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Pronunciation Tips When Words are a Challenge The topic of "pronunciations" is always timely in my business, as it is a daily function of my job as a voice actor. Whether reading a script or simply needing the correct pronunciation of a name, it's always best to get...
Voice Over Conferences: Why? What? Where? When? Lots going on in the voice acting industry including a line up of voice over conferences that is growing and, I’m betting, will continue to grow… Why network with your peers and, essentially, your competition? For the...
The Secret to Success and Mastery of Anything One secret to success is not much of a secret and yet, I wonder if you can decipher it in this blog before you scroll to the end? And, how does an empty bench signify success? Ah, the irony. I'm about to tell you all the...
Why the need for a Voice Actor's Resume It's been at least two decades since my obsession with writing and constantly improving my resume. Since the advent of creating our own websites, and working for myself, I haven't needed to craft a beautiful balance of...
Marketing Simplicity Apparently, I have trouble telling my mom what I do... And if you can't tell your mom what you do, you've got a problem with marketing simplicity: keep it simple. I once threw a birthday party for my mother's 55th and invited all her friends to my...
A Goals File? I have a "Goals" file - a paper one I've been moving with me across country seven times. (Maybe don't tell my husband. Though, what he hangs onto ... Oy!) I recently looked through my file for something I wanted to reference. Wouldn't you know it?! I...
What to do when you land a new client? In voice-over, we can potentially land a new client a week, or day, or even several a day. I've found that when I have a lot of new clients coming in, I drop the ball when it comes to making sure I have all their details and with...
There is a glut of people wanting to do voice over as a potential career. When I started, one of the voice over marketplaces had under 3,000 talent registered. Ten years later, they had 30,000. That’s a lot of alleged competition. The changes in the voice over...
Vocal Warmups to Get Your Voice Going in the Morning Currently in the Pacific Time Zone, I’m up a little later than my friends and colleagues in the Eastern Time Zone where most of my voice over work comes from… That means, if I wake at 6am Pacific, it’s already 9am...
Include Sleep, for Success in your Business Plan At VO Atlanta, a very large and loud voice over conference, I mingled with some cross-continental germs and was tempted to stay up later than usual. So, what was on the forefront of my mind as I got ready to get even...
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