Your Talent Chefs blogging about insider info and guidance, current castings and bookings (only those made public), tips on improving your booking chances and how to use your Webcomp portfolio as a virtual agent to land more work. Get yourself in the Soup!

Boston Talent - Casting for a print shoot, should be fun! M/F 28-50

Friday February 03, 2012 by Chef

Another reason to keep your Webcomp fresh! If you are in the Soup and match the client's criteria you'll be submitted automatically. You must be registered with us to participate obviously so get in the Mix!

We deconstruct some print ads TalentSoup talent have starred in for Publix, Dixie Plates and Mizuno

Friday February 03, 2012 by Chef

http://vimeo.com/talentsoup/videos

Unpacking some print ads that TalentSoup talent were booked for. If you've ever wondered about all the elements that can go into making advertising imagery, take a look for a quick overview. Includes ads for Mizuno, Publix, and Dixie Plates.

Off Broadway retailer casting closed. All talent notified and booked.

Thursday February 02, 2012 by Chef

Thanks to all of our amazing adults and kids that came out for this project!

National retailer casting close to booking, global chemical company also close, bidding for an ice cream company!

Wednesday February 01, 2012 by Chef

Wow the Chefs are busy. Now some people think its all fun and games around here but trust me when I tell you the Chefs work hard. So you keep your Webcomp updated (yes, we really need your Physical tab filled out completely) and we'll keep working to put you to work.

Have you gotten the 411 (that's an old term now that I think about it) on building a successful video yet? Watch the new videos here http://vimeo.com/talentsoup/videos
Learn how to - Upload photos, sort and delete - Ensure your tabs are complete for maximum impact - Submit your Webcomp to everything you can find using the sharing tools and Book Me button (did you know you have a Book Me button on your Webcomp?)

So go check them out!

AT&T Project - Still active but pushed to Monday.

Tuesday January 31, 2012 by Chef

If you are in the project, please go ahead and change your Main Photo back to a head shot. You'll stay in the project gallery for the client to review still. Thanks!

What a morning...Hilton booked in NYC finally. This project is closed

Tuesday January 31, 2012 by Chef

Late night and all morning with booking talent coming down to the wire. Thanks to our great New York talent for being so patient.

Fun behind the scenes at the Wells Fargo shoot with the famous @patmolnar

Monday January 30, 2012 by Chef

http://patmolnar.tumblr.com/post/16767837282/the-good-people-at-ddb-la-were-nice-enough-to-fly

What a great project. Thanks to our great talent and the talent from the Atlanta agencies that participated!

Growing pains. Sorry for the short outage...had to reset the box! All is better now. Keep cooking!

Monday January 30, 2012 by Chef

Paying a ton of talent today (looking at you Home Depot peeps) and issuing 1099s...the joy.

Monday January 30, 2012 by Chef

We love paying talent of course. Printing and mailing tax documents? Not so much. If you are waiting on a 1099 from us from 2011, it's on it's way. Nothing like a Chef that procrastinates (and we had more W9s to collect so it's not TOTALLY my fault). Happy Monday folks.

Signups using email screening software, like Boxbe, will be deleted. YOU must white list our emails. Thanks.

Monday January 30, 2012 by Chef

While we all appreciate the issues and time wastes associate with SPAM, we are part of the solution, not the problem. So when a new talent signs up with us and our system receives some "Your email is quarantined until you do X, Y, and Z", like the one Boxbe (one of the biggest offenders) sends to anyone trying to email their customer, we just delete them.

So be sure talentsoup.com is on your white list, or cleared list, and we'll continue to work hard and NOT spam our talent.