To me, every holiday season feels like a fantastic blur of color, glitter, food, friends, family, and fun. It’s a bit chaotic, a little stressful, mostly enjoyable, but all-in-all, over in a flash. It’s easy to dash through this season …
Have you ever known someone who seems to just play through life? Their attitude is always light; they’re frequently laughing and smiling. They’re nonchalant, easy to be around, and external events rarely knock them off balance. It can be baffling …
This week we’re looking at one of my favorite ways to work smarter and not harder as a voiceover artist: OUTSOURCING! I’ll lead you through the three categories of hiring that have helped me grow my team and take things …
At the end of my final coaching session with students, we have a chat about finding one’s niche in voice-over, especially as you begin the process of looking for work. Initially, for most new voice actors, corporate work is often …
It’s not news to say that the audiobook industry is booming. Even before COVID-19, audiobooks experienced steady and predictable growth. In fact, “…the market size of the Audiobook Publishing industry in the US has grown 10.6% per year on average …
Getting great at direct marketing to potential clients is one of the most important areas of your voice-over business. As a marketing professional with over 30 years’ experience as well as a professional voice-over actor, an axiom that has served …
This week we’re looking at one of my favorite ways to work smarter and not harder as a voice-over artist: maximizing your natural voice. In today’s video we explore three strategies to help you do this: Listen to yourself Research …
I grew up in Baltimore and as such, for better or for worse, I’m a lifelong Baltimore Orioles fan. And while my childhood idol was the great Brooks Robinson, my favorite Oriole of all time is Cal Ripken, Jr. Even …
For those of you who know me (and hello to those I’m meeting for the first time, via blog magic!), it’s no surprise that I am a huge believer in, and ferocious practitioner of, what I like to call “High-Level …
One of the best things about working for yourself is that you get to treat yourself as much as you want. But usually, we’re such taskmasters that we forget we need, nay DESERVE, treats. The truth is, we’re just like …
Not that I’m the final authority on this – this post is as much for me as it is for anyone else who reads it – but I have spent my fair share of hours searching for balance: finding it, …
Rome wasn’t built in a day. Slow and steady wins the race. April showers bring May flowers. The words we speak are filled with moralisms about survival. We are encouraged to think about our future by not robbing Peter to …