Speed up an Individual’s Voiceover Profession
Sunday, January 24th, 2010This article will give you all the need-to-knows to become successful in this business and get as many voiceover jobs as possible.
Weve listed 9 insider tips in an easy-to-digest way.
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Below is a list of clever marketing tips that can help you to get more publicity for yourself. You wont quickly turn it around using these strategies, but they will help you to turn it around.
- Acquire an agent. The increased people you have selling you, the healthier.
- You will have to be on-line. You can find voiceover listing web pages that promote voice overs to ad agencies. Even if you already have an agent, join up! The other people you have promoting you, the better.
- Send out your Compact disc. Send a Cd with your demo on it. The downside is that its quite a pricey operation, and several copywriters dont even listen to CDs that land on their desks. The upside is you might get a gig or two out of it. Might. See the next level for a better way.
- Personally deliver your Compact disc. Go around to sound studios and introduce yourself to the sound engineer personally. Give them a Compact disk with your demo on, and request them to listen to it. Do something cute with the packaging ” attach a chocolate or something. Call the receptionist in advance to get a contact name of the sound engineer. Always have a contact name. You could do the same thing with ad agencies. Rather go personally to 10 people than blindly posting your Compact disk to 100 randoms.
- Have a superior photo. Do you have a good photo up on your voice-over site? Persons with photos get 5 times as most hits as those without! Dont have a cheap looking homemade photo from the 1980s. Have a fancy, black and white, professional one.
- Offer your services. If youre new to the industry and are trying to break in ” offer to copywriters that youd be happy to do a free gig if they have a personal script (not for broadcast) that theyd like to produce. (Copywriters often try to record their own personal work for their portfolios, as such they wouldnt have money to pay for it. This could make a great impression ” even if they never have you up on the offer). You can send an email or call or go and see them personally.
Hope these assist you in your search for a voice over career