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40th Episode Recap- Getting Started in Voice Over #40!

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Well, it’s “almost” epsidode 40. Listen to find out why and a quick recap of the episodes since July, 2021.

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Episode List:

   #1: What about my recording space?

   #2: MORE on recording space

   #3: Evaluating YOUR recording space

   #4: Do I have the right voice?

   #5: Advice on starting ANY business

   #6: You ARE starting a business

   #7: What business entity do I start with?

   #8: What equipment to buy?

   #9: What’s a DAW?

#10: A quick DAW demo

#11: Copyright

#12: Do I need a coach to do VO?

#13: “Failure-proofing” your business

#14: Where do I find work?

#15: Working hard- Intentionally

#16: Demos, Auditions, & Samples

#17: Customer service

#18: Are you flexible?

#19: Let’s talk branding!

#20: It’s a lot like hard work!

#21 (Even) MORE on your recording space

#22: Digital delivery platforms

#23: More on mics and foam backing

#24: When do I go full-time?

#25: Phrasing your VO

#26: Check your ego at the door

#27: Is it “Gut-check” time?

#28: Pricing your products & services

#29: Cost of doing business

#30: Customer relations

#31: The VO Community

#32: Stop trying to get new clients!

#33: Mistakes I see

#34: OPPS! There is none!!

#35: Burn out is real for ANY business owner

#36: Using a StreamDeck

#37: To sit or stand when recording?

#38: Using time effectively #39: How do we stand out?

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Challenges & Pitfalls of hiring talent- Speaking for You E4

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Today we look at some of the draw backs and pitfalls of using on-screen talent! I was speaking yesterday with my most frequent customer that uses me for on-screen spokes person work. She said they’d been in a meeting a week or two ago and suddenly thought, “What if Grant decides not to do this anymore? Or if he got really sick, or…” Well, there’s that.

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Speaking for You #2 Finding the Vibe!

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If you’ve ever been in theater, or acting of any kind, you know there are many reasons actors are selected, or rejected. It may be NOTHING you did or didn’t do. I’ve actually seen VOICE rejections like, “he didn’t sound tall enough.” ummm, okay. So back to an assumption that you now have several choices for your role. Listen in!

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The VoiceOver Community- Getting Started in Voice Over #31

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What about us? We’re a pretty cool group of people! There are bad social media groups and there are some really good ones! When deciding to join, go ahead and join or stalk and see how they talk to one another. If you find a bunch of elitist snobs bullying others, leave now!! There are several wonderful groups that all support one another!

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I QUIT!!! (doing it wrong, that is).

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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.

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Don’t take that tone with me!

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Don’t take that tone with me! Well, unless you want me to! One of the challenges in VO is finding the right “tone”. We can do that!

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Phone Messages, IVR and Voice Mail

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Phone Messages, IVR (Interactive Voice Response) and Voice Mail.

I included two different demos in today’s episode. Which do you like better? The first is from last spring and includes my old branding, and another I did just this week. Comments? Which would make you buy?

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Demos, Auditions, Samples: Getting started in VoiceOver #16

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ANY industry “common” terminology isn’t common until you know it!

Today’s episode is about the difference between a Demo, a Sample and an Audition. As with any technical lingo, there are cross-overs here, but this should help you a bit.

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