Welcome to the January 19, 2008 edition of “Voices That Motivate”. This is our fourth (already?) edition and we’re very excited about it. This is where voice actors, voice artists, producers, casting agents, ad agencies, voice coaches, audio engineers, expert marketers and newbies to the industry will find helpful, informational articles relating to our exciting profession of voiceover. This will also be your one-stop for ideas on marketing and branding your voiceover business.

We have assembled some excellent reading herein for you and we hope you’ll pass the word!

We also welcome those new contributors to “Voices That Motivate”. You’ll find a couple of entries in this edition from those new contributors.

We would also welcome hosts for future editions of “Voices That Motivate”. This will take a small bit of your time and prowess, but the reward is all will come to YOUR blog for the edition, drawing more traffic and potential clients to your business.

All right… let’s get started:
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Learning & Training

Dave Courvoisier presents MineWurx, Part Deux posted at Voice-Acting in Vegas. This is Part two of this three-part interview. See next month’s edition of “Voices That Motivate” for the conclusion.

Bob Souer presents How important is a good voice for voiceover work? posted at The Voiceover Boblog.

Stu Gray presents Practice posted at the creative mouthpiece.

Dana Detrick presents The Voice Over Industry puts the “BOOM!” in “boom mic” this year! posted at SVM 100% Organic Podcasts!.

So, You Wanna Be a Voice Talker?

Bobbin Beam, ISDN Voice Actress presents See Success with a Winning Attitude posted at Bobbin’s Blog.

Technical

David Ciccarelli presents 5 Second Usability Test posted at The Biz.

Marketing

Mary McKitrick presents MCM Voices’ Guide to Voice-over Postcard Marketing posted at MCM Voices Voiceover Blog.

Happy Hour

Sandy Weaver Carman presents Bad Radio Commercials posted at Sandy Weaver Carman.

Directories

Erika Collin presents 100 Best Blogs for Film and Theater Students posted at Best University.