When is enough enough? I once called a client to schedule her production. It sounds like a pretty simple thing to do, right? Well, no such luck. When I called and got into her auto attendant, I waited for the option to leave a voicemail message. I waited and waited and waited. I was forced…
Great Voice Overs Take More than a Great Voice To paraphrase the old expression, “What’s in a name?” It’s also fair to ask, “What’s in a voice over?” Well, you’re looking at it. Words. Not just random bundles of letters and syllables. Writing for voice overs takes the same style and approach as writing for…
HOLD ON…GET THE MESSAGE? Call into most businesses, and you’ll get transferred to the person or department you need to reach. But–hold on. In many cases, you’ll first hear a recorded voiceover about the company’s success, goals, or its newest product line. Chances are, the voiceover will be broken up into short sentences that are…
It’s all an ACT – from a VOICE ACTOR What do you want your callers to hear? How do you want them to feel about what they hear? Do you want them to think that it is, in fact, all an act? Voice actors are trained to make what they’re reading or saying sound completely…
A Voice Over From The Seventh Grade I can trace the seeds of my voice over passion back to a seventh grade English class. I remember sitting in junior high school when each of us students took turns reading from a language arts book out loud. Everybody read maybe three or four paragraphs. But when…