News: VoiceOverXtra

A funny thing happened on the way to VoiceOverXtra.com’s intended retirement today: It didn’t go away! A communication glitch between me and the website’s server host kept it fully functioning. The plan was to end public access on March 12 so I could relax and take a long family vacation. The back end administrative side would stay active for me until the end of this month. But people were scurrying to articles and webinar recordings yesterday, with some asking for more time. So I’m adding 20 bonus days of full-function access to the site until it all goes away for both me and you on March 31. During this extended time, I just won’t be adding content. Enjoy!

As the VoiceOverXtra.com website prepares to retire – go dark – on March 12, owner/founder John Florian reflects on the site’s 19-year evolution and the teams that made it all happen …

This is difficult for me to tell you, yet it also gushes in a warmth of memories of people, events and rewarding experiences. After 19 years, I’ll be moving on soon from VoiceOverXtra – either through sale or retirement of the site. Please join me for a week of industry reflections and memories – and the VoiceOverXtra Zoom Retirement Party on March 10!

BOO! With Halloween in mind, we hope this will be a treat, rather than a scary transition. Email alerts to VoiceOverXtra’s voice over industry news and how-to features had been coming to you via Google’s Feedburner service, which Google has discontinued. So we’ve switched to a Feedburner replacement called Follow.it. You don’t need to do anything. We’ve made the switch for you. And this is the first article you’re receiving via the Follow.It service …

Get your voice over MO-JOE tomorrow morning! Popular voice actor/producer/coach Joe Loesch debuts a brand new series of voice over how-to videos exclusively on VoiceOverXtra Friday morning, June 16. VoiceOverXtra is also presenting Joe’s popular Voice Over Booth Camp strategic training workshops this year in Orlando, St. Louis and Dallas …

Voice over talent and marketing professional Martha Kahn has joined VoiceOverXtra as Marketing/Sales Director – a position designed to help voice actors achieve their goals by expanding awareness of voice over products and services. “Martha will be a tremendous help to us and the voice over industry in this role,” says VoiceOverXtra founder and publisher John Florian. “In fact, she’s already begun!”

Are you making more money now – or less? What’s your favorite marketing tool? How many online auditions do you jump on weekly? …. Look to the POLL box on VoiceOverXtra for snapshots of industry trends and what your colleagues are doing. And enter the polling booth yourself! Today’s question: #2 in a series on voicing political ads …

Welcome to the “new” VoiceOverXtra, redesigned to get you where you want to go – faster! Take a quick tour …

Thanksgiving is a favorite holiday … yes, for the turkey, pumpkin pie and good times. But the spirit of “thanks” makes this holiday so much more. And it’s a scientific fact that you’ll feel better if you share what you’re thankful for …

June 5, 2010, Los Angeles – Gasping for air and steadying himself by gripping the backs of chairs as he made his way to the stage, John Florian, founder and webmaster of VoiceOverXtra, received the prestigious VOICE 2010 Community Award tonight at the VOICE 2010 Celebrity Banquet, the final event of a jam-packed three-day international conference for voice actors. The award is given in recognition of outstanding service to the voice-over community …