How to Efficiently Read Voiceover Scripts For Auditions
So, when you get a script, how do you approach it?
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How to Book E-learning Work
If you are curious about it but don’t want to take the plunge yet, take my FREE mini-course on how to do stree-free e-learning outreach. It’s short and sweet—just three video lessons you can watch in a span of three days, with small and actionable tips to do as “homework” 🙂
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Setting Realistic Goals in Voiceover
It’s the end of March now, and no one’s talking about resolutions anymore. Most have probably fallen off the wagon, so I’m doing you this check-in in case you need a boost to get back on the wagon, or if you haven’t done anything yet, start your year strong (anytime!) 😊
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Does My Voiceover Coach Need To Be Near Me?
If you limit yourself to in-person voice over training only you will eliminate 99% of your coaching options. How many voice over coaches that you want to work with live within 2 hours of your home? There’s almost no reason to be in the same room as your coach so why put such a huge and unnecessary restriction on your coaching options.
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One E-learning Narration Performance Tip Part 2
There are so many fun opportunities in e-learning narration depending on, obviously, the script, but where you can really set the learner, the listener, the end user up with your narration, is with your approach to the script.
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Elearning Narration: All play and no work
Elearning Narration: All Play and No Work? “I got into voiceover work for the excitement and variety. To get away from uptight corporate culture. The last thing I want to […]
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One E-learning Narration Performance Tip, Part 1
So what do you need to be doing on a day to day basis to set yourself up for booking e-learning narration work for making those connections with potential clients? Learn more in this post.
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How to cut your e-learning voiceover editing time in half
Elearning voiceover, or online course narration, is one of my favorite types of voice over work. I actually have a bit of a soft spot for it because it has played […]
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Ever wondered how to book consistent and repeat elearning voice over jobs? Carrie Olsen has developed a proven 5-step system to booking more elearning jobs.
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How to Book More Elearning Narration Voice Over Work, My Favorite Tips.
You might be surprised to hear this, but my best tip for booking more e-learning voiceover jobs has nothing to do with improving your voice skillset or making sure you […]
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Voice Acting Scripts. Where to find the right scripts and how to practice.
You’ve probably heard the phrase practice makes perfect. Another way to say it is practice makes possible.That couldn’t be more true when it comes to voice acting.There’s no way pursuing […]
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What Should I Put on my Voiceover Demo Reel?
Demo Scripts for Voice OverEventually (when you are ready!) you will want to produce a voice over demo reel to showcase your voice over talent.And you’ll want the right scripts […]
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When to make your voiceover demo
How to make a voice over demo Have you made your voiceover demo yet? If you haven’t, when should you get it made? Got a demo but aren’t getting any […]
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Why are you so optimistic about the new year?
What do you need and want in your future? Start planting those seeds today. What you plant today is most likely what you’ll have in the future.
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How to Get a Job Doing Voice Over Work: Email Marketing
Voice actors reach out to me all the time and ask, “How do I book more voice over work?”. No surprises here. After you get started, learn all you can […]
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How to Do Voice Over Work Part-Time
How do I do voice over work part-time? This is one of the questions I receive by email almost everyday. The folks asking this question either only want to do Voice […]
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Learn Voiceover Without a Coach
Everyone says you need a coach to make it in the voice over business. Is that really true? Are there other ways to become a voice actor without hiring a coach?
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5 Ways to Know if You Have the Right Kind of Voice for Voice Overs
If you’ve been blessed with a great voice or people are regularly telling you you should get into voiceover, you might be wondering what, exactly, it takes to make it […]
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5 things to do before you start auditioning for voiceover jobs
5 Things to do Before You Start Auditioning for Voiceover Jobs Every now and then I get questions from people who aren’t necessarily looking for a pathway to build their […]
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How to prepare for directed voice over session
Learn the various methods of doing a directed voice over session remotely or from your home.
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Voiceover Communities and Forums
Voiceover Forums and Communities When you’re holed up in your closet recording, you can’t just walk down the hall and knock on your co-worker’s cubicle to ask a question. So […]
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How to Find the Right Voiceover Coach
How to Find the Right Voiceover CoachWhy You Need a Voiceover CoachA coach helps you find direction.A coach helps you find motivation.A coach provides a proven framework for success.A coach […]
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How I landed a big voiceover agent without a professional demo
If you go to Atlas Talents website, you’ll see my name listed among the other signed voiceover talents there. Click on my demo, and you’ll hear the sixty or so […]
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Coaching with Mary Lynn Wissner
Voice over Coaching with mary lynn wissner With Mary Lynn Wissner, you’ll learn how to adapt, apply and succeed with the ever-changing trends in advertising and production. You’ll gain the […]
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Coaching with Everett Oliver
Voice over Coaching with everett oliver Everett Oliver has built a career in voiceover, Animation, Career Building, Booth Director (directing actors on auditions at a leading LA Based Talent agency), […]
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Win more voice over auditions – Four tips with Alyson Steel
Win more voice over auditions – Four tips with Alyson Steel Tip 1) Audition specs and attention to detail So the first thing you have to do is read what […]
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Coaching with Alyson Steel
Voice over Coaching with Alyson Steel Alyson is a graduate of NYC’s High School of Performing Arts (from the movie “Fame”). She received her B.A. from Queens College while doing […]
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Breaking into Voice Over Work: How Podcasting Jumpstarted My Career
What if there was a button you could push that would instantly transport you to a dinner table surrounded by your best friends in the world? What if that same […]
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How to Win Voiceover Jobs
Voiceover is a performance-based profession, which tends to draw people who (surprise, surprise) like to perform. But the real surprise is that many people who are very talented at performing, […]
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How To Get Started in Voice Over: A Comprehensive Guide
In this guide, I talk about how my ferocious marketing and networking techniques, combined with extensive training and study, landed me voiceover jobs with brands like Kmart, Taco Bell, Bank of America, REI and others.
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Do Better Voice Over Work by Developing This One Skill
You probably know that it requires more than a good voice to do well as a voice actor. You need to be a good business person. You’ll need to know […]
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A primer on voiceover demos
When should you make a demo? What is it for? Get the highlights on voiceover demos in this five-minute video. Click to Tweet This video offers a very high-level view […]
Continue readingAre You “All In”?
You’re teetering on the fence. Wondering if this business can work for you. Maybe you’ve booked a voiceover job here and there, you loved it, and you just want to […]
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What to do on slow days
This past week wasn’t one of my booking-est. I feel fortunate that the first quarter of the year as a whole has been great. But in this business, there are […]
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Voiceover Stories: Diana Birdsall
One of the most common questions I get asked about voice over is How do I get started? It seems like there should be a simple answer like, “Buy a […]
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Doing Voiceover When You’re Busy
#reallife confession: These past two weeks have been challenging. Work has been steady, and I’m so grateful! But sometimes the everyday things are enough to tip the scales on the […]
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One key to level up your voiceover game in 2018
Ready to level up your #voiceover business game in 2018? Read this blog post where I share one of the keys that led to some of my biggest projects last […]
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Voicever tools and resource guide
Get a free copy of my favorite tools and products in this resource guide. You’ll pick up gems that’ll help make your voiceover life easier. Click to Tweet Disclosure: Some […]
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A few days ago, I was in my home studio, editing a voiceover project. It was a slow and easy day, when suddenly – my mom (and nanny) was rushing […]
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The voiceover “flow”: from hitting record to getting paid
If you mow lawns for a living, it’s probably pretty clear how your business operates. You do some marketing, you buy the equipment you’ll need, you get some clients, mow […]
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Voice acting: Why it’s good to talk to yourself
Do you ever find yourself having both sides of a make believe conversation between you and… you? It would be really weird for anyone in any other profession to admit that they […]
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Voice Actors: Why You Should Always Give 100 Percent
“I don’t turn on my microphone for less than $250,” Flo the Pro said. “That sounds nice,” thought Newbie Ned. “But right now I make $18 an hour at my […]
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How to win voiceover jobs part 2: Don’t overdo it
In Part 1 of the How to Win Voiceover Jobs series, we talked about how increasing your emotional intelligence helps you be a better voice actor. Today, we’re talking about […]
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Voiceover courses: stop buying them – you already have everything you need
Have you ever bought a voiceover book or course, read through a bit of it, and then never opened it again? How many unfinished books do you have on your […]
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Voiceover: Always Doing What You Love?
Is voiceover a dream job? I love doing voiceover. It’s my dream come true, my career match made in Heaven, the thing I would choose to do if I could […]
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The voiceover spectrum, from amateur to the many levels of pro
“Oh, you’re a voice actor? Me, too!” Doesn’t this sound like the start to a beautiful relationship? I mean, how often do voice actors actually run into other voice actors […]
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3 Mindset Tweaks to Have a Successful VO Career
Your mindset as a voice actor may be the most important thing to keep in check as you start and run your business. Click to Tweet Your mindset as a […]
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Five Ways Voice Over Gets You More On-Camera Roles
A lot of actors turn to voiceover as a way to make some extra cash while waiting on their next on-camera or theater role. And for good reason — voice […]
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Freelancer Jobs With the Best Pay — Voice Over is #2
If you’re anything like me, you were shocked to discover that voice over is a full-fledged industry, with people making a full-time living simply talking into microphones. But after being in the […]
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On joining the union
I’ll be honest. I haven’t booked the right kind of work for me to need join the union yet. I’m totally open to it, and I kind of hoped I […]
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What About the Non-commercial Stuff?
When I first got into voiceover, all of my coaching sessions were focused on commercial reads. Come to think of it, the majority of them still are. Most of my […]
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Working on, and not in the biz
Voiceover is an amazing industry! It has allowed me to reach so many goals in a really short amount of time. I’m able to work from home (or anywhere really), […]
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Sitting in the car, in a parking garage, with a sleeping baby
Today, I’m at a podcasting conference (my husband and I podcast about money and marriage). Leading up to the conference, I hadn’t put a whole lot of thought into […]
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