In
this Issue: |
| Union Members asked to
strike ........against Gamers? |
| CV's Producers+..........How
it works |
| Marketing on line.............Promoting
your Voice Over business by Peter Drew |
| 7 Secrets for Success....Goal
Achievement specialist Nancy Morris |
| Let's Link up............improve
your web site rank. |
| VO pricing...............Base
or scale is the accepted norm....Paul Boucher |
| Web site
Tips...............from Glen McInnis |
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| Unions
vs Gamers
Roughly 1,900 Screen Actors Guild, or SAG, members
and 1,000 American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, or
AFTRA, members were asked for authorization to strike against 70
video-game publishers including Activision, Electronic Arts, Vivendi
Universal, Rockstar Games and LucasArts......more
News from Wired.com
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| Harlan Hogan's
new book "Voice Actor's Guide to Home Recording"
is now on sale at Amazon.com
and Harlan Hogan.com |
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CV's Producers+....
How it works
Our Producers+ feature is unique in the industry.
We offer a free talent search for our clients gathering dozens
of custom VO auditions from the very best voice talents. The process
works quickly and is always on or under budget. This opportunity
is made available to all of our Platinum members.
Here is an example of the information and requirements we request
from our members .
http://commercialvoices.com/TalentSearch.php
Once we receive all of the auditions we upload
them for the client to audition. You will notice that there are
no names or prices, the client makes his voice(s) choice based
on talent alone. Here is what the client receives
http://commercialvoices.com/Telus.php
Pretty cool?
Questions? here.
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Marketing
on line
By Peter Drew
The Voice-Over Revolution
The Internet is revolutionizing the voice-over business. Today quality
remote recording of voiceovers can be done virtually anywhere. With
a PC, mic, and Internet connection, almost anyone can set up shop
as a voice talent.
A few years ago, a remote session entailed a voice over talent
standing in a commercial production house studio, say, in L.A.,
taking direction over the telephone through a “phone patch”
from, say, New York City.
The next innovation in remote recording was the satellite link.
It sounds great on either end, but it’s very expensive, so
it’s suited only for sessions with the biggest budgets and
most expensive talents.......More
| Peter Drew, a card-carrying member of the
Commercial Voices cadre, provides voice overs for all electronic
media. Have a comment about this article? Please visit Peter
Drew Voiceovers and drop him a line via email. While you're
there, check out Peter's demos and additional articles on the
voice-over business. |
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Goal Achievement Specialist.........
Nancy Morris
Want to get your goal everytime? Use these 7 secrets for success.
This short 3 page article offers guidance for both business and
personal applications. Adobe Reader required. Click here
to open.
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Improve
your web site rank......
With all the hoop la about web site optimization and multi
tune ups that are supposed to help us in our web site ranking
in Search Engines one tip seems to remain constant. The more quality
reciprocal links you have, the better. This is your invitation
to link up with CV and we will do the same with your site. The
only criteria is that it be somehow related to the VO industry.
Whether you are a VO talent, writer, producer, musician, ad agency
or production house, come along for the ride with CV. Click
here send us your link request. You can check
out our current links by clicking on "Links" at the
top of this page.
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VO
pricing?
It's getting crazy!
Contributed by Paul Boucher
Once again I'll point to the union 'base' or "scale"
as it's referred to, as the best objective pricing model out there.
It's accepted as the norm in most places *worth working for*.
Without getting into the complexities of conditions of contract
etc, it's still possible to price your product sensibly, while not
cutting the knees out from under the industry even as a non-union
member. Please note that I completely understand the need to be
non-union in many jurisdictions - I'm just saying that you have
a model you can use without the attendant complexities of contracts,
adherence letters and all the other stuff that sometimes makes clients
go screaming in the other direction.
An example:
Recently I was asked to quote for two 30 second TV spots for the
Canadian Coast Guard. The project originated from Ottawa, but was
being produced in Calgary. The client wanted to use the spots nationally
for 26 weeks (two cycles of use in union parlance - through September
anyway).............More
Feel free to comment on Paul's piece on pricing....Click
here
| Paul is a Founding Member of Commercial
Voices.com |
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Web
site Tips
Multiple website addresses
Over the last month several people have asked me how they can have multiple website addresses (also known as domains) point to the same site. An example would be www.mycompany.com and www.mycompany.ca both going to the same site.
The answer to this question is domain pointing/redirecting. Talk to your ISP,
they should be able to register as many new domains as you require
and then point them all to the same site. Just be aware that you
will be required to pay the registration fee for each new domain
name.
Do you have a topic you would like to see addressed in the monthly
tip? Email your question or idea to info@crystalbaymedia.com
Tips provided by Crystal Bay Media
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