{"id":20464,"date":"2018-09-26T01:50:55","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T08:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/?p=20464"},"modified":"2018-10-06T17:41:32","modified_gmt":"2018-10-07T00:41:32","slug":"audiobook-narrator-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/audiobook-narrator-success\/","title":{"rendered":"AUDIOBOOK NARRATORS: Stop Auditioning. Let the Authors Come to You."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-20203\" src=\"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Self-Promotion-Launch-Video-2017-Thumbnail.ARROW-240-cropped.jpeg\" alt=\"Audiobook Narrator Promotion\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">You&#8217;re an audiobook narrator. You&#8217;ve paid your dues and learned your craft, but your career isn&#8217;t doing as well as you&#8217;d like.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Why not?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Is it due to bad luck?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Is there an industry-wide conspiracy against you?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">No.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">The problem is you&#8217;ve bought into the idea that the only way to get work is to audition for as much stuff as you can&#8230;and hope that someone hires you. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><em>Registration for my <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Aikido Self Promotion for Audiobook Narrators<\/strong><\/span> has closed. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><em>I&#8217;ll be glad to let you know if and when I decide to teach the class again. 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