Exercise Your Creativity to be a Better Voice TalentCreativity is not something that you wait for. Creativity is something that waits for you. — Neale Donald Walsch A few years ago, Drew gave me a Valentine’s present of joint membership at a local pottery studio. While we weren’t envisioning a re-do of the famous scene from the movie Ghost, we had been interested […]Read MoreReasons to Create Your Own StuffCreate your own stuff. I’ve written about this theme in the past, but today, I want to show an example and talk about the marketing advantages available to voice talent who choose to cast themselves and develop their own work. As a service project, I’m narrating the audiobook of A Woman Who Went to Alaska […]Read MoreVoice talent will *love* “The King’s Speech”Screen shot from Teri Clark Linden’s Facebook status update 12/29/10 After seeing fellow voice talent Teri Clark Linden’s Facebook status last week, I was intrigued about the new movie “The King’s Speech”. Regular readers of my blog know that I often find hidden parallels to voiceover work in my life situations, as well as […]Read MoreBeware of 5 Techniques of the “Information Marketer”We live in the Information Age. A dizzying array of information on any topic, including starting and marketing your voiceover business, is freely available on the Internet. For instance, I Googled “how to get started in voiceover” and received a list containing more than 3 million hits! With so much information freely available, you may […]Read More10 Law of Attraction principles in creating a job shiftToday’s story is not directly related to my usual topics of voiceover, marketing, or audiobooks. Instead, it’s a Law of Attraction story that I hope encourages and inspires you to do what you love and pursue your dreams because you just never know where they will lead! In addition, you’ll be able to see some […]Read MoreVIDEO — Removing a mouth click from your recordingIn olden days — say, 5 years ago — home recording studios were not common among voiceover talent. Today, though, having your own recording studio has become a necessity to compete in this industry. Recording yourself requires one skill set. Editing the recording requires another one. I am meticulous about editing out undesirable sounds to […]Read MoreThe intelligence of water crystalsToday is Blog Action Day. On 15 October each year, bloggers from more than 100 countries come together and blog about a single important issue, and this year’s topic is clean water. Living where I do, I don’t even have to think about clean water. It’s something I often take for granted, especially while constantly […]Read More1 “Oh s***” can wipe out 1000 “Attaboys!”The title of this article is a saying I heard early in my IRS career. Sorry if it offends you, but it really gets to the heart of stellar customer service. No matter how many great and wonderful things you do for your clients, the thing they will remember most — and tell the most […]Read MoreMake it easy for your clients to want to refer youSince Drew now is a Divemaster in the Dive Immersion Program at the Georgia Aquarium — a job, by the way, which seems to beat out voiceover talent for the coolness factor in the minds of other people — he no longer needs a home office. We are converting his office to a man cave, […]Read More4 Customer service tips from a tree serviceA recent episode with the Chipper LLC Tree Service painfully reminded me of 4 important customer service principles that should be embodied by every business, including your voiceover business. First, though, I’ve give you a brief synopsis of the situation. BEFORE: Two well-established Bradford pear trees with full foliage rose high above the roofline on […]Read More