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Honestly: What’s your chief motivation for performing voice-overs (or for wanting to)? Industry observer extraordinaire (and voice talent/coach/producer) J. Michael Collins details how today’s VO genres can meet your motivations for ART, FAME and MONEY …
Heaven forbid that you’ve become bored doing voice-overs. But if business boredom IS creeping into your days, VO pro Dave Courvoisier suggests rekindling the excitement of serving others with your VO skills. The key word is “relationship” …
Afraid of falling on your voice-over face? Need a push and a shove to keep going when you’re burned out? An accountability partner helps you through those times and more. VO pro Dave Courvoisier shares even more reasons to partner up, and where to find this person …
As a voice actor, you’re in a career with inherent vulnerabilities. VO pro Dan Hurst describes the four main areas of concern – and how to cope and overcome those challenges …
At every turn of your voice-over career there’s a ‘Catch 22’ (like you need agents to get jobs, but you need jobs to get agents). But VO talent manager Celia Siegel says, “When success is on the horizon, the signs will be everywhere.” Here’s how to recognize those signs and move forward …
Get rich quick doing voice-overs! Not. Yet voice-over pro and career coach Natasha Marchewka argues that success IS attainable for people who are willing to invest time, effort and money – and who possess these dozen-plus ‘must-haves’ …
Does it give you the shivers – or bore you to tears – to think of having to create a business plan for your voice-over business? VO pro/coach Jonathan Tilley suggests a simple way to do it that won’t make your head hurt …
Are you tugged every day by what’s ‘urgent’ to accomplish … or advancing your career by carefully tending to what’s ‘important’? Casting director/coach Hugh Klitzke shows us the difference between the two, and how focusing on what’s urgent can be a career killer …
Why do certain people make it in voice-over – and others not? Don’t rely on luck – or even performance skill. VO pro/coach Paul Strikwerda identifies three characteristics that he observes in colleagues who have achieved continuing success …
How can we not feel jaded about New Year’s Resolutions, when we traditionally break so many of them? Here’s how to make and achieve lasting resolutions and goals for business – and life. A brief, inspiring how-to video from motivational business speaker Ron Minatrea …