A VO's Journey: Voiceover and more voice over

Send us Fan Mail Looking Back At The Journey - Or Not? It has been a wild ride so far and I want to thank everyone for their amazing support of A VO's Journey Podcast. This is the 200th episode and I don't want to spoil it ... but I do get emotional :) And also, don't forget to apply for the giveaway! Learn more about the new marketing course for voice actors: https://www.avosjourne...

Send us Fan Mail The Artificial Intelligence Tidal Wave We really can't ignore it any longer ... the TERMINATOR (Voice over that is), has arrived. Today, I received, yet another email from a company selling robot voice overs claiming that they have added, "75 new synthetic ‘enhanced’ voices based on neural technology in over 39 languages and variants as part of our text-to-speech voiceov...

Send us Fan Mail Don't Let Fear Stop You From Growing Your Voice Over Business It's true when they say, "The best way forward is to burn the ships behind". I think that is so true, but so scary. And metaphorically speaking, what does it even mean? * If you would like to learn more about joining the Fiverr Elite Group, check out the link here. When I started my voiceover busines...

Send us Fan Mail The State Of Voice Over In 2021  It has been a while since I did a podcast and I wanted to make sure that I could get my thoughts in order. The last few months, and year for that matter, have been wild for all of us, and my podcast has always been one place that I shared my thought and journey with you, unencumbered by promotion.  So today, I finally feel that there is clarity for...

Send us Fan Mail A New Direction For A VOs Journey When I first started my voiceover business, my goal was to become an audiobook narrator. After that, my goal turned to become a full-time voice actor. And now, 1 1/2 years from going full-time, my new goal is to build a business that will run by itself. If you would like to learn more about joining the Fiverr Elite Group, check out the link here....

Send us Fan Mail Cold Calling For Voice Over Work So many of us shudder when we think about cold calling. However, in the previous podcast, we talked about ways to automate your email marketing and I believe cold calling is the best way to quickly vet your list. In this episode, I talk about a cold calling method I use and the template with different outcomes, and how you can take advantage of the...

Send us Fan Mail How To Automate Email Marketing For me, this is a great topic for 2021. I love VA's, but I think that figuring out new methods to automate processes are the way to go. In this episode, I discuss my thoughts on how you can get your email marketing campaign up and running for voice over. Learn more about the new marketing course for voice actors: https://www.avosjourney.com/off...

Send us Fan Mail What It Actually Takes To Grow Your Voice Over Business - That No One Else Will Tell You I wanted to do a podcast episode before the year was up on what it actually takes to grow a voice over business from scratch and make a good living from it. This is by no means everyone's story, it's just mine. I am happy for what I went through because it led me here with you, and h...

Send us Fan Mail Is Your Voice Over Business Prepared For 2021 When I was younger, I was an odd bird, although I always had friends. The reason was that I loved theatre and football, doing both at the same time. People didn't know what to think of me, but they typically liked one or the other, not both. Fortunately for me, I also loved business and numbers. It has been a huge benefit in my li...

Send us Fan Mail How To Start Getting Voice Over Clients As A Newbie I want to thank the "A VO's Journey" Facebook group for the question. It is certainly one that everyone asks at least once on their VO journey, so I am happy to throw in my 2 cents. - If you would like to learn more about joining the Fiverr Elite Group, check out the link here. In this episode, I talk about how to...

Send us Fan Mail New Work From Voice123 And Audition Challenge Update Super excited to be bringing this episode today with the challenge update and some news on voice over work I received from Voice123 in an unlikely way. I tell you all about it in this latest podcast episode :) Learn more about the new marketing course for voice actors: https://www.avosjourney.com/offers/vL5gL8HE/checkout If you...

Send us Fan Mail Audition Challenge For P2P Voice Over Websites In this episode of A VO's Journey Podcast, I breakdown a challenge that we can all take to grow our voice over businesses. If you would like to learn more about joining the Fiverr Elite Group, check out the link here. If you have listed to this podcast, you know I am not a huge advocate of auditioning because of the time commitme...

Send us Fan Mail 5 Different Ways To Market Your Voice Over Business - Part 1 I am excited to share with you the first podcast in this Thanksgiving 2020 series of 5 different ways to market your voice over business.  In this show, I talk about my most favorite way to market VO, especially for newcomers, and that is FREELANCE WEBSITES!  Also, each episode in this series will be paired with a blog p...

Send us Fan Mail Getting An Assistant For Your Voice Over Business I have been thinking for a while about getting an assistant but I have not pulled the trigger yet. For my business, I am working on documenting everything to help me work successfully with an assistant.  Learn more about the new marketing course for voice actors: https://www.avosjourney.com/offers/vL5gL8HE/checkout If you would lik...

Send us Fan Mail 5 Different Ways To Brand Your Voice Over Business Your brand is no more and no less than what people think of that influence what they believe and how they buy when they hear your name or organization's name. Learn more about the new marketing course for voice actors: https://www.avosjourney.com/offers/vL5gL8HE/checkout The power of a brand is its staying power. Everything c...

Send us Fan Mail Simple Daily Voice Over Schedule One of the biggest challenges I had when starting out what know what I should be doing versus what I thought was "Cool" to do. If you schedule your time correctly with the right actions, you WILL BE SUCCESSFUL. I think most people never get there because they don't take that extra step to schedule correctly. Learn more about the mark...

Send us Fan Mail How Do I Even Start This is the million-dollar question and the one that I have asked myself so many times over the years in so many different ventures. Link to marketing course: Voice Over Marketing 101: How To Get Clients Many of them never happened because of this question. In this podcast, I talk to you about how you can start your voiceover business and where to go from here....

Send us Fan Mail What If I Don't Have Experience Over the last few days, I have received this question many times from new voice actors coming into the industry. And I thought I would do a podcast on it.  If you would like to learn more about getting a professional demo at an affordable price, check out the link here: https://www.avosjourney.com/demo-productio We have a great community of voi...

Send us Fan Mail The WHAT IF Voice Over Game Throughout my business, I have played this game and it has always been fruitful. The idea behind "WHAT IF" is to push your thinking beyond what you believe is possible. If you would like to learn more about joining the Fiverr Elite Group, check out more info here: https://www.avosjourney.com/fiverr-elite-group I go into my thoughts on this gam...

Send us Fan Mail Is Your Health Holding Your Voice Over Business Back? There is no doubt in my mind that the way we treat our bodies can be seen well beyond the physical attributes on the outside. If you would like to learn more about joining the Fiverr Elite Group, check out the link here. Our minds can directly be linked to the health of our body and it is not a coincidence that the better you t...

Send us Fan Mail What Does Your Business Stand For? I ask myself this question a lot and make sure that I have the answer firmly engraved in my mind. Without knowing what you stand for, you can't know what your business stands for. And if you don't know what your business stands for, you won't be able to make the guiding decisions necessary to become successful. If you would like to...

Send us Fan Mail Are You Willing To Fail? Fear is such a taboo topic. And it makes sense... we think of fear as some weakness, and no one wants to appear weak for FEAR of being humiliated or feeling less special than we are. This is bad enough. But fear does something even worse to us. Fear stops us from falling. It is a built-in mechanism millions of years old inside our heads that prevent us fro...

Send us Fan Mail It Is Time To Join Upwork You know I am an avid Fiverr fan, and for the most part, I have stayed away from putting much effort into websites like Upwork, but yesterday I dove in with the help of some of my students, and low and behold, I made $200 off 2 different orders, so I am extremely happy with the results. If you would like to learn more about joining the Fiverr Elite Group,...

Send us Fan Mail Why Can't I Get More Work Done? The more amazing voice actors I work with, the more I learn that my own challenges with managing time are shared throughout the voiceover community. If you would like to learn more about getting a professional demo at an affordable price, check out the link here: https://www.avosjourney.com/demo-production Because this is a clear problem we all...

Send us Fan Mail Don't Lose Your Mind Over the years I have been working on growing this business, I have sacrificed a few things, mainly my health and even my relationships with my family. If you would like to learn more about joining the Fiverr Elite Group, check out the link here. But I am here to tell you that it catches up and now that I can look back and see things more clearly, I wante...