When you’re in a bind and need a voice for an internet audio ad, a landing page video or other rich media marketing effort, where do you turn?

When the timing is critical and a project needs to get done, who comes to your aid?

This is an open invitation to those of you who have not yet found a home to locate reliable voice talents.

InternetVoiceTalent.com from Voices.com is the #1 destination for you to connect with voice-over professionals who will be your go to talents in time of need.

We give you the tools to connect with talent who have the quickest turnaround time in the industry, often delivering finished products within hours of hiring them.

While some agencies may take days to arrange a voice-over with several middlemen in between and higher costs, we make it easy for you to contact talent directly in real time and get responses quickly – saving you time and money.

Professional voice talent are ready to record your vital messages 24 hours a day!

Now, that’s encouraging!

Timing and communication are everything in this fast paced, on demand world.

Liberate yourself from the rat race and take advantage of the best voice talent service on the planet.

Go direct, pay direct, receive direct… There’s no better way.

3 Ways to Find Voices Fast

1. Post a voice-over Job

2. Browse the Featured Talent categories

3. Search the voice talent database

NOTE: If you’re reading this article and needed your voice-over recorded ‘yesterday’, here’s a link to quickly post your voice-over job and see results within minutes of approval.

Technology has made it easy to produce content to share on the web, and some may argue, perhaps too easy.

Video is the golden child of online marketing right now and everyone wants to get a piece of the audio visual pie, but at what price?

Sometimes it’s at the expense of their brand, reputation and even their message.

There are many mistakes online marketers make when creating videos to be distributed to the public, including 3 giant ones that everyone ought to be aware of including:

1. Poorly Written Script
2. Cheesy Graphics and Transitions
3. Bad Voice Over

Fortunately with some planning these mistakes can all be avoided.

In a mere matter of minutes, you’ll find out how to preempt these offenders and kick them to the curb before setting out to make your video.

Offender #1: Poorly Written Script

Why it’s a problem: The script or copy is the backbone of the entire video and often dictates the imagery that is used, how the brand is presented as well as how the voice over is performed.

How to avoid this problem: Make sure that the script is written by a good copywriter and that the video has a storyboard. You’ll need to have a beginning, a middle (usually the meat of your video) and an ending. Think about the purpose of the video, your core message and who that message is targeted to. By writing a compelling story and directing it at a receptive audience, you’ve cleared one of the biggest hurdles in your path.

Offender #2: Cheesy Graphics and Transitions

Why it’s a problem: Just as your wardrobe is telling of who you are as a person, the images you use and transitions that move your video along will be just as revealing of your company, service or product. If you use cheesy images and dated transitions, viewers will see your company in the same light, even if it isn’t deserved.

How to avoid this problem: Find a stock photo site where you can purchase professional images cheaply that will brand your video and give you a touch of class. Use images and transitions that support your script and add another dimension to your presentation. There are some amazing images out there at sites like iStockphoto.com that you can buy for as little as a dollar a piece, which I think you’ll agree is worth the investment, especially when you consider that your audience will judge your company and offerings based upon the graphics in your video.

Offender #3: Bad Voice Over

Why it’s a problem: Within a mere 3 to 5 seconds (sometimes even less!), viewers will have made up their minds about your video largely based upon the voice you selected to record your script. If it’s not the right voice for the job, it’ll turn your audience off faster than any other production element.

How to avoid this problem: Voice over should be the final element added to your video. Once you have finished the script, chosen the images and have paired the appropriate text with the appropriate accompanying imagery, go ahead and hire a professional voice over talent to narrate your script. Don’t get Harriet from your company’s Accounting department or Uncle Ned who is known for his “great voice” to record your voice over, that’s asking for trouble and nearly always, a bad voice over. To avoid this pitfall, go with a pro! You’ll be able to find professional voice talent quickly online at sites like Voices.com. This website connects you directly with freelance professional voice talent in a number of ways including posting a job and various methods of search.

Now that we’ve identified the top 3 offenders in online video production, talked why they pose serious threats to the success of your video, and discovered how you can overcome these potential pitfalls with a little planning, you can make your video with confidence and the satisfaction that you’re putting your best foot forward and giving your audience a quality viewing experience.

Since going pro last year, Janice Downes has worked her way up to be the highest ranked female voice talent at the world’s largest voice over marketplace, Voices.com.

Marking the first anniversary of going full-time as a professional voice talent, Janice Downes has plenty to celebrate including her spectacular success at the online voice over marketplace, Voices.com, where she is currently ranked as the top female voice by clients who use the site to hire voice talent to record voice overs for their commercials, business presentations, documentaries, phone systems, cartoons and video games.  Janice Downes’ Voices.com profile and her Platinum listings provide avenues through which Janice is hired regularly, and subsequently rewarded by clients as being acknowledged publicly as one of their "favorite" voices.

Janice Downes – Top Female Voice

“I put my personal best into every job I voice.  It’s much more enjoyable to work with clients who appreciate that, and reward you with their best in return.”

Within 4 months of joining InternetVoiceTalent.com, Janice Downes was able to quit her day job in sales and began obtaining 90% of her voice over work from the marketplace, citing Voices.com as an invaluable vehicle for achieving success in her voice over career.  Downes believes her success results from the combination of her faith, marketing and sales experience, rate integrity and most importantly, really keeping it "real", expressing that "Real comes from that place where you close your eyes and actually let yourself feel the texture of the words. It’s just me being me without over-thinking what’s coming out." 

When interviewed recently, Janice Downes shared, "I know in my heart that my success in voiceover came when I finally stopped worrying about trying to control my career and just trusted in God and prayed that He would help me find a way to work for myself.  Soon after, I joined Voices.com and started coming home on my lunch hour to answer leads.  Exactly 30 days later, I got my first online voiceover job.  Four months after that first job, I was making more money part-time in online auditions than I was making in my full time sales job.  I knew it was time to just do it.  Looking back one year later, I know without a doubt it was the best decision I’ve ever made in my life, next to marrying my husband Steve, who has always believed in me."

In addition to always providing personal customer service and professional attention to detail, one of the most important things Janice learned while working in Advertising Sales was "Maintaining Rate Integrity".  Now running her own voiceover business, Rate Integrity has become one of her highest priorities.  She relates, "Just like any other product or service, you do get what you pay for.  It’s no different with voiceover."

Establishing rate integrity helps Downes separate herself from clients who are only looking for the lowest price, while securing clients who hire based upon finding the right voice for their job.  "I put my personal best into every job I voice.  It’s much more enjoyable to work with clients who appreciate that, and reward you with their best in return."

Stephanie Ciccarelli, Vice President of Marketing at Voices.com (parent site of InternetVoiceTalent.com), says, "Janice’s integrity and professionalism are at the core of her success.  In addition to her vocal talents, she is an amazing business woman, wife and mother.  We are thrilled to share in Janice’s journey and celebrate with her."

Click this link to listen to Janice Downes’ voice

Also see:

StudioVoiceWork.com
Janice Downes at Voices.com
Janice Downes at Podcasting Voice Talent
Janice Downes at Internet Voice Talent
Janice Downes at Cartoon Voice Talent
Janice Downes at Business Voice Talent
Janice Downes at Audiobook Voice Talent

About Janice Downes
Janice Downes grew up in St. Charles, Missouri, near St. Louis. Her passion for "making commercials" began when she 10 years old, after receiving a portable tape recorder for Christmas. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communications from Truman State University in Kirksville. After graduation she moved to Columbia, MO where she became a household name as either "Janice" or "JP" on a number of mid-Missouri radio stations over the years.  20 years later Janice entered into the advertising field, and in conjunction with her career change, her husband, Steve, set to work building his family a new home which included a professional recording studio so that Janice could still get her "microphone fix".  Once the house was built, and after 3 years in Sales, Downes had finally learned how to sell the one thing she believed in more than anything else, herself.  It was then she joined Voices.com. Four months later she was able to quit her sales job and began doing voiceover full-time from her own studio.
Janice is married to Steve Downes, who works in new construction as an independent plumbing and remodeling contractor, and has two daughters, Jeseca 14, and Jenna 7, who also enjoy working with their Mom as professional Teen & Child voice actors.

RECENT PROJECTS INCLUDE:
AT&T/Team USA, Dell, Wal-Mart, Hershey, Panasonic, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, University of Montana Athletics, Santa Monica California Tourism, Blinc Mascara, NEC, Cisco, WineCountry.com, Arhaus Furniture, Greenwood Mississippi Tourism, Doodlebops Audiobooks, Con-way Freight, Proactiv Solution, Resurfastic, University of Minnesota, Remington College, Lake Regional Pharmacy, CityDeals.com, Air Products, Link Experts, Quantified Marketing, SK Telecom in Seoul Korea & more.

About Voices.com
Voices.com is the online marketplace where businesses connect with voice actors and voice over talents. Radio and television stations, advertising agencies, marketing executives, casting directors and voice talent agencies rely on Voices.com to easily search for and hire language service providers such as translators, narrators and professional voice over talents with the assistance of their award-winning web service. Voice talents are equipped with a comprehensive set of self-managed tools to effectively market themselves and conduct their voice-over business online. Clients that have worked with Voices.com include NBC, ESPN, PBS, The History Channel, Reader’s Digest, Comcast, Nortel Networks, Bell Canada, Microsoft, Cisco Systems, ING, Western Union, Ford, GM, Jaguar, Firestone Tires, American Airlines, the US Army, the US Government and thousands more.

Since going pro last year, Janice Downes has worked her way up to be the highest ranked female voice talent at the world’s largest voice over marketplace, Voices.com.

Marking the first anniversary of going full-time as a professional voice talent, Janice Downes has plenty to celebrate including her spectacular success at the online voice over marketplace, Voices.com, where she is currently ranked as the top female voice by clients who use the site to hire voice talent to record voice overs for their commercials, business presentations, documentaries, phone systems, cartoons and video games.  Janice Downes’ Voices.com profile and her Platinum listings provide avenues through which Janice is hired regularly, and subsequently rewarded by clients as being acknowledged publicly as one of their "favorite" voices.

Janice Downes – Top Female Voice

“I put my personal best into every job I voice.  It’s much more enjoyable to work with clients who appreciate that, and reward you with their best in return.”

Within 4 months of joining InternetVoiceTalent.com, Janice Downes was able to quit her day job in sales and began obtaining 90% of her voice over work from the marketplace, citing Voices.com as an invaluable vehicle for achieving success in her voice over career.  Downes believes her success results from the combination of her faith, marketing and sales experience, rate integrity and most importantly, really keeping it "real", expressing that "Real comes from that place where you close your eyes and actually let yourself feel the texture of the words. It’s just me being me without over-thinking what’s coming out." 

When interviewed recently, Janice Downes shared, "I know in my heart that my success in voiceover came when I finally stopped worrying about trying to control my career and just trusted in God and prayed that He would help me find a way to work for myself.  Soon after, I joined Voices.com and started coming home on my lunch hour to answer leads.  Exactly 30 days later, I got my first online voiceover job.  Four months after that first job, I was making more money part-time in online auditions than I was making in my full time sales job.  I knew it was time to just do it.  Looking back one year later, I know without a doubt it was the best decision I’ve ever made in my life, next to marrying my husband Steve, who has always believed in me."

In addition to always providing personal customer service and professional attention to detail, one of the most important things Janice learned while working in Advertising Sales was "Maintaining Rate Integrity".  Now running her own voiceover business, Rate Integrity has become one of her highest priorities.  She relates, "Just like any other product or service, you do get what you pay for.  It’s no different with voiceover."

Establishing rate integrity helps Downes separate herself from clients who are only looking for the lowest price, while securing clients who hire based upon finding the right voice for their job.  "I put my personal best into every job I voice.  It’s much more enjoyable to work with clients who appreciate that, and reward you with their best in return."

Stephanie Ciccarelli, Vice President of Marketing at Voices.com (parent site of InternetVoiceTalent.com), says, "Janice’s integrity and professionalism are at the core of her success.  In addition to her vocal talents, she is an amazing business woman, wife and mother.  We are thrilled to share in Janice’s journey and celebrate with her."

Click this link to listen to Janice Downes’ voice

Also see:

StudioVoiceWork.com
Janice Downes at Voices.com
Janice Downes at Podcasting Voice Talent
Janice Downes at Internet Voice Talent
Janice Downes at Cartoon Voice Talent
Janice Downes at Business Voice Talent
Janice Downes at Audiobook Voice Talent

About Janice Downes
Janice Downes grew up in St. Charles, Missouri, near St. Louis. Her passion for "making commercials" began when she 10 years old, after receiving a portable tape recorder for Christmas. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communications from Truman State University in Kirksville. After graduation she moved to Columbia, MO where she became a household name as either "Janice" or "JP" on a number of mid-Missouri radio stations over the years.  20 years later Janice entered into the advertising field, and in conjunction with her career change, her husband, Steve, set to work building his family a new home which included a professional recording studio so that Janice could still get her "microphone fix".  Once the house was built, and after 3 years in Sales, Downes had finally learned how to sell the one thing she believed in more than anything else, herself.  It was then she joined Voices.com. Four months later she was able to quit her sales job and began doing voiceover full-time from her own studio.
Janice is married to Steve Downes, who works in new construction as an independent plumbing and remodeling contractor, and has two daughters, Jeseca 14, and Jenna 7, who also enjoy working with their Mom as professional Teen & Child voice actors.

RECENT PROJECTS INCLUDE:
AT&T/Team USA, Dell, Wal-Mart, Hershey, Panasonic, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, University of Montana Athletics, Santa Monica California Tourism, Blinc Mascara, NEC, Cisco, WineCountry.com, Arhaus Furniture, Greenwood Mississippi Tourism, Doodlebops Audiobooks, Con-way Freight, Proactiv Solution, Resurfastic, University of Minnesota, Remington College, Lake Regional Pharmacy, CityDeals.com, Air Products, Link Experts, Quantified Marketing, SK Telecom in Seoul Korea & more.

About Voices.com
Voices.com is the online marketplace where businesses connect with voice actors and voice over talents. Radio and television stations, advertising agencies, marketing executives, casting directors and voice talent agencies rely on Voices.com to easily search for and hire language service providers such as translators, narrators and professional voice over talents with the assistance of their award-winning web service. Voice talents are equipped with a comprehensive set of self-managed tools to effectively market themselves and conduct their voice-over business online. Clients that have worked with Voices.com include NBC, ESPN, PBS, The History Channel, Reader’s Digest, Comcast, Nortel Networks, Bell Canada, Microsoft, Cisco Systems, ING, Western Union, Ford, GM, Jaguar, Firestone Tires, American Airlines, the US Army, the US Government and thousands more.

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Like most people, you’re probably wondering how you can improve your affiliate marketing conversions.

Like many more people, you’re strapped for time and likely haven’t given too many “outside the box” ideas any consideration, but that’s where you could really strike gold.

1 way that the majority of people haven’t considered (let alone know about) is the strategic placement of audio on your landing pages.

What could be better than a more personalized approach to welcome the visitor to your site and set the tone for a potential sale?

You can achieve that human connection by using the intimacy and power of the human voice by way of a voice over recording that puts your customers at ease when they are deciding whether to continue on, their visit ideally resulting in a purchase made at your web site.

Adding a voice over to your landing pages will:

1. Make your web site more human
2. Encourage prospects to buy
3. Give the impression that you are present

By using audio on your landing pages, you’ll notice a dramatic difference in how you can communicate with prospective buyers and establish a personal relationship without having to do the initial networking. You may also see an increase in your affiliate marketing conversion rates which is after all what you’re going for, right?

What should your voice over recording say?

Take a good look at the copy on the landing page. Your voice over should be a conversational representation of the words on the page without “reading” the words on the page.

What I mean by this is that your voice over should elaborate on the points, not regurgitate them just as you would present a PowerPoint presentation. You may not read the slides verbatim, however, you do regard the bullet points on the slides as a guide and touchstone to move the conversation along and way of reinforcing the principal message leading to a successful conversion.

Once you have scripted your message, most messages being about 1 minute to 3 minutes in length, the next step is to have it recorded by a professional voice talent experienced in recording for projects similar to yours.

You can hire freelance voice over professionals easily online.  Just post a job to receive responses, browse the featured voice talent directory, or search by keyword and contact a professional directly from their profile.

Your web site is a useful tool for making sales in your sleep, but could it be making even more money for you during those twilight hours?

Every good marketer knows: The medium is the message.

When someone is reading your sales copy and about to make a purchase, all they really get from you socially perhaps is some cleverly written text that outlines the features and benefits that state why they should go ahead and take their credit card out of their wallet.

What if you could up the ante and reach those prospects on a heightened, more emotional level?

You can! By using voice overs.

Professional voice-overs help to build trust and make an instant connection with the people who visit your web site.

Adding a voice over isn’t just another bell or whistle to your web site, you’ll be ingeniously employing another medium to help you communicate your message, in this case, delivering your message using audio via your web site.

By getting up close and personal at the point of sale, you’ve found another way to persuade prospective customers to buy, and as a bonus, have also given the world a better idea of who your company is through audio branding, using the human voice to start a favorable relationship that is profitable and engaging.

Your website is a useful tool for making sales in your sleep, but could it be making even more money for you during those twilight hours?

Every good Internet marketer knows: The medium is the message.

When someone is reading your sales copy and about to make a purchase, all they really get from you socially perhaps is some cleverly written text that outlines the features and benefits that state why they should go ahead and take their credit card out of their wallet.

What if you could up the ante and reach those prospects on a heightened, more emotional level?

You can! By using voice overs.

Voice overs help to build trust and make an instant connection with the people who visit your website.

Adding a voice over isn’t just another bell or whistle to your website, you’ll be ingeniously employing another medium to help you communicate your message, in this case, delivering your message using audio via your website.

By getting up close and personal at the point of sale, you’ve found another way to persuade prospective customers to buy, and as a bonus, have also given the world a better idea of who your company is through audio branding, using the human voice to start a favorable relationship that is profitable and engaging.

Need help finding a voice for your voice over recording?

Check out Voices.com, the voice over marketplace, where you can post a job, browse by category or search by keyword to find the voice that’s best suited to your project and meets your needs.

Voices on The Web

One of the fastest growing applications for audio on the web is voice over.

Voice overs when used on the Internet can: