VO Pro: The Business of Voiceover and Voice Acting
By Paul Schmidt
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Voiceover Business Strategies That Work
The VO Pro Podcast is the go-to show for voice actors who want to grow their voiceover business without relying on casting sites or waiting for agents to hand them work. Hosted by voice actor and business coach Paul Schmidt, this podcast delivers no-fluff, tactical advice on how to market your voiceover services, attract high-quality clients, and build a profitable VO business in a world of AI-generated voices and shifting industry standards.
You’ll learn practical voiceover marketing tips, how to master direct marketing for voice actors, build a solid client base, and use tools like email outreach, SEO, and strategic positioning to stand out. We cover how to price your work, optimize your VO website, and navigate topics like AI and voiceover with clarity and confidence.
Each week, we bring you insights and strategies from Paul, and interviews with working voice actors, coaches, casting directors, and experts who understand the business of voiceover from the inside out.
If you're a freelance voice actor looking to take control of your career and actually get booked, this is the podcast for you.
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You’ll also find helpful information including my free Move Touch Inspire newsletter for voice actors at VOPro.pro.com/newsletter
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Skip THIS and You'll DESTROY 2026 Before It Starts
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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From Zero to Launch: Your 90 Day Creator Starter Plan
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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The REAL Way to Get VO Clients from Social Media
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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The Straight TRUTH About Voice Over Rates for Beginners
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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BONUS EPISODE! Is Your Demo KILLING Bookings? Rob Bee Has Thoughts
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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Client Outreach for Creative Pros: Why Your Cold Emails SUCK
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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3 Deadly Business BLUNDERS New Voice Actors Make
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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4 VO Marketing SECRETS Nobody Tells Beginners
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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From Side Hustle to Pro: The REAL Creative Career Path
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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How To Get Your First PAYING Voice Over Clients Step by Step
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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How to Get Booked CONSISTENTLY as a Voice Actor
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Men in VO: Its Time We Hold Each Other ACCOUNTABLE
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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The Work for Hire SCAM: Are You Losing THOUSANDS?
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Stop GUESSING: Track These VO Business Numbers!
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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Stand Out or Get LOST: The VO Branding Wake Up Call
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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Demo Landing Pages that ATTRACT High-Paying Clients Fast
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Why Most Voice Actors FAIL at Networking & How You Can Win BIG
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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This Simple Strategy ATTRACTS VO Clients
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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AI Is REWRITING Search. Is Your VO Site READY?
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Talent Manager vs. Talent Agent for Voice Acting: Read This BEFORE Signing Anything
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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Voiceover Client Referrals: Step-by-Step Guide for VO Pros
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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Get Organized! Systems & Tools EVERY Voice Actor Should Use
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May 29, 2025 |
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10 Marketing BLUNDERS Beginner Voice Actors Make
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May 23, 2025 |
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BONUS Episode: Procrastination. Perfectionism. Imposter syndrome. Yeah… we’re going there.
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May 13, 2025 |
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The REAL Reason Your Voiceover Business Isn’t Growing
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May 08, 2025 |
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6 Steps You're Missing & Why it's KILLING Your VO Business
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May 01, 2025 |
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THIS Is How You Beat AI as a Voice Actor
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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The 4 Social Media Content Types That Actually Get BOOKINGS
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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10 Steps to Market Your VO Business WITHOUT Feeling Salesy
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Is Voice Acting Right for You? The NO BS Truth No One Tells You
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Can AI Replace Voice Actors? The TRUTH About AI & VO Work
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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Want a Thriving VO Business? MASTER This One Skill!
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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How Much Should New Voice Actors Charge? The TRUTH About VO Rates
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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$1.1M Audition! Why I PASSED and Maybe YOU Should Have Too
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Voiceover Beginner Starter Pack: What Gear Do You REALLY Need?
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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The Voice Actor’s SURVIVAL Guide to Direct Marketing
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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8 MUST-HAVE Resources Voice Actors CAN'T Ignore, Newbie or Pro
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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The 10 COMMANDMENTS of VO Every Voice Actor NEEDS
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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Advocating for WOMEN in VO: Building Doors w/ Christy Harst
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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The 7 BEST Tools for Voice Actors to FIND CLIENTS in 2025
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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Casting Director Libby Clearfield of Voiceover Activate
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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SEO for Voice Over: 7 Strategies to Improve Your RANK
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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Going Full-Time in Voice Over? 10 CRUCIAL Mindset Shifts!
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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The Beginner’s Guide to Voice Over Conferences with Survival Guide
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Making Wavs with Bobbi Maxwell and Kevin Kilpatrick
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Tracy Lindley, Queen of LinkedIn, on VO, Marketing, and Kids
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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How In-Perpetuity Contracts Can Limit Earnings in Voice Over
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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The VO Strategist Tom Dheere: "Voice Over Is Contracting!"
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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The REAL PROBLEM with Voice Over - NOT What You Think!
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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The 14 BEST Voice Over PODCASTS in the Industry
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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Erikka J: From P2Ps and Local Studios to VO of the YEAR
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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7 Habits of Highly Successful Voice Actors + 2 Bonus Tools
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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The VO Toolkit: 11 ESSENTIAL Apps for Your Voice Over Business
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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Top Animation Coach Everett Oliver: "Animation Down 75%!"
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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What To Do When It’s SLOW in Voice Over (YES, IT WORKS!)
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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How to Get Started in Voice Over for Beginners: Complete Guide
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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My Most HONEST, BLUNT ADVICE for Voice Actors (& Grown Ups)
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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The 7 DEADLY Sins of Voice Over – NEVER DO THESE!
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May 30, 2024 |
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The 2 BIGGEST Voice Over Marketing FEARS & Why They're BULL
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May 23, 2024 |
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THE 4 HOT Voice Over Genres in 2024 and the 3 that ARE NOT
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May 16, 2024 |
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Is Voices LISTENING, AI Legislation, and More w/Carin Gilfry
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May 13, 2024 |
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TOP 6 Ways to Get GREAT Clients/Partners and RECURRING WORK
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May 10, 2024 |
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Mr. Versatile Thom Pinto - In-Show | Documentary | Commercial | Promo
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May 06, 2024 |
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9 Networking No-Fail Nuggets for Non-Assertive Narrators
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May 02, 2024 |
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Mark Rider VO: Movie Trailers, Promos, Commercials, and WORK
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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Terry Daniel: "That Sh*t Sticks With You For Life"
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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The UNFIXABLE MISTAKE You CANNOT Make in Voice Over
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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9 Engagement KILLERS to GET OFF Your Website NOW
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Accountability Is NOT What You Think: Coach Amanda McKinney
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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8 CRUCIAL Questions BEFORE You Go Full Time in Voice Over
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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Emma O'Neill: Homeless Student, Yoga Guru, Top Voice Actor
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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The Beginner’s SIMPLE Guide to Voice Over Training
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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4 Ways to Look Like a BEGINNER Voice Actor – DON’T DO THIS!
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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From $5 a Holler to KILLING IT with AUTHENTICITY: Troy Holden
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Voices CEO UNANNOUNCED Pop-in at VO Atlanta: FIREWORKS ENSUE
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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How to Set PROPER PRO Rates by KNOWING Your Worth
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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What Voice Actors Can Learn from Photographers: Freelancer Series
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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Lisa Biggs: The Unravelling of a Voice Over Reputation
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Dervla Trainor: P2P Auditioning a HUSTLE. Marketing EASIER!
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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5 BIG CHANGES to LinkedIn in 2024: What VOs NEED to Know
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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TikTok VO Maven Mandy Fisher: Social Media Made Me ANGRY
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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How To Get a Voice Over AGENT: 3 BIG Questions, 3 Big Answers
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Toby Ricketts: "It's NEVER Been Harder” To Be a Voice Actor!
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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7 Voice Over Audition Red Flags – RUN, DON’T WALK AWAY
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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3 HARD FACTS for Freelancers & Voice Actors - Straight Truth
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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J Michael Collins: "P2Ps Are in DECLINE" - Full Interview
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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Voice Over CONFERENCES 2024 – Downloadable Calendar
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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Jim Cooper: Cancer, Caregiving, and Voice Over
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Jen Greenfield Takes Her Moonshot. Routinely.
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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8 Strategies To Vet Reputable Coaching & Demo Production
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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Linda Bruno: "You Have To Be HUNGRY"
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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Wanna GROW Your Voice Over Business? CUT the CRAP!
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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Jamie Muffett: "I had impotent rage."
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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Tina Morasco Has Sat in ALL the Chairs
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Voice Actors’ Top 5 Biggest Social Media Mistakes
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Craig Williams Has Been in WAY Too Many Helicopters
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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Your 6-Point Plan to ROCK VOICE OVER and LIFE in 2024
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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The 6 BIG Reasons YOU'LL QUIT VO
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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GRATEFUL for AI?!? SURELY YOU MUST BE JOKING!
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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An Open Letter to Voices' New CEO: 7 Ways to Make Up with VOs
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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The Rise and FALL of VOICES.com & VOICE123
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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A Voice Over MASS EXODUS? Will 80% of Voice Actors Be OUT?
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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The 5 Biggest LIES in Voice Over & the REAL TRUTHS Behind Them
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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Should I Get into Voice Over? 9 CRUCIAL Questions
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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David Ciccarelli OUT! And Why That’s BAD for Voice Actors
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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Is Voice Over Work DRYING UP?!? The 6 BIG CAUSES
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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Is PANIC Setting In at Voices.com? 2 Signs
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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This Rate "Guide" Is RIDICULOUS! DO NOT USE IT!
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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The 7 REAL Reasons You’re Not Booking VO Jobs
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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Top 7 Myths About Becoming a Pro Voice Actor
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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Voquent CEO Miles Chicoine: AI's 3 Big Threats to the VO Biz
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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SAG-AFTRA & WGA Strikes: Fighting for HUMANITY in Art
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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5 MUST-HAVE Features of Your Voice Over Website
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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VO Freedom Master Plan - "I LOVE THIS PROGRAM!"
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Aug 06, 2023 |
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9 VO Lessons I Learned in the Gym - NO JOKE!
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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SAG-AFTRA Strike: The Most Important Moment in Acting History
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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Feeling Overwhelmed: Relieve Stress & Simplify Your VO Life
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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Are You Serving SPAM?!?!? Demystifying Email Deliverability
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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The ONE Thing that Changes EVERYTHING in VO and LIFE
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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Contracts: To Use, or Not To Use... THAT Is the Question...?
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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Overcome Common Objections and BOOK the Gig
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May 25, 2023 |
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Voices.com Finally CAVES - NAVA Announces fAIr Voices
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May 18, 2023 |
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Surviving in VO – Growing Relationships & Income Streams
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May 11, 2023 |
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Voice123's Rolf REACTS: Voices.ai & the FUTURE of VO
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May 08, 2023 |
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Voices.ai Is Here - IS the AI Voices Sky Falling?
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Will ChatGPT TAKE OVER Voice Acting?!?!?
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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GVAA Rate Guide: CRAZY Origin, Present & EXCITING Future Plans
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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You DESERVE Better Voice Over Rates: Worthiness
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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Get Paid ON TIME: Freelance Billing Practices that WORK
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Voice Over Career Suicide – AI, TTS, VO Contracts, & More
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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DIY Voice Over Demos – DON’T DO IT!!!
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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"AI STOLE My Voice!!!" - Voice Actor Remie Michelle Clarke
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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VO Atlanta 2023: NEW THIS YEAR with J Michael Collins
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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WOW! Voices.com NEW Rate Guide vs. GVAA
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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Top 7 Beginner Voice Over Marketing MISTAKES to Avoid
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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SHOCKING REAL CALL with an EXPLOITATIVE Voice Over Producer
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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7 Truths U MUST Know B4 You Get Started in Voice Acting
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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How To Drive AMAZING Voice Over Client Experiences
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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A Dialogue with Voice123: Can We CHANGE the P2Ps?
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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Voice Over Conferences 2023 CALENDAR: VO Atlanta and More!
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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Voices.com CHANGES – For The Better or Worse?
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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I OFFENDED Voices.com. And Here’s WHY…
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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My (No Gear) Voice Over Christmas WISH List
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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How To Survive Losing a BIG Client: Voiceover Crisis Management
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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How Voice Over Saved My Mental Health
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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Get Started in Voiceover Work: Choosing Your FIRST Coach
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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NEW Voices Affiliate Program: BRAZEN. RIDICULOUS. SHAMELESS.
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Using Online Casting Sites SMARTLY: 3 Scenarios
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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Conference Sneak Peek: MAVO 2022 - Mid-Atlantic Voice Over
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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Absolutely CRUSH 2023: Your 3-Step Voice Over Business Plan
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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Voice Over Jobs Websites – 5 RED FLAGS!
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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KILL Your Fear of Rejection and Failure - 8 PROVEN Methods
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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A Voice Over Marketing Plan Is CRITICAL to Your Voiceover Business
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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How To Go Full Time in Voice Over – 7 Steps
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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The WORST Thing You Can Do on Fiverr and Voices.com
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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5 Career Killers (& 5 Best Practices) EVERY Voice Actor Should Know
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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WHY Negotiate Voice Over Rates? The Answer Will STUN You
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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3 HARD TRUTHS About Voice Over Agents
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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$35,000 of Voice Over in 1 WEEK!!! How I Did It
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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How To Avoid BAD Voice Over Rates: Aggressive Listings & More
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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Is Voice Over Rigged? What the VO Business SHOULD Be
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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How NOT To Use Linkedin To Find Voice Over Work
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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The 3 Biggest Voice Over Website Design ERRORS
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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Top 3 WORST Sites For Voice Over Work
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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Top 3 Ways to FAIL in Voice Over
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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Do I NEED a Logo for My Voice Over Business?
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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The Number 1 Threat KILLING Your Voice Over Business
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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How to Handle LOW Voice Over Budgets: 2 REAL EXAMPLES!
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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New Voice Over Marketing Channel
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Jun 09, 2022 |