He’s a big-time producer and director, hiring voice talent almost daily.
So when he told me what happens with some of the voice talent he works with I was shocked.
It’s about scratch tracks.
A scratch track is a reference voice over that a videographer uses to edit their work, primarily for timing purposes.
When a talent has a relationship with a producer, they provide these quick voiceovers as a favor. This builds trust and helps ensure they’ll be called for future paying work.
But my producer friend told me some voice talent respond rudely, insisting on payment for this small favor, and that shocked me.
This obviously doesn’t sit well with the producer. He crosses the talent off his list. The talent that do these occasional favors stay on his list and get called for future paying jobs.
Now I’m not saying you should always work for free. But when a client asks for a quick favor, it makes good business sense to not only help them out, but to do it graciously.
In this week’s Inside Voice Over training blog the subject is how to take direction like a pro to form great relationships with your voice over clients.
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After you watch the video be sure to leave a comment. I always love to hear from you so I can support you as you grow your voice over career.
To your voice over success,
Susan Berkley,
Founder, The Great Voice Company
PS
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Great advice. And thanks for the word about scratch tracks. I hadn’t heard of that yet, so now I can be prepared for it. 🙂
Susan, Thanks. This is great advice…I am sure I will respond and enjoy doing spots like these as you did.. Which is to have fun and laugh it off and roll with the experience..
Susan, Very good advice. I hope that I will be asked to do a lot of these. When I do I will be very comfortable to be just as you were to roll with it and have fun…I believe the experience will be great for my VO business.