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For a while during my hour-long teleseminar on Social Media sponsored by Edge Studio June 22, 2010…I waxed eloquent on the suggested do’s and don’t's of social media…that is, if you want to get and keep friends and followers.  Otherwise, it doesn’t matter what you do.

The whole teleseminar, of course, was based on the supposition that you DO want to get and keep followers and “friends”.  Furthermore, extending your brand onto those social media platforms may even garner you some new clients.

These concepts are not new, but apparently — with a teleseminar attended by the maximum allowable 100 listeners — a good many voice actors have a hunger for learning more about social media tools.

I set up my trusty FLIP video cam to record some of my end of the call, and the clip is below.  Mind you, I took NONE of my own advice for how to set up a good shot, as stated in my helpful website: OnCamTips…so forgive the terrible angle, and the news map of Las Vegas in the background.

To hear the full hour’s teleseminar session click HERE, and scroll down to the subheading ‘Marketing’.

Also, visit SocialMediaVO to see a more complete resource on leveraging New Media for your voiceover business.

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Last night’s teleseminar with Edge Studio’s “Talk With A Pro” series was packed: the full allowable 100 callers.  And here’s the funny part:  I was the ‘expert’!!!  It’s hard for me to get comfortable with that moniker…partly because I make fun of the ‘expert’ title as an over-used, undefinable, and inflated handle that so many in social media claim.

But apparently there IS something to show for the countless hours I’ve spent online.

The callers could be loosely herded into 3 categories from what I could tell by the questions (IMHO):

1)  Those who are neophytes and have yet to understand the value to their VO business of using Social Media site.
2)  Those who have launched their profiles and accounts with social media sites, and wonder:  ”Now what?”
3)  Those who have launched their profiles and accounts with social media sites, and say: “So what?”

For category one, I say:  Social Media is a FREE marketing tool that will help raise awareness of your brand online.

For categories two and three, I say:  ”Be yourself”…nothing more…nothing less.  It’s easy, ’cause — after all — you’re you.  And most of you are decent, hard-working people who aspire to excellence in your craft, and honorable relations with your clients.  Relate to people on FaceBook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc., as your genuine self — remarking on other’s posts, paying forward helpful tips, and building your strengths — and you will find success on Social Media sites over time.

I could go on and on with do’s and don’ts, trends, methods, and “best practices”, but it boils down to being interactive and social.  Those of you who are not particularly social, well…these sites allow you to fake it better than if you were in person at the water cooler engaging in awkward shoe-shuffling conversations.

A complete audio copy of the session can be found — probably sometime late Thursday or early Friday — on the Edge Studio website HERE.

For those of you who were on the call…thanks for being good listeners and supportive.

Let me know if I can be of further help in any way.  Don’t hesitate to visit the site http://www.SocialMediaVO.com for further information.

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Edge Studio, a New York city-based VO studio and training faclity is inviting me onto their popular “Talk With A Pro” webinar series Tuesday evening, June 22, 2010.  The call starts at 9pm EST / 6pm PST.

The hour-long call-in session is free, and is reserved to the first 100 callers.

Our topic will be Social Media, and how it can work towards building your VO business.  Yes, you will see some of the same points Terry Daniel and I shared in our VOICE2010 presentation, but this mostly Q & A session will be more tailored to the concerns YOU have…as we dig a little deeper into the concepts and tools for taking

advantage of Social Networking for VO.

To see more about Edge Studio’s Talk With A Pro series, and find out how to participate in the call, click HERE.

Also, look for more changes to the SocialMediaVO web resource site in advance of this webinar, and in the days and weeks to come.

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How far does $49 go these days?  What does it buy?  A pair of shoes?  Dinner for two at Applebees?  10 minutes at the dollar slots down the street at the Bellagio?

…or would you rather spend it on about the best VO advice you’re gonna find anytime this year from a panel of industry experts?

Click HERE to see the line-up of VoiceOver sages Edge Studio is putting together for a teleseminar next Tuesday, the 12th in the evening.  I don’t know ALL the names, but even the few that I DO know would would be worth the price of admission.

And even if you can’t get free to listen-in at that hour on that day, the price gets you an archived copy of the two-hour session.

Worth $49?

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Edge Studio is just the greatest.  I am sooo looking forward to meeting it’s founder and CEO David Goldberg when I go to the VO mixer in NYC Dec. 5th.

“Below the Fold” is their latest newsletter…I’ve copied and pasted the whole thing with all their notices, promotions, ads, and contact information (with their permission)…’cause you should look through it.  And if you don’t already get this newsletter…sign up for it!   The link is at the bottom.

Seriously good stuff!

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Edge Studio has such great suggestions for Voice actors of any level.  Their frequent newsletters are Gold.

See the excerpt from their latest Newsletter below the fold, and believe it!

Also, please read all the way to the bottom of the message…tons of great links, contact info, offers of substantial help to voice-actors, and how you can receive this newsletter.

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Read this blog often enough, and you’ll begin to see I quote and reference certain sources more than others.

One of my faves is Edge Studio in NYC.  If you haven’t signed up for their newsletter, send a blank email to:  VoiceOverToday-on@edgestudio.com today.  Most all of their info is golden. No…make that all.

Try this, promise yourself to read one section of their helpful website a week, and in one year, you’ll still have stuff left to read.  Free.

In case you didn’t get their most recent newsletter, I’m re-purposing it below the fold.

The headline is ‘4 REASONS WHY PROFESSIONAL VOICE TALENT START LOSING WORK’, but following the article, there are a number of links and offers from services obviously affiliated with Edge…and they’re also worth a quick look.

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Marc Cashman is voice actor, voice coach, and someone you should get to know in this business.  Besides being a good guy, and a smart guy, he’s got a boatload of experience.

You can see that first-hand attending one of his many workshops.  He’s holding one in the middle of Oct. in LA for budding AudioBook narrators, and all the info is below.

Also, check out the Edge Studio newsletter above where you’ll find that Marc is also holding an Audiobook workshop on the East coast. 

A good rule of thumb is to seek some sort of coaching once a month…even if it’s the valued opinion of a peer your respect (I know budgets are tight all around).

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NYC-based Edge Studio is back with the latest installment of its VO mistake chart.

You’ll remember that previous topics were:

Pronunciation Mistakes
Business Etiquette Mistakes
Direction Taking Mistakes
Tempo Mistakes
Tone Mistakes

….and today’s installment:  VOLUME MISTAKES

Click HERE.

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As mentioned previously on this blog, David Goldberg’s Edge Studio in NYC is regularly adding to it’s clever series titled “The Voice Over Mistake Chart”..with new installments every week.

You can e-mail them and contribute your ideas, too.

The latest addition to the series is: DIRECTION TAKING MISTAKES

Be sure to check out the previous topics, too:
Pronunciation Mistakes
Business Etiquette Mistakes

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