While it’s great to have blinders on, they can keep us from seeing opportunity. They also help keep us from shiny objects!
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Category: Doing Business
Using Time Effectively – Getting Started in Voice Over #38
It can be maddening as an entrepreneur to decide. What IS the best decision here. But it’s the business decisions we make that make our business grow and prosper… and not. #businessconsulting ##.
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Burn out is real for ANY business owner! Getting Started in Voice Over #35
Today is about being an entrepreneur, so whether you’re a voice artist or flower shop owner, restaurateur, or other small business owner/operator, this is for you. Few if ANY of our friends understand what it’s like to be an entrepreneur. Until you are responsible for every single element of a business, you won’t get it. What’s everything? Name it. Business planning, financing, pricing decisions, hours of operation, marketing, advertising, accounting, tax prep, communications with… everyone, customer service, employee training and Development, and MORE
Happy 2222uesday! Mistakes I see- Getting Started in Voice Over #33
I talked last week about not finding new customers. The point being taking AWESOME care of those you have now! I’m in several #voiceactor social media groups and here’s the top four things I see challenging new VOs:
- Not responding quickly
- Missing deadlines
- Badly produced files
- Not following direction
Zooming To Webinar Success E01
Webinars are a way of life for many of us. Like many things in life, some are amazing, some, not so much.
For most of my adult life I’ve been in training & development and emcee’d or presented hundreds of seminars.
A recent experience with a client that had never done a #webinar/#virtualmeeting, put the entire development in my hands. From planning, to script writing, to- well every single element. It made me realize that there are others that may not be well prepared to host a meeting like this, so here we go.
I’ll be looking to cover every element of a great webinar from the first idea to the “day of”. I’d love comments and questions you might have!
Thanks again to #AliceEverdeen for the intro #voiceover! www.AliceEverdeen.com
May I help you plan and execute your webinar?
Stop Trying to get new clients! Getting Started in Voice Over #33
What if you did stop trying to get new clients? What would happen to your business? It might grow! WHAT!? Take a listen!
Intentionally Changing My Approach
Thank you to Anthony Pica for the reminder this morning to focus on where I need to be marketing. A broad, unfocused approach wasn’t working! Here’s to the new approach! As the famous meme says, “Move! You aren’t a tree!”
I QUIT!!! (doing it wrong, that is).
I Quit.
I hope.
How often has the first sentence lead immediately to the second for us? I think our brains are hard-wired to “do the safe thing”. Continue to do what we “know” as opposed to learning new skills and challenging our own thoughts and beliefs. I’ve actually done a LOT of this over the last year.
One thing I committed myself (hmmm…) to doing this was concentrating on posting to three social media platforms: #LinkedIn, #Facebook and #Instagram every single day. And since April of 2021ish, I’ve done that. Mostly with #videocontent. Why? I’m a #voiceactor as well as #spokesperson (for hire). I thought, man, if people see me on-screen and hear my voice, I’ll get more work!
Likely a smart strategy.
Except I did it wrong.
Today I stand (actually sitting, but…) before you a changed man. I Quit.
Well, I quit doing it the wrong way. I hope. I sat in on a webinar with #LinkedIn specialist @Richard Bliss opened my eyes to several indisputable things.
1) JUST posting to social media can be a HUGE time waster if we’re doing it wrong! The platforms have ONE goal: Keep you and others using THEIR platform.
2) Posting the wrong way can be worse than not posting! (Re-read #1).
3) I need to figure out a) How to do it right, or b) find an affordable way to have it done for me.
We all want our business to grow. So today I’ve promised myself to restart and figure out how to do it well and correctly! I want my #voiceover business to grow, but more, I’m tired of wasting resources and time to no traction.
Here’s to doing it right.
Customer Relations- Getting Started in Voice Over #30
Hard to believe I’ve done 30 episodes on general business advise, but specifically “Getting Started in Voice Over”. I hope the series is valuable to those thinking of this as a side job, or career! Today is about dealing with customers in general, but also on some of the digital platforms.
Cost of Doing Business- Getting Started in Voice Over #29
What’s your Cost of Doing Business? Cost of Goods Sold? Dunno? You better! The better you know not only the COGS for each and every component of your products and services AND your CODB, the more likely you are to be successful and take your business to the next level!