Our short-attention-span culture (and getting shorter), loves the infographic. An easy-to-digest all-around summary of a particular topic in an eye-catching presentation. I'm not saying the info is usually wrong, it's just too simplified. In other words, it's usually more complicated than that,...
...by a new browser! Really? I thought the browser wars were over and that Chrome had won. It did, but now there's a better browser beating Chrome at its own game: Vivaldi. It's Chrome... only better, more customizable, faster, and with a few new features you'll appreciate. Vivaldi comes from...
My wife and I have this...ahem..."discussion" alla time about whether the internet has ultimately been good or bad for humankind. My position is that there is evidence to support both arguments equally. Which is to say this latest invention of our collective culture is much like all the other...
Invoices, contracts, agreements, NDA's, digital signatures -- all that and more can be part of your business workflow on any given day. Wouldn't it be great to have one place where all those forms could be received/sent, generated, handled, integrated? HelloSign. I know there are smartphone apps...
Not a lot of my business is foreign-sourced, and that's probably not good. VO Pro Dan Hurst was the first one to clue me in on the incredible opportunities for neutral North American voices around the world, and all I can say is: "I'm workin' on it!". But with the global marketplace comes the...
Jobs. Yes, jobs. Facebook is now apparently openly challenging LinkedIn, Monster, UpWork, Craigslist and everybody else who is even pretending to be a place to find work. That's significant. Why? Because Facebook is the undeniable freakin' juggernaut of the social media world!!! No one seems to...
Remember GoToMeeting? Ugh...I hated that program. Skype seemed to be a pretty good video conferencing tool. Google Hangouts are still chugging along, but then Zoom.us blew up everything. Seems like most all of the working online public is using Zoom.us for videoconferencing and webinars. WoVO...
How many times have I seen this post in a VO online forum: "Hey, I'm thinking about investing in a CRM for my business...anybody got a suggestion?" 'Nothing intrinsically wrong with that question. Lots of successful voice-actors and other freelancers use Customer Relationship...
...you think things are kinda routine, the rules change. ...you depend on an established pattern, a new norm moves in. ...you think you know what to expect from life, the upheaval comes. ...your business reaches stability, the bottom drops out. Since Tuesday, I've seen and heard even newer...
10-hour long AudioBooks? 40-module E-Learning projects? 100-slide PowerPoint Presentation? Oh, and did I mention, the client wants all the finished production in .wav files? You know…the best quality, and the BIGGEST size? Today’s Voice talent has to be a whiz at sending big audio files with...
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