1. Added to the blogroll

    Posted August 30, 2011 by Bob

    My friend Doug Turkel has started blogging about voiceover. I’m thrilled to add him to my blogroll today. Welcome to the blogosphere, Doug!

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  2. Better than working for a living

    Posted June 27, 2011 by Bob

    For some time now, when people have asked me how I like working in voiceover full time my reply has been “It’s a lot better than working for a living.” Now, in truth there is “work” involved in voiceover. Meeting deadlines. Exceeding expectations. Delivering the performance people are looking for. These things don’t happen by accident. It does take concentration, effort, persistence and experience to deliver the goods in the studio. And to deliver the audio in the requested format. And so forth and so on.

    But, having grown up on a farm in central Minnesota, I can tell you that voiceover is nothing like what I knew as “working for a living” as I was growing. Stacking bales of hay, shoveling grain, and especially mucking out the barn after the milk cows where finished. That was real work.

    Today, I’ve spent a few hours mucking out the blogroll here at the Voiceover Boblog. It was beginning to stink to high heaven frankly. Broken links. A couple of links leading to hacked sites filled with malware. Good grief. I’ve neglected the blogroll for far too long. But as of today, I’ve personally tested every link. Later today there might be new problems but for now, everything in the blogroll should lead where it’s supposed to lead.

    Now, it’s time to get back to the audiobook I’m just about to finish, and get started on the pick-ups for the other audiobook that’s due in a couple of weeks.

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  3. Added to the blogroll

    Posted April 28, 2011 by Bob

    Just in the last 24 hours (sometimes it takes me a while) I’ve discovered the excellent voiceover blogs by Randye Kaye and by Paul Alan Ruben.

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  4. How to be interesting

    Posted February 24, 2011 by Bob

    Copyblogger offers 21 cogent suggestions about how to Be Interesting. My thanks to my friend Larry White for emailing me the link to this article.

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  5. Not on the bandwagon

    Posted January 15, 2011 by Bob

    While I like being part of popular movements and taking part in things that lots of other folks are taking part in, I also have this streak in me that, when it seems like everyone is going a particular direction, I like to take a different path.

    You need to take your path. I need to take mine. Lots of the time we’re going to be traveling the same road, sometimes we’ll be heading in directions that have nothing to do with one another. I’m deeply grateful that you read this blog from time to time. Thank you.

    When I started blogging nearly six years ago it was with the express purpose to talk about voiceover, which was at the time one of my life-long passions. Also at the time, it was a dream of mine to be working full-time and exclusively as a voiceover. I didn’t have any idea how I might be able to pull that off, with a wife and four children and being the sole “bread-winner” of said family.

    But persistence, hard work and divine providence eventually led me (almost 2 years ago now) to leave my corporate job and strike out on this voiceover-only path. One unanticipated consequence of that shift is that it has actually become a bit harder to be consistent about my blogging now that all I’m doing (from a work point of view anyway) is voiceover. To you, my dear reader, I apologize for my inconsistent blogging of late. I will do my best to keep bringing you ideas and performances and people that I think will interest you. And to share with you, now and then, from my own well of experiences.

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  6. Blogging advice from Kevin Delaney

    Posted November 28, 2010 by Bob

    Kevin Delaney emails today with news about two free webinars he is holding tomorrow, Monday the 29th of November 2010 on the subject of blogging and voiceover.

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  7. Added to the blogroll

    Posted November 26, 2010 by Bob

    With just over a month left to take advantage of the early bird registration price, I urge you (if you’re a working professional voiceover talent) to go to the Faffcon site and sign up for Faffcon2. Do it today. Don’t wait until the last possible minute because you might forget. And as every one of us who attended the first Faffcon can tell you, there’s nothing you could do in February of 2011 that will help accelerate your voiceover business better than by attending the next one in Atlanta taking place the last weekend in February.

    Meanwhile, I just discovered that a blog has been added to the Faffcon site, so I’ve added that page to my blogroll.

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  8. Added to the blogroll

    Posted October 23, 2010 by Bob

    I’ve just added the voiceover blog from my friend George Washington III to my blogroll. Welcome, George. Thanks for adding your voice to the blogosphere!

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  9. Also added to the blogroll today

    Posted October 6, 2010 by Bob

    My friend Perry Anne Norton sent me a message today to let me know she blogs about voiceover, too.

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  10. Added to the blogroll today

    Posted by Bob

    I want to offer my welcome to Mike Harrison as he joins the voiceover blogosphere.

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  11. Happy Blogiversary Ralph

    Posted September 22, 2010 by Bob

    My friend Ralph Hass has a voiceover blog that turns 4 today, so a very happy Blogiversary to you!

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  12. Seach Engines and your site

    Posted July 6, 2010 by Bob

    My friends at Fame Foundry have a couple of excellent articles on SEO (search engine optimization) for you. SEO 101, A Plain English Primer is here. SEO 102, 13 Steps to Improve Your Ranking the Right Way is here.

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  13. Daddy Discoveries

    Posted May 5, 2010 by Bob

    My friend Donovan Corneetz is not only a superb voice actor, he’s also been learning the joys of being a dad the last several months. He’s started a new website called Daddy Discoveries that chronicles what he’s been learning along the way. Not voiceover related (except that Donovan is a voice actor) but , I think you’ll enjoy reading them.

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  14. Added to the blogroll

    Posted May 2, 2010 by Bob

    Bettye Zoller has started blogging about voiceover. My thanks to my friend Dave Courvoisier for mentioning this on his Posterious blog.

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  15. Added to the blogroll today

    Posted April 19, 2010 by Bob

    I have a pretty long blogroll, in case you’ve never noticed. Near the bottom of that very long list is a group called “Other Blogs.” I’ve added one there today called the Beagle Bugle. It’s the official blog of the Wizard Academy. I will be visiting there often. I hope you will too.

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  16. If you have a voiceover blog

    Posted December 3, 2009 by Bob

    And you’re not listed on the VoiceOverXtra blog link page, you should be. And send me a note too. I’m trying to add every voiceover blog to my blogroll.

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  17. Superb insights about copyright

    Posted August 19, 2009 by Bob

    With my thanks to Nancy Wolfson for emailing the link this morning, check out the superb blog post “Your Copyright Questions Answered” by Amy Everhart, Amy is a trademark, copyright and entertainment attorney.

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  18. Laugh and the world laughs with you …

    Posted July 27, 2009 by Bob

    … Tweet and you …? OK. I’m twisting the old saying to a different purpose than the original. Regardless of what you think of my weak humor, I do hope you’ll take a moment to click through to this excellent commentary by Jeff Sexton about Twitter.

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  19. Updates from Comic-Con 2009

    Posted July 25, 2009 by Bob

    Craig Crumpton is doing a great job of covering Comic-Con 2009 on his Voice Actors in the News blog.

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  20. An update to the blogroll

    Posted July 22, 2009 by Bob

    My friend Connie Terwilliger has launched a voiceover blog so I’ve updated the link on my blogroll with that site. Very nice stuff, Connie. I look forward to reading more of what you have to say.

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  21. Inside Seth’s blogging

    Posted July 14, 2009 by Bob

    Josh Bernoff interviews Seth Godin about his blogging in an article published on the Ad Age site. If you would like to know how to blog better, you might want to click through and read the interview. On the other hand, if you only want to know how to build a better relationship with you clients, you might want to click through and read the interview. Or not, it’s your call.

    My thanks to my friend Pam Tierney for sending me the link to this interview today.

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  22. Too busy to blog?

    Posted July 9, 2009 by Bob

    Should you have a blog? We both know that I can’t answer that question for you, but if you seriously want to have a blog, you need to take it seriously. Here are 10 solid suggestions you can use to help you focus on what’s important to you from a professional photographer named Jen O’Sullivan. The application to your voiceover business shouldn’t be difficult.

    My thanks to Lee Plaud for emailing me this link.

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  23. Added to the blogroll today

    Posted June 17, 2009 by Bob

    James Alburger and Penny Abshire have provided training for voice actors of all levels from beginngers to working pros for a number of years out of their studios in San Diego, California called VoiceActing Academy; and here and there when they travel. They’ve now moved their former newsletter to a blog called, surprise, VoiceActing Academy blog. Welcome to the blogosphere, James and Penny!

    Update: Also added today the blog from Krash Creative Solutions.

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  24. Build a better blog

    Posted June 13, 2009 by Bob

    My friend Stu Gray offers a review of the book 31 Days to Building a Better Blog on his voiceover blog.

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  25. Added to the blogroll today

    Posted June 11, 2009 by Bob

    I received a very nice email from Kevin Readdean today letting know that he’s started a voiceover blog called VO Meter specifically devoted to monitoring and reporting the history of voiceover and voice actors.

    UPDATE: I also ran across another new voiceover blog today, interestingly enough from another voice actor named Kevin. In this case, Kevin Delaney, who calls his blog Voiceover Ninja.

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  26. Voices That Motivate Edition #6

    Posted April 1, 2009 by Bob

    My friend Doc Phillips has release the Sixth edition of the voiceover blog carnival called Voices That Motivate. Lots of good and interesting material again.

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  27. Added another link to the blogroll

    Posted March 29, 2009 by Bob

    Roger King, a voiceover agent in Canada, emailed this evening to let me know that he’s started a blog specifically for the voiceover business in his home country. There’s lots of good material on his site that’s relevant to any voice actor, no matter the country of residence or origin, I’ve adding Voiceover Canada to my blogroll today. Here’s just one example, a fine analysis of what an agent is look for from a voice actor.

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  28. Added to the blogroll

    Posted March 26, 2009 by Bob

    After having such a nice time at lunch yesterday with Jamee and Wade, today I’m adding their podcast called Podcast Power Quarter Hour and their blog PPQH Off the Clock to my blogroll.

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  29. 25 Tips to make your blog work

    Posted March 7, 2009 by Bob

    Valeria Maltoni’s blog Conversation Agent has a valuable post titled Why Start a Blog and 25 Tips to Make it Work. If you are now or are thinking about blogging, whether about voiceover or any other subject, there’s much to glean from this post.

    And if you do start a voiceover blog, please leave a comment here or email me to let me know because I’d like to add you to my blogroll, which is an intentional effort to list every voiceover blog available.

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  30. Do you wish you knew more about how to use Google Analytics?

    Posted February 18, 2009 by Bob

    The brilliant folks at Future Now, and in particular co-founder Bryan Eisenberg, have prepared a brilliant blog post with oodles of links, videos and guidance on how to setup and use Google Analytics.

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