The quality of your relationships dictates the quality of your career.
Learn how to connect with Hollywood A-listers and set up calls, coffee meetings, shadowing opportunities, or even land your dream job!
Seriously...is there anything worse than that pit in your stomach when you’re about to hit 'Send' on a cold email to someone you admire?
“I’m probably bothering them."
“They’re too busy to pay attention to me.”
“I feel weird asking strangers for help.”
“I probably sound desperate or needy.”
“Why even bother? Nobody wants to help me.”
Imagine where your career could be one year from now
if you sent just one thoughtful, personal, and authentic message per week to people who could provide you with priceless career advice, mentor you, introduce you to the right people, open the right doors, or even hire you for your dream job.
After working through this guide my hope is that you’ll better understand why learning how to do cold outreach is an absolutely vital skill to develop (especially in a post-pandemic world) as well as how to draft compelling messages that people will happily respond to.
“Zack Arnold is unusually thoughtful and unusually skilled at connecting with others and bringing out their best ideas.” – NYT Bestselling author Adam Grant
*I've been told that I should charge for this guide, but I believe you should have FREE access to the strategies, tactics, and mindsets I provide that I would have died for when I was just beginning my career in the entertainment industry with ZERO connections.
“Zack Arnold is the godfather of cold emails”
– Award-winning filmmaker Matthew Gentile
What's Included In This FREE Guide?
This 44-page (10,000+ word) Insider's Guide is the culmination of almost twenty years of my industry experience working in Hollywood and building a professional network of hundreds of industry colleagues and mentors who have referred me for multiple, game-changing career opportunities. This isn't a simple 5-step blog post, this is a MANIFESTO on the exact steps to take to build your dream network from the comfort of your laptop, which includes:
Outreach Email Template
I break down every individual step of a compelling outreach email from the subject line down to the final salutation.
Outreach Email Checklist
I provide you with a 2-page simple-to-follow checklist that ensures your next outreach email will get you a positive response!
Before & After Case Study
In a BONUS video tutorial lesson I break down in detail why a specific outreach email won't work (and how to fix it so it will).
Here's What Else You Will Learn...
- Why cold outreach has become the new #1 skill you MUST master in a post-pandemic world if you want to keep working consistently (especially if you're an introvert like me!)
- The five most common mistakes just about everyone makes with their cold outreach (and how to fix them)
- How to "Crawl Into the Brain of Your Recipient" to understand why people aren't responding to your messages
- The five things you must accomplish with each and every outreach email if you want a positive response
- The 'Front Door Technique' that helps you better understand how to provide value to the recipient in every section of your message
- A simple framework for making it clear HOW this person can help you (It's all about SPECIFICITY)
- The ten questions to ask yourself that ensure you are reaching out to the right people that will help open the right doors (as opposed to hearing about gigs you don't even want anymore)
--- About the Author ---
My name is Zack Arnold (ACE), and I'm an award-winning film & television editor (notable credits include Netflix's Cobra Kai, Burn Notice, Empire, Glee), a podcast, and a career strategist who helps artists, creatives, and storytellers design the more balanced, more sustainable, and more fulfilling careers they deserve.
My work as an editor, documentary director, entrepreneur, and mentor has been featured in such publications as Variety, Forbes, NPR, Spectrum1 News LA, Post Perspective, Trello, Film Editing Pro, Frame.io, CineMontage, I Will Teach You to Be Rich, and The Huffington Post.
When I first began my career as a film & television editor almost twenty years ago I had exactly ZERO contacts in the entertainment industry (no nepotism here). I know how lonely and isolating it is to try and break into an industry where you believe in your bones that you are AMAZING at what you do...except nobody knows it (at least not yet). This guide is a collection of the many tactics & strategies I've used to build a network of hundreds of friends, colleagues, and mentors at the highest levels in Hollywood.
