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What to charge and what to sign. Rates by category, usage and buyouts, union scale, invoicing, and the contract terms — including AI and voice cloning clauses — worth reading twice before you agree.
Sure, in effect, we’re bidding on voice over jobs when we state our fee for a particular job on the online casting (pay-to-play) websites. But to actively invite bidding wars? Dave Courvoisier thinks that’s a race to the bottom …
What do you REALLY earn when your voice over client pays you for PFH – Per Finished Hour? In addition to recording, that finished hour also means editing, proofing, retakes and more. How to calculate actual earnings …
When the production company sends you a seemingly boiler plate voice over contract to sign, carefully watch items like “usage,” “in perpetuity,” “non-compete” and more, advises Robert Sciglimpaglia, attorney – voice actor – actor
If tax time is taxing for you, consider these record-keeping tips for freelance voice actors from long-time voice actor Natasha Marchewka …
When your voice over client’s offer is lower than your fair rate, what to do? Research and explain the difference.
Do your voice over and production fees truly reflect your needs, value and market conditions? What annoyed you most about clients last year? And are you clearly communicating your desires to people who work with you? Change isn’t easy, but business and voice over veteran Dana Detrick-Clark tells how to revise your pricing, policies and procedures to make the coming year better than the last …
2016 is history. Yet the year ends with “new normals” for voice over income, which VO pro Paul Strikwerda details here – starting with a New York City law to punish those who cheat freelancers (hopefully, a model for the nation) …
Do you feel uneasy when a voice over client asks for your tax ID online? They’ve got to do it – but you don’t have to put your Social Security Number online when you reply. Voice talent Fred Humberstone suggests a better way: send your EIN, or Employer Identification Number. Here’s why, and how to obtain it …
As your voice over career grows, how do you avoid becoming a victim of your success, and annoying clients when you’re too busy to provide great customer service? In a way, that’s a “nice” problem to have to solve, says VO pro and coach J. Michael Collins. And his solution is to honestly figure the value of your time. Here’s what he does …
Backstory: You’re in a rush or a studio, and a call comes in about what seems to be a quick repeat job. So you accept and quote from past experience. Some time later you get the script and – uh oh, it’s a monster. What do you do? Tom Dheere shares this experience …