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How To Use TMB

Welcome this section is a general guide for users on how to get the most out of the TMB service and TMB website. It outlines the basic usage, features and what you can and should do with your profile.

Technical. For more technically inclined queries, please see "FAQ" (Frequently Asked Questions) page.

A Step By Step Guide To How You Might Use TMB
Join TMB
Create your profile.
Create your image portfolio.
Search for other members on the site.
Review your search results and find members that might be suitable contacts.
Email members that interest you.
Receive emails from other members.
Liase with other members on photographic projects
Upload new images and modify your profile as you progress through your career.
Place comments on members you have worked with or would like to work with.
Use the chat rooms to network.
Use the notice boards to network
Frequently visit the Advice Centre for relative advice and information.
Submit articles of advice on the Advice Centre for the benefit of other users.
Use the travel manager to notify other members in areas you are travelling to.
Use the travel manager to keep a diary of your travel dates.
Visit the News page to keep up to date with any events, updates, competitions, offers etc.
View the gallery for the latest TMB members.
Upgrade your membership to maximise your privileges on TMB.
Contact TMB with any queries, suggestions, or complaints and to report misuse of the site.

General
The general Principal of TMB is for you as a member to create an online profile and portfolio that will serve you as a CV and image portfolio. You should use your profile to present yourself to the industry in the best possible light. Fill in your profile details as comprehensively as possible not forgetting to include in any interests, special skills or achievements. Once you have your profile, you need to get people to see it. The most straightforward way of doing this is to email members directly from TMB and ask them to see your profile for their consideration (the TMB Email System will automatically send a mini version of your profile to whoever you are emailing. You can also direct non-members to your profile by emailing them with a link. The link to your profile will be www.themodelbook.com followed by a forward slash and then your TMB No. for example: www.themodelbook.com/0000

Once people have seen your profile they will reply accordingly. It is then up to you and your contact to negotiate any forthcoming projects.

Searching For Other Members
The advanced search facility on TMB has been created so that whoever you are looking for is just a few clicks away. For example if you’re looking for a tall, redheaded, semi professional model, working from New York specializing in glamour, simply select the criteria and hit search. The basic search facility allows you to brows for members by member type; sex, location etc. please see the “Member Search” section for the complete details of search options.

Contacting Other Members
The TMB Email system is a highly advanced service, delivering a complex number of functions in a very simple and user-friendly manner. You must be logged in to use the system and daily email privileges are increased according to your membership level. For example a bronze member may email up to 7 other members per day, where as a Super Platinum member can email up to 70 members per day (please see “Membership Levels” for a complete email privileges guide).

By simply clicking on the email icon on a users profile you can contact them directly, alternatively if a member has a manager you can email the manager directly by clicking on the managers email icon.

When you click on a members email icon you will be presented with a simple email form where you can leave a personalized message. Your sent email will include a mini version of your profile (Z-Card) and links to your full TMB profile. You will be shown a review of your sent message.

Travel
With your TMB account you will receive a personal travel management system. The Travel Manager allows you to upload your travel plans to an online diary. Members working from your travel destinations will be emailed a notification of you travel dates etc. a few hours after you have posted the details.

Comments
If you have worked with, would like to work with or simply want to comment on a member’s profile. Then simply click on the comments section of a profile and leave your comment. You will also be able to view other member’s comments on the selected profile.

Making TMB Work For You
TMB is community and the whole point of the service is to get you to network. Networking is all-important for the progression of your career. Use the email and comments systems, use the forums and chat rooms. Get yourself out there and get yourself seen.

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