by CourVO | Sep 17, 2012 | Compensation, Pricing |
In this post, I will not name the whistle-blower to protect the innocent. It is not me who found this site. That person received the notice (read below) as an email, and asked my opinion. Over the years, I’ve moved off-center in the debate about the capitalist...
by CourVO | Feb 7, 2012 | Compensation |
Everybody freelancer struggles with setting voice over rates. Well, not everyone. I know established talent who have set minimums for all sorts of contingencies. $350 minimum session fee for turning on the microphone, regardless of the length of the copy. ...
by CourVO | Nov 21, 2011 | Compensation |
You gotta draw the line. Stand up for yourself. Peter Dickson did. Maye we should all take a little lesson from him. The booming Brit voice on the X-Factor saw a challenge to his job comfort coming, and (with a little help from his agent) put his foot down. We may...
by CourVO | Mar 25, 2011 | Compensation |
Seasoned VO Talent and Casting Director J.S. Gilbert writes a perceptive blog article in reaction to a Parade Magazine story about respective pay scales for different professions. At the bottom of the list: you guessed it — VO talent. J.S.’s analysis of...
by CourVO | Oct 13, 2010 | Compensation |
Nothing dogs a freelancer more than the issue of fair pay. The freelance voice talent I know struggle mightily with this on the various forums (see yesterday’s blog, Lively LinkedIn) I’m not going to beat this horse too much more, but I’m fascinated...
by CourVO | Jun 24, 2010 | Compensation, Pricing, Social/Professional Networking, VO SociaMedia |
….is more than just a quandary, it’s actually a group forum over on LinkedIn. Lately, there’s been some lively discussion about pricing long-format narrations (with some side-notes about how the industry is in the throes of trying to decide how much...
by CourVO | Jun 21, 2010 | Compensation |
We gripe about the chunk they take out for the convenience of safe, instant payment…but PayPal is almost a de-facto standard for quick online payment from VO clients. PayPal is now charging the same for all accounts. The formula is 2.9% + .30USD. So sending or...
by CourVO | May 6, 2010 | Compensation |
You’d have to be living in a voiceover-proof invisible dome not to hear about the goings-on with VoiceJockeys and atty Robert Sciglimpaglia. I’ve been blogging about it myself relentlessly for the last three days, and this will be an addendum, then I...
by CourVO | May 4, 2010 | Compensation |
Robert Sciglimpaglia responds with a quick and challenging answer to VoiceJockeys’ contrition over outrageous contract stipulations. Please review the previous two Courvo.com blog articles to see how this compensation issue exploded over the last few days. HERE...
by CourVO | May 4, 2010 | Compensation, VO Jobs |
VoiceJockeys’ reply to Robert Sciglimpaglia’s dissection of their contract language, showed up in the comment section to my blog post of last night. You can go to the comment section to see it, but I’m reprinting it here in its entirety. I...
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