Finding Narrator Talent at Voices.com - Easy as 1-2-3!
August 15, 2008
Greg Cox of DB Group Inc agreed to answer a few questions about his experience at Voices.com and how he uses the service to find, select and hire voice talent. Recently he completed a project at Voices.com and hired Jim Greulich.
ROI on Your Audio Book Promotions?
August 14, 2008
How do you work out your ROI on voice talent for your audio book promotions?
When you hire a voice talent for an audiobook promotion, let’s say for a national radio commercial, have you ever measured the return on investment that you received from the radio campaign?
Usually, the ROI you receive at the end of a good campaign will far outweigh the cost of the voice talent, and it should. If all of the right ingredients are there, including the perfect voice for the job, you should exceed your campaign goals with flying colors.
Taking this into account, the financial compensation that a voice talent receives from you is usually Read more
Narrator Voice Talent - What Exactly Do They Do?
August 13, 2008
Have you ever wondered what an narrator voice talent does for you?
Here’s a list of the different roles and responsibilities that a narrator talent performs while working on your projects. The following may surprise you.
Voice Talent are… Read more
A Great Hook for Audiobook Publishers?
August 11, 2008
Pulling in readers is all about a good hook!…
Matt Koumalats of Reader Hook Productions agreed to answer a few questions about their experience at Voices.com and how they’ve used the service to find, select and hire narrator talent. Recently Matt completed a couple of projects at Voices.com and recently hired Dick Terhune.
Voices.com Recognized as “Best of The Best” for Voice Talent
August 8, 2008
Recently, Software Development in the Real World posted their Web 2.0 cream of the crop list, recognizing Voices.com.
Software Development in the Real World list of “The Best”
We’re very excited to announce that our Partner site, Voices.com have been recognized as one of the best Web 2.0 websites in the world!
According to the most recent and highly regarded Web 2.0 top-end service providers list, Voices.com is the place to be if you are looking to buy voice over services or to get work as a professional voice talent.
What Makes a Great Web 2.0 Site
According to Software Development in the Real World, Web 2.0 is the bigger, better, second coming of the World Wide Web. In turn, websites that qualify as Web 2.0 caliber embody several unique characteristics such as: Read more
Getting the Best Narrator Voice Talent for Less Money
August 7, 2008
Five Insider Secrets…
As you post your audio-book narrator job on a voice talent web site, you know that you will receive a lot of replies.
But quality is more important than quantity, isn’t it?
After all, you’re typically looking for the BEST voice—the one that’s suited to your project—Not the MOST talent, right?
So how do you encourage the best talent to respond?
Easy! Make the narrator voice talent like you…
Here are some easy ways that you can increase the caliber of talent who respond to your postings—simply by understanding the talent’s processes and seeing things from their point of view. Read more
Hiring Union Audio Book Voice Talent Without the Paperwork
August 6, 2008
Did you known that you can have the best of both worlds - without all the paperwork? (Don’t believe everything you cat tells you!)
How many voice talents have you had to turn down for a job because they were members of a union?
A New “Formula”
Usually, it’s the paperwork that keeps companies from working with union talent, not the fee for the work itself.
If you offer a job to a union member and state that it is a ‘non-union’ voiceover job, the union member will still be able to accept your job offer by following a new formula, deemed kosher by the union.
Pat Fraley, a professional voice actor, instructor, and union member is one such example.
A client offered him a job to voice a talking parrot. The job itself looked like it could cost about $500 to do, perhaps less as a “non-union” job.
Pat quoted $1000 and the client was fine with that, but insisted that the job he was offering to Pat was still non-union. Would that still be OK with Pat?
No problem, says Mr. Fraley.
And why was it not a problem for Pat?
Although the fee was increased for the work, the client in question did not have to go through any hoops or do paperwork that would usually deter working with union talent.
It’s Up To The Talent
When you work with a union talent and offer them a non-union job, the talent, according to the union ruling, should do the following to accept the job:
By union ruling, members can turn a non-union job into a union job by taking the fee appropriate to a payroll company who tells them how much it’s going to be and the payroll company act as a union signator. The job is thus unionized. The union gets paid, the agent gets paid, medicare gets paid, etc.
* These steps made by the talent save you time and the hassle of filling out forms.
Which Jobs Qualify?
Granted, not every job can be turned into a union job. The budget has to be high enough in order to qualify.
Here’s a rule of thumb: The fee needs to be 40% more than the AFTRA or SAG minimum for this formula to work. In other words, non-union jobs that pay lower may not qualify to be ‘turned’ into union jobs.
Has paperwork ever stopped you from working with a union talent? It needn’t in future…
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