Marketing – Web Success / Part 1: What’s Your Online Audition & Web Site Batting Average? (Turning Browsers Into Buyers), by Paul Strikwerda
Veteran voice actor Paul Strikwerda recently analyzed his online audition conversion rate – i.e. number of jobs booked, his “batting average ” – which led to a rude awakening and these thoughts on turning voice-seeking web browsers into buyers. Part 1 of a series …
What’s Your Batting Average?
Dutch voiceover, Paul Strikwerda, had a blog article featured on VoiceoverXtra today. What a great blog, with lots of interesting points to ponder. I’m really looking forward to Part II of the blog!Online voiceover casting sites, or pay to play sites as some call them, are definitely an interesting concept in our industry. Since their advent is somewhat recent, no one knows what the future will hold. Are these sites our future? Will they take over all casting,
ART & COPY
As a follow up to yesterday’s blog, be sure to check this out. It’s a film about “advertising and inspiration.” Click here to learn more about the film, ART & COPY. I hope I have an opportunity to see this film. If you have seen it, please feel free to post your thoughts.
the result of your input is now on display
So you’ll recall my post a few days ago wherein I posted a poll requesting your opinion about the new design for the blog masthead. The plan was to widen the blog a bit to better serve some changing media tools featured on the blog. Services like Hulu have wider embedded screens which awkwardly crossed over to some of the right columned content here when it was narrower. Widening the blog will fix that problem and most folks have computers and screens that can accept wider views. I took
World-wide Audition Completion Keys Enjoinment
My dear brothers and sisters in voice over, There comes a time in each person’s life when they need to use their blog to bloviate, purge and otherwise sound-off on urgent pressing matters of state. Today is that day for me and I hope for you too. And by state I mean the state of voice over auditioning in our world. Too often we are given mixed directions on how to submit auditions by our various talent representatives. From useless cattle call auditions, to slating to file names and so
Get in the Game
Very good interview with Todd Resnick at backstage.com about voiceovers for the gaming world: excerpt: According to Resnick, voice actors must believe the video-game world of their characters and be able to communicate that clearly at an audition. But because interactive-gaming projects are mostly action-oriented, they can feel more dynamic than other voiceover mediums, and actors are tempted to rush the audition process. “Be calm,” says Resnick. “Your natural tendency is to
Voiceover: Voice 2010 Registration NOW OPEN
The VoiceOver International Creative Experience (VOICE) 2010 in Los Angeles June 2-5, 2010 is now open for Early-Bird registration…hey, SAVE $150. Click for details: Voice 2010
Voiceover: Adjusting Script Interpretation
Stephanie from Voices.com just tweeted about an article on Vox Daily and it’s sure to be a must read! Here’s the link: How To Adjust Your Interpretation To Book Voice Over Work
VOICE 2010 Registration Opens August 26
August 26, 2009 San Diego, California – Executive producers James R. Alburger and Penny Abshire announced today that registration is now officially OPEN for the third VoiceOver International Creative Experience, or VOICE 2010, slated for June 2-5 at the Century Plaza Hyatt Regency Hotel in Los Angeles. To register right away or to get more information about the VOICE 2010 conference, click HERE. “We suggest you act quickly to get your registration in –
The Voice Match Masters Event
Pat Fraley is holding an ADR/Voice Match/Looping event on Saturday, September 26, 2009 in Los Angeles. Casting Director Barbara Harris will join Pat for the one day event that is sure to sell out very quickly. All the details are on Pat’s site.