Finding Narrator Talent at Voices.com - Easy as 1-2-3!

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.

Stephanie: How has Voices.com helped you with your project needs? How did you use Voices.com? Did you use the Featured Talent Directory or browse the talent search engine? Did you contact any talent directly? How did you select the talent?

Greg: We have posted several jobs on Voices.com and have come to trust the kind of talent we need for our jobs. This particular job was no different, we had a script that came up and posted it.

It always amazes me how fast we get responses from the many voice talents available through Voices.com. Within a day or so of posting the job we had over 100 custom demos to listen to in order to pick the talent.

Usually I will have to sort through and delete the talents that are asking more than we have budgeted for the project first thing, and then I still end up with at least 30 talents that I actually listen to their demos. Unfortunately I don’t have the time to listen to all that posted demos so I’ve had to develop my own short listing techniques.

Like most business I try to pick a product that is high in quality and low in price, and I can always find quality talent at reasonable prices.

And it seems like when I narrow it down to the last three or four talents I have a really hard time choosing the one I like best. I like the fact that I can contact the talent directly as well; it makes it easy to talk with them about the specifics of the project.

I also like the fact that the talents are very responsive to my request and have the job done quickly. I know for a fact that on this last project Jim Greulich worked on it over a weekend to get it to me at the time I needed it. I didn’t really give him much notice and he worked hard to deliver the product when I needed it.

Stephanie: What challenges did you face using the Voices.com system to find talent?

Greg: For this project I was looking specifically for:
- Gender
- Language
- Someone who could complete the project in a timely manner

The only difficulties I have had with Voices.com are minor technical difficulties with the site, like leaving feedback for talent I’ve hired. But there has been nothing that has prevented me from completing the project. And I am usually always on a tight deadline to complete our audio projects.

Stephanie: How did Voices.com help you achieve your goals in hiring?

Greg: Voices.com is the only site that we know of that offers this type of service. We used to try and find people we knew who had a nice voice to record our script for us. Then a friend suggested Voices.com, it was a great discovery because the talent are very professional and very good at what they do. I have never posted a job where I didn’t have at least 10 talents that would work for the job. It is always hard to pick from the last three or four because they are always really good.

The only problems we have had with Voices.com we minor technical ones, and I have contacted Voices.com with some questions that were always answered and taken care of very quickly.

Stephanie: How would you describe your overall experience with the site?

Greg: Our overall experience with Voices.com has been very positive. They are invaluable in finding the audio talent we need. We have used them to find talent to record our phone messages and for our audio courses on our websites. We are planning on hiring a voice talent through Voices.com for an upcoming radio commercial to promote our products. I have recommended Voices.com to other businesses like ours and plan on using them frequently in the future.

About the Client

DB Group manages several Web based companies that do anything from selling educational products to local “yellow pages” type websites. Our most recent company can be found at www.utahcounty.biz

Greg Cox
https://dbgroup-inc.com/

Project Details

Project ID: 7166
Project Title: G Ross Audio
Category: Educational Videos and E-Learning
Language: English
Project Close Date: December 6, 2007
Selected Talent: Jim Greulich