Hey! Who knew? Somebody besides voice actors reads my blog once in a while.How do I know? Because Mauricio Prinzlau wrote me, and told me "...it's rare to find somebody who puts that much into research and make content really actionable..."Of course, after being buttered-up like that, I'd be...
No other word in Social Media, marketing, voiceover or business strategizing is more over-used than "networking".You'll hear people toss out that word like they actually know what it means: "That conference will be a great place for networking." "You'll have to be better at networking if you...
How many times has the topic come up here about hard numbers, hard facts, and metrics as it relates to your Voice Over business? Hmmm?Remember The Pareto Principle article? That's the rule of 80/20 that keeps coming up everywhere. I mentioned that it's likely 20% of your marketing efforts...
Remember I told you in yesterday's blog that a blue-ribbon panel of experts would join us in a conversation about international and foreign VO rates?Well, here it is...and the panel shared a darn sight more wisdom that I ever bargained for -- far beyond the topic and back.World-Voices Organization...
No, I'm not bilingual, or trilingual. Maybe if I was, I'd have twice or triple the work. Actually, I don't see my bilingual friends working twice as much, but there certainly is twice the potential.Besides, you don't have to be bilingual to get decent VO work in other parts of the world. ...
2oo episodes of VOBuzz Weekly.Never mind the technical preparation that goes into each show. Forget the work done to even conceptualize, create attitude, and book the talent. It's no big deal coming up with the topics and the PR surrounding all those shows.No, the real achievement for Chuck...
Ask me what got me into being a voice-actor, and I'd tell you "AudioBooks". It seemed like a perfect fit for me. I was interested in it, and pursued it whole-heartedly for about 5 years. I ended up narrating some 40 titles, attended APAC twice, was a beta tester for ACX, blogged interviews with...
This is an easy topic for me to write about because I'm practically perfect in every way...said no one evar (OK, it was actually true of Mary Poppins).Have you ever stopped to take a look at the way you get in the way of yourself?I'm not just talking about denial, or procrastination; that's...
Smaller and smaller. Some prognosticators say in the not-too-distant future, you will be a walking computer, with all the necessary components embedded in your body somewhere.The miniaturization of computing devices is part design advances, part cultural competition. Storage, processors,...
This past weekend, some Canadian friends talked me into going to a Curling tournament here in Las Vegas.You know... Curling. That uniquely eclectic sport played by people in countries, well...closer to the Artic circle. Watch this clip, and you'll probably remember having seen a Curling event...
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