Everyday Vopreneur

Hindsight, as they say, is 20/20. With the perspective granted by hindsight, it's always interesting to take a look back into the past. Are there things you'd do differently? Lessons you wished you'd learn sooner? Decisions you might go in another direction on? That's the question Anton Hill wanted to ask me. If I could go back to the beginning of my voice over career and have a "do over," what, if anything would I do differently? I offered a few different suggestions in this episode. * For Summer Series 2023, I'm inviting voice actors onto the show to ask one voice over business or marketing question and get it answered live on the podcast. Those episodes will release in June, July and August of 2023. * Connect with Anton H Gill Online Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/anton.gill   RESOURCES * 12 Ways to Market Your Voice Over Demo Visit https://vopreneur.com/12demotips * Get an instant $25 credit when you sign up for VoiceZam Visit https://voicezam.com/marcscott * For voice over services: Visit https://

It's really easy to spend a lot of money when you're starting and growing a voice over business. Some investments are obvious. You need great coaching, great demos, a great studio and a great website. Outside of some of those necessary items, what's the next best investment a voice actor can make in their voice over business? That's the question Terry Briscoe wanted to get answered, and I had two responses for him. Two things I wish I had learned about sooner so I could've invested in them sooner. * For Summer Series 2023, I'm inviting voice actors onto the show to ask one voice over business or marketing question and get it answered live on the podcast. Those episodes will release in June, July and August of 2023. * Connect with Terry Briscoe Online Website - https://www.briscoevo.com/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/terry.briscoe LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/briscoevo/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/tbriscoevo/   RESOURCES * 12 Ways to Market Your Voice Over Demo Visit https://vopreneur

Marketing during the summer can feel like a real slog, and for some, even a waste of time. It's frustrating when you put in the effort to send marketing emails to new leads as well as prospects and customers only to get a vacation notice auto-responder in return. That auto-responder is actually gift! Ally Murphy wanted to know if it was worth it to market in the summer, and in this episode I offer up a couple of tips that can make summer marketing absolutely worth your effort. * For Summer Series 2023, I'm inviting voice actors onto the show to ask one voice over business or marketing question and get it answered live on the podcast. Those episodes will release in June, July and August of 2023. * Connect with Ally Murphy Online Website - https://allymurphy.co.uk LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ally-murphy-voiceactor/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/allymurphyvoice Instagram - https://instagram.com/allymurphyvoice   RESOURCES * 12 Ways to Market Your Voice Over Demo Visit https://vopreneur.com/12demotips

Has this happened to you... you're sending voice over marketing emails and you reach out to a company. You get a response and that response says, "I'll forward your info to my colleague who is responsible for hiring voice actors?" Great. Now what are you supposed to do? Is there even anything you can do? Or do you just sit back, wait, and hope for the best? That's the question Francis Cox wanted answered, and I dig into it in this episode. * For Summer Series 2023, I'm inviting voice actors onto the show to ask one voice over business or marketing question and get it answered live on the podcast. Those episodes will release in June, July and August of 2023. * Connect with Francis Cox Online Website - https://franciscox.eu/voicereel/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/franciscox/   RESOURCES * 12 Ways to Market Your Voice Over Demo Visit https://vopreneur.com/12demotips * Get an instant $25 credit when you sign up for VoiceZam Visit https://voicezam.com/marcscott * For voice over services: Visit https://ma

AI isn't really coming anymore. It's already here and it's disrupting everything. Not just voice over. How much of a disruption remains to be seen. How long that disruption takes to have a major impact on the industry also remains to be seen. In the meantime, what's a voice actor to do? How can we prepare ourselves and protect ourselves so that in five years, we can still be operating a successful and thriving voice over business? That's the question on the mind of James Brown and I do my best to offer an answer in this episode. * For Summer Series 2023, I'm inviting voice actors onto the show to ask one voice over business or marketing question and get it answered live on the podcast. Those episodes will release in June, July and August of 2023. * Connect with James Brown Online Website - https://jamesbrownvoice.com/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/people/James-Brown-Voice/100071529725915/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/jamesbrownvoice LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesbrownmedia/   RESOURCES *

After over a decade running a voice over business full-time, I've definitely had some moments where I look back with the benefit of hindsight and see things I wish I had done differently. Part of the reason I host this podcast is to help voice actors coming up avoid the mistakes I made when I was getting started. In this episode, Shane Elsberry asks his most pressing question, "What's the biggest mistake you made in your voice over business, and what did you do to correct it?" * For Summer Series 2023, I'm inviting voice actors onto the show to ask one voice over business or marketing question and get it answered live on the podcast. Those episodes will release in June, July and August of 2023. * Featured in this Episode Shane Elsberry - https://ihearvoicesonline.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/shanewilsonradio Instagram: instagram.com/ihearvoicesonline RESOURCES * 12 Ways to Market Your Voice Over Demo Visit https://vopreneur.com/12demotips * Get an instant $25 credit when you sign up for VoiceZam Visit ht

Nobody gets excited about sending marketing emails. This is not news. I mean, honestly, we'd all rather be in the booth recording. But the reality is, if you want to get to the booth, it's going to happen because you're sending emails. In this Summer Series episode, Marco Rigazio wants to talk about avoiding distraction, keeping focus and finding motivation to actually #DoTheThing day in and day out. * For Summer Series 2023, I'm inviting voice actors onto the show to ask one voice over business or marketing question and get it answered live on the podcast. Those episodes will release in June, July and August of 2023. * Featured in this Episode Marco Rigazio - https://marcorigaziovo.com Deep Work by Cal Newport - https://amzn.to/3N37JvU RESOURCES * 12 Ways to Market Your Voice Over Demo Visit https://vopreneur.com/12demotips * Get an instant $25 credit when you sign up for VoiceZam Visit https://voicezam.com/marcscott * For voice over services: Visit https://marcscottvoiceover.com * Want VOpreneur Swag? Visit

Do your email marketing long enough and there will come a point when you've got a growing list of prospects that becomes harder and harder to keep up with. So what's the strategy? How do you do it? How do you keep regular contact with all your prospects and clients and still keep those touches personalized? That's the question Victoria Riley wanted to ask and get answered, so that's what we cover in this Summer Series 2023 episode. * For Summer Series 2023, I'm inviting voice actors onto the show to ask one voice over business or marketing question and get it answered live on the podcast. Those episodes will release in June, July and August of 2023. * Featured in this Episode Victoria Riley - https://www.voiceovervic.co.uk RESOURCES * 12 Ways to Market Your Voice Over Demo Visit https://vopreneur.com/12demotips * Get an instant $25 credit when you sign up for VoiceZam Visit https://voicezam.com/marcscott * For voice over services: Visit https://marcscottvoiceover.com * Want VOpreneur Swag? Visit https://teesp

Do you have a button on your voice over website that says, "Contact Me?" If so, you're not alone. Ever since the invention of the internet and Netscape, websites have used a "Contact Me" button as their primary call to action. The thing is, it really isn't a clear CTA. In this episode I explain the importance of the call to action, why it matters so much to your website and I offer five different CTA's you can try and use on your own site that should help drive even more conversions. RESOURCES * 12 Ways to Market Your Voice Over Demo Visit https://vopreneur.com/12demotips * Get an instant $25 credit when you sign up for VoiceZam Visit https://voicezam.com/marcscott * For voice over services: Visit https://marcscottvoiceover.com * Want VOpreneur Swag? Visit https://teespring.com/stores/vopreneur * Join the VOpreneur Facebook Group Visit https://facebook.com/groups/vopreneur   EVERYDAY VOPRENEURS IN THIS EPISODE * Thanks to "Uncle Roy" for production assistance! Visit https://antlandproductions.com * Thanks to

When done correctly, email marketing can be one of the most effective ways of growing your voice over business. Using this free tool everyday to add new people into your marketing pipeline, and ensuring new people are hearing your demos daily is a big part of it. You also need to have a strategy for follow-up to ensure people don't forget you. That's where many VO's fall short... they give up too soon because they're worried about being annoying.  In this episode I'm going to help you get over some of the common fears and challenges voice actors face with email marketing so you can find even greater success with your efforts. RESOURCES * 12 Ways to Market Your Voice Over Demo Visit https://vopreneur.com/12demotips * Get an instant $25 credit when you sign up for VoiceZam Visit https://voicezam.com/marcscott * For voice over services: Visit https://marcscottvoiceover.com * Want VOpreneur Swag? Visit https://teespring.com/stores/vopreneur * Join the VOpreneur Facebook Group Visit https://facebook.com/groups/vop

A blindspot is by it's very name, something you can't see. When you think about it in terms of driving a car, it's something that you can't see that's actually right beside you. In our voice over businesses, we have blindspots. We have things we're too close to. Opportunities that are right in front of our faces, but unless someone on the outside points them out to us, we'll miss them. In this episode I share a recent experience with one of my own blindspots and what I did to solve it. I hope you'll take inspiration from this to find some trusted people who will help you identify any blindspots you may have in your own business. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Voiceover Achiever by Celia Siegel - https://amzn.to/3VxjPQB Marc Scott on Instagram - @marcscott RESOURCES * 20 Video Ideas for TikTok and Instagram (FREE DOWNLOAD)  Visit https://marcscottcoaching.com/20videoideas * Get an instant $25 credit when you sign up for VoiceZam Visit https://voicezam.com/marcscott * For voice over services: Visit https://marcscott

When it comes to AI and voice over, I think we have two choices. We can fear it and run from it, or we can embrace it and leverage it. I'm choosing to do the latter. Looking for ways I can embrace AI to help me be more creative and more productive. In this episode I chat with Mike Thomas. He's a voice actor and a digital marketer who has been using ChatGPT nearly since the beginning in a lot of interesting and creative ways. He shares plenty of great insights for how VOpreneur's can embrace this technology, and offers from pretty specific use cases and instructions for how to make it happen. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Mike Thomas Online - https://mikethomasvo.com Connect with Mike about his Book Club - mike@mikethomasvo.com Mike on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mikethomasvo Mike on Twitter - https://twitter.com/MikeThomasVO Mike on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikethomasvo/ Cross Plag - https://crossplag.com/ai-content-detector/ AI Content Detector - https://writer.com/ai-content-detector/ Pl

What is it they say, "the only thing that stays the same is everything changes?" Well, we're learning that again with Instagram is the platform shifts it's focus yet again. Reels were the hot ticket in 2022. That's going to be different in 2023, as Instagram recognizes that maybe they swung things a little too far in one direction and now they're walking it back. What do these changes mean for you? How does it change your content strategy on the platform? That's what I'm talking about in this episode. Marc Scott on Instagram - @marcscott RESOURCES * 20 Video Ideas for TikTok and Instagram (FREE DOWNLOAD)  Visit https://marcscottcoaching.com/20videoideas * Get an instant $25 credit when you sign up for VoiceZam Visit https://voicezam.com/marcscott * For voice over services: Visit https://marcscottvoiceover.com * Want VOpreneur Swag? Visit https://teespring.com/stores/vopreneur * Join the VOpreneur Facebook Group Visit https://facebook.com/groups/vopreneur   EVERYDAY VOPRENEURS IN THIS EPISODE * Thanks to "Uncl

There's only so much we can do in a day. Which means there's only so far we can grow our voice over business on our own. Eventually, we either plateau or make a decision to start finding help. That's what this episode is all about... finding help. Growing your team can take a lot of different forms, and you might be surprised to find how easy and affordable it is to get a little extra help. Even if it's just a few hours a week. That can still make a big difference in your business. Brigid Reale is one third of the ownership team behind VA for VO and in this episode she deep dives into what it's like to work with a virtual assistant or a freelancer, how to set that relationship up for success, and what kind of things you might consider getting help with. All that and more. VA for VO - https://vaforvo.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/VAFORVO Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vaforvo/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/va-for-vo/ Marc Scott on Instagram - @marcscott RESOURCES * 20 Video Ideas

As congress continues to talk about banning TikTok, how can you, as a voice actor and a content marketer, protect yourself and business if that ban actually does happen? In this episode I share three steps I think everybody voice actor using TikTok should be taking right now to prepare for the worst case scenario. And then, in the best case scenario, if TikTok doesn't get banned, you're only going to come out even further ahead of where you are today. Marc Scott on Instagram - @marcscott RESOURCES * 20 Video Ideas for TikTok and Instagram (FREE DOWNLOAD)  Visit https://marcscottcoaching.com/20videoideas * Get an instant $25 credit when you sign up for VoiceZam Visit https://voicezam.com/marcscott * For voice over services: Visit https://marcscottvoiceover.com * Want VOpreneur Swag? Visit https://teespring.com/stores/vopreneur * Join the VOpreneur Facebook Group Visit https://facebook.com/groups/vopreneur   EVERYDAY VOPRENEURS IN THIS EPISODE * Thanks to "Uncle Roy" for production assistance! Visit http://antl

For many voice actors, the biggest deterrent keeping them from embracing social media for their voice over marketing efforts is content creation. How do I come up with ideas? What do I post about? Is all the effort to create content even worth it? Will it lead to actual paid voice over work? Christopher Tester has embraced content creation as a big part of his marketing strategy and the result has been viral posts. TikTok posts reaching hundreds of thousands of views, and LinkedIn content generating continued engagement five days a week. And yes... it's lead to paid voice over bookings. In this interview, we dive into creation strategies and choosing content pillars, workflows, how to choose the right platform and so much more. Christopher Tester Website: https://www.naturallyrp.co.uk/ Christopher Tester LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgtester/ Christopher Tester Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@chrisnaturallyrp   Marc Scott on Instagram - @marcscott Mentioned in this Episode Getting Things Done

VoiceoverView is a tool that's been around since 2017, but a lot of voice over still doesn't exactly understand what is it or how much it can do for their businesses. In this interview with CEO Dani States, she talks about where the idea for VoiceoverView came from, and how she created a business management tool for voice actors created by a voice actor. You'll have a much clearer understanding of, not only how to use VoiceoverView, but there are plenty of insights into the important data that truly matters when it comes to tracking the progress of your voice over business. Resources from this Episode VoiceoverView: https://voiceoverview.com VoiceoverView on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/voiceoverview VoiceoverView on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNvIAGRiZh_AX3YbFCl9orQ Dani States: https://danistates.com Marc Scott on Instagram - @marcscott * Voice Over Marketing Playbook is Back April 11 - 20, 2023 at voiceovermarketingplaybook.com * RESOURCES * 20 Video Ideas for TikTok and Instagram (FRE

Two major aspects of my content strategy are podcasting and livestreaming. I've been hosting the Everyday VOpreneur Podcast since 2019 and I've been livestreaming probably almost as long with Free Advice Friday, originally on Facebook and now on YouTube. This week I wanted to share some of the tools that help make that happen, as I'm asked about it often. I hope this is helpful for you if you're thinking about adding one of these content strategies into the mix for your voice over business.   Resources Mentioned in this Episode Podbean - https://www.podbean.com/marcscott Riverside.fm - https://bit.ly/3IKyRwx Rode Rodecaster Pro II - https://amzn.to/3FaEnHD Rode Procaster - https://amzn.to/41ZlT6E Elgato Key Lights - https://amzn.to/3YyuvOE Elgato Stream Deck - https://amzn.to/3YrJPNa Govee RGBIC Floor Lamp - https://amzn.to/3ZPxh3o Ecamm Live - http://bit.ly/3mEEPrq   Marc Scott on Instagram - @marcscott RESOURCES * 20 Video Ideas for TikTok and Instagram (FREE DOWNLOAD)  Visit https://marcscottcoaching.com/2

It's not an exaggeration to say I'd be lost without my CRM. Since I started using it, it's become one of the most important tools in my day to day basis operations... period. I don't think I'd ever be able to manage my direct voice over marketing efforts without it. In this episode, I dive a little deeper in what CRM is, and I provide 10 different aspects of my CRM that I couldn't live without. My CRM of choice, by the way, is Nimble. Get a 45 day free trial of Nimble - https://nimble.com/marcscottvo   Marc Scott on Instagram - @marcscott RESOURCES * 20 Video Ideas for TikTok and Instagram (FREE DOWNLOAD)  Visit https://marcscottcoaching.com/20videoideas * Get an instant $25 credit when you sign up for VoiceZam Visit https://voicezam.com/marcscott * Need a little marketing help? Download a FREE eBook - 5 Steps to Marketing Like a VOpreneur Download now at https://marcscottcoaching.com/5marketingstepsebook * For voice over services: Visit https://marcscottvoiceover.com * Want VOpreneur Swag? Visit https://tees

Whether it's creating graphics for social media, eBooks and PDF's for free downloads and resources, visuals for YouTube livestreams or even the slides for the courses I teach and presentations I give, graphic design tools are a huge part of my voice over business. There are a few resources and websites that have become invaluable to me, and I know they can be a great asset for you as well. Particularly if you're currently a content creator, or an aspiring content creator. Graphic Design Resources 99 Designs - https://99designs.qvig.net/evop   Freelancer - https://www.freelancer.com/get/MarcScott?f=give   Upwork - https://upwork.com   Canva - https://canva.com   Pixabay - https://pixabay.com   Stocksnap - https://stocksnap.io   Unsplash - https://unsplash.com   Shutterstock - https://shutterstock.com   Marc Scott on Instagram - @marcscott RESOURCES * 20 Video Ideas for TikTok and Instagram (FREE DOWNLOAD)  Visit https://marcscottcoaching.com/20videoideas * Get an instant $25 credit when you sign up for Voice