Deal or No Deal
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 Posted in General Info, Marketing | 4 Comments »It has probably happened to a lot of you as non-union voice talent (yes, I am still non-union, in LA!). You go in to do a voice over job and it ends up being different than you expected. It's ...
The San Francisco Voice Over Market- Q&A with Voice One’s Elaine Clark
Friday, April 25th, 2008 Posted in General Info, Marketing, Q & A | No Comments »I've known Elaine Clark for years, when I began studying voice over in San Francisco. Elaine's very successful school, Voice One , is one of San Francisco's best known places to train for voice over (and on-camera acting). Not ...
Online Marketing-More than SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
Friday, April 18th, 2008 Posted in General Info, Marketing | 1 Comment »Okay I stand corrected on my blog post from April 3rd on Search Engine Optimization thanks to the person I was quoting from in his blog, Peter O'Connell. When I wrote " The internet is like the biggest shopping mall ...
Podcamp DC - The New Media UnConference
Thursday, April 17th, 2008 Posted in General Info, Marketing | 2 Comments »I'm off to Washington D.C. today to go to the Podcamp DC conference. Podcamp DC is an "unconference" focused on educating participants on how to use, implement and share any/all new media tools including, podcasts, videocasts, blogs, Second Life, Facebook, and ...
The Latest “Secret” to Voice Over Success?
Monday, April 14th, 2008 Posted in Casting Director, General Info, Marketing | No Comments »When I interviewed Rick Zieff for tomorrow's Voice Registry podcast (Tuesday April 15) it was clear he wears many more hats than his voice talent beret. He also casts, produces, directs and teaches. Which begs the question, should performers ...
Audiobook workshop coming to Los Angeles
Friday, April 11th, 2008 Posted in General Info, Marketing | No Comments »I don't see audiobook workshops very often. And since this week has been about audio books (my podcast interview with the wonderful Alfred Molina part 2) and radio plays ("The Highest Tide") I thought it seemed apropros to blog about ...
Searching For Your Voice- SEO and Voice Over Marketing
Friday, April 4th, 2008 Posted in General Info, Marketing | 2 Comments »What I've discovered with the New Media craze is it's all about SEO or...Search Engine Optimization. Sounds like a complicated concept but it's pretty simple. You have to be easily searched. So whether you're offering voice over services or selling ...
A Little Voice Over Face Time
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 Posted in General Info, Marketing | 2 Comments »I was talking to longtime voice actor (just one of his many talents!) Martin Jarvis the other day about how technology has changed the voice over industry significantly. Martin is one of those performers who likes going into his agent's ...
The Voice Over Demo and Scripts
Friday, March 28th, 2008 Posted in General Info, Marketing | 1 Comment »This week has had the theme of voice over marketing thanks to Voicebank.net, Amber Dahlin's Q&A with me Wednesday and Thursday. She just emailed me that one of the most common questions (one she was asked again yesterday from a ...
Q&A with Voicebank.net’s Actor Services Sales Director, Amber Dahlin
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 Posted in General Info, Marketing, Q & A | No Comments »Most people in the voice over world have heard of Voicebank.net by now, so I thought it was time to ask Sales Director of Voicebank's Actor Services division (since 1999) Amber Dahlin, a few questions, especially because she seems to ...