“Pay-it-Forward” became a cliché the day after the movie of the same name was released.
But no one’s come up with a better way to briefly phrase the ethic that extending value IN ADVANCE of reward, holds great promise as a lifestyle, a marketing plan, and a business plan. I try to live by that creed in this blog, and I can’t tell you how many times it’s payed dividends.
One of the gents I greatly admire in the voice over business is Bill DeWees. He’s left behind a number of successful endeavours during his life, and is now making the voice-acting business look easy. Note, I say “business“. That’s how Bill treats it, and therein lies his success. That’s a familiar theme among the more seasoned pros.
Even though he’s a voice actor, Bill is maybe just as well-known for his pay-it-forward brand of how-to videos. See the Bill DeWees channel on YouTube.
Yesterday on my Voice-Over Friends FaceBook Group, Bill posted a link to an instructional video he produced as a live seminar recently. You can view it for free, and in my estimation, there’s a gold-mine of VO business strategies in just the first hour, and then the show continues with valuable Q & A. Please make an effort to watch as much of this as you can afford.
Among the gems in his presentation are reminders to treat all your past customers as future prospects through consistent follow-up. Along with newsletters, postcards, emails, and phone calls, Bill shared that he uses the SmartContactTool to help automate some of this duty. When you click on that link, you end up on a site called Happy Grasshopper.
And then it hit me! That’s how I met Bill! He had seen my blog about Happy Grasshopper from March of last year, and later contacted me to say thanks.
See! Pay-it-forward brings its own rewards in due time, or to paraphrase: What Goes Around Comes Around.
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