VO-BB - 20 YEARS OLD!

[Lee Gordon]

He may have said, "wanna," but at least he didn't say "do me a solid" (although that is what he wants).
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Lee Gordon, O.A.V.
Voice President of the United States
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[Steve Knight]

Another red flag that gets me is that it's for a "radio station rep"...what, there isn't ONE person at said radio station that can do a spec spot?...

[heyguido]

Why are we still talking about this? If it don't pay, it don't run. Old rule.... Still applies.
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Don Brookshire
"Wait.... They wanna PAY me for this?"

[Rognog]

What Frank said!

I say pretty much the same thing he does when asked to work for free:

"I'm sorry but I only do pro bono work for 501c and student projects."

It's that simple! Most of the time they don't even respond which is fine by me. The last thing I need is more people living rent-free in my head...
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Tom Dheere - The "H" is Silent, but I'm Not!
www.tomdheere.com

[Bailey]

Sounds like a done deal.

The only freebies we should sanction are those for charitable 501(c) organizations... and free food samples from Costco.

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"Bailey"
a.k.a. Jim Sutton
Retired... Every day is Saturday, except Sunday.
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AOVA Graduate 02/2004 ;
"Be a Voice, not an Echo."

[Rob Ellis]

reminds me of those auditions that say "no pay but we'll give you a copy of the finished spot which will be great for your demo reel"

[heyguido]

I'd rather write something better for my edit reel.
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Don Brookshire
"Wait.... They wanna PAY me for this?"

[ccpetersen]

Oooo... I like that one...

And the "student work" line works well for me. I actually DO do student projects from time to time because they're so far out.
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[DougVox]

On a related note, while there certainly are plenty of charitable organizations that run on a shoestring, and often have no money in their budgets for things like voiceover talent...

...take it from someone who's on the board of of the Center for Non-Profit Management at the University of Miami:

There are loads of 501(c)(3) nonprofits with solid (often huge) budgets to spend.

Universities, some hospitals, and many other large institutions with multi-million dollar annual budgets are nonprofit organizations.

Most nonprofits rely on salaried employees in addition to volunteers. And some nonprofit CEOs earn hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.

Bottom line? It's great to do pro bono work for deserving charities, and for organizations whose work is close to your heart. But don't let "free" be your knee-jerk reaction the next time a nonprofit comes knockin'.
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Doug Turkel (tur-KELL)
Voiceover UNnouncer®
UNnouncer.com

[heyguido]

What Doug said. +1
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Don Brookshire
"Wait.... They wanna PAY me for this?"

[Rob Ellis]

a regional Children's Hospital has been a very good, and good paying
client for me in recent years. Not once did I ever get a "freebie" approach from them. But then again, they are a class act. Nuff said.

[Bailey]

CC said, "do do".
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"Bailey"
a.k.a. Jim Sutton
Retired... Every day is Saturday, except Sunday.
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AOVA Graduate 02/2004 ;
"Be a Voice, not an Echo."

[Fran McClellan]

Bailey wrote what I was thinking
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