Everyday VOpreneur® with Marc Scott

Negotiation... it's a word that causes many voice actors to break out in cold sweats. As if just trying to accurately and fairly quote voice over projects wasn't stressful enough... now we've got to potentially negotiate with clients too?

But negotiation doesn't need to be an anxiety inducing event. In fact, with a little confidence and some good strategy, negotiation can become a breeze for the Everyday VOpreneur. In this episode, Maria Pendolino offers up a virtual negotiation master class.

Book Recommendations

Money Rules by Jean Chatzky - https://amzn.to/3MuVy9o

Marc Scott on Instagram - @marcscott

RESOURCES

* 20 Video Ideas for TikTok and Instagram (FREE DOWNLOAD) https://marcscottcoaching.com/20videoideas

* Get an instant $25 credit when you sign up for VoiceZam

* Need a little marketing help? Download a FREE eBook - 5 Steps to Marketing Like a VOpreneur Download now at https://marcscottcoaching.com/5marketingstepsebook

* For voice over services:

* Want VOpreneur Swag?

* Join the VOpreneur Facebook Group

EVERYDAY VOPRENEURS IN THIS EPISODE

* Thanks to "Uncle Roy" for production assistance!

* Thanks to Christy Harst for VO contributions!

* Thanks to Krysta Wallrauch for VO contributions!

If you need guidance with your voice over business or learning how to more effectively market, I can help. Book a 15 minute free consultation with me to discuss your specific needs. Book Your Consult

After interviewing CEO's from four of the major online casting sites, it became clear there were a few issues that are universal, regardless of whether it's on Voice123, bodalgo, CastVoices or VOquent.

Voice Actors seem to be making some of the same mistakes over and over and over again, and those mistakes are costing them voice over bookings.

In this episode, I reflect on five of the themes that came up in each on my interviews. Simple things that can be fixed easily, and make a potentially big difference in a voice actors audition to booking ratio.

Marc Scott on Instagram - @marcscott

RESOURCES

* 20 Video Ideas for TikTok and Instagram (FREE DOWNLOAD) https://marcscottcoaching.com/20videoideas

* Get an instant $25 credit when you sign up for VoiceZam

* Need a little marketing help? Download a FREE eBook - 5 Steps to Marketing Like a VOpreneur Download now at https://marcscottcoaching.com/5marketingstepsebook

* For voice over services:

* Want VOpreneur Swag?

* Join the VOpreneur Facebook Group

EVERYDAY VOPRENEURS IN THIS EPISODE

* Thanks to "Uncle Roy" for production assistance!

* Thanks to Christy Harst for VO contributions!

* Thanks to Krysta Wallrauch for VO contributions!

If you need guidance with your voice over business or learning how to more effectively market, I can help. Book a 15 minute free consultation with me to discuss your specific needs. Book Your Consult

Voquent is a site you've maybe never heard of it before. At least, not if you're a North American voice actor. The site is based in the UK, and it works much differently from other online casting platforms. There are no membership fees, and no job posting board. But there are opportunities to book great work with great clients.

After you finish this interview with Voquent CEO and Co-founder Miles Chicoine, I have a feeling you'll be wanting to set up your profile, if you haven't gone one created already.

Website: https://www.voquent.com/

Voquent – How it works for Talent: https://www.voquent.com/how-it-works-for-talents/

Getting started on Voquent: https://www.voquent.com/getting-started-on-voquent/

How Voquent works for Clients: https://www.voquent.com/how-it-works/

Marc Scott on Instagram - @marcscott

RESOURCES

* One Piece of Advice Free eBook https://marcscottcoaching.com/onepieceofadviceebook/

* Get an instant $25 credit when you sign up for VoiceZam

* Need a little marketing help? Download a FREE eBook - 5 Steps to Marketing Like a VOpreneur Download now at https://marcscottcoaching.com/5marketingstepsebook

* For voice over services:

* Want VOpreneur Swag?

* Join the VOpreneur Facebook Group

EVERYDAY VOPRENEURS IN THIS EPISODE

* Thanks to "Uncle Roy" for production assistance!

* Thanks to Christy Harst for VO contributions!

* Thanks to Krysta Wallrauch for VO contributions!

If you need guidance with your voice over business or learning how to more effectively market, I can help. Book a 15 minute free consultation with me to discuss your specific needs. Book Your Consult

As the Casting Site Series continues, this time around I'm interviewing Rolf Veldman, CEO of Voice123. Voice123 was the world's first online marketplace for voice actors and it's by far one of the most popular of all the sites.

Using Voice123 is a different experience from other casting sites, however. It's an algorithm driven site, and you need to know how to use the site properly in order to maintain good status in the ranking system. 

Listen now to learn more about Voice123, how it works, and what's coming in the future.

Voice123 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/voice123/

Marc Scott on Instagram - @marcscott

RESOURCES

* One Piece of Advice Free eBook https://marcscottcoaching.com/onepieceofadviceebook/

* Get an instant $25 credit when you sign up for VoiceZam

* Need a little marketing help? Download a FREE eBook - 5 Steps to Marketing Like a VOpreneur Download now at https://marcscottcoaching.com/5marketingstepsebook

* For voice over services:

* Want VOpreneur Swag?

* Join the VOpreneur Facebook Group

EVERYDAY VOPRENEURS IN THIS EPISODE

* Thanks to "Uncle Roy" for production assistance!

* Thanks to Christy Harst for VO contributions!

* Thanks to Krysta Wallrauch for VO contributions!

If you need guidance with your voice over business or learning how to more effectively market, I can help. Book a 15 minute free consultation with me to discuss your specific needs. Book Your Consult

Welcome to the Casting Site Series. For the second episode in this series I bring in the CEO of the newest online casting site in the market, although it's now been around for a couple years. Liz Atherton of CastVoices answers some tough questions and offers great insight into what's going on with Cast Voices.

In this interview you'll learn about a dog named Fish, what's being done to get more jobs on the site, some of the new features in development for CastVoices, how voice actors are costing themselves potential bookings through poor auditions and more.

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Marc Scott on Instagram - @marcscott

RESOURCES

* One Piece of Advice Free eBook https://marcscottcoaching.com/onepieceofadviceebook/

* Get an instant $25 credit when you sign up for VoiceZam

* Need a little marketing help? Download a FREE eBook - 5 Steps to Marketing Like a VOpreneur Download now at https://marcscottcoaching.com/5marketingstepsebook

* For voice over services:

* Want VOpreneur Swag?

* Join the VOpreneur Facebook Group

EVERYDAY VOPRENEURS IN THIS EPISODE

* Thanks to "Uncle Roy" for production assistance!

* Thanks to Christy Harst for VO contributions!

* Thanks to Krysta Wallrauch for VO contributions!

If you need guidance with your voice over business or learning how to more effectively market, I can help. Book a 15 minute free consultation with me to discuss your specific needs. Book Your Consult

Welcome to the Casting Site Series. In this first episode of the series, I'm speaking with Armin Hierstetter, founder of CEO of the German based voice over casting site bodalgo.com.

In this interview we learn how bodalgo came to exist (yes, there was beer involved), how bodalgo tries to differentiate itself from other casting sites, we learn more about some of the features bodalgo offers to voice actors and Armin offers up his best entrepreneurial advice for VOpreneurs.

bodalgo - https://bodalgo.com

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/bodalgo.com/

Twitter - @bodalgo

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Marc Scott on Instagram - @marcscott

RESOURCES

* One Piece of Advice Free eBook https://marcscottcoaching.com/onepieceofadviceebook/

* Get an instant $25 credit when you sign up for VoiceZam

* Need a little marketing help? Download a FREE eBook - 5 Steps to Marketing Like a VOpreneur Download now at https://marcscottcoaching.com/5marketingstepsebook

* For voice over services:

* Want VOpreneur Swag?

* Join the VOpreneur Facebook Group

EVERYDAY VOPRENEURS IN THIS EPISODE

* Thanks to "Uncle Roy" for production assistance!

* Thanks to Christy Harst for VO contributions!

* Thanks to Krysta Wallrauch for VO contributions!

If you need guidance with your voice over business or learning how to more effectively market, I can help. Book a 15 minute free consultation with me to discuss your specific needs. Book Your Consult

Auditioning is part of the job of a voice actor. Want more bookings? You need more auditions. But more than that, you also need to make sure you're always submitting great auditions.

Whether it's auditioning on online casting sites, for your agents or for your own prospects and clients, there are strategies you can employ to improve the chances of your auditions converting.

Carin Gilfry is a professional talent with thousands of bookings on her resume and she's got strategies you can use for auditioning, regardless of the platform. Bring a pen and paper, you're going to be taking a lot of notes!

We also dive into some details of Vocation Cancun happening in 2023!

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Marc Scott on Instagram - @marcscott

RESOURCES

* One Piece of Advice Free eBook https://marcscottcoaching.com/onepieceofadviceebook/

* Get an instant $25 credit when you sign up for VoiceZam

* Need a little marketing help? Download a FREE eBook - 5 Steps to Marketing Like a VOpreneur Download now at https://marcscottcoaching.com/5marketingstepsebook

* For voice over services:

* Want VOpreneur Swag?

* Join the VOpreneur Facebook Group

EVERYDAY VOPRENEURS IN THIS EPISODE

* Thanks to "Uncle Roy" for production assistance!

* Thanks to Christy Harst for VO contributions!

* Thanks to Krysta Wallrauch for VO contributions!

If you need guidance with your voice over business or learning how to more effectively market, I can help. Book a 15 minute free consultation with me to discuss your specific needs. Book Your Consult

Will a recession impact voice over? Is there a ways to recession proof your voice over business? Are some genres safer than others?

You can't turn on the TV or open the internet without hearing panic and fear about recession, inflation and a bear market economy. But what does it all mean and will it impact your ability to earn a living as a voice actor?

In what is unquestionably the most intellectually involved conversation I've ever had on the podcast, JMC and I dive into all things economics and offer up plenty of advice and strategy for navigating what's to come in the voice over industry and in your business specifically.

We even look ahead to VO Atlanta 2023!

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Marc Scott on Instagram - @marcscott

RESOURCES

* One Piece of Advice Free eBook https://marcscottcoaching.com/onepieceofadviceebook/

* Get an instant $25 credit when you sign up for VoiceZam

* Need a little marketing help? Download a FREE eBook - 5 Steps to Marketing Like a VOpreneur Download now at https://marcscottcoaching.com/5marketingstepsebook

* For voice over services:

* Want VOpreneur Swag?

* Join the VOpreneur Facebook Group

EVERYDAY VOPRENEURS IN THIS EPISODE

* Thanks to "Uncle Roy" for production assistance!

* Thanks to Christy Harst for VO contributions!

* Thanks to Krysta Wallrauch for VO contributions!

If you need guidance with your voice over business or learning how to more effectively market, I can help. Book a 15 minute free consultation with me to discuss your specific needs. Book Your Consult

Do you have a commenting strategy for social media? Do you know how to use comments to make your social media posts reach more people and get more love from the algorithms?

In this episode of the podcast, I share a strategy I've figured out over the years that has helped me get even more organic (free) reach from posts across various social media platforms including LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram and Facebook.

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Welcome to the Summer Series. For June / July / August 2022 I'll be offering up simple, quick hit episodes of the podcast designed to give you one good piece of advice and get you back to doing whatever you're doing to enjoy summer. The Everyday VOpreneur interview series will return in September.

Marc Scott on Instagram - @marcscott

RESOURCES

* One Piece of Advice Free eBook https://marcscottcoaching.com/onepieceofadviceebook/

* Get an instant $25 credit when you sign up for VoiceZam

* Need a little marketing help? Download a FREE eBook - 5 Steps to Marketing Like a VOpreneur Download now at https://marcscottcoaching.com/5marketingstepsebook

* For voice over services:

* Want VOpreneur Swag?

* Join the VOpreneur Facebook Group

EVERYDAY VOPRENEURS IN THIS EPISODE

* Thanks to "Uncle Roy" for production assistance!

* Thanks to Christy Harst for VO contributions!

* Thanks to Krysta Wallrauch for VO contributions!

If you need guidance with your voice over business or learning how to more effectively market, I can help. Book a 15 minute free consultation with me to discuss your specific needs. Book Your Consult

We've all got audio versions of our voice over demos. But do you have video versions of your voice over demos? Have you ever even considered adding video versions of your voice over demos?

In this episode I outline why it's so important to have video versions of your voice over demos, and share a few suggestions for what to include in them and software options for creating them.

Headliner - https://headliner.app

My video demos - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi5EHBmB9CpLeth6HkWtdY0taoGgrE-9h

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Welcome to the Summer Series. For June / July / August 2022 I'll be offering up simple, quick hit episodes of the podcast designed to give you one good piece of advice and get you back to doing whatever you're doing to enjoy summer. The Everyday VOpreneur interview series will return in September.

Marc Scott on Instagram - @marcscott

RESOURCES

* One Piece of Advice Free eBook https://marcscottcoaching.com/onepieceofadviceebook/

* Get an instant $25 credit when you sign up for VoiceZam

* Need a little marketing help? Download a FREE eBook - 5 Steps to Marketing Like a VOpreneur Download now at https://marcscottcoaching.com/5marketingstepsebook

* For voice over services:

* Want VOpreneur Swag?

* Join the VOpreneur Facebook Group

EVERYDAY VOPRENEURS IN THIS EPISODE

* Thanks to "Uncle Roy" for production assistance!

* Thanks to Christy Harst for VO contributions!

* Thanks to Krysta Wallrauch for VO contributions!

If you need guidance with your voice over business or learning how to more effectively market, I can help. Book a 15 minute free consultation with me to discuss your specific needs. Book Your Consult