Are E-bay or Fiverr marketing outlets to offer your voice-over services? It might sound outlandish, but some people do use this network. As voice over artists we are always looking for new ways to market ourselves. Most of us will have websites and probably promote our work through pay 2 play sites, social media, YouTube …
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Buy-out fee is the price that a brand pays to use your unique voice in a particular marketing campaign. You become the voice of their product or service and that has a price. You need to be compensated when your voice is associated with a specific brand: for instance if your voice is heard on …
Making Voice-Over gig is not a hobby activity so make sure you get paid for it. If you’re relatively new to the VO industry then getting your first paid gig is a pretty big deal. At last somebody has seen or rather heard your talent and hired you for a project. These are exciting times. …
Should I include a buyout fee in my quotes to clients regarding my voiceover services? If you are relatively new to the voice over industry and you happen to land a lucrative TV commercial gig then after you have finished completing your cartwheels of joy it’s time to start thinking business and determining how much …
If the voice is not just “too much of the same thing”, but a precious, delicate sound perfume where quality would be more important than quantity. Consider the perfect 60 seconds. But first a question that often arises from newbies to the VO industry: how can I price a job based on words per minute? …
Display your basic VO prices and be proud of them! That’s the advice DirectVoices would like to give to voice over talents. To be taken seriously you have to answer the question everybody asks in any transaction, how much does this service cost?. Don’t get nervous about it. Rates are not written in stone, you …
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If you are new to the voice over industry one of the main questions that go through your head is what should you charge for your voice over services? If you are an established voice talent, this post might also be of interest to you. Rates are a recurrent and controversial topic because we are …
So you agreed a price, you’ve completed the voice over and now it’s time to send that all important invoice. You have a great chance to do one of two things here. Screw things up completely by sending through an unprofessional back of a cigarette packet invoice or send through a branded invoice which presents …
A competitive pricing structure is one of the most crucial aspects for any voice artist. We can put it this way: you should be correctly priced in the market to land jobs. Don’t fall too much in love with your voice, you know it’s precious but not priceless. Even though you have that great experience …