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When you begin running your voice over activities as a small business, there can be a huge shift. To the next level. To money. Top VO pro/coach Kim Handysides shares from experience the six keys to doing this … (PART 1)
Steady work flow … financial stability … hey, you’re not talkin’ about a career in voice over! As a VO freelancer, you need to find a way to deal with – and maybe even appreciate – UNpredictablity, notes VO pro/coach Paul Strikwerda …
Can ‘Old Dogs’ (aka Seniors/Boomers) really learn new tricks? Or maybe find their way back to the career home they’d dreamed about – or abandoned – long ago? Old Dog friends Jim Conlan and Paul Menzel not only answer ‘Yes!’ but prove it with their entertaining and informative podcast, “New Tricks for Old Dogs” – “The podcast for Boomers who still like to howl at the moon.” Episode 39 features VoiceOverXtra’s John Florian on starting – or restarting – a voice over career …
There are more voice over jobs these days for 40-65+ talent than any time in recent memory. What’s happening? 2020.VO pro/coach/producer J. Michael Collins observes how the year of COVID brings back demand for the “warm, reassuring, calming and authoritative” sound …
The COVID pandemic is creating a new world for voice over – a “new norm” – for our way of doing business. Amid the change, VO pro Dan Hurst shares his recent home studio experiences with home-bound clients and producers, a continuing demand for quality VO (at quality rates), and marketing with a growing reliance on agents and social media …
What?? OK, there’s no such thing. You don’t need to adjust your audio chain settings for clients who are seeking your voice for a COVID delivery (whatever THAT is). But VO pro Dave Courvoisier’s tongue-in-cheek headline drew you into this discussion on how to amp up your voice over business in this challenging time …
Are you spinning old VO wheels – or adapting to the new needs voice over clients amid the COVID crisis? Top VO pro J. Michael Collins reveals how he has changed genres and types of clients to aggressively pursue – “as some of my best clients went into a temporary holding pattern” – and new forward-thinking marketing tactics …
Many voice over clients are changing their messages, and certain VO niches are growing amid the need to communicate about COVID-19. “There’s a whole new reality on its way, and we need to be ready for it,” warns full-time voice actor Rob Reed, who gets us thinking. “Like marketers, we need to be able to adjust to these times, reflect on our abilities and keep our relevance high” …
As the coronavirus scare shuts down offices, are you suddenly working full-time from home? The transition isn’t easy or simple, but “you’ve got this,” says VO pro/coach Tom Dheere, who advises sticking to your daily routine as much as possible and more …
The COVID-19 crisis has forced all of us to change our behavior in ways we would have never imagined, only a few weeks ago. As VO pro Paul Strikwerda advises in this recap of his recent Instagram postings: as you protect your health, also use this time to sharpen your voice over business axe. Because “If you don’t do it, others will, and they’ll come out of this crisis ready and running.”