Ever hear the phrase "made by the loving hands of home?" People say it with a sarcastic twinge to refer to homemade items that are less than professional -like those ever-so-slightly lopsided business cards that are so easy to design on your home computer. Hey, I'm...

This week we're going to talk about warming up your voice. And it's something you have got to do for voiceovers. I mean, your voice is your instrument. So if you haven't been trained as an actor, if you're not used to this, this is something new for you. So let me...

In my voice over career I've auditioned for some pretty strange stuff. A candy bar commercial where the only words in the script were Ooooo, Ahhh. A suburban Mom where they had me read from the murder tale "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote just to get an idea of my...

In my voice over career I've auditioned for some pretty strange stuff. A candy bar commercial where the only words in the script were Ooooo, Ahhh. A suburban Mom where they had me read from the murder tale "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote just to...

Did you play an instrument as a kid? I took piano lessons from a teacher who smelled like stale cigarettes and poked my finger with a pencil every time I hit a wrong note-- which was often. It's a wonder I don't have lead poisoning. Practice was torture but I did...

I know it's a busy holiday weekend so I'll be brief. This week's Inside Voice Over video training blog contains a valuable checklist for how to prepare an audio book. Watch the short video below And have a great weekend, okay? Hope it's peaceful, fun and restorative....

If anyone ever tells you voice over is a dying medium, there's too much competition and all the good jobs are already taken, you have my permission to laugh in their face and call them an idiot. Seriously. They have no idea what they're talking about. Just look at the...

So, you're getting ready to start a new business, your voice over business. Congratulations! You need business cards, because that's what everyone does when they start a business, and a nifty logo because you gotta' have one of those too, right? How 'bout slapping...

They stared at me in shocked amazement when I said this at my Mic To Money™ Voice Over Bootcamp last weekend. But it's one of the most valuable business-building secrets I learned from my marketing mentor Dan Kennedy so I couldn't hold back. This secret is second...