Comments on: The Voiceover Pitch That Defies The Economy, Logic, Reality and Honesty http://danoday.com/blog/2010/01/voiceover-reality/ Straight talk about radio programming, radio advertising, radio production...Well, you get the idea. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:25:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Irotama http://danoday.com/blog/2010/01/voiceover-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-11117 Irotama Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:26:09 +0000 http://danoday.com/blog/?p=3908#comment-11117 this is really happend? Irotama this is really happend? Irotama

]]> By: Chris Mezzolesta http://danoday.com/blog/2010/01/voiceover-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-7929 Chris Mezzolesta Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:11:27 +0000 http://danoday.com/blog/?p=3908#comment-7929 “All the power has returned to the customer. Your customer’s will have zero tolerance for your lack of skill” Hmmmm, strong words, she has!! We are communicators. The onus is on us to be able to communicate correctly. So when someone selling their "knowledge" cannot even use an apostrophe correctly, that's when I run in the other direction. :-D “All the power has returned to the customer. Your customer’s will have zero tolerance for your lack of skill”

Hmmmm, strong words, she has!!

We are communicators. The onus is on us to be able to communicate correctly. So when someone selling their “knowledge” cannot even use an apostrophe correctly, that’s when I run in the other direction. :-D

]]> By: Maxine Dunn http://danoday.com/blog/2010/01/voiceover-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-7928 Maxine Dunn Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:48:17 +0000 http://danoday.com/blog/?p=3908#comment-7928 Harlan, while I respect that you are entitled to your opinion, this scathing review is also what I would call “over the top.” It’s clear who you are referencing in this post, and I don’t believe that your post takes into consideration the intentions of this coach, nor the results-oriented training that she provides that has assisted many, many, voice talent to achieve success. She is a highly successful, working voice-actor herself and has a 20-plus year career in the industry. However, rather than create a diatribe of my own in her defense, I will just say this: I have worked with this coach for many years and I attribute a large part of my success - whether in the rewarding, lucrative long-term relationships I’ve built with clients, the techniques and voice-over skills I’ve perfected, the outstanding marketing strategies I use, or the focused and motivated mind-set I’ve achieved through the economy’s ups-and-downs - to her. I have steadily raised my rates with great success and as an example of that: I sent an invoice to a client last year that was for more than my entire annual income, the previous year. And without the guidance and mentoring from this coach that you have so carefully dismantled in your post above, that would not have been possible. I think she is a brilliant coach and her results speak for themselves. I believe that some of the terms you have used in your post are unfortunately inaccurate when describing an outstanding, veteran, industry professional. - Maxine Dunn Harlan, while I respect that you are entitled to your opinion, this scathing review is also what I would call “over the top.” It’s clear who you are referencing in this post, and I don’t believe that your post takes into consideration the intentions of this coach, nor the results-oriented training that she provides that has assisted many, many, voice talent to achieve success. She is a highly successful, working voice-actor herself and has a 20-plus year career in the industry.

However, rather than create a diatribe of my own in her defense, I will just say this:

I have worked with this coach for many years and I attribute a large part of my success – whether in the rewarding, lucrative long-term relationships I’ve built with clients, the techniques and voice-over skills I’ve perfected, the outstanding marketing strategies I use, or the focused and motivated mind-set I’ve achieved through the economy’s ups-and-downs – to her.

I have steadily raised my rates with great success and as an example of that: I sent an invoice to a client last year that was for more than my entire annual income, the previous year. And without the guidance and mentoring from this coach that you have so carefully dismantled in your post above, that would not have been possible. I think she is a brilliant coach and her results speak for themselves.

I believe that some of the terms you have used in your post are unfortunately inaccurate when describing an outstanding, veteran, industry professional.

- Maxine Dunn

]]> By: Dan Nims http://danoday.com/blog/2010/01/voiceover-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-7915 Dan Nims Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:27:16 +0000 http://danoday.com/blog/?p=3908#comment-7915 Remember when there were ads for the various 'broadcast' schools? They already knew that you 'wanted' to be on the radio. All they had to do was convince you that their program was the 'fast track' to getting into this 'glamourous and lucrative' business. Funny, you never hear those ads anymore. What? Consolidated ownership has been dismissing excellent talent to be replaced with automation and syndicated programming. There are reputable firms offering meaningful assistance in the 'voice-over' trade. They're not all bad, but as you have pointed out, some claims are a bit over-the-top. Remember when there were ads for the various ‘broadcast’ schools? They already knew that you ‘wanted’ to be on the radio. All they had to do was convince you that their program was the ‘fast track’ to getting into this ‘glamourous and lucrative’ business.

Funny, you never hear those ads anymore. What? Consolidated ownership has been dismissing excellent talent to be replaced with automation and syndicated programming.

There are reputable firms offering meaningful assistance in the ‘voice-over’ trade. They’re not all bad, but as you have pointed out, some claims are a bit over-the-top.

]]> By: Dan O'Day http://danoday.com/blog/2010/01/voiceover-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-7909 Dan O'Day Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:42:33 +0000 http://danoday.com/blog/?p=3908#comment-7909 <b>@ Tim: </b>For that "course," I do believe you'll need a bucket, to shovel not "cash" but something else. @ Tim: For that “course,” I do believe you’ll need a bucket, to shovel not “cash” but something else.

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