VO-BB - 20 YEARS OLD!

Karen Souer

Dear VO-BB'ers-
I come desiring the sum your communal experiences. I know that many voice talent outsource* aspects of their work-proofing, editing, or mastering. Many others do not, and I know some reasons why are things like financial reasons, or simply enjoying the editing, or preferring to keep everything under their eye. What are your reasons?

*Full disclosure for those who don't know me, I am an editor/proofer/virtual assistant.
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Fran McClellan · Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 2:11 pm Post subject:

Right now, it's mostly financial to me. Once I start booking higher $per hour audiobooks, editing is something I would really like to outsource. I don't mind editing the shorter projects.
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agettig · Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 3:57 pm Post subject:

I feel if I'm not recording or marketing that I am not making money. Off-loading the editing is a huge one for me, but I also have my assistant doing a lot of direct contact email marketing now too.

My assistant is my grown daughter, who brings our grandson over when she comes to work. It works out well. Smile

Jeffrey Kafer · Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 4:09 pm Post subject:

I punch n roll, so there's no editing. But outsourcing QC is a no-brainer.

Math is Hard, but if I can pay someone $25 pfh to listen to my books and log the errors, that frees up more of my time to get paid $200+ pfh to talk.

They key is to build that fee into your rate on top of what you want to get paid to talk.
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Karen Souer · Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 4:55 pm Post subject:

Fran, Anthony, and Jeff, thanks for your replies.

Fran, I remember our discussion on that topic, I hope you get them soon!

Anthony, how could I forget your daughter or your ridiculously adorable grandson? (with his 'cool dude' smile?) Laugh

Jeff, yours is the perspective that I'm hoping more people can pick up eventually Wink

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Jeffrey Kafer · Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:24 pm Post subject:

It's all about opportunity cost. What gig am I giving up by trying to save money by doing my own grunt work?

Even if you're only doing a $100 pfh stipend audiobook, give up that $25 so you can move on to the next $100 pfh stipend gig while your proofer is doing his/her thing. 2 x$75 hour books nets you more than 1x$100 pfh book.
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Dayo · Cinquecento Joined: 10 Jan 2008 Posts: 544 Location: UK

Couldn't cope if I didn't outsource editing in busy periods. It makes sense on so many levels.
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Mandy Nelson · Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:52 am Post subject:

I love to edit so I don't have a problem doing my own but when it comes to busy time I rely on my partner-in-crime. I can count on one hand when I've had to use an editor outside Dandysound. Those times it was completely worth it financially.
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