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VO Pro: The Business of Voiceover and Voice Acting

Voiceover Business Strategies That WorkThe VO Pro Podcast is the go-to show for voice actors who want to grow their voiceover business without relying on casting sites or waiting for agents to hand them work. Hosted by voice actor and business coach Paul Schmidt, this podcast delivers no-fluff, tactical advice on how to market your voiceover services, attract high-quality clients, and build a profitable VO business in a world of AI-generated voices and shifting industry standards.You’ll learn

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31:22

Voice123's Rolf REACTS: Voices.ai & the FUTURE of VO

VO Pro: The Business of Voiceover and Voice Acting ·

2023/05/08

▶️ Watch this video next: https://youtu.be/gGpSG7xAVgM SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/@paulschmidtpro?sub_confirmation=1 NEW COURSE - VO Rates 101 Quote with Confidence : https://vorates101.com The VO Freedom Master Plan: https://paulschmidtpro.com/vo-freedom-master-plan Private 1:1 VO Business Coaching: https://paulschmidtcoaching.com USE CODE YOUTUBE20 to get 20% off your first paid session. My Move Touch Inspire Newsletter for Voice Actors: https://paulschmidtpro.com/newsletter The Paul

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17:00

Voices.ai Is Here - IS the AI Voices Sky Falling?

VO Pro: The Business of Voiceover and Voice Acting ·

2023/04/27

David Ciccerelli and Voices have finally launched their AI product called unshockingly, Voices dot ai. It’s here kids. It’s like the lump of coal you’ve been waiting to get in your stocking for years now. Except Santa-relli has been telling you all along what a good little girl you are. And somehow the whole time you knew the coal car was gonna be backing up with a big black nugget with your name on it. It's here. Let’s break it down. _____________________________ ▶️ Watch this video next:

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09:14

Will ChatGPT TAKE OVER Voice Acting?!?!?

VO Pro: The Business of Voiceover and Voice Acting ·

2023/04/20

ChatGPT. AI. Text-To-Speech. Speech-To-Speech. Are the digital boogeymen here to decimate our business and take our lunch money? Today, we’ll look specifically at ChatGPT and AI in the larger sense… apps like Revoicer, Respeecher, and Speechelo… and make some sense out of all the hype and fear in the voice acting community. With the rise of artificial intelligence and machine learning, a lot of us are starting to wonder whether that’s enough to keep us relevant moving forward. Enter ChatGPT, an AI

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18:11

GVAA Rate Guide: CRAZY Origin, Present & EXCITING...

VO Pro: The Business of Voiceover and Voice Acting ·

2023/04/14

The GVAA Rate Guide creator, David Toback tells the crazy story of how the guide that our industry depends on was an accident, how he founded it with Cristina Milizia, what it is, WHY it's so crucial for talent to use it when quoting professional voice over rates, and what some of the exciting future plans for the guide are. GVAA Rate Guide: http://vorateguide.com _____________________________ ▶️ Watch this video next: https://youtu.be/Mcl57d2pmbw SUBSCRIBE:

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13:03

You DESERVE Better Voice Over Rates: Worthiness

VO Pro: The Business of Voiceover and Voice Acting ·

2023/04/06

Do I deserve fair and reasonable, professional rates for my work? You’re either feeling deserving of fair rates or you’re not. Today we’re going to talk about why you’re not getting the rates you deserve, what to do about it, and how to identify and mitigate your own limiting beliefs. To sum up this video, I’ve created a Rates Worthiness Flowchart. If you’d like to download it, click on the link below. Let’s start with the question, “Do I deserve professional rates for my work?” We didn’t ask do I

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14:23

Get Paid ON TIME: Freelance Billing Practices that WORK

VO Pro: The Business of Voiceover and Voice Acting ·

2023/03/30

One of the biggest pains for freelancers and voice actors who work directly with clients is getting paid on time. It seems everyone I know has outstanding past due invoices, or worse yet, has been completely stiffed by a client. It’s rare, but it happens. Today we’re going to talk about how to manage your billing so that you minimize risk, maintain a positive relationship with your clients, and get paid on time. My policies page: https://paulschmidtvoice.com/policies _____________________________ ▶️

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17:10

Voice Over Career Suicide – AI, TTS, VO Contracts, &...

VO Pro: The Business of Voiceover and Voice Acting ·

2023/03/16

Today, we talk with Robert Sciglimpaglia, noted VO attorney and voice actor, who warns us how to avoid bad voice over contracts regarding AI, text to speech, synthetic voices, and more. We recently told the story of one voice actor who’s own voice she discovered on an AI voices website without her knowledge. Rob explains how Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, and Google have been building voice databases for years, how companies like Revoicer are operating legally and ethically, and most importantly, how to

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13:29

DIY Voice Over Demos – DON’T DO IT!!!

VO Pro: The Business of Voiceover and Voice Acting ·

2023/03/09

There are lots of coaches here on YouTube, one in particular, and even Voices.com who will tell you how to make your own DIY voice over demo, and I’m here to tell you in your best interest, ESPECIALLY if you’re a beginner, DO NOT make your own demo. Today, I’m going to tell you exactly why, in no uncertain terms, making your own VO demo reel is an awful idea and can significantly damage your voice over career before it even gets started. _____________________________ ▶️ Watch this video next:

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19:35

"AI STOLE My Voice!!!" - Voice Actor Remie Michelle...

VO Pro: The Business of Voiceover and Voice Acting ·

2023/03/02

One of the scariest aspects of being a voice actor in modern times is AI, artificial intelligence, synthetic voice, and text to speech. Most of the discussion has been around the question of, Well, what happens when AI steals our work? The scarier question to me is what happens when A.I. steals your voice? Joining us from Dublin is the Irish voice actor and author Remie Michelle Clarke with her story of how her voice was stolen directly by artificial intelligence and the difficulties she's had in

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27:04

VO Atlanta 2023: NEW THIS YEAR with J Michael Collins

VO Pro: The Business of Voiceover and Voice Acting ·

2023/02/23

The biggest event in voiceover is coming up. VO Atlanta 2023, new this year, March 23rd through 26th at the Hilton Atlanta Airport, the traditional venue. But this year, under the new direction of new owners J Michael and Anna Collins. Also, the 10th-Anniversary edition of VO Atlanta. I got a chance to sit down with J Michael this week and talk about the improvements, both in the creature comforts and in the actual meat of the conference, the programming and speakers, what tracks are going to be

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07:39

WOW! Voices.com NEW Rate Guide vs. GVAA

VO Pro: The Business of Voiceover and Voice Acting ·

2023/02/16

Today, we’re going to go over Voices' new rate guide and compare it to the GVAA so that you’ll know exactly the differences between the 2 guides, where exactly Voices' rates are substandard and stick around because we’ll also show you where they’re actually above standard. For years, the voice acting community has been begging Voices dot com to take solid steps to protect voice actors from unfair rates and practices on their site. And I am happy to report that they seem to be taking some steps to

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13:22

Top 7 Beginner Voice Over Marketing MISTAKES to Avoid

VO Pro: The Business of Voiceover and Voice Acting ·

2023/02/09

One of the most common marketing questions I get from voice actors is, “How do I differentiate myself? How do I set myself apart? How do I make myself different?” We’re going to start by flipping that question around and asking, “How do you not look like everyone else?” So here are 7 of the most common marketing mistakes in voice over _____________________________ ▶️ Watch this video next: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVUuUfwNTG--7SOIG9FS0huEcwX3vyUZx SUBSCRIBE:

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11:03

SHOCKING REAL CALL with an EXPLOITATIVE Voice Over...

VO Pro: The Business of Voiceover and Voice Acting ·

2023/02/02

What you are about to hear is an actual call about an exploitative practice that is too common in our business. It is a prime example of a tiny number of producers who purposefully seek out younger and/or less experienced talent and knowingly exploit them for the benefit of their own organizations. This call is shocking in its brazen self-awareness. The following is a clip of a call I recently had with a producer for a non-profit religious organization that produces and distributes video and audio

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10:18

7 Truths U MUST Know B4 You Get Started in Voice Acting

VO Pro: The Business of Voiceover and Voice Acting ·

2023/01/26

Welcome to 7 TRUTHS U MUST Know B4 You Get Started in Voice Acting. If you’re wondering how to get into voice acting, today’s video is essentially all the stuff I wish I had known when I was starting out in voice over, and the stuff that you should know even before you get into voice over. My goal and hope is that I can help you avoid some of the mistakes I made and learn some of the lessons I learned. My Dad used to tell me all the time, “Paul, you insist on learning the hard way,” meaning I didn’t

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11:03

How To Drive AMAZING Voice Over Client Experiences

VO Pro: The Business of Voiceover and Voice Acting ·

2023/01/19

How do you provide an exceptional customer experience? So good that it drives loyalty among your customers and generates repeat business? It all starts with understanding and identifying customer needs. Today, we’re going to talk about understanding customer needs at each level of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, and how it applies to the business of voice over. Voice over is, at its best, a business of service. It's not just providing a service as opposed to a product, although the product is crucial

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08:42

A Dialogue with Voice123: Can We CHANGE the P2Ps?

VO Pro: The Business of Voiceover and Voice Acting ·

2023/01/12

What if we could really change how the P2Ps work? What if we could have a real dialogue with the people that matter, the decision makers, the policy makers, at the online casting sites? What if we could make actual recommendations directly to those people at the very top of the pay 2 plays? It’s one thing to have an online monologue to someone in such a position, as we did to David Ciccarelli of Voices. But it’s another thing entirely to be able to ask questions of and make honest recommendations to

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Voice Over Conferences 2023 CALENDAR: VO Atlanta and...

VO Pro: The Business of Voiceover and Voice Acting ·

2023/01/05

So I thought the first video of the new year would be a good time to lay out the voice over conference 2023 calendar for you, including the big ones like VO Atlanta but also some smaller boutique conferences like MAVO. Now, if you’ve never been to a voiceover conference before, let’s start with the central question: Why? Why go to a voiceover conference? Why spend all the time and money, why take time out of the booth, why travel hundreds or thousands of miles? Why step out of your comfort zone and

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08:56

Voices.com CHANGES – For The Better or Worse?

VO Pro: The Business of Voiceover and Voice Acting ·

2022/12/22

In my last video, I Offended Voices.com and Here’s How, David Ciccarelli, the Founder and CEO of Voices, asked me to lay out the facts of my assertion that they put profit before talent. I laid out five facts that detail their history of disregard for transparency when it comes to fees, taking egregious cuts of project budgets, and others. The reaction was, to say the least, just nuts. Unprecedented. Here’s just some of what you had to say… _____________________________ ▶️ Watch this video next:

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09:09

I OFFENDED Voices.com. And Here’s WHY…

VO Pro: The Business of Voiceover and Voice Acting ·

2022/12/15

In my last video, My (No Gear) Voice Over Christmas Wish List, one of my wishes was this: “I wish all of the pay-to-plays were ethical, but the chief offender here, of course, is Voices.com, but they're certainly not the only ones that put profit before talent and clients. These companies control a huge amount of work globally in the voiceover business, and it's a travesty to me that rather than seeing themselves as leaders and stewards of our industry, they couldn't give a reindeer turd about

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My (No Gear) Voice Over Christmas WISH List

VO Pro: The Business of Voiceover and Voice Acting ·

2022/12/08

Christmas is right around the corner and of course this is the time of year voice actors get the steamy undies for all kinds of gear on their Voice Over Christmas Wish List – mics, interfaces, pop filters, cables, headphones, preamps, compressors, limiters, you name it, we as a group want it. But I think in this season of gratitude and giving, I’m more about a different kind of VO Christmas wish list. Sure, I love new gear like the next voice actor, but what I want for voice over is not for me. It’s

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