I watched and listened to Dave for may years on KlAS and some special reports and wondered what happened to him until I found out he does attend a local workshop that I have attended off and on for 7 years but we never crossed paths. Congratulations on your VO success. As they say in Vegas, "Nobody said it was gonna be easy.” I'll be tuning in to your reports from now on.

Mr. Courvoisier,

Practical, practical, practical! Thank you for these tips. Thank you for reminding us that it is the every-day, chug!-chug!-chug! of often mundane--but necessary--activitities, that lay the foundation for our success (
or not!). My first time reading you, and I will try to read you often.

As always Dave, you nailed it. Thank you!!!

Oh, and don't forget to have talent! "Maintain good relationships always" or "Set goals and achieve them" or "Follow established business practices" are just article filler stuff. How about this one: "use clichés less" or "avoid glottal shock" and "try not to 'puke' like a radio announcer" and think that qualifies as talent." lol. Man, that's real advice.

I think the last tip was every bit as important as all the rest. Social Media can be a huge time suck and I think for those in VO, more so. Why? Because we work alone and we are social creatures. So outside input and output is vital, but choosing which will be productive is the key. 'I changed someones mind about politics on FACEBOOK!!!' said no one, ever! But boy how some of us try.

Problem is, it's right in front of us and accessible all day. Too easy and too detrimental to productivity.

Thanks Dave!