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The “Remote” Challenge

The “Remote” Challenge

While in Ft. Worth, TX for my daughter's college graduation, (see yesterday's blog) I got the call we all love/hate to get:  a voice over job, and they needed it yesterday. Since we all seem so overwhelmingly infatuated with creative solutions for recording on the road...and since device...

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Top 50 Most Successful VoiceOver Professionals (on radio)

Top 50 Most Successful VoiceOver Professionals (on radio)

How would you choose the names that should go on that list? Well, you won't have to. BENZTOWN is going to do it for us. Benztown is "... an international radio imaging, production library, programming, and voiceover services company with over 1,900 affiliations on six different continents." Visit...

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Pedaling Faster

Pedaling Faster

Does anyone else notice the pace of things just getting out of hand? I suppose this is the problem with skirting the trending edge of the envelope in the first place.  It can leave you either looking like you're the smartest guy since Steve Jobs, or the biggest loser since Bernie Madoff. I like...

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The Rest of the Story…

The Rest of the Story…

...and  maybe it's more than you ever wanted to know about/from Dave Courvoisier. But when I look back on the interview I did with Stacey and Chuck on VO Buzz Weekly, I realized there's really some good stuff in there!  That's why it they made it a two-parter, I guess. Again, I sing the praises of...

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West of WoVOCon

West of WoVOCon

Set aside what you know of FaffCon or any other of the many great VoiceOver conferences you attended recently. Oh, WoVOCon shared many of the elements of those great conferences, but this one was one of the best exercises in volunteerism and community contribution I can remember. That's because...

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WoVO Comes of Age

WoVO Comes of Age

April 2012, World-Voices Organization was born.  This weekend, we celebrate with our first conference: WoVOCon. In two years, our fledgling Industry Trade Association wrestled with many thorny problems, struggled to earn legitimacy, took lead on some tough issues, and kept adding loyal believers...

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Best/Worst Times to Post to Social Media

Best/Worst Times to Post to Social Media

You've seen these infographics or charts before, but doggone it...they keep changing! So, here's the latest -- and it was compiled by someone I trust implicitly -- my own virtual assistant.  The data was collected for someone else, but she generously shared it with me and some of her other...

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SEO for Voice Actors:  Keyword Analysis

SEO for Voice Actors: Keyword Analysis

Today's blog is a guest blog.  For the 2nd time in five days, my wife is having surgery, and I need to be there (not related to last week, and not terribly serious -- still, she's under anesthesia).  So I'm offering an article sent to me recently by Sarah Williams, a writer at Gloc Media in the...

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Dave Hits it Big

Dave Hits it Big

Confession time:  TV personalities get a big kick out of finding their picture in the local newspaper. Yeah, even today, with print publications in decline..and yes, even if it's a picture for the wrong reason.  Never mind our mugs are on the TV set every night, and thousands watch.  There's just...

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FaffCon2014 Official Announcement

FaffCon2014 Official Announcement

Faffy (Amy Snively) and I sat down for a Skype Video interview last night, and she revealed the location of FaffCon 7. So of course, you want to know where and when....but don't rush to watch for only that.  There are plenty of other gems in this almost 15-minute video  recording. You'll hear from...

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