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The long game. Career strategy, business structure, productivity, mindset, and navigating an industry that keeps changing. Includes the full MO-JOE Friday video archive from Joe Loesch.
Keeping new years resolutions has – unfortunately – become something of a joke. Good intentions get lost in doing what we’ve always done. Hmm. Veteran voice actor/coach Paul Schmidt has found a way to make those resolutions stick …
OK, 2023 was a challenge for many voice actors, but the signs are promising for a better 2024 – if you maximize the opportunities. As ever, voice talent/coach/producer J. Michael Collins is on top of trends and shares how to rebound next year … if you’re ready.
You like to tell stories. That’s why you’re a voice actor! But let’s think about that. WHO is telling your story – and WHO are you telling it to? Figure out your character and audience before you start narrating, advises voice actor/coach Joe Loesch in this new MO-JOE Friday Video. To get the character right, click the 1-minute video to learn what to ask …
Eye stutter. What’s that? It’s when “you’re reading your script smoothly and suddenly stumbling all over the place,” explains top voice actor/coach Joe Loesch. What to do? Practice. And this MO-JOE Friday Video minute tells you how. Click!
What voice style comes naturally to you at the mic? That’s your money voice! If you haven’t figured out that ‘money voice’ yet, Joe Loesch steers you toward it, in this new MO-JOE Friday Video. Click the video and learn!
‘SOLOpreneur’ is a common way to describe a freelance voice actor. But the term is a myth, claims VO Lynn Norris. “Rather, the smartest and most successful SOLOpreneurs aren’t solo at all,” she says. “Their success is spelled T-E-A-M.” And Norris shares six strategies for creating your outsource team – on any budget.
Of all the things that can become a drag on your voice over career success, wasting time ranks pretty high. For instance, is your marketing for jobs and clients working? Maybe you’re wasting time on the wrong approach. In today’s new MO-JOE Friday Video, Joe Loesch leads you to the best focus for your marketing efforts and time.
You know about “thinking outside the box.” Now think outside your booth. “Learn the basic rules of business,” advises VO coach Joe Loesch. But then, “Make your own rules. Don’t be concerned with what others think.” The tips in this new MO-JOE Friday Video include the maxim that customer service is what truly distinguishes you from the competition …
What’s your VO character thinking now? If you’re not inside the character’s head, how can you expect your listeners to believe you? “Without a bit of character development, you’ll be nothing more than a narrator,” advises VO coach Joe Loesch in today’s new MO-JOE Friday Video. Take a listen …
Marketing isn’t only about seeking new clients. It’s also about staying in touch with people who’ve hired you. “Let them know what you’re up to, what you’ve done lately – anything that keeps you on their mind,” advises Joe Loesch in this new MO-JOE Friday Video sharing tips for staying in touch.