132 | This Actor Got Ignored for 5 Years… Then She Flipped the Script

About this episode

Meg Messer shares her journey of overcoming five years of being ignored in the acting industry by leveraging the Side Door Strategy to create opportunities.

Join the Side Door Challenge ➡ [ https://go.act-bold.com/sdc-yt ]( https://go.act-bold.com/sdc-yt ) After 5 years of no acting opportunities, this “Side Door Strategy” helped her land a production company YES. After five years of being passed over as an actor and screenwriter, Meg Messer stopped asking for permission and started creating opportunity. Instead of chasing auditions and sending emails into the void, she used the Side Door Challenge to shift into a power position, building a virtual workshop, attracting collaborators, and learning exactly what she needed to pitch her project. The result? 33 attendees, over $5K generated, and a production company in Sweden now interested in producing her series. In this video, you’ll discover how to break into the film and TV industry without waiting for permission, and how to turn your ideas into leverage. In this video, you'll learn: • How to stop asking for favors and start making offers in the film industry • How to create a workshop or masterclass to build industry relationships • Why “power seat energy” changes how people respond to you • How following curiosity leads to real opportunities (not just ideas) • How Meg turned one…

People in this episode

Host: Anne Alexander-Sieder

Guest: Meg Messer

Topics covered

• acting opportunities
• Side Door Strategy
• film industry
• workshop creation
• power position
• collaboration

Keywords

• acting
• screenwriting
• opportunity creation
• workshop
• film industry
• collaboration
• Side Door Challenge

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: production company, Claude

Places: Sweden

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