Facebook Groups are probably my biggest time-suck right now and I bet it’s yours, too. But we’ll get into that in a moment… First off,...

There is a lot of tension in the voiceover industry right now. It’s been building over the last five years or so. There is tension...

Gambling and voiceovers. What do they have in common? First off, let me say that historically I’ve never been a big gambler. Until the...

Facts are sometimes hard to find in the voiceover industry’s social media conversations. Here are two examples from just last week… In...

The Mental Health Day. A vastly underrated and often derided term. I haven’t discussed this topic via this here blog in almost seven...

Living in the 21st Century is hard, especially for us voice talent. How hard exactly? A few years ago I had the privilege of writing an...

To Market, or Not to Market? How often should you be using directing marketing? It depends. Some voice talents love it, others hate it and avoid direct marketing at all costs. Those voice talents tend to rely on representation or online casting sites to find work and that’s totally valid, but I think you’re leaving money on the table if you don’t use direct marketing at least some of the time.

Auditions. Perhaps single most obsessed-over part of the voiceover industry by new talent. How you think about auditions reveals some...

I had the pleasure of narrating “The Four Elements of Thinking” for my friend Ben Cheung. When he announced the release of the print...

The Johnny Heller 5th Annual Splendiferous Workshop was, as always, splendiferous. Exactly how splendiferous? Let’s start with a few...

The VO Strategist. That’s me! Even the VO Strategist has to take some time off to do human-type stuff. This week I’ll be at the Audio...

Today, let’s talk about something I’m barely qualified to talk about: your Digital Audio Workstation, or DAW for short. For those of you...

Voiceover narration technique is not something I talk about often. Since the thrust of my contribution to the voiceover industry is...

Education, specifically the current American educational system, has really done a number on us voice talent. Think about the 20th...

I had the pleasure of narrating the fascinating book, “Why We Elect Narcissists and Sociopaths and How We Can Stop” by Bill Eddy. Here’s...

I’ve been engaging in a very specific form of laziness lately. The metric tonnage of questions asked daily on social media by voice...

Have you ever heard the term “scarcity of knowledge”? Recently, my friend and Agent 1.22 co-producer Angelo Panetta sent me a fascinating...

The State of the Voiceover Industry, 2019 Edition… I’ve been writing this blog for over ten years now. For fun, here’s my first entry....

I’m reflecting on my experience at VO Atlanta while I’m waiting to board the plane home. First off, I was honored to be asked to speak...

Being prepared aka Conference Survival is a real thing! I don’t mean, like, you could die at one if you don’t bring extra socks. Or could...

Money is the number one concern in every business, but in the voiceover profession I’ve noticed a trend. More and more people seem to be...

For as long as I can remember, I’ve stressed the value of having effective Systems of Thought and Systems of Execution. How we think...

As voice talents, many of us are obsessed with our social media status. Some more than others, like myself.  😉 As a community, we’re...

The 2019 tax season is here so it’s time to pay your taxes. Or hopefully get a refund. 🙂 Last year a I wrote a two-part blog about the...