Ep. 323 - Starting Voice Over With No Clients? What I'd Do First

Send us Fan Mail If you were starting voice over today with no clients and no network, what would you do first? Someone asked me that on this Open Forum Friday at VO Journey Academy, so this episode is how I'd build a voice over business from zero. Training comes first, then a studio set up properly and a community around you. After that I'd make 30 to 50 demos and put them everywhere under the same name. Next is a website with real pages and a listing on Google Business and Bing. Then social media on every platform and emails every day. I'd keep auditioning, and I'd start a podcast that interviews local business owners. I also get into whether Fiverr is still worth it and why ads help. What you'll learn: Why training comes before anything else How many demos to make and where to put them Why a one-page website does nothing for you How a Google Business and Bing listing helps buyers find you Who your social posts should be aimed at Which payment types to accept so you don't lose work Chapters 00:00 Welcome to Open Forum Friday 00:16 The new VO Journey Academy website: beta in November 00:32 A CRM, a tracker and a demo player for your site 01:04 Discord built into the new site 01:57 November: get your holiday characters out there 03:05 Show buyers you're current 04:19 If I started voice over from zero today 05:33 Why training comes first 06:07 Get your studio set up right 07:53 Join a community 08:19 Make lots of demos and put them everywhere 08:56 Build a website people can find 09:38 Get listed on Google Business and Bing 10:24 Build your social media everywhere 10:51 Rinse and repeat: email people every day 11:23 Don't skip auditions 12:31 Start a podcast in your own community 14:04 Could you do all this in 90 days? 14:23 Linking your website to Academy Voices 15:17 Is Fiverr still worth it? 15:41 Why Bing matters too 16:11 Should you run ads? 17:39 How much do you want to do yourself? 18:21 Sticking with it when nothing happens 18:49 Who are your social posts really for? 19:45 Which payment types to accept 20:27 Paying over time on Fiverr and Academy Voices 22:01 How Academy Voices pays narrators 23:02 Would I hire people? 24:29 How we work on this inside VO Journey Academy 24:52 Thanks, and Free Class Week 9-12 November New to voice acting? Start with VO Journey Academy: https://www.avosjourney.com/start?src=podcast-323 Free Class Week, 9-12 November: https://www.avosjourney.com/free-class?src=podcast-323 Academy Voices, the alternative to ACX: https://www.academyvoices.com/ Support the show Social Links:    Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/anthony_pica_vo/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/AVOsJOURNEY Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/avosjourney/  LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonypicavo/