Voice over, like life is marketing. And marketing is discovering a way to provide people what they are trying to find. I never purchase anything actually from the late night "Sham Wow" men, marketing expert's and snake oil salespersons. But I need to admit I do love to listen to a well performed, well written and well provided sales discussion. Listening to them is an education. See them and what they do. Companies invest millions on marketing and it's not random. They have surveys, focus groups, studies and countless other ways to identify what people desire and how to provide it to them. You can take advantage of what they do by taking note of marketing.

However, prior to looking into the type of courses offered, you need to ask yourself a more basic concern: do you really require any training? Voiceovers are used in various markets from TV and radio commercials to audio books, on hold phone messages, corporate and organization product, podcasts and website audio content. On the more specialised front there is likewise the world of character/animation voice overs, although this arena is more difficult to get into and requires an unique type of singing skill.

Yup, you can do it yourself. Listen to all the reels out there. Which ones work for you? Why do they work for you? Carry out those techniques with your reels. If you've been practicing your voice over, taking classes, and so on, then you must be great with producing your own reels. You hear TV and radio advertisements all the time. Do yours sound like those? It can be that simple.

It's likewise important to point out that there are some levels of problem. The actor might play the function of an older or younger character. The scenarios surrounding a motion picture scene can go from easy to exceptionally difficult. It might be a woman having a cup of tea, or might be someone in pain, or someone in the middle of a jungle chase. The voice actor must be prepared to alter his mood level and reveal severe emotions from one scene to another.

This is where I'll begin to speak with two kinds of people: Those who wish to relocate to L.A., New York City, Atlanta, Chicago, or San Francisco and pursue a union voice over career, and those who wish to produce an internet voice over profession right there in Smalltown, U.S.A.. For simpleness sake, we'll refer to them as Red state and Blue state. Really, I believe CITY (union) and nation (non-union/internet) might be better.

Nation folk, your biggest challenge now is to get clients. Concentrate on getting your website seen (pay-per-click with Google and Yahoo) and sending your link to all the local business in your town. They'll more than happy to know they do not need to go far to get an expert voice over for their commercial or internal narrative.

So there is no excuse for being in that bottom 80%. If you have the drive, the perseverance and the desire there is no reason that you ought to must not make cash from your voice, become a star entertainer and move into that that leading 20%.