Your email signature bookends your salutation. Both are perfunctory, and yet pertinent. As overlooked as the signature can be...don't you always notice when it's missing?...or minimal...or overdone? The email signature for a voice-actor is part marketing, part follow-up, part punctuation. Since...
Why? Because it’s a manipulative device to get you to read it! That’s the #1 reason. You don’t want to be manipulated do you? Virtually every last blog about and for bloggers mentions this magic formula. I’m sure there’s some psychological reason behind it…so let me ask you…why did you read...
You've seen those houses on the news: 47 cats, the smell of urine & feces, and a narrow path through each room bordered by stacks of just...junk.THAT'S the visual definition of hoarding stuck in our brains. The TV show "Hoarders" only furthers the mystique.We all recognize those physical...
...when you have an interested new prospect, and they tell you they've never really hired a professional voice talent, 'cause they always use Alan when they need something recorded. You know -- Alan...down the hall.It's a golden moment, a teaching moment, and a real opportunity to show the value...
Seasoned VO pros have just as much responsibility to protect our profession as do the newcomers.
Here’s why.
Yup, the very heart of the entertainment/communication industry on the East Coast - the #2 VO market in the USA - no more ISDN installs.If you already have ISDN, you're fine. Things will continue as normal (for now).This is for BRI service. Apparently Verizon is still offering PRI/T1 connections...
Not that they're mutually exclusive or anything, but both of these services have a part to play in the voice-over realm...and both are struggling to survive for different reasons.Twitter is a free social media platform under seemingly endless corporate mis-management. ISDN is an expensive...
...and to do that, think outside the traditional knee-jerk use of the word...'cause that's changing. For instance, does a "broadcast facility"need to be a 2-acre building with offices, a huge studio, engineering, promotions, a control room, and 100 employees? Not anymore.At WCOBM (World Center of...
It's late...or early...whichever. The clock says 3:32am as I write this.We're creatures of habit, tending to keep the same schedules. Mine is a late one. Yes, I do sleep. My sleep hours are just not YOUR sleep hours. Personally, I believe the hours from midnight to 4am are the perfect hours...
...progress, I mean.Headlines (beyond politics) Wednesday:50 NY Times Staffers Accept BuyoutsMashable adds 2 ReportersWhat's it like in the city where you live? Do you know ANYBODY who still reads the physical newspaper? Who listens to radio anymore? When's the last time you've seen a 35 mm...
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