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Oh, You’re Gonna Wanna Check This Out!

Oh, You’re Gonna Wanna Check This Out!

The folks over at the GVAA have been busy.  You know, the Global Voice Acting Academy. Founder Cristina Milizia, and her amazing team of coaches and contributors grew tired of searching through the morass of confusing online resources for VO rates.  What they DID find was either out of date, not a...

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III was Thrilling

III was Thrilling

As I write this, the only business yet to handle from WoVOCon III is April's board meeting.People began arriving Wednesday, and some won't leave until the end of the week (the Nat'l Assoc of Broadcasters -NAB - convention is in town).At nearly 150 attendees plus spouses and friends visiting for...

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Countdown…

Countdown…

...to the WoVOCon weekend.In a couple of days, members of our growing organization will be arriving.Their pilgrimage to the 3rd annual meeting in Las Vegas is testimony to the desire for VO community.  After all, VO Atlanta happened a scant 6 weeks ago.  That conference was 400 strong, and...

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Product Value vs. Customer Perception

Product Value vs. Customer Perception

You may find this humorous, but I do my own make-up.No... let me back up.In my TV news anchor job, I wear make-up...and I do it myself every afternoon.  Through numerous cosmetics consultants, trends, products, and shades, I've found what works best over the years. Luckily, I have good skin (I...

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Because I can

Because I can

How often do you see in those pithy motivational sayings on Facebook that downtime is important to your uptime?I'm there. I've often encouraged "life intermissions" as a means of maintaining sanity.  It doesn't have to be exotic.  In fact, to me a vacation is anything that is a break in the...

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It’s Just Not Right!

It’s Just Not Right!

It's a darn shame, doncha think?So tell me...what does the "it" refer to in the sentence above?It's crazy isn't it?(same question)"IT" has become the most overused, misunderstood, misused "crutch" word in the English language.You can look back over my 2700+ blog posts, and you'll see that I've...

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Seen These VO Lead Generators?

Seen These VO Lead Generators?

Should I share this stuff or not? I have not really qualified any of the sites I'm about to list, but I was struck by the possibilities all landing in my mailbox in one day.  I'll leave it to you to do the sleuthwork, and hope you'll get back to me to let me know if there's any meat on the bone...

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4 Reasons for VO Agility in a Changing World

4 Reasons for VO Agility in a Changing World

We don't see it because we're so wrapped up in it...part of it...causing it.  The pell-mell pace of change.  No other generation in the history of humankind on this earth has fallen victim to the opportunity and the pitfalls of innovation, cultural churn, and info overload like this generation.  ...

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Talking with Tamashiro

Talking with Tamashiro

Remember that big online melee about Fiverr that was sparked by Bill DeWees a few weeks ago? Let me say that Bill is a friend, and I've never, nor will I ever bash him or his practices here on this blog.  But, it's OK for friends to disagree, and apparently I wasn't the only one to disagree with...

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