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‘Came across this article somehow…not even sure who wrote it, but it’s not a bad little explainer (albeit rudimentary) for why you should hire a VO.

Hey, if every voice actor wrote just one article this simple every once in a while, how much more work would we ALL get?

Check it out HERE.

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Our favorite Middle-Eastern VO Blogger and voice-actor  — Mahmoud Taji – is relocating his blog to new servers, giving it a face-lift, and offering a handy scam alert section where VO artists can go and submit the names of casting agencies that might have ripped them off in the past.

Check it out.  Taj has proven himself over time to be an enterprising, savvy, and over-all stand-up guy in our business, who strives for what’s right.

Thanks for letting us know about the changes, Taj!

Click HERE or on his new logo above to go to the revamped page.

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The thread I began a couple of weeks ago on the topic on Next-Gen synthetic voices still has legs.

Voice-actor, computer expert, and website wizard Chris Wagner linked to my article, then proceeded to further launch into a fresh vector, extending  the discussion in a way I never would’ve anticipated.

Click HERE to read Chris’ Blog: ”Computers as Narrators, really? naww…”

Thanks for contributing, Chris!

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The whole gist of this social networking gig is to raise the level of awareness of your BRAND on the internet.

It’s like swimming upstream most of the time, but every once in a while, you get a nod, and it feels good.

John Pozadzides is a self-made-millionaire in his 30’s who has the luxury of handing out those nods. 

He’s one of the founders of Woopra and many other Web2.0 achievements, but maybe is best known today as the author of ONE MAN’S BLOG.  (BTW, John is in Las Vegas as we speak for a PhotoShop convention).

For some unknown reason, I’ve managed to land on John’s good side, and he invited me to come onto his internet radio show: WealthNation.fm.  While I don’t think of myself as wealthy, I was honored to be part of a conversation with John and his cohorts on their show a couple of weeks ago. 

We talked about branding, and voice-acting, and entrepreneurship, and being on TV, and so forth.  You may actually enjoy listening to it….or not. 

Regardless, HERE is the link.  For all the interview is NOT…it IS another opportunity to further my brand in the matrix.

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He’s moved from wannabe to newbie, and isn’t afraid to admit it.  Bravo!

Voice actor Derek Chappell is now on my blogroll.  HERE is the link to his blog.

…and THIS is the link to his VO website: “The Voice of your Business”.  If you like what you hear when you visit, give him a couple of “attaboys”.

Visit either, and I think you’ll find a very clean look and guy who’s got his ducks pretty well in a row for a “newbie”!

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Brian Haymond is a voice actor based in Charlotte, who also writes a fine blog.  His entry of June 6, '08 containes a wonderful story and interview with a guy, who — like Brian — has a presence on Sirius Satellite
radio: "Buzz" Brainard.  'Well worth the moment to read and learn from a real pro
(er, both of them).

Click HERE.

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The Seth Godin Blog is just so great for EVERYBODY. (Note to self:  read it everyday).

I've mentioned him before here, so just go there and read his stuff…it's really thought-provoking.  But I'm repurposing a recent blog of his below.  It's just timely for all of us to read, 'cause we all do e-mail out the wazoo without thinking these days.

Email checklist:

Before you hit send on that next email, perhaps you should run down this list, just to be sure:

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The value of blogs used to elude me.  Now I'm hooked. (duh)

Amazing what's out there… pieces of peoples' minds and lives and interests….

Some bloggers even write about voice-acting!  Now that's niche! 

'Ran across a blog last night that mentioned Don LaFontaine, and had to re-purpose it here for you.  Interesting part is:  the blogger is an MS employee in Belgium, but HE'S heard of DLF.  Impressive!

Here's the link to his blog, which when you come down to it, is really a link to a You Tube thing that Don voiced.

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