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Rognog · Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:14 am Post subject: Internet Jock

Has anyone heard of it?

www.internetjock.com

They don't charge an annual fee but they take a %35 commission. Is anyone a member? Any opinions?

How about Marketing Mania?

www.mktmania.com
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anthonyVO · 14th Avenue Joined: 09 Aug 2005 Posts: 1470 Location: NYC

35%!!!??? Good God! For what?

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DaveChristi · Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 9:10 am Post subject:

I'd agree. 35% seems like a bit much. I pains me when PayPal takes 1.9% of a web payment. (Yet I still prefer PayPal to checks)
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Philip Banks · Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 9:19 am Post subject:

35% and looking at the pricing, it's all a bit bargain basement.

Deirdre · Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 9:58 am Post subject:

Well, art galleries routinely take 40-50 % and more.
35% beats pay-in-advance in my book. You get work, they get money.

I went directly to character voices, of course-- and saw that someone had listed "Southern Bell" as an attribute.

wow. They sound like a whole telcom network?
Impressive.
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dhouston67 · Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 10:06 am Post subject:

anthonyVO · 14th Avenue Joined: 09 Aug 2005 Posts: 1470 Location: NYC

hahahahaha stop it that's not nice! hahahhaha

Bruce · Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 4:19 pm Post subject:

I'm sorry but $26 net for a 30 second spot in just about any market? That's crazy IMHO.

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dhouston67 · Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 5:22 pm Post subject:

What Bruce said. Not to say I haven't worked cheap (or that I never will again) ...but as a rule, that's too much bullet to bite.
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Frank F · Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 6:10 pm Post subject:

Hey, I gotta put my two cents worth in here... although I do feel it is ridiculously low pay and absolute usary on the part of "InternetJock"; I survived the first two years after a situation with my ex-spouse on making $35.00/spot and sometimes less. (She got the lions share of the money by court order).

Many Non-Union agents get 15% to 20% from both the talent and the client (Union rules specify 10% maximum). So that is either 30 or 40%, but in this case from the talent only. Is it ethical and equitiable? Of course not.

I do NOT agree with this tactic, but IF it gets you work and gives you the training you need (by doing lots of VO), then so be it...

No, I would never again condone this kind of activity - even for me, but you can survive... the trick is in the numbers.

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VO-Guy · Guest

Okay, I'd figure I'd chime in here since I've been doing work for Internetjock for almost 4 years. He does ALOT of spots mainly for cable companies that aren't going to pay what we want per spot. He's supplied a market to those guys and has alot of business. I wish half the people I did work for was half as professional. Never had a check late in almost 4 years. Is it alot per spot, no, but when you've got a family to feed you really can't be that picky. He has alot of spots go through the door daily, hell what I make a month with InternetJock alone pays my freakin bill's every month. Personally, I'd rather be cutting alot of spots instead of waiting around doing nothing while waiting on one big job to come in but that's just the way I work. Just wanted to drop my .02 cents in.

Russ

anthonyVO · 14th Avenue Joined: 09 Aug 2005 Posts: 1470 Location: NYC

Hey, Russ!

Thanks for your input, man. That's good to know.

-Anthony

VO-Guy · Guest

Hey no problem, I just didn't want to see the guy starting to get lumped in with a V123 because his setup is nothing like them at all. While his rates may be low, he treats his talent top notch.

Russ

Deirdre · Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 8:16 am Post subject:

I LOVED doing cable ads when I was first getting going, because there were always plenty of them.

I'm glad to hear a positive testmonial about Internet Jock.
He's got the right idea with taking a percentage.
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Drew · Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 4:47 pm Post subject: