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With plenty to dozen Reality shows that every channel offers these days, there is no limit to what opportunities it opens up for those with a potential. TV channels provide the best platform, exposure and that helps a reality show participant to not only show case their talent but also form his or her first fan base and taste their first success.

Appearing on TV in front of one billion populations is something that can best happen to an individual who is looking to make quick name and fame. But it has its own painful procedures as well that one must walk on to attain in their initial phase. Many reality show participants take it as big success either when they win the competition or appear on TV but very little they realize that the real competition or struggle only begins soon after the competition is over. That is the time when one needs to put his or her energy to prove and maintain the stardom that they achieved. With TV shows, it becomes easy as production house normally backs a participant and projects them as a larger then life image. And hence the misconception of one being a star leads to a painful reality check later after the show when it gets difficult to maintain the same image.

In today’s segment, let us talk about how to become a star and what one needs to do to maintain that starship once attained. If this article gets too long, I might break it into two parts.

How do you become a star?

Well the foremost thing that is needed is SKILLS, potential, being different, right attitude, killer instincts, LUCK, FANS, a good agent and excellent marketing strategies. But before that there are few things that one must do!

Self Evaluate: First, one must try to figure out what they are and what their goals are and also what one is comfortable with. Don’t have a false image but try to be realistic. There is absolutely nothing wrong in accepting ourselves the way we are. Once we finish evaluating then we must work on packaging right enough to present in the market. It’s all in how you present yourself. Your image, style does count. Work on it. The way we talk and present makes a huge difference for people to like us. Try to analyze how and what your friends feel about you. If there are areas that annoy them, work on that and improvise.

Looks matter only initially in Reality Shows for Audience: Many will be under the impression that if they got looks then they won the world. It’s totally false. Maybe it can fetch initial attraction but it fades out just like a tan in the sun. As soon as another face walks by, this face is long gone. Work on your personality. What matters to your fans is your personality. No one likes to stick around a snobbish or a bad attitude. Fans make you and fans kill you. So chart out behaviorism’s and start working on them.

Create Fans: Your ultimate goal should be in making as many fans as possible and retaining them. The most important achievement in any stars life is his or her fans. And having loyal fans is even bigger then any award. The more the fans, the more the demand, the more the demand, the more offers and it turn out productive for both a producer and an actor. Now how can one build a fan base, we will talk about it in a little bit in second part of this segment.

Build your Image and Style: Evaluate your style. Find out what looks good on you and what you need to do to improvise. It really doesn’t matter what you wear, it should look good on you and you should be able to carry it off well. Don’t adopt a style that is cool to outside world but makes you look uncomfortable. Make your true self more recognizable, appealing and memorable. It’s really not in looks but the way you carry it out.

Be an all rounder: In present world it is not enough that you are only a dancer. You need to be an actor, comedian, singer and a good spokesperson as well. Before you reach out to market yourself, polish your skills. Stars enjoy being the center of attention but for being a center of attention in public mind, you need to come with the right image that can leave a lasting impression. A good star always spend good part of their day working out, practicing their crafts and finding ways to groom themselves better.

Be PPP: My mentor George Brunath always told me one thing. In life and for any career, there are three “P’s” that are essential and that is being Persistent, Productive and Positive. You drop any one of the “P” and there will be a difference in results. Make sure all your P’s are in order and stay with you all the way. It’s really great to be disciplined. Plan your charts, workouts, maintain a diet, set your goals, and keep a check on them. Your aim is to have a better result or performance tomorrow then what you have today. There always has to be improvement doesn’t matter if it’s small but the improvement should be there. Your graph should move upwards in positive and not go negative. There are good and bad days in life but for a good star, such days don’t matter. He or she works the same on any day.

Sell your skills not your soul: Sometimes artists take a shortcut to reach the top and in such shortcuts they sell their soul. No matter what height or stardom you reach at, one should be able to look at themselves proudly especially when alone otherwise nothing is worth it. People normally build a false image and live with it but when they get time to look at themselves they can’t meet their own eye for the shortcuts that they have taken in life and hence some of them, they turn into psychopaths. I am again going to talk about my mentor here, he always says: for success, life is like a triangle. The fatter part below of a triangle is your base, foundation, skills, personality and right attitude. The more time you spend their in grooming yourself, the lesser amount of time you need when climbing up. But if you aim right at top without a foundation, then things tends to be short lived and fade. Plus remember, if you got fans then your fans are following you in big way. Your each and every action is being observed and you definitely don’t want to end up with something that will let you down in your fans eyes.

Love your work: Foremost thing is to realize that being a star is not earning huge money but there are other things that need to be part of it. One have to love working and working great with everyone. Don’t be nice with only producers and directors or fellow actors and ignore the real hard working people who are sweating away for you. Be polite and nice to all. The enthusiasm that you show on your day one, you should be able to meet your every act, every dance, performance with the same enthusiasm even when you are burned out by working long hours. They say, if your work sounds like work, then you are not ready but if your work sounds like fun to you then you have what it takes to be a star. There are no shortcuts in life and as they say no pain no gain but going for wrong pain can kill the person in you. Adopt a right attitude and choose a right LIFE!

This section we talked about what to do. Coming shortly is Part 2 of this section, we shall talk about how to do and how to build a great marketing strategy.