Using Pay to Play VO Websites
If you are just starting out in voice acting, you may have heard the term Pay to Play websites, and are wondering what that means. Pay to Play sites, like Voices.com and Voice123.com, charge voice actors a yearly fee …
VO Billing: How to Get Paid Every Time
There are many things to love about the voice over life. Collecting money from your clients is not one of them. It’s such a pain, right? First, they email you out of the blue, say they love your audition and …
Career in Voice Overs: Is it for you?
Recently I had an engaging conversation with someone who had scheduled himself into my call calendar for a courtesy voice over evaluation. This is a complimentary service we offer here at suchavoice.com for people who are exploring the profession of …
Getting a Voice Over Talent Agent
Voice over talent agents are an integral part of many voice actors’ careers, and can be an entryway to exciting, high-earning gigs. Most major national commercial campaigns, high-profile documentaries, film trailers and the like get cast through talent agencies. So, …
Standing Out From the Crowd – Voice Over Tips
When you’ve grown to the point as a voice actor, where you are “ready” to audition, you will notice the daunting truth that there are lots of other actors auditioning too! The sheer numbers of folks going after the same …
Getting Your Voice Over Career Off the Ground
As much as possible, I really like to keep in contact with students who have come through the SuchAVoice.com voice over training program. I encourage students to reach out with their success stories so we can feature them in our …
Want to Get More VO Work? Get in Good with Producers
As a voice actor, you want to book as many gigs as possible. Obviously. But you don’t want to spend the rest of your life stuck in your studio, auditioning for every cheap car commercial and tech tutorial that moseys …
Warm Up to the Cold Read
At the conclusion of a recent recording session I received one the best compliments you can get from the producer. He said, “I KNOW this stuff and wrote the script and I wasn’t able to communicate it like that to …
Using a Prospect Newsletter for VO Marketing
The following is from the Such A Voice archive, written by Catherine Marshall. A prospect newsletter is a great way to market to a large group of people without having to individually send out emails Have you ever wondered …
Making Sense of VO Social Media Marketing
The following is from the Such A Voice archive, written by Catherine Marshall. Continuing our discussion of voice over technique quality vs. brand marketing, it’s important to consider your social media strategy. Not that long ago there was only Facebook …
How I Got Into the Voice-Over Business
Here’s how it happened for me. I fell into the voice-over business in a rather nontraditional way. Sometime in 2009 I met a voice-over artist. I’d never met somebody who did voice-overs for a living. In fact, I’d never even …
Voice-Over Success: Quality vs. Marketing
The following is from the Such A Voice archive, written by Catherine Marshall. When you hear the name Britney Spears, chances are many things come to mind. There was her hit video in the Catholic school girl’s outfit, her outrageous kiss …