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Not everyone shares my enthusiasm for all things digital...I understand that. But how can you NOT like all the fun things you can do online these days? I'm not talking about social media. I'm talking about the media you can construct on your own, using some fun new sites. Many of them come under...
Google is re-writing the rules of SEO. As a journalist, I kept hearing that Google "Authorship" was the new thing. Then Steve Cunningham came along at FaffCon6 and blew the doors out. Cunningham is a professor at USC's Thornton School of Music. In his spare time, he's an audio...
What most shapes your life? Luck? Opportunity? People? ...or does your own attitude, drive, and mettle set the tone? In his new autobiography: Living On Air, Joe Cipriano finds the appropriate place for all those factors, but his personal compass always wins the day. You may think Joe has had a...
...'cause -- sometimes -- if you don't toot your OWN horn, who will? Forgive me for being overly "informational" lately about SoundStreak. I kinda broke a journalistic tradition by getting a little too close to my subject, I suppose. But my own interest in technology, combined with an enthusiasm...
Should You Pay For an Online Press Release? This question easily parallels other similar questions like: Should I hire an SEO consultant? Should I hire a web author, a graphic artist, a virtual assistant, and audio editor? Clearly, "shopping" or outsourcing time-consuming tasks not in your skill...
Our listening preferences range just about as far and wide as our speaking and recording choices. Some voice actors record while wearing headphones, some record without the cans, but listen back with them, others listen through a set of studio monitors (of all shapes, sizes, costs, and...
A message from South Africa was the genesis for today's blog post. I had just made FaceBook contact with Marinda Botha -- a voice actor who lives in Centurion, in the Gauteng province of South Africa. She had wanted to join my FaceBook Friends VO group, and in chatting with her online, I found...
First, can we agree that very few voice-actors can "do it all"?...and find equal success. With the wide array of possible ways to apply your voice to paying gigs, the smart money says you might want to find the BEST way to apply your talent, and make that your bread 'n' butter. Beyond that, adding...
Anyone who can maintain a 12-hour-a-day voice-over business, a separate side business, have some semblance of a family life AND complete a book ...deserves an "attaboy". Attaboy, Bill DeWees!!! You have probably seen any of Bill's 100+ YouTube "how to" videos on the subject of building your...
In less than two weeks, the Audio Publishers Association Conference (APAC) takes place in New York City. The conference itself is only one day, but the entire Audiobook publisher's community makes this their seminal annual event by putting APAC in the context of other meet-ups, sessions, mixers,...
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