Many and powerful are the arguments for supplementing your usual job leads — domestically — with new ones overseas.

Bodalgo?  They’re doing fine.  India, China, Japan…they all seem to be churning out opportunities for North American English these days.

What about Australia?

I first blogged about Talent Please in April.

I’ll be honest, I’m not a member — yet — but I did download their mighty fine iPhone app, and I’ve had a number of email conversations with spokeswoman Jana Wilkes.  Yes, you could say TP is a P2P.  But let’s face it, this is a VERY different market…and apparently there’s been some lively action for American talent on this roster.  I have a good feeling about Talent Please.

Here’s what Jana told me “…With talent please, we strive for quality of artists, rather than quantity. We want to be deliver the world’s best voices to the industry in the most effective way, saving time and creating more opportunities for voice artists. We therefore accept applications for registration, and review each demo before we list anyone on the app. You can have up to three demos (each at 2MB) and 5 headshots (cropped to square, 1MB), and as well as an app listing, while we are developing the desktop PC/mac version, we’ll list you on our soundcloud page with your own unique link. We will promote you on our Facebook and Twitter pages, and broadcast the app to ad agencies, producers and studios throughout Australia, the US, the UK and other voice over markets…”

THE PITCH

Talent Please has been running a ½-price sale on their membership that was supposed to run out today, June 30th.

However, this special offer is being extended through the July 4th Holiday exclusively through this blog.

Remember:
- creatives and producers worldwide get instant access to your voice, anywhere, anytime
- most extensive search criteria – users can search age, location, gender, up to 60 different styles, accents
- Direct contact and links to your agent’s page, profile and contact details for bookings and avails
- assisted marketing support with profile links and promotion throughout our Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and SoundCloud accounts
- Ongoing assistance and access to voice over resources
- PLUS FREE download from Abbe Holmes, Voiceover Coach (cc’d) link: http://voiceovercoach.com.au/shop/ – any of the items from the Shop

I WANT TO STRESS THAT I AM NOT GETTING ONE RED CENT FOR THIS PROMOTION!

Click on this SPECIAL TALENT PLEASE  ½-PRCE SALE LINK, to sign-up.

This means their usual annual subscription of $150 is now only $75, or you get a half-year free, whichever way you want to look at it.

When you click on the link just above, you’ll see the sign-up says it expires June 30…but — trust me — it’s good through tthe 4th.  I’ve asked Jana to change the date, so as not to foster any confusion.

I’m also attaching the talent application in a .doc if you want to use that.  Talent Application Word DOCUMENT.

Good Luck!

CourVO