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by Allen Levin

I would be remiss if I didn't give my own testimonial on the Lifebook Community.

Lifebook students have the best attitudes and mental strength of any studio I have seen. They are focused, determined, ambitious, persistent, and have great integrity. The students are very much a team. They work together in and out of class. Professional bookings, and lately a bunch of national commercials, are regularly reported. I have been so impressed since the very first class in 2005 when we opened (with 7 students and one of our students, Gilbert's, mother) all the way through the most recent class.

These students are amazing. I get inspired every class and I credit the Lifebook Community for our great success. Our students shoot regular films and webseries together. They have helped each other get into SAG (quite a few). They have referred fellow Lifebook students to their agents and managers. This is such a cohesive team. I do not believe there is an equal opportunity in Los Angeles or anywhere in the world. The energy is always positive, ambitious, and electric. Every student shares in our Lifebook pride. No acting company, group, or community, is finer. There isn't another place in the world where I'd rather spend my time and creative passion.

I truly love our community and I know you will too.

Here is an article (also found on "Compare Us" under 'About Lifebook') that is also a big part of my testimonial.

Shaping UP to the competition.  Lifebook is far ahead.

We teach you at Lifebook not to be afraid of your personal power and choices, the ones only you have within you.   Lifebook as a company practices this policy.  You are trained to use your unfair competitive advantages to book professional work and build your career on a stronger level.  We too will use our unfair competitive advantages (Student Satisfaction, Tuition Price, Guarantee, Teacher), to make the case that Lifebook Acting Academy is a wise choice.

Yelp.com is one of the best places to find reviews for companies on the internet.  Today on Yelp.com, Lifebook is currently the highest rated acting studio.  With 28 reviews (also see the filtered reviews) we have a perfect 5.0 rating from our more than satisfied students.  All 28 reviewers rated Lifebook a perfect 5.0.

Compare our scores to other schools.  We have plenty of ratings and the top score.  In the number of reviews we count every review each business gets, main page and filtered (although in this first comparison the filtered reviews do not affect the official Yelp.com score – we have a more fair comparison below).

Notice the tuition costs:  Many acting classes in Los Angeles cost over DOUBLE our tuition and it’s not easy to find out their prices unless you go in and sit through quite a sales pitch. 

Lifebook advises you to pay less and get more by studying with us.

Studio                                          Score             Reviews                     Tuition
Lifebook Acting Academy               5.0                  28                             $160 per month
Beverly Hills Playhouse                  4.5                  19                             $325 per month
Playhouse West                             4.0                  14                             $195 per month
Ivana Chubbuck Studio                  3.0                  16                             $275 per month
The Acting Corps                            2.5                  32                             $399 per month

 

 

                                                            Money Back                         All classes taught by
Studio                                                  Guarantee?                         studio founding teacher?           

Lifebook Acting Academy                        Yes                                          Yes
Beverly Hills Playhouse                           No                                           No (Rest in Peace, Milton)
Playhouse West                                      No                                           No
Ivana Chubbuck                                      No                                           No
The Acting Corps                                     No                                           No


Can we make the Yelp scores more fair? 
Many times the main score doesn’t tell the entire tale.  The filtered links shouldn’t be filtered.  When reviews are filtered their score doesn’t reflect on the company score.  Sometimes companies pay reviewing websites to filter out the bad scores and leave them the good.  Let’s see where we really stack up!
If we give all reviews:

  • 2  points for a 5
  • 1 point for a 4
  • 0 points for a 3 (a very average rating)
  • -1 points for a 2
  • -2 points for a 1 

How do our competing acting studios stack up?  This way the filtered reviews can count and a higher number of reviews (thus more students reviewing) weighs more.  This system is more fair. 

Lifebook:                                                  56 points
Acting Corps:                                            25 points **(warning: suspicious reviews)
Beverly Hills Playhouse:                           22 points
Playhouse West:                                      12 points
Ivana Chubbuck:                                      <10 points>  (negative 10)


**Acting Corps had many days where a number of 5 star reviews were posted the same day.  It appears there was some foul play to Yelp.com as well.  Out of 32 reviews, 26 have been filtered.  This is unique.  Usually about half are filtered.

The choice of an acting school is a very important consideration.  Please do your own due diligence as well.  Feel free to call or email us and ask questions.  Ask students at Lifebook what they think of the course work, the teacher, and if you should participate.

We’d love to help you build your dreams into reality in our community.  We invite you to Lifebook to move forward with a winning team and a strong leader.

With Lifebook you have absolutely nothing to lose and so much to gain

I hope you’ll study with us.
Feel free to email me directly with any questions you have.
I will respond personally as quickly as I can.

Allen Levin
Lifebook Founder and Instructor
WinningActors@Gmail.com
Also feel free to use the contact page on this website.







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