You're Hearing Voices

This week, Dan chats with Sofia Zita, a voice actress based in Caracas, Venezuela who specializes in dubbing, e-Learning, commercials, and narration.  Sofia talks about her background in theater and music, and how she has been finding work in the American market in both Spanish and English.

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One of the great things about the field of voice acting is the diversity of professional backgrounds that voice actors have before they enter VO. I don't have a background in stage or screen acting, and neither does my guest this week on the podcast, Mike Kent, a VO pro from Denver, CO.

However, Mike journeyed to San Francisco to seek out the acting training that he lacked to bolster his VO acting chops. It's a fascinating story!

This week, Dan chats with Mr. Charles Gibson, an expert in direct response copywriting and scriptwriting.  Chuck is also a video marketing consultant, and he shares with us some tips about to grab and hold the attention of prospective customers, the importance of authenticity in branding, and leveraging the power of video in marketing.

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This week, Dan chats with Liz Willits, a copywriting an e-mail marketing expert based in Philadelphia.  Liz shares with us some of her expertise on cold e-mailing, content marketing, and how to warm up cold prospects.

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In this week's episode of "You're Hearing Voices," Dan chats with Kevin Beckman, a freelance videographer from sunny San Diego, CA.  Kevin shares his experiences working in broadcast television and local TV news in the land of Ron Burgundy.  Kevin and Dan discuss the freelance lifestyle, where Kevin finds his clients, the technical challenges of videography, and how many drones he's crashed while out on live shoots.

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This week, Dan chats with Devin Winter, owner of In2Motion Media, a video production company based in Minneapolis.

Devin eschewed the traditional college route and followed his passion of making videos and spun that passion into a thriving small business.

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The best marketing and branding advice that I can give to voice actors?  Don't take branding and marketing advice from voice actors!

This week, Dan chats with Kristin Taylor, the co-founder of True Brand Consulting in Vancouver, Washington.  Kristin has worked with major brands like Starbucks, Moonstruck Chocolate, and Danner Boots.

Kristin shares her wisdom on the following topics:

- How to identify your ideal client; 

- How to leverage the power of LinkedIn, and why so many people do it wrong;

- The power of being yourself and injecting your personality into your brand;

- The culinary delights of Kristin's hometown of Champaign, Illinois and Vancouver, where she currently calls home

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She can sing at your wedding or your funeral; she can do the voice of a Southern Belle, a crying baby, or an evil KGB agent.  Maybe you need an e-Learning narration or an in-store announcement -  she can do that too!  Her name is Natalie Nightingale, singer and voice actor from Leicestershire, England, and this week, we talk all about her music career, her theater and improv background, and how she found new opportunities in voice over work during the COVID pandemic.

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It goes without saying that Fiverr is a platform that always generates controversy in the VO world.  No matter your opinion of Fiverr, the fact is that there are several voice talents making very good money on there.

My guest this week, Dane Scott, is one of those Fiverr success stories.  Dane has been doing voice overs since the late 1970's, and shares his story of transitioning from radio to VO, working on agency jobs in Wisconsin, and, of course, his Fiverr journey.

In addition to being a successful VO talent in his own right, Dane also coaches aspiring Fiverr talents on how to optimize their gigs to get noticed.

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This week, Dan visits with Dane Scott, from the Green Bay area of Wisconsin. 

This week, Dan chats with Abdisamad Ali, the managing director of ELXA Media, a voiceover and dubbing agency in based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Abdisimad talks about his background in local television, and his full-time transition to voice over seven years ago.  However, growing his own VO career was but one of the many goals that Abdisimad has achieved.  During that time, he has built ELXA media into a major player in the African VO market, landing several big-name clients, including Coca-Cola, MTV India, Discovery learning alliance, Craft WW, McCann Worldwide, amongst others.

Abdisimad's enthusiasm for and love of the craft of voice acting is apparent and quite infectious.

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