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Send us Fan Mail Twitter For Voice Over Actors I think it's safe to say that Social Media is a must for any business, and especially businesses that focus on helping other businesses market themselves. In this podcast, I talk about Twitter For Voice Over Actors and how you can utilize the platform to grow like gangbusters. If you want to learn more about growing your business, check out my we...

Send us Fan Mail Voice Over Talent Rates For 2020 I want to thank Chuck Brown for the idea. He sent me a message with the idea of taking the video content that I create every day and put them into the podcasts so people would be able to listen to them without having to see the video because not everyone can view them regularly. Thank you, Chuck. I think it is a great idea. Here is the latest episo...

Send us Fan Mail Interview with the Legendary Philip Chryssikos Amongst the many cool things I get to do hosting a podcast, one of my favorites by far, is to interview really awesome people and learn about their unique journies.  And this episode really takes the cake. Philip is a UK voice actor and radio host, and much more for over 25 years now.  We go into the voice-over business and he gives m...

Send us Fan Mail Interview With Acclaimed Voice Actress Jessica Taylor It is an honor to have Jessica Taylor on the show. An actress, mom, business owner, turned voice actress, she has been the voice for IBM, Adidas, Mayo Clinic, Takeda, Universal, and much more. My cohost, Miles Chicoine, the CEO of Voquent, and I ask Jessica a whole bunch of questions about her journey and working with multiple...

Send us Fan Mail Where Are You Going Two years ago I started my journey to be a full-time voice-over artist and I am so blessed to be living that life. But the funny thing is, now that I am here, I am looking down the road for the next 40 to 50 years of my life and trying to determine what I am going to do with my business next? For me, I never thought past the stage of my business that I am curre...

Send us Fan Mail Interview With Disco Elysiums Kim Kitsuragi Jullian Champenois The gaming industry for voice actors is the mecca land and it is one of the hardest industries to break into because of the tight community and high profile nature of it all. And not to mention having to be a really good actor. Today, we interview Jullian Champenois, who plays Kim Kitsuragi in the RPG computer game, Di...

Send us Fan Mail Are You Gaining Or Losing Voice Over Business Because Of Your Production Value I have listened to so many samples and demos from all sorts of voice actors and I can tell you that the biggest thing that separates them, is the production value of their performance. It is not the acting, although that is extremely important, it is how professional and "impressive" their wor...

Send us Fan Mail A 6-Step Social Media Marketing Plan For Voice Over Artists Social media can be tough for us "seasoned" folk. We didn't grow up with this, so to us, it is just another marketing tool. To younger people, it is a way of life. They have never known a time without it. Since more and more millennials are controlling budgets and spending dollars, we must go where the atte...

Send us Fan Mail Should You Start A YouTube Channel Or Podcast To Grow Your Voice Over Business Content is king, and these days, if you are not putting out relevant content on a daily basis, you are not there.  Videos are the number 1 consumed form of content online but voiced content is catching up, especially when most video providers, like YouTube, do not allow listening to a video unless your...

Send us Fan Mail Make More Money With Voice Over As I work with more voice-over artists, the challenge of quitting a job and going full-time is one of, if not the most, difficult challenge there is.  Generating a steady income is always a challenge, and learning to budget correctly and bring in more revenue that is needed can become a scary thought.  This episode is all about actions that go into...

Send us Fan Mail Are You On The Right Track In Your Voice Over Business The first question you need to ask: Where is your track headed? I know we have all heard the analogy before, but we continue to listen to it because of the truth in it - If you want to go on vacation, you must have a destination first. The same applies to your voice over business. If you want to know if you are on the right tr...

Send us Fan Mail How Many Fiverr Gigs Should I Make With the different levels on Fiverr, as a seller, you can create multiple gig offerings. This is a way to increase your visibility and revenue.  But the question is, should you create as many as you can or will it detract from the ones you currently have.  That, my dear Watson, is the question. And I go over it in this episode of A VO's Jour...

Send us Fan Mail I Am Signing Up Everywhere!  What have you been up to lately with your voice over business? Me? I am signing up on casting and audition sites like crazy. You see, the exposure these sites are getting is unmatched right now, and it will only continue to grow.  And with more of these sites going public, this new age in voice-over is here to stay. Take a listen to my latest episode a...

Send us Fan Mail Interview With Voquent founder and managing director Miles Chicoine Episode 111 is truly a special one. It is exciting to interview fellow successful voice over artists, but another thing to interview people running the websites. In this episode, I interview founder and managing director, Miles Chicoine about everything Voquent. Voguent is a newer voice over casting website availa...

Send us Fan Mail How To Actually Get Voice Over Business If you have secretly suspected that there is a hidden treasure of knowledge out there with all the answers, here is what you need to know. I am sorry to say it does not exist. Getting business in voice-over consists of two things: First, you need to audition like your life depended on (Your voice-over life does) and second, you need to marke...

Send us Fan Mail When Should I Quit My Job To Go Full Time In Voice-Over? I am so blessed to be a full-time voice over artist, and I get the question a lot about when is the right time to quit your job and go all-in on doing voice-over full-time. This episode I talk about all the things I did, and I think you should do to get ready to shed the "employee coil" and live a liberated life :)...

Send us Fan Mail Oh Yea, Acting ... With everything it takes to run a business by ourselves, it is hard to focus on anything else. However, your acting should be at the forefront. In a world where anyone is accessible with a click of a button, you need to be the better choice. Your acting needs to inspire people to hire you. If you are struggling to get business, this might be why. In this episode...

Send us Fan Mail L-U-C-K (Labouring Under Correct Knowledge) I love this way of describing what luck means to me. If we work day in and day out under the correct knowledge, it will lead us to what works. However, if we labor day in and day out under false knowledge, it won't matter how much work we put in, we will still get a pile of nothing. In this episode, I dive into what you need to do t...

Send us Fan Mail Why You Are Not Getting Work Over the last week, I have thought why so many voice-over artists are struggling to get work on their own, i.e., not from a platform. It bothers me because I am in the same boat. I make a lot of money from websites like Fiverr, but I am not getting much from my efforts elsewhere. I dissect this topic in this episode and give you my thoughts on moving f...

Send us Fan Mail You Are What You Think This is a topic that has always fascinated me ... the power our minds have to create what it is that we wish for. I have learned what I give, I receive. If I give a smile, I will get a smile. If I throw a punch, I will get a punch. It is inevitable. In the same line of thinking, your thoughts are things as well, and if you are constantly thinking negative th...

Send us Fan Mail Are You Listening? I want to send a big shout out to the VO JOURNEY community for reaching out and letting me know your awesome thoughts on the new format. It means the world to me to get your feedback and I really appreciate it. Today's episode is all about listening to the market and giving them what they want (How appropriate, right?) As voice over artists, we are part of...

Send us Fan Mail How to Become An Audiobook Narrator with Sean Allen Pratt Interview This is an incredible interview with Sean Allen Pratt, the acclaimed audiobook narrator and coach/teacher. In this interview, we talk about every single thing you need to do as a new voice over artist to become an audiobook narrator and how to get your business off the ground. We go into the equipment he using, ho...

Send us Fan Mail  Interview with Bill Dewees on Voice Over I would like to start out by thanking Bill Dewees for taking time out of his busy schedule to do an interview with the VO Journey Nation! It was AWESOME!!! Also, thank you to all the people that submitted questions in time to be answered. I think that really made the podcast. This episode is all about Bill's advice for voice over arti...

Send us Fan Mail Ep. 101: How To Grow Your Voice Over Business Through Tacking Thank you all so much for your incredible support for episode 100. All of your reviews and thoughtful comments have made it all worth it. The feedback from the episode was that people enjoyed the fun nature of my craziness so I kept the sound effects and added some more. In this episode, I talk about the challenges of r...

Send us Fan Mail Ep. 100: How To Become A Full Time Voice Over Artist Updated!!! Most of us have the dream of getting up in the morning, putting on the coffee, kissing a loved one goodbye, and then getting back in bed ... wait, what? Oh, but when we get back up, we mosey on to our recording booths and put in a great day of recording. Our loved one comes home, and we have made it to ........ FULL T...