If you’re good with video

You might want to check out the contest at Amazon.com if you have some skill in video. (My thanks to my friend Karen Commins for tweeting this link.) Bookmark to: Hide Sites

Real Estate Voiceovers

I was really intrigued by Stephanie Ciccarelli’s blog post recently about Real Estate Voiceover work. It’s funny, I actually read the article and then was “hired” by my wife, Lisa,  to do some messaging for her Real Estate business. I sent a tweet about it: And in response, I got another tweet: Its a good question. So I figured I would throw out some first thoughts that Voiceover talents could consider when approaching Real Estate Voiceover work. *Stephanie

Michael Jackson 360

Don’t make the obvious more obvious, can you believe the phenomenal capitalisation the media giants are making from the recent passing of Michael Jackson. Everyone, literally everyone seems to be capitalising from his Death, a surge of Michael Jackson memorabilia and merchandise hits eBay, major television networks around the world re-schedule programmes to make room for tributes to the King of Pop. I mean the list is endless, he’s only been dead a few days and many of the media giants

Voice actors in Minnesota meet up

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A Fascinating Article about the Audiobook Biz

Heidi Schooler wrote a fascinating article over at Backstage.com where she interviews the amazing Mr. Pat Fraley and Marc Cashman about the Audiobook Biz. It’s called (Audio) Book Smart. It’s an interesting read and I highly recommend you pop over and give it the once over.

A Walk on the Wild (Nature’s)Side

A little bit of Voiceover/Life Advice which turned up in my email in-box the other day. “Turn your dream into a vision, then into a goal, then into a plan and then into reality! After all, a goal is nothing more than a dream with a deadline!

i am a bombastic, egotistical jerk

So you think: “tell me something I didn’t know.” Well, the thing is with the hullabaloo about the Facebook vanity URL and LinkedIn has their vanity URL thing, Twitter has theirs and Google has theirs, I wonder if I’m falling prey to the “me, me, me!” syndrome that can plague social media or if I am just doing the smart marketing thing? Or can you not be a smart marketer within social media without being at least a little (or -God forbid- a lot) “me, me, me”? I’ve read the

British multi-billion pound media firm to rival Disney

Simon Cowell has reportedly teamed up with Topshop owner Sir Philip Green to create a £1 billion new entertainment company. The pair are said to be planning a transatlantic media organisation, incorporating parts of Cowell’s existing SyCo label, that will rival Disney. The partnership would also include the rights to shows including Britain’s Got Talent, The X Factor and American Idol, as well as plans to take The X Factor to the US. “This is going to be a multi-billion

On Board for Voice 2010?

A couple of weeks ago James Alburger and Penny Abshire announced the dates for Voice 2010, June 2-5 in Los Angeles, and returning to  the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza. If you’ve ever attended, I’m sure you’d agree it is comparable to voiceover “Disneyland”. It’s tough to wrap your head around the whole experience. There is so much good stuff going on, you wish you could clone yourself! I’m talking about the presenters, break out sessions, social

Solid networking guidance

Kristine Oller is a truly gifted lady. She’s helped me and many other people move forward with our professional lives and work. She emailed me (and I’m sure a whole lot of other people) today with news of a time senstive announcement. If you wish you could be more effective and comfortable with networking, you should probably take a few minutes to check out this page on her site Kristine Can Help Me. Bookmark to: Hide Sites