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The next time you attend a voice over conference, will you truly get THE MOST out of the experience? VO pro Natasha Marchewka shares 15 conference tactics – including when to eat (!) and not drink (too much). Part 2 in a series …

Warning: Don’t attend a voice over conference – especially a big one – without a goal and plan for what you want to accomplish. You’ll gain so much more from the experience by following these pre-conference tips from VO pro Natasha Marchewka (Part 1 of a series) …

We are all looking to save time – especially in voice over as we meet deadlines, often working in multiple time zones. How to get it all done? Voice actor/coach/producer Moneen Daley shares The Top 5 Time Efficiencies for Voice Over Talent …

Resolutions are one way to greet the New Year. Maybe better is to reflect on what you LEARNED last year – as top voice actor Natasha Marchewka does, and shares here in 10 random thoughts on how she’s improving VO business – and life – in 2023 …

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Look to your voice over heroes to be inspired, but not to compare skills, advises popular voice actor/coach/audio engineer Dan Friedman. “Comparison is a killer,” he says with fresh insight from a renewed commitment to learning guitar. “Always accept that you can only be the best YOU that you can be” …

We fear any number of things in a voice over career: auditions, rejection, standing our ground with rates … you name it. Actually, VO pro/coach Paul Schmidt DOES name a lot of them – but then shares 8 PROVEN methods for banishing those roadblocks so we can move fearlessly ahead (catch his video or read the text) …

Where do you go to relax and get comfortable? A recliner? A well-worn VO career niche? Get yourself up! Nothing truly productive ever happens in a Comfort Zone, insists long-time voice talent and coach Rob Reed. He tells how his career “really took off” when he “took a risk my gut told me to take.” How about you? Take Rob’s challenge …

A voice actor’s workday isn’t all about voice over. Life happens. And everything gets mingled and related to get us through the day. Voice actor Tracy Lindley takes a look at all this in a series of short ‘Tracy’s Tips’ videos – where she answers questions that VO colleagues and newcomers ask her, along with observations on everyday life …

Any time we talk with a voice over colleague it’s a pleasant conversation. Sometimes it starts a little personal, then gets to shop talk, and most always ends with a “catch you later” good feeling about the chat. Such was my recent conversation with voice actor Veronica Barrera. Actually, it was a recorded chat for Veronica’s popular podcast interview series, ‘Voice Acting with Veronica Barrera’ …