New Year. Same You?
The trending topic on Twitter right now is #ThisYear. So, what about this year? What are you going to do differently this year from last year? If you do the same things as you did last year, you’ll likely have the same results! Are you OK with that?
Goal-y.
Thanks to Dallas Travers (whom I’ve never actually worked with!) here is her technique for goal setting. Sure, I’ve had this in my inbox for 1 year (UNDONE!!!)… does it make me an idiot or an a**hole? Don’t answer that. It’s never too late to set some goals, baby. Do this with me and we’ll […]
Agent Commissions: Union & Non-Union
This is not a be-all-end-all reference on commissions, but should serve a good guideline, perhaps illuminating lots of questions I’ve been receiving lately from my voice over colleagues. “Is this commission structure unusual? Is it even legal?”
Digital killed the networking star!
Yep, you got it, I am indeed referencing the classic song/video “Video Killed the Radio Star” which was the first video ever played by MTV in 1980…commencing the beginning of the end of traditional “free radio.” So today, in 2011, while we have had digital technology as well as digital media worldwide for some time […]
It’s time to take a meeting!
Sometimes people will ask whether or not they should take a specific meeting because they’re really not sure it’s “really worth it.” To that I say, take EVERY meeting — even a general meeting that you think may not go anywhere.
Does being a reporter make getting hosting jobs easier?
I thought so…
When Buyers Cast a Wide Net
I was talking with a very talented VO artist the other day, and she had something stuck in her craw. She had just been at an audition for a project she already auditioned for. Not a callback scenario, but an actual audition where the producers directly called her in to read, even though she knew […]
Namedroppers are gauche!
Think that’s the case? Well, sometimes it can be just the conduit to making a nice connection. Let’s say you find yourself in a meeting with a person who knows or has worked with a friend/colleague and they have a great working relationship! Should you mention your friend’s name while you’re in the meeting? I […]
Meet ‘n Greet
Meetings are GREAT, but it’s all about the follow-up! In the last blog I posted, I talked about how to score meetings with people that perhaps you feel are “out of your league.”
Pick up the phone!
You have a fancy schmancy cell phone and an even cooler laptop and yet I’m going to guess that you don’t pick up that phone or shoot off an email from that laptop to a big producer whom you deem to be “out of your reach.” Am I right? Or, am I right?