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IF WE HAVE SAID IT ONCE, WE HAVE SAID IT A BAZILLION TIMES! The following short virtual vignette is true and the names, email addresses and private information have been changed or omitted to protect the guilty. We received the casting call communication below between a casting person and a NEW just listed member on our web site. The staff here at EFM was so appalled as to the handling of this inquiry by the member that we have decided to share it with you. If you are listed on our web site, then hopefully you are not the person who did this. We know there are Numerous; (and I say that sparingly ); members who do NOT read, follow instructions, study or research the tons of information contained on our site and the Worldwide Web about the field they are interested in pursuing. And to represent themselves, all the members and the staff here at EFM is ridiculous and disheartening. We expect at the very least many of you are conducting yourself in a professional and timely manner when dealing with casting personnel who are looking to employ you in the field of entertainment. The following email below was from a member who had just posted a profile on our site and the casting person who saw their web site profile on Handmealine.com On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 10:19 AM, EFM CASTING DEPARTMENT <auditions@extrasformovies.com> wrote: Hi Member, Below this email is an email audition inquiry seeking a spokes model that arrived as a result of your profile on HandMeALine.com. As a courtesy and to remain a member in good standing on our site, please respond to the person emailing below as to your interest and availability. Lastly please let us know if you received this Audition inquiry and are still available for projects. (see email below) Cordially,
EFM Staff
Casting Department
www.ExtrasForMovies.com
auditons@extrasformovies.com
000.000.0000 AUDITION INQUIRY From: auditions at HandMeaLine.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 6:53 AM
To: auditions@extrasformovies.com
Subject:
Comments : I am a startup company looking for a spokesmodel. Would you be interested in being a spokesmodel for a Business Assistance Company, Web Site, Print Ad, Etc.? Are you comfortable in front of a video camera? Do you have an agency I am obligated to go through? How much would you want per hour worked (video or photo)? Can you send any shots of yourself with a business look? Please email me at: client@msn.com ------------------------------------------------------- The email below is in the exact format as written by the member below to include the spacing, wording and spelling: RESPONSE FROM MEMBER TO ABOVE EMAILS From: Member Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 12:21 PM
To: EFM Staff
Subject: HandMeaLine.com Audition Inquiry Hey there, sorry it took me a little while to respond. I recently moved and I've been very busy but I'm all settled in at my new place now now. I'm avalible for any type of spokes model work but I don't do compleat nudes just partial, like bathingsuits. I am a spokes model for a company now working part time on the weekends and its not going to be lasting to much longer since we've gotten a lot done. I do have a decent amount if experiacne in modeling and I've been into acting since I was a little girl in elementary school. Im very comfortable in front of cameras. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Now take a look at the following issues: 1- The date this member replied was OVER a month after the email was received! 2- It is apparent that the member DID NOT read the email and respond directly to the casting personnel, they sent their response back to the casting department so the client never got a response. (Think that is a good thing) 3- There is no signature or identification of who the member is in the email 4- The spelling is horrendous. (We posted the above email exactly as sent by member) 5- The client requested photos of member in business attire. No photo or link to her handmealine web page profile was supplied. 6- Other questions the client asked were not answered or addressed by the member UPDATE - we sent an email to this member with a question or two. And surprisingly (JUST KIDDING ON THE WE ARE SURPRISED COMMENT) the member has yet to respond back to us and is currently up for review to have their profile DELETED off our web site. What we are trying get you to understand and do is: 1- Be timely with your email and telephone responses to casting personnel and the EFM Staff 2- Be professional –(Look up on the internet the meaning of professional if you are not familiar with the term). 3- Read your email thoroughly – Read it a number of times until you understand the instructions’ and compose your response back 4- Then follow the instructions “if any” the casting personnel is requesting 5- Include your EFM PROFILE LINK to all your email if you have an online profile. So the client can click on the link, see your photos and refresh their mind as who you are. (the client is looking at many people – stand out from the crowd) 6- Add a signature to your email (You can look up what a signature is in an email on the web or while studying the meaning of professionalism). 7- The member above did not bother to address the member by their name, just begins with “hey there”. 8- Spell CHECK your email – (this particular email response above from the member gives us the impression of being written in haste with a "I really don’t care" or "I am just a flake attitude"). It is disappointing to the staff when we see or hear about this type of behavior from our members. (And we see it every day) EFM works hard to give you a place you can trust, advertise yourself and attract casting personnel to look at your profile and list their calls with us It is our desire that MOST of you hold the same ideals and recipes for success that the Staff here at EFM wishes for those that use our web sites. Nobody is perfect, but if you want to succeed you have to separate yourself from the MAJORITY by joining MINORITY of those who make their dreams and goals come true. The EFM Staff
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