1. make as much money with as little time investment as possible,
2. not burn you out, so you still have time/energy/love to spend enough hours daily to push your VO career along, and
3. relate to the field of voice acting, so you can transfer those skills into your VO biz

1. Working for a casting director/agency: provides contacts & insight into VO and acting – learn what's booking, how casting decisions are made
2. Working for an agent/manager: provides contacts and a side door into VO & acting – learn what attracts representation, what jobs are casting, what reads are booking
3. Working in an ad agency: provides contacts and a side door into VO and acting – learn how commercials are created, unpacking content and the perspective of the vo buyer
4. Working for a video production company: provides contacts and a side door into VO and acting – develop skills you may be able to use when you're full-time VO
5. Working for a dubbing house: provides contacts and a side door into VO and acting – learn about dubbing, gain an inside track on how to do it well
6. Working for an animation house: provides contacts and a sideddoor into VO and acting – learn the timeline for how animated projects are put together, what goes into character creation
7. Working for a gaming production company: provides contacts and a side door into VO and acting – learn the ins and outs of a game's production and creation and what casting is looking for in a voice over
8. Working in a radio or TV station: broadcasting is great for building skills, gaining contacts and increasing followers in social media
9. Working in a theatre box office: provides contacts and money management – gives you exposure to live acting – watch and learn, to directors, and the entertainment community
10. In the food service industry, working in a comedy club, dinner theatre or cabaret:  can sometimes provide contacts, giving you exposure to actors and comedians. Watch and learn what works, improve your comedic improv skills

10 MORE FREELANCE IDEAS ...

1. Assistant for a more established voice actor: provides contacts and insight into VO business management and acting – learn what a successful VO biz looks like
2. Social media manager: provides contacts and skills building – learn how to create effective social media campaigns
3. Copywriter: provides contacts and writing skills – many different voice over related businesses need good copy for websites, email campaigns, social media, etc.)
4. Blog writer: gives you skills, research and writing skills – learn what engages readers and improve your facility/relationship with a voice actor's career.
5. Production assistant: for on-set experience and contacts – learn effective project management skills
6. Martial arts instructor: think mocap (motion capture) here – many games and movies need good instructors, choreographers
7. Any kind of movement instruction: any type of regular movement gives more energy to put into your art – so if you can make money helping others find energy as well, win/win
8. Teacher: teaching is performance – keeping 30 adolescents engaged and focused is harder than it looks – this gig totally improves your performance skills
9. Marketing: directly transferable to your VO biz – helping others market increases your skills and gives you insight into what works and what doesn't
10. Tour guide: presenting a "script" every day as a tour guide can give you great practice in your conversational delivery performance skills.

• Perhaps your side hustle will start to be much more work than your desired voice over focus. 
• Maybe your freelance job as a writer means many more hours for a lower fee in order to make up the income deficit, but there are more opportunities to write than narrate.

• Are you doing the extra work to earn what you need to pay for a booth at home?
• Does your family need you to be bringing in income even when voice over work is slower?

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