WHO CAN YOU TRUST?

Dear Voice Actor!

A little “down-to-earth” commentary.

It’s real easy to get caught up in the comments and marketing of vendors who make their living off of voice talents and their jobs.

But vendors don’t hire you!  Clients do!

I don’t mind the promotional strategies of the vendors I work with. Hey, if they get work, I get work!  But don’t fall into the trap of thinking that vendors/agents are your client.  They aren’t!

In fact, a little secret is that if they don’t have you and other voice talents as the foundation of their business, they are unemployed. (Pay 2 Play websites ought to be paying YOU to join them!!!)

Here’s the bottom line for me. Most of my clients and jobs come from contacts and relationships that I’ve built through the years. Not from agents. Not from auditions. Not from demos. Not even from awards. All those may have played a small part at some point in getting me noticed. But none of those got me the job! You’ve never been hired because of your past!

Did you get that?  Agents, auditions, and demos don’t get you work.  They may get you noticed, but they don’t get you work.

YOU get you work.

You want to be successful in this voiceover business? 

Buy my self-promoting one hour webinar on how to be successful in VO work and make a million dollars!!!

NO!!!  JUST KIDDING!!!

There is some AWESOME support staff such as SOME coaches, SOME demos producers, SOME agents, etc., but the bottom line is YOU get you work!

Don’t trust anyone to get you work. Trust you!

How does that work?  Well, here’s a little insight: I’m building relationships and connections NOW that I don’t expect to offer me any work for at least a year or two, if even then! 

You wanna know how the VO business really works?  Connect with voice talents! Build relationships with other voice talents (they’re all over FB, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other internet options).

And here’s a great formula to follow:  Trust the opinion of 6 voice talents over any vendor!!!

But know that many VO vendors are spot-on ambassadors for what we do as voice talents. Love them!