How to know when you’re ready for your big break
How will you know when you’re ready for your big break? It’s a moment you’ve dreamed about since your were little. You’ve been working your ass off for years. But are you ready for your moment? It’s an important question to ponder because, let’s face it, the world is full of people you don’t remember […]
How to handle a hostile audience member
I am not here to discuss the Smith-Rock contretemps that distracted from Questlove receiving his first Best Documentary Feature Oscar for the brilliant and emotionally powerful “Summer of Soul” – many far more qualified than me have weighed in – but just after we all watched it happen in shock and disbelief, my friend, the television host and fitness couturess, Bianca Jade DM’d me and asked the salient question: What do you do when a presentation or job spirals completely out of control?
April Virtual Classes!
I’m optimistic there’s a light at the end of this long tunnel and have added three new virtual TV Hosting/Media Training classes. This is the perfect time to work on skills, stay focused on your big picture and feel good by doing good: 20% of the class fee is going to support The Los Angeles Regional Foodbank and The New York Common Pantry.
How To Slay Your TV Appearance
People ask me all the time: What do I need to do to crush my TV appearance.
And I tell everybody the same thing – no matter if they are promoting a book, a tv show, their recipes or relationship advice – The number one way to slay your TV appearance is by being a great guest!
Why? Because good guests get invited back. And that’s the win!
Einstein’s Theory of On-Camera Success: Be Entertaining
I have a very unscientific theory why Albert Einstein is a household name synonymous with genius: He was a famed wit with a wonderful sense of humor. His theory of relativity certainly has a daily impact on our lives but so does James Crick & Francis Watson’s discovering DNA and absolutely no one congratulates your […]
Marketing Yourself: 5 Tips to Demystify Video
One of my core messages as a Media Coach is Everyone Needs To Be Good On-Camera. Not because you aspire to be on television but because in a sea of social media content, video rules and if you’re not creating fresh, custom video content you’re missing a huge opportunity. Regardless if you’re a solopreneur, small […]
Baxter Abel: Training The Trainer
A month ago, on Easter Sunday, we brought Baxter home from Sean Casey Animal Rescue in Brooklyn. An enormous yellow lab, we joke Baxter is part Labrador, part polar bear and all Abel. What little we know of Baxter’s backstory (or Baxstory – get it?), he was picked up on the streets of the Bronx and […]
What Would Benedict Cumberbatch Do?
In case you missed it, last week Cara Delevigne had a verbal dust up with the hosts of Good Morning Sacramento during her satellite media tour promoting the movie, Paper Towns. As the clip of the “awkwark exchange” went viral, the ladies at The View naturally weighed in. Whoopi thought Cara should “suck it up” […]
CINCO de MAYO CASTINGS|CLASSES|JOBS|INSPIRATION
Here’s the May Newsletter in a nutshell: CASTING Nick Mom and Popsicle are looking for real Moms and their moms for the digital show, “Minute With My Mom.” Ideal moms (all ethnicities) live in the NY/Tri-State area and have at least one child in elementary school. Grandma (Mom’s mom) lives in the Tri-State area too. If you […]
Let Me Entertain You
Happy May Day! In the spirit of spring, rebirth and renewal, I am putting my money where my coaching mouth is and officially launching the Abel Intermedia blog – as I have instructed so many of you to do. YAY ALL OF US. In my day-to-day as a casting director and media trainer I work […]