new if
you liked any of these tips give me a thumbs up I always appreciate it I'll
see you guys on my next one