Many actors around the world have developed strategies to leverage the power of Tiktok to expand their personal following, get noticed by agents, managers, and casting directors, and ultimately have a new outlet to share their art with the world. We’re going to walk through what Tiktok is, how actors can use it, what we’ve learned from actor’s who have found success, and the big marketing takeaways we can apply moving forward (even if it gets banned!).

To compete in today’s modern entertainment industry as an actor, you need to be actively marketing yourself through social media, your website, networking online, and creating your own content. But it can be seriously overwhelming if you haven’t been trained on how to navigate the marketing world successfully.

Reels is Instagram’s newest feature to answer to Tiktok. Learn what Reels is, how to use it and 6 creative ideas for actors to showcase their talent on the social media feature.

“Please give me some direction on social media. What to post? When? How do I make the most of hashtags? Am I annoying? Why aren’t people commenting on my posts but they are on other people’s?”