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Voice Over for Podcasts: Creating Podcast Intros and Outros
Podcast popularity is on the rise, which can be both good news and bad news for podcast creators. The good news first. A notable 44 percent of Americans age 12 and older have listened to a podcast, and 80 percent of podcast listeners tune in to an average of seven shows a week. As we’ll » Continue Reading.

Your Voice Over Success Requires This Key Soft Skill
The journey toward your voice over success and a fulfilling voice talent career requires many skills, talents and qualities. And one of those qualities is becoming more elusive than ever in this digital age of instant everything. It’s the quality of delayed gratification and it is truly a life-changing skill if mastered and utilized in your everyday existence. So, let’s » Continue Reading.

My Voice Over Experiences from the Weird to the Scary to the Sublime
An out-of-the-blue email really caught my attention a few months back, and it continues to puzzle me today. The email was from someone who said they worked for Cracked.com (formerly Cracked Magazine) and wanted to interview me about some of my voice over experiences in the biz. My first thought was: “Cracked Magazine? Don’t they write funny, satirical cartoons » Continue Reading.

5 Trends Voice Actors and Voice Talent Seekers Should Understand in 2018
The voice over industry has changed dramatically since I first picked up the microphone in the 1990s, and it continues to evolve every year. Keeping up with the changes is essential for voice actors who want to remain successful in the business, and it’s equally important for voice talent seekers and buyers intent on producing projects that » Continue Reading.

Narrator’s Voice App Proves How Valuable Voice Over Can Be
From ghost hunting to finding where you parked your car, there seems to be an app for just about everything. Thanks to the Narrator’s Voice app, this also includes adding a narrator’s voice to your messages or online videos. While the Narrator’s Voice app appears to be mainly geared toward having fun, its huge popularity still proves how useful » Continue Reading.

7 Biggest Voice Over Narration Mistakes that Clients Make
With projects that include everything from e-learning courses to corporate videos, voice over narration is hot. What’s not so hot, however, is the lineup of mistakes some clients make when creating a voice over narration project. Voice over narration involves using an off-camera narrator to provide information or commentary on what’s happening on the screen. While the » Continue Reading.

What is Voice Over Narration? How Much Does it Cost?
Voice over narration is the process of using an off-camera voice to explain something to the audience. While voice-over narrators typically remain unseen and are not part of the action you may be witnessing, they do provide important commentary pertinent to what’s happening on the screen. Voice over narration costs fall into a different category than commercial voice overs » Continue Reading.

How Professional Voice-Over Talents Get Off Track – The 3 Stages of Failure
Whether they’re written by fellow voice-over talents, life coaches, artists or folks in any other industry, I read a lot of blogs. Reading blogs is a great way to gather information, gain a fresh perspective, enjoy a lot of interesting takeaways and, in many cases, relate an intriguing topic back to the professional voice-over industry. That’s what happened when » Continue Reading.

Top 7 Qualities to Look for in eLearning Voice Over Narration
Whether you’re aiming to teach healthcare professionals how to use a new medical device, clients how to use your cloud services, or students how to excel in mathematics, e-learning can be the ideal way to do it. eLearning voice over, instructional and tutorial videos can be extremely effective as an educational tool, provided you choose a narrator who is » Continue Reading.

A Client’s Guide to Selecting the Right Voice Over Talent
As a voice seeker, whether you have a precise vision, general idea, or absolutely no clue about the type of voice you’re seeking for your next project, most voice over talent searches involve a multi-step, all-purpose process. Perhaps you’re new to the game and are not sure what to expect, in which case this guide will fill you in » Continue Reading.