Social Media networking, sometimes (in the recent old days) referred to as New Media networking….
How to make it work in your voice over business.
Google started it. Facebook capitalized on it. LinkedIn got on board, and now Twitter is following suit. All these social networks offer ways to advertise your services. Twitter's maiden offering is a new self-service ad platform. 'Great article complete with how-to directions from HubSpot:...
HO stands for Hang Out. A Google Plus Hang Out. First you have to have a G+ account (it's free), then you have to join or start a Hang Out (it's free and fun). Hang outs are video conferencing for any number of people (although more than 10 gets complicated). They include screen sharing, chat,...
Social Media is on fire. Never before have I seen more analysis, articles, metrics, and ballyhoo over the effect of Social Media on our culture. I know that many voice artists pooh-pooh this sea change. It is certainly possible to be a successful working voice actor without having thousands of...
In a few short weeks, my friends Terry Daniel and Trish Basanyi will be leading a social media discussion at FaffCamp. As a frequent presenter with Terry and Trish on the stage, I can confirm that you will walk away from their session with a head-full of ideas. Both of them are living proof that...
Everywhere people talk about losing the email battle. A little nonsense post on the Voice-Over Friends FB group yesterday brought this response from a VO friend: "...I get around 500 emails per day. Checking them to just figure out what I want to deal with and what not is laborious enough, but...
The social network we all love to hate, and CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM is changing again. In a sense (and as they say) change is good. With today's frenetic innovation, and super-short attention spans, there's bound to be plenty of trial-and-error tinkering...even with a product as ubiquitous as...
Yesterday, word spread fast that Scott Fortney had a heart attack. Scott is known to us all as a helpful voice actor who often posts Adobe Audition tutorials on YouTube, and started the Adobe Audition FaceBook group. His wife had just emerged from an illness, and now this. Prayers needed. On...
A LinkedIn posting tipped me off to the following announcement from Mill-James Creative Media: Mills James is proud to announce the creation of a database which will allow our producers to search and audition voice over talent at their desktop. We would like to invite you to register through the...
...is in Las Vegas this week. The annual Consumer Electronic Show (CES) started Tuesday. Roughly 150,000 people are attending from all around the globe. It's not open to the public, but any working journalist can get in, and it doesn't hurt that the Las Vegas convention center is a 3-block walk...
I'm back. 'Was lucky enough to get two weeks off from the TV news job while all 3 daughters were home for the holidays. On top of that, (as can be seen by the pictures posts earlier this week), we were able to spend some time around the Truckee/Donner area of Tahoe. But enough of that... It's a...