Be a Better Voiceover Artist Using these Simple Tips
By following the path already trodden by previous voiceover artists, you can quickly discover how you can earn a significant salary in the voiceover industry
I wanted to share a few of the top tips that I have learned over the years
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Use these marketing tips to increase the publicity that you can create around your brand. Whilst none of these are quick fixes, they will be big fixes.
- Have an agent. The increased people you have selling you, the healthier.
- You have to be on-line. You can find voice-over listing blogs that promote voice-overs to ad agencies. Even if you already have an agent, join up! The extra persons you have promoting you, the better.
- Email advertising. Email all the copywriters and producers in ad agencies your private link so that they can listen to your demo.
- Signature your e-mail. Set your URL as a signature at the bottom of EVERY electronic mail you ever send. You never know who might end up clicking on it. And what the heck, its free promotion.
- Send out your Compact disc. Send a Compact disc with your demo on it. The downside is that its quite a pricey operation, and numerous copywriters dont even listen to CDs that land on their desks. The upside is you might get a gig or two out of it. Might. See the next level for a better way.
- Have a fine photo. Do you have a beneficial photo up on your voice-over site? People with photos get 5 times as many hits as those without! Dont have a cheap looking homemade photo from the 1980s. Have a fancy, black and white, professional one.
- Have a photo on your industry card. So when youre networking, those potential contacts will remember you when they search at your card again in a few weeks time.
- Offer your companies. If youre new to the industry and are trying to break in ” offer to copywriters that youd be happy to do a free gig if they have a private script (not for broadcast) that theyd like to produce. (Copywriters often try to record their personal private job for their portfolios, as such they wouldnt have money to pay for it. This could make a great impression ” even if they never have you up on the offer). You can send an email or call or go and see them personally.
Hope these support you in your search for a voice over career