by CourVO | May 22, 2016 | Compensation |
When someone doesn’t pay…what CAN you really do? Send nice remindersSent stern remindersDemand paymentThreaten lawsuitThat about exhausts my knowledge on the matter.Thankfully, it almost never comes up. Three times it’s happened to me in 8 years. ...
by CourVO | May 3, 2016 | Compensation, Pricing |
…and it’s a free live Webinar to the first 100 visitors! We’re gonna knock this one out of the park, ’cause our stellar panel is from the GVAA – Global Voice Acting Academy. Cristina Milizia, GVAA Founder, and her team of professional...
by CourVO | Mar 13, 2016 | Compensation, Freelance |
Last week’s blogs were the intellectual overflow of VO Atlanta. When you’re around that much inspiration, the mind just churns with ideas.And while the blog saw one of the highest readerships EVAR last week…there wasn’t universal agreement to...
by CourVO | Mar 10, 2016 | Compensation, VO Business |
Buried within the many 50 lb. bags of wisdom passed around at VO Atlanta are two maxims that always bring knowing nods from presenters and their audience of voice-actors.Rule #1 goes something like this: “If you set your prices low as a newbie and first-time...
by CourVO | Feb 16, 2016 | Compensation |
Post in a Facebook VO group from a seasoned pro:”…Auditioned for this thing from my agency last week. Today, I get a private, direct requested audition from a dead profile I left on voicesdotcom’s site today for the EXACT same thing, as a NON-union...
by CourVO | Jan 27, 2016 | Compensation, International, World-Voices.org |
Remember I told you in yesterday’s blog that a blue-ribbon panel of experts would join us in a conversation about international and foreign VO rates?Well, here it is…and the panel shared a darn sight more wisdom that I ever bargained for — far beyond...
by CourVO | Oct 28, 2015 | Compensation |
What? You thought we were going to run out of things to talk about when it comes to VO Rates?Not a chance!We’re finding more and more to discuss…and we’re getting some of the most knowledgeable people to discuss it!Yesterday, Anne Ganguzza and I...
by CourVO | Oct 27, 2015 | Compensation |
…to get comfy with a bowl of Coco Puffs or Italian Wedding Soup, and watch one of the best discussions about VO compensation rates you’ll ever see.Tuesday around 1pm Pacific, my co-host Anne Ganguzza and I are holding the fourth in a series of online...
by CourVO | Sep 30, 2015 | Compensation, World-Voices.org |
One thing is clear about today’s VO rates: there’s little clarity.The pace of change in the business is swift, and compensation rates are either not keeping pace, or being re-invented out of thin air. Legacy scale and historically good-paying jobs still...
by CourVO | Aug 25, 2015 | Compensation, New Paradigms |
We’re in the communications business, right? So, it makes sense that at the most basic level, we should communicate with EACH OTHER about our business.It’s no secret that like many other industries disrupted by the internet, voice acting is seeing market...
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