In the side-halls of the Airport Atlanta Hilton, VOA attendees are dishing in hushed tones about the DeWees/Fiverr conundrum.A few feet away, in the main hall, J Michael Collins is deftly moderating a panel on pay-to-plays.Threading its way through both conversations is the seemingly unanswerable...
...and not just "Nigerian Princes". I'm talking about predatory coaches and weekend demo mills too.Fraud and trust-betrayals are endemic to the modern world. Gone are the days of leaving your front door unlocked, letting your kids play down the street until sunset, and taking somebody's word at...
We all get the emails and phone calls asking how to break into voice acting. Usually people are cordial and professional about it, and if they're not, you kinda gauge the person behind the approach accordingly.Occasionally, someone will mistake your business as one that casts jobs or books work. ...
Usually we have two guest expert on our WoVOChats, 'cause the reparté can get very busy.But ole "Fast Fingas Umberger" was able to handle the pace just fine own today, thankyou!Our topic was agents, and agency representation. That's a voluminous area, but Jeffrey Umberger was definitely up to the...
Actually, there are maybe 15-20 things you CAN do before you send each audition...but these 7 points cannot be overlooked...the Holy Grail of "must-do" actions on the pre-flight list.This checklist is humbly submitted as my own intellectual content. I don't count myself among the top earners in...
In 2014, I verged on being a pest in relentlessly reminding blog readers of the mantra: video, video, video. In 2015 it's not gonna stop. I'm convinced more than ever of the power of video in establishing your voice-over presence in the marketplace. It can be something as simple as the video I...
Sorry for the horrid misspelling. Did it bring you this far? Good...then read on. Today's article is a guest blog provided by Amanda Clarke of GlocMedia- a UK digital marketing agency. They work closely with goLocalise, London's leading voice-over agency -- sometimes developing voice-over...
Don't get me wrong...I love DropBox, and Box.net, and SugarSync, and ZeroPC, Cubby, OneDrive and any of about 30 other great "cloud" solution for saving, backing-up, sharing, and accessing your data. I love the idea of "cloud" so much I've blogged about it several times: A Hard Drive is...
Attention spans are beyond short. These days they're miniscule. The teenage generation of today doesn't even use email. According to the Pew Research Center, only 6% of teens exchange email daily. They reserve email for "official" communications. Most are happier with FaceBook Messaging, Kik,...
No other question dominates discussions about the recent spate of ISDN-replacement technologies: How much will it cost? Kevin Leach at ipDTL has tinkered with his subscription fee a little since the first release. SoundStreak offered their service at no cost for the longest time. Now that it's...