VO-BB - 20 YEARS OLD!

[dukevoice1]

Fellow throats,

What else works?

Since 9-11, it's nearly impossible to get past the guards to visit friends at the big ad agencies. Unsolicited packages and CD mailings seldom hit their intended targets. Nobody listens to CDs anymore anyway. It's The Net or Not. I'm fine with that.

Here's my query.

When it comes to marketing we have personal websites, agent's websites, auditions, gigs, word of mouth, goodwill, repeat business, signing with multiple agents in various markets and taking out ads in the trades, but what other kinds of marketing do you think actually work today?

-Pat Duke
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[Deirdre]

This issue has been discussed quite a bit, even recently.

Snoop around in the recent archives and see what's there!
I'm sure others will chime in anyway, but it's always worth a look in the posts that have gone by.
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[BenWils]

I'd say with some of the national gigs it appears that you have pulled down Pat, you should be telling us....or at least me

I'm not sure that people/agents, ad agencies don't listen to CDs....they just don't listen to ones that have titles writen on with a sharpie.... in a cracked case, if you know what I mean. People can tell who the individuals are that care about their craft and their image. That goes for any line of work though.
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"To be really good at voiceover, you need to improve your footwork and hip snap."

[bobsouer]

Pat,

The only two things I'd add to your list, at least that I'm doing: I blog about voiceovers and I take part here and on a few other discussion sites on the Internet. (But, this is the only Voiceover Bulletin Board.)
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[Deirdre]

[billelder]

There are so many levels to this business that it's hard to pigeon hole a "sure fire" response.

For instance, I don't have ISDN and have never done a voiceover session with a studio/producer/engineer. (Ok, I did a TV commercial with McCann-Erickson for Kentucky Fried Chicken when I was in radio but that was it.)

On the old "Voiceover Cyberstation" board this was a constant thread when people were e-mailing DAT tapes across the country. Today, I narrate a television show that airs on the MOR and iDrive channels that's about to start its ninth and tenth seasons. (26 episodes a year)

I suggest to start local and work your way out of the market when beginning in this business. Yet, 90% of my work is outside of my own home state.

I have fallen for the Voldermort123 trap and done endless auditions that lead nowehere. Yet, Voiceovers is my only job and source of income for the last 6 years. This whole business is a contradiction...but in a good way. It has evolved like everything else. Like VO-BB, it embraces all levels and types.

[Rognog]

To have a successful marketing/networking system, you have to mix your own cocktail. Find what works for you. Find the line between making sure your contacts remember you and being pushy. The more contacts you get, the tougher it is to walk that line. Getting in touch once a month is fine for some contacts and annoying for others. Seek balance, my son...
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[ConnieTerwilliger]

[Philip Banks]

Zen marketing never fails. You take Jazz (the dog) to the beach and when you return there are messages on the answerphone and emails in the inbox.

Hope that helps

[Diane Maggipinto]

Hooooray for Jazz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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[richgates]

Go Jazz! Tonight we'll be up 2-0. Er I mean, basketball has nothing to do with this post either.