VO Pro: The Business of Voice Over and Voice Acting

MAVO, the mid-Atlantic Voice Over conference is coming up Friday, November 11th through Sunday, November 13th, at the Westin Dulles in the Washington, D.C. area. MAVO was my first conference, and it's very special to me. And so today we're going to do a little preview of MAVO 2022, the faces you can expect to see what you can expect to hear, why MAVO is different than certainly the 800-pound gorilla conferences in our business and what makes it special.

And to tell us about all that is the chief executive president, owner and executive producer of MAVO, Val Kelly.
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Here’s my first prediction for 2023. 2023 will be your year! But only if you have a solid voice over business plan, including a voice over marketing plan. In this video, I’ll give you the three most effective steps to building a rock solid 2023 action plan for your voice over business. And at the end, I’ll reveal the real secret sauce to success in 2023 and beyond.

The old saying, “Failing to plan is planning to fail” is absolutely true. Here’s exactly how plan and crush 2023.

Chapters:
0:00 – 0:38 Welcome to Your 2023 Action Plan
0:38 – 3:13 Step 1: Start With Why
3:13 – 5:04 Step 2: Define Your Goals
5:04 – 9:06 Step 3: Reverse Engineer Your Behaviors
9:06 – 10:58 Crush 2023 with the VO Freedom Master Plan
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There are tons of voice over websites where you can find voice over jobs for beginners, voice over work for pros, and everything in between. Everyone is trying to make money online and voice over websites have become a popular way to voice over job opportunities. 

Today, I’m going to give you 5 red flags to look for on the voice over jobs websites.

Chapters:
0:00 - 0:35 Welcome to Voice Over Jobs Websites – 5 RED FLAGS!
0:35 – 2:10 1. Avoid the Freelancer Sites
2:10 – 4:26 2. Flat Rate Pricing For All Genres
4:26 – 5:52 3. “Rush Delivery Available”
5:52 -  7:27 4. Price-Based Language
7:27 -  8:38 5. Managed Services
8:38 -  9:34 BONUS: 6. Relying on Sites for the Bulk of Your Work
9:34 – 10:13 The VO Freedom Master Plan and Move Touch Inspire Newsletter
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George Addair famously said, “Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” So true for voice actors. When I spoke to almost 70 voice actors, failure was by far the biggest fear we have. That one root fear permeates everything we do... fear of rejection, fear of auditioning, fear of reaching out to clients, fear of annoying people, fear of standing up for our worth, fear of pushing back on a client, fear of demanding fair rates, fear of not executing the audition spec… the list is endless.

Today we’re going to give you 8 proven methods to kill your fear of failure and rejection.

Chapters:
0:00 - 0:42 Fear and Actors
0:42 - 3:30 Desensitize
3:30 - 4:47 Reframe "Rejection"
4:47 - 5:44 Trust Your Training
5:44 - 6:43 Fear as Fuel
6:43 - 7:27 Don't Let It Define You
7:27 - 8:36 Get In The Gym
8:36 - 9:31 Build Your Community
9:31 - 10:34 Stop Comparing
10:34 - 11:14 The VOFMP and Newsletter

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It’s a cold hard fact: A Voice Over Marketing Plan Is Critical to Your Voiceover Business. Marketing for voice actors is a fraught subject. And most voice actors don’t have a voice over marketing strategy, email marketing strategy, or even any faint direction in their voice over email marketing.

Most voice over artists are petrified at worst or nauseated at best when it comes to marketing for voice actors. Today, we’re going to get you over that fear. Buckle up, Buttercup.

Chapters:

0:00 – 0:31 Introduction
0:31 - 1:34 We’re Losing Good People
1:34 – 2:18 But Why? Let’s Find Out
2:18 – 2:33 The Big Obstacle – Marketing
2:33 – 3:46 What Voice Actors Told Me
3:46 – 4:40 What We Fear Most
4:40 – 5:47 No Marketing Skills
5:47 – 7:02 Fixed vs. Growth Mindset
7:02 – 7:48 Marketing Plan Help
7:38 – 8:15 Thanks and Wrap Up

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Welcome to How To Go Full Time in Voice Over - 7 Steps. When starting a career in voice over, figuring out how to become a voice over artist and make voice over a full time career can be daunting. Going full time in voiceover isn’t easy. Today, we’re going to talk about what it takes to go full time in the voiceover business, including voice over training, voice over marketing tips, voice over coaching and more. I’m Paul Schmidt, a voice actor, a VO marketing pro, and voice over business coach, and I’m glad you’re here.

Chapters:
0:00 – 0:41 Welcome to How To Go Full Time in Voice Over
0:41 – 1:18 The Basics Are In Place
1:18 – 2:02 Number 1: $$$$$ In The Bank
2:02 – 2:39 Number 2: A History of Booked Work
2:39 – 3:53 Number 3: “100” Good Clients
3:53 – 5:14 Number 4: Have A Backup Plan
5:14 – 6:35 Number 5: Grit, Resilience, and Resourcefulness
6:35 – 7:03 Number 6: Wearing All The Hats
7:03 – 7:56 Number 7: A Marketing Plan
7:56 – 8:17 The VO Freedom Master Plan
8:17 – 8:36 Other Helpful Links
8:36 – 8:58 Help Me Help Other Voice Actors

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When it comes to Fiverr and Voices.com, and Upwork, there’s one WORST thing you can do to make money online doing voice over work. Today we’ll discuss that on Fiverr vs. Voices.com, voice over freelance sites in general, how successful voice over professionals find voice over jobs online, how they make money online, and how professional voice talent generate voice over job opportunities and create voiceover work.

Chapters:
0:00 - 0:24 Welcome to The WORST Thing You Can Do on Fiverr and Voices.com
0:24 - 0:43 VO Is Changing Rapidly
0:43 - 1:16 The Race To The Bottom and Easy Money
1:16 - 1:42 Looking for Work Can Be Overwhelming
1:42 - 2:10 Here's My BEST Advice
2:10 - 3:12 The Voices.com Announcement
3:12 - 3:45 A New LOW for Voices.com - Sound Familiar?
3:45 - 4:24 Where's All That "Work" Going?
4:24 - 4:45 Easy Street Is About To Close
4:45 - 5:13 Two Steps To Future Proof Your VO Business - Step 1
5:13 - 5:33 Step Two - Take Finding Work Into Your Own Hands
5:33 - 5:59 The VO Freedom Master Plan
5:59 - 6:19 Thanks for Watching and for Your Support

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Welcome to 5 Career Killers EVERY Voice Actor Should Know About. Today we’re going to warn you about 5 ways to damage your voice acting career, things that can truly hurt your voice over career and give you a negative reputation. And stick around because we’ll also give you best practices to help build a positive reputation in the voiceover industry, build your career, and enrich your life. 

Chapters:
0:00 - 0:50 Welcome to 5 Career Killers EVERY Voice Actor Should Know
0:50 - 1:01 The Five Career Killers
1:01 - 1:50 Disrespecting Anyone
1:50 - 2:23 A Lack of Proper Training
2:23 -  3:26 Making Your Own Demos
3:26 - 4:07 Working on Fiverr or Upwork
4:07 - 4:55 Not Marketing or Undermarketing Your Services
4:55 - 5:08 The Five Best Practices
5:08 - 6:00 Do Your Research
6:00 - 7:04 Building Relationships in the VO Community
7:04 -  8:14 Get Proper Training
8:14 - 9:13 Invest in Proper Professional Demos
9:13 -  9:52 Learn to Market Your Voiceover Services
9:52 -  10:14 The VO Freedom Master Plan and Move Touch Inspire Newsletter
10:14 - 10:34 Help Us Spread the Word, Thanks, and Seeya Back Here Soon

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When it comes to voice over rates, one of the biggest questions is, "why negotiate rates"? Negotiating voice over rates is tricky because most new voice actors don't know how to negotiate proper voiceover rates.

The first question is, why is it so hard for voice actors to set proper pricing, and I think there are two reasons for this.

Chapters:
0:00 – 0:34 Welcome to WHY Negotiate Voice Over Rates
0:34 - 1:50 Why Is It So Difficult to Set Proper Rates?
1:50 -  2:51 Why Standard Rates Are So Important
2:51 - 3:34 Standard Rates = Confidence
3:34 - 5:01 Why Negotiate? Why Not?
5:01 - 5:27 Handling Price-Driven Prospects
5:27 - 5:44 When It Makes Sense To Negotiate
5:44 - 6:15 Don't Work on a "Promise"
6:15 - 6:50 Should I Give Discounts to Charities?
6:50 - 7:11 The WORST Reason To Discount Pricing
7:11 - 7:43 Where to Learn More About Rates and Negotiation
7:43 - 8:02 Outro and Thank You!
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Hi and welcome back and welcome to the three hardest truths about voiceover agents. And stick around because at the end I'm going to give you a bonus truth. You're not going to want to miss. To start, one of the biggest questions for many voice actors in the early years is, “How do I even know when I'm ready for an agent?”

Chapters:
0:00 – 0:17 Welcome to The 3 Hardest Truths About Voice Over Agents
0:17 – 1:17 Thinking Like An Agent
1:17 – 3:32 Hard Truth About Voice Over Agents #1
3:32 – 4:09 Hard Truth About Voice Over Agents #2
4:09 – 5:04 Hard Truth About Voice Over Agents #3
5:04 – 6:27 A Bonus Truth - #4
6:27 – 6:54 The VO Freedom Master Plan and Move Touch Inspire Newsletter
6:54 – 7:08 Wrap Up

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