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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.
VoiceOverXtra invites you to anonymously take part in a poll that asks: If you’ve been a voice actor for at least two years, in the past 12 months, have you earned MORE money as a voice actor than in the previous 12 months?
Are you being cheated from income for voice overs that wind up where you hadn’t expected? For example … What happens when you record a spot for use for the Internet for $500, and two years later you get a call from your buddy saying they heard that spot on TV? NATIONAL TV? And it was played over 3,000 times! Voice actor/attorney Robert Sciglimpaglia explains …
Looking for a new way to please voice over clients? If they’re in Canada, you’ll get their attention with this idea from voice talent / online casting entreprenuer Rick Gordon …
The endless discussions about voice over rates – fair fees vs. lowballing – miss a crucial factor, says VO veteran Marc Scott. Rather than strategy, could it be a matter of confidence in skills and audio quality?
Sure, it would be nice if all voice over clients paid promptly by check – avoiding those annoying digital transaction fees. But digital is fast and convenient – a cost of doing business these days. VO pro Dave Courvoisier reviews popular options for digital payments: PayPal, Square, PayPal Here, Venmo and Square Cash …
Massive change in how the voice over industry works has forever altered traditional ways of obtaining work and income. Voice over veteran Bobbin Beam reviews how today’s clients want not just two of the following options, but now, all three: best service, highest quality – and lowest price!
Broadcast and new media rates for voice overs need new thinking, says VO veteran and coach J. Michael Collins. He asks: “Is there a fairer and more accurate means of determining appropriate broadcast and new media rate structures that accounts precisely for the value our services have added to a project?” The answer: consider the context of the ad …
‘Clients from Hell’ are well documented and ranted about, notes VO pro Rowell Gormon. But there’s another side, as Rowell relates in this recent experience with a new client who insisted on paying him more than Rowell had quoted …
Are you seeing contracts now with vague descriptions of where your voice over will appear in social media? Like on YouTube, Facebook, and elsewhere outside radio and TV? Beware of this trend to skirt standard “Broadcast” rates, warns Dave Courvoisier – who with others urges us to “have the conversation” with clients …
How do we achieve a voice over online casting world of fair pricing and motivated talent? “First and foremost, we draw a line in the sand on pricing,” says VO veteran J. Michael Collins. “We collectively and publicly agree to never charge a per-project price below a certain level.” Here’s how to do that, plus a debunking of some major myths about online casting sites …