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...
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...
When you figure it out, share it with me, willya? 'Cause in all the years I've been after this VO thingy...I've never done one. That might have something to do with the fact that I'm not pullling in near the revenue I should be, but so far I'm blaming it on the fact that I have another...
John Burr wrote me out of the blue the other day, and asked if I'd take a look at his newly-published book: THE VOICE OVER ACTORS' HANDBOOK. He just happened to mention that my book [More Than Just a Voice] was listed in his extensive "Recommended Reading" Section at the back of his book, so how...
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...
Yesterday, I was reading through my Google Alerts, and came across a Craigslist ad placed by a seasoned VO pro. I've re-printed most of it for you to see below the line-break. The ad came complete with a graphic, phone #, website address, a map to his major U-S city address, an email address, a...
Seems like every iteration of Apple products comes with fewer connections, not more. Some see it as progress, others, problematic. When Apple adopted the lightning connector, all my 30-pin plugs were immediately obsolete for iPhone, iPad, and iPod. A few critics say that same adoption of new...
You. The seasoned pro. You, the experienced voice-actor. You, the knowledgeable and worldly audio producer. What are you saying when you're approached by someone who shows the proper respect, passion, drive, and sense-to-ask-the-right-question about getting started in VO? Lately, I've been...
Do you know what "jaded" means? It means: "worn out or weary"...as in: we're too close to VO to see it objectively, and so immersed in the culture that we're over-exposed to it. We view as -- tired -- the very things that identify us to our non-professional audience. Those identifiers become...
It's true. When asked about social media, the most common complaint from voice actors is: "I just don't get Twitter". Well your worries are over. Twitter is still there, and it's still confusing... but there's a new conundrum in town. SnapChat, Mighty Facebook - the 800 lb. gorilla in the...
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