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Dania Denise Webinar: Need Your Feedback, Readers!

Howdy, all! I won't make this post too long but just wanted to notify everybody that I'm working on planning a webinar. I've been lucky to meet a handful of my readers in person and I dream of eventually traveling to set up meet and greets with more people but needless to say, that costs money and even if that wasn't a factor, trying to coordinate any group of people to meet up on a certain day and time is difficult.

So I figured, why not do it the easy way by hosting seminars in an online format? That way I could reach anybody regardless of location and still have a somewhat direct connection with each person.

That being said, I've posted 3 polls on my blog (located above where the actual posts are). I am asking all of you to please answer all 3 polls so that I can get some guidance as to how the webinar should be set up. I can't read everyone's minds so I will need all of your help to keep things on track and ensure that the resulting webinar will be exactly what you're looking for.

Additionally, I'm encouraging you all to sound off by leaving comments on this post with any feedback, suggestions or input to guide me. There are a number of topics I could make the focus of the webinar and if the first one is successful, then I will surely roll out more to cover the topics that weren't addressed.

Because the modeling industry overall is SO broad, I can't possibly fit everything into one webinar. Below are some suggestions I have as to what to cover for the first one. Please comment to let me know which one would be of interest to you (this is also available as 1 of the 3 polls I have posted on my blog).

Possible topics for the 1st Dania Denise Webinar:
  • Breaking into the Industry: What You Really Need to Snag a Modeling Agency
  • The 411 on What Agencies Really Look for in Models
  • Busting Modeling Myths
  • Freelance vs. Agency Representation: What's Right for You?
  • The Step-By-Step Guide to Freelance Modeling
  • Where Do You Fit In? Exploring the Different Types of Modeling
You don't have to be a subscriber to my blog to answer the polls or share your insight...all readers are welcome!
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Anonymous said…
Is 5 foot 9 inches tall enough for male runway and fashion modeling? And could you please go over the male runway walk? Thank you!
January 12, 2013 at 6:08 PM
Dania Denise said…
Hi, Anonymous! You'll find the answer to your questions in its own post, titled "Answering a Reader Question #539," which can be found on my new blog: "Modeling 101 - Answering Readers Questions."

Please visit this link: http://amodelsdiary-readerquestions.blogspot.com/ and you can view your post there. Thanks for reading!
January 12, 2013 at 6:26 PM
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