VO Pro: The Business of Voice Over and Voice Acting

Welcome to How To Go Full Time in Voice Over - 7 Steps. When starting a career in voice over, figuring out how to become a voice over artist and make voice over a full time career can be daunting. Going full time in voiceover isn’t easy. Today, we’re going to talk about what it takes to go full time in the voiceover business, including voice over training, voice over marketing tips, voice over coa...

When it comes to Fiverr and Voices.com, and Upwork, there’s one WORST thing you can do to make money online doing voice over work. Today we’ll discuss that on Fiverr vs. Voices.com, voice over freelance sites in general, how successful voice over professionals find voice over jobs online, how they make money online, and how professional voice talent generate voice over job opportunities and create...

Welcome to 5 Career Killers EVERY Voice Actor Should Know About. Today we’re going to warn you about 5 ways to damage your voice acting career, things that can truly hurt your voice over career and give you a negative reputation. And stick around because we’ll also give you best practices to help build a positive reputation in the voiceover industry, build your career, and enrich your life.  Chapt...

When it comes to voice over rates, one of the biggest questions is, "why negotiate rates"? Negotiating voice over rates is tricky because most new voice actors don't know how to negotiate proper voiceover rates. The first question is, why is it so hard for voice actors to set proper pricing, and I think there are two reasons for this. Chapters: 0:00 – 0:34 Welcome to WHY Negotiate V...

Hi and welcome back and welcome to the three hardest truths about voiceover agents. And stick around because at the end I'm going to give you a bonus truth. You're not going to want to miss. To start, one of the biggest questions for many voice actors in the early years is, “How do I even know when I'm ready for an agent?” Chapters: 0:00 – 0:17 Welcome to The 3 Hardest Truths About...

Welcome to How I Booked $35K of Voice Over Work in 1 week. Is there money in voice overs? If your goal is to get paid for voice overs after you open a voice over business, this is one example of what’s possible.  Disclaimer: While this series of events is absolutely true, it is not typical or even likely. Building a thriving voice over business takes months and years and a massive amount of focuse...

Welcome to How To Avoid BAD Voice Over Rates, deal with aggressive voice over job listings, how to negotiate voice over rates and when and why in-perpetuity is bad for voice actors. When you’re in the first few years of your voice over careers, rates and negotiation tend to be a big black box. Why do we negotiate? Why negotiate voice over rates? How do we spot aggressive voice over job listings on...

This is my vision for what the voice over business should be. I have a vision for voice over and why this channel exits. Many think that there are voice over gate keepers or wonder is voice over too competitive. Is voice over rigged? In this video, I’ll lay out in my view what voice over should be, what the voice over business ought to be, why voice over is important, a vision for voice over, why...

Welcome to How NOT To Use Linkedin To Find Voice Over Work. When it comes to LinkedIn for voice artists, how not to use LinkedIn is important. These are the best LinkedIn tips for voice over when it comes to how to find voice acting clients. Now you've got a robust list of targeted leads. Congratulations! Great job. And, yes, you do have to reach out to them. And this is where most voice acto...

Today, we’re talking about the 3 biggest voice over website design errors in the business. Specifically, the most common website strategy errors most actors make when building a voice over website. We’ll also show you some voice over website best practices you can use when creating your own voice over website, so that you avoid these website design mistakes. As solopreneurs, voice actors are often...

Here are the Top 3 Worst Sites For Voice Over Work, a list of the 3 worst websites to find voice over jobs, including the worst websites for your voice over career, the worst free sites to find voice acting work. I’m Paul Schmidt, a voice actor and voice over business coach. No one really starts out looking for the worst places to find voice over work, but if you’re looking for the best places onl...

Today we’re talking about the top 3 ways to fail in voice over. I’ll give you the common ways to fail in the voice over business, the biggest marketing mistakes in voice over, and the top 3 things to avoid in the voice-over business. And stick around, because I'm going to give you the two reasons why most voice actors make these three most common mistakes. Free: 7 Steps To Starting and Develo...

Do I need a logo for my voice over business? Newer voice actors often ask about a logo for my voice over business. Is there any value in a voice acting logo? Is a logo necessary for voice acting? Is there a difference between a logo for voice over and voice acting branding? There seems to be a lot of confusion over voice over branding, voice over logo design, the distinction between a logo and bra...

The number 1 threat killing your voice over business is not AI in voice over, online voice over casting, are the voice over algorithms stacked against me, how many voice actors are there, or a saturated voiceover market. Take ownership of what you can control. Get better at voice over and market your voice over business proactively. Don’t rely on the pay-to-plays. Don’t rely on your agents or repr...

Today, we're going to talk about How to Handle Low Voice Over Budgets and how to handle low budget voice over projects from low-budget voice over clients when they come in. low budget clients and low ball rates happen all the time. If you're getting sufficient opportunities you're going to get some of these and it would behoove you to know how to handle them. I'm going to give...

Welcome to the channel. This is a new voice over marketing and business channel specifically for voice actors. If you’re a voice actor in the first few years of your pro career you’ll learn strategies for how to market voice over, how to grow your voice acting business, how to free yourself from voiceover pay-to -plays, how to find voice acting jobs and gigs, how to get new voiceover clients, how...