There’s an old saying in business: Good, cheap, fast, pick two. This can be applied to any service related company, and it absolutely applies to voiceover. In our gig-economy, there are many options for voiceover professionals (and amateurs) at various price points and many buyers are tempted to … [Read more...] about Why Cheap or Free Voiceover is Worse than None at All
Re-examining Your Demo Portfolio
A voice over actor’s calling card is their demo - a compilation of spots in a particular style or genre of voice over that highlights the range, attitudes, and expertise of the actor. Just as any business professional with a portfolio of their work, a voice over actor is wise to re-examine their … [Read more...] about Re-examining Your Demo Portfolio
How to Create Authentic Moms for Commercial Voice Over
Targeting your commercial to moms? As a voiceover artist, I’ve been hired thousands of times to play a mom and talk to other moms on behalf of hundreds of brands. And while what we say to moms and how we say it has changed to stay current, what hasn’t changed is the consumer importance and buying … [Read more...] about How to Create Authentic Moms for Commercial Voice Over
Insider Low-Down on 10 of our Favorite Mom Voices
Who is your favorite Mom voice? (Apart from the woman who gave birth to you, of course) As a female voice over artist, I am always interested in everything audio performed by women and whether for animation or commercial mom voices are one of our biggest roles.. Animated moms and the women (and … [Read more...] about Insider Low-Down on 10 of our Favorite Mom Voices
What You Need to Know about Hosting Services for a Voice Over Business
In my voice over business, learning about hosting services meant diving into uncharted waters. Since then, I’ve sorted out where the rocks, whirlpools and shallow spots are in the world of hosting services for micro-businesses like mine. In large part this was due to a couple conversations with … [Read more...] about What You Need to Know about Hosting Services for a Voice Over Business
How to Prepare your Script for a Voiceover Narrator
You spent hours, days, weeks designing the perfect course. You slaved over content, sources, visuals and how the course will flow until you have it perfected in storyboard form and now need to take all that meticulous work and turn it into the script your narrator will use to deliver your course to … [Read more...] about How to Prepare your Script for a Voiceover Narrator