Increase Your Voice-over Skills Using these Effective Techniques
January 23rd, 2010
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
Weve listed 9 insider tips in an easy-to-digest way.
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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.
- Email advertising. E mail all the copywriters and producers in ad agencies your private link so that they can listen to your demo.
- Signature your emails. Set your website address as a signature at the bottom of EVERY e mail you ever send. You never know who might end up clicking on it. And what the heck, its free promotion.
- Send out your Cd. Send a Compact disk with your demo on it. The downside is that its quite a pricey operation, and quite a few 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 point for a better way.
- Personally deliver your Compact disk. Go around to sound studios and introduce yourself to the sound engineer personally. Give them a Compact disc with your demo on, and request them to listen to it. Do something cute with the packaging ” attach a chocolate or something. Call the receptionist in advance to get a contact name of the sound engineer. Always have a contact name. You could do the same thing with ad agencies. Rather go personally to 10 people than blindly posting your Compact disc to 100 randoms.
- Offer your services. 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 own script (not for broadcast) that theyd like to produce. (Copywriters often try to record their personal own run for their portfolios, as such they wouldnt have money to pay for it. This could make a great impression ” even if they never take you up on the offer). You can send an email or call or go and see them personally.
Hope these assist you in your hunt for a voice-over career
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