Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Strategies for Securing Regular Voice Over Work Opportunities

Once you have finished voice over training at an online or traditional school, the next phase is finding voiceover projects. Looking for voice over work opportunities in our current highly competitive industry can be challenging however, there are various steps you can take in order to position as being a good candidate for a high-paying project. Here are a few things you can do to find regular voiceover work opportunities:

1. Update your promotional package. If you designed a voiceover promotional profile when you were in voiceover school, you will have to always make sure it's updated and includes each of the techniques you've developed over time. For those who have recently finished new assignments for a client and have clips to share, include these in your marketing bundle for the potential client to be able to see additional examples of your voice over talent.

2. Get a successful voice over agent to work with. Working together with a professional agent may help you obtain voiceover work in a number of areas that you not know, and so it's a good idea to start pitching your marketing bundle to well-known voice over agents. A voiceover agent may also be able to point you to high-profile job opportunities as well as help to make recommendations as your representative to agents and directors in the industry.

3. Have an online portfolio. Nowadays, there are quite a few voiceover marketplaces available on-line, and you may set up a profile that will show your abilities. Some jobs are available on-line, while others will require you to go a studio room.

4. Keep rehearsing voice over scripts. You'll find on-line voice over scripts databases of several types of voiceover scripts. You may use these to help you practice, to make an audio file and create more samples. Strengthen your skills by practicing voiceover scripts often.

5. Get more voiceover coaching. If you're not one hundred percent confident that you've got the voice over skills you need to land your next job, think about strengthening your capabilities by taking additional voiceover training programs. Extra voice over coaching and practice gives you with an edge to get better paying work opportunities and get more voice over jobs on an continuous basis.