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A couple years ago, I decided to join Voices.com to expand my voiceover career. To be honest, the first 8-9 months or so were kinda slow....I was a little discouraged. Wound up, it was my own fault (I wasn't auditioning like I should have)

I decided to make more of an effort to audition the next year, and since then...things have exploded!

Over the past year, I have had the pleasure of working with clients like Macy's, ESPN, Verizon, and AT & T....all through Voices.com. Thanks guys!

Brian Whitaker
Professional Voice Actor

Hi Voices.com,

Valerie McNicol played a grandmother character for a museum website that we are developing at Idéeclic Inc. This work was completed on time and budget. I just wanted to let you know that we're happy with her work.

Kristy Martin
Idéeclic

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Diane Mack of Diane Mack Advertising agreed to answer a few questions about her experience at Voices.com and how she used the service to find, select and hire talent. Recently she completed a project at Voices.com and hired Lili Wexu. Read more on her experience.

How has Voices.com helped you with your project needs?

For our 30-second TV spot titled "Green New World," we wanted a female voice as close as we could get to a recorded example we had come upon in a promotional video for a high-tech university program.

Because our client, Gulf Breeze Natural Gas, has a small budget, we have always used local voice talent. However, that had previously always been male voice talent. The one female we knew of locally was not the right voice for this project, but she kindly referred us to Voices.com. Our deadline to get this done was moderately tight.

Did you use the Featured Talent Directory or browse the talent search engine?

I personally conducted the search on your website as I have good aural memory and was very familiar with what was needed in the way of tone, style of delivery, etc. Whoever designed your website should be commended for an intelligently conceived and very user-friendly search structure.

Did you contact any talent directly? How did you select the talent?

I began by browsing female voice talent, listening to the brief clips from about 40 voices and making my list of top possibilities as I went along. When I had a top five list, I went back to those voices and listened to all the available samples from each one. Lili Wexu was choice #1, and so I e-mailed her for a quote. Both her price and audition recording were acceptable, and we set a date to do the production, with myself and our production sub-contractor to direct by phone patch.

What challenges did you face using the Voices.com system to find talent?

As mentioned previously the search structure of the site was easy to use since I knew exactly what it was that I needed and how it would sound.

How would you describe your overall experience with the site?

The whole experience was smooth, efficient, and supremely professional. I was, and remain, impressed by the resource that Voices.com represents, and I would most assuredly use Voices.com in the future.

About the Client

Diane Mack Advertising, Inc. is a small agency located in Pensacola and serving the Northwest Florida area. We have been in business since 1984, serving primarily clients who have required high-end, high-quality creative work. Our clients have included the regional university, performing arts organizations, real estate developers, architects, a manufacturer of high-tech marine equipment, banks, hospitals, and municipalities.

Project Details

Project ID: 7243
Project Title: Green New World
Category: Television Commercials
Language: English (North American)
Project Close Date: December 20, 2007
Selected Talent: Lili Wexu

This was a private job offer where Lili was the only invited talent.

Hi Laurynda & Happy New Year!

This little note of gratitude is a little over due -not only thanks to all the holiday madness but also in thanks to you upgrading my account and composing that little bit of verbiage for me!

About 30 minutes after upgrading [to Premium] I received three private inquires from my Voices.com site! and all three hired me without an audition. Jan 2 - I received an inquiry from an L.A. production house for a corporate video, but the most exciting news? - a phone call later that day from an ABC affiliate to audition for TV imaging!

Thanks Laurynda! All the best to you in '08!

Stephen Bucek
http://StephenBucek.voices.com

Greg Cox of DB Group Inc agreed to answer a few questions about his experience at Voices.com and how he uses the service to find, select and hire talent. Recently he completed a project at Voices.com and hired Jim Greulich. Read more on his experience.

How has Voices.com helped you with your project needs? How did you use Voices.com? Did you use the Featured Talent Directory or browse the talent search engine? Did you contact any talent directly? How did you select the talent?

We have posted several jobs on Voices.com and have come to trust the kind of talent we need for our jobs. This particular job was no different, we had a script that came up and posted it.

It always amazes me how fast we get responses from the many voice talents available through Voices.com. Within a day or so of posting the job we had over 100 custom demos to listen to in order to pick the talent.

Usually I will have to sort through and delete the talents that are asking more than we have budgeted for the project first thing, and then I still end up with at least 30 talents that I actually listen to their demos. Unfortunately I don't have the time to listen to all that posted demos so I’ve had to develop my own short listing techniques.

Like most business I try to pick a product that is high in quality and low in price, and I can always find quality talent at reasonable prices.

And it seems like when I narrow it down to the last three or four talents I have a really hard time choosing the one I like best. I like the fact that I can contact the talent directly as well; it makes it easy to talk with them about the specifics of the project.

I also like the fact that the talents are very responsive to my request and have the job done quickly. I know for a fact that on this last project Jim Greulich worked on it over a weekend to get it to me at the time I needed it. I didn't really give him much notice and he worked hard to deliver the product when I needed it.

What challenges did you face using the Voices.com system to find talent?

For this project I was looking specifically for:
- Gender
- Language
- Someone who could complete the project in a timely manner

The only difficulties I have had with Voices.com are minor technical difficulties with the site, like leaving feedback for talent I’ve hired. But there has been nothing that has prevented me from completing the project. And I am usually always on a tight deadline to complete our audio projects.

How did Voices.com help you achieve your goals in hiring?

Voices.com is the only site that we know of that offers this type of service. We used to try and find people we knew who had a nice voice to record our script for us. Then a friend suggested Voices.com, it was a great discovery because the talent are very professional and very good at what they do. I have never posted a job where I didn't have at least 10 talents that would work for the job. It is always hard to pick from the last three or four because they are always really good.

The only problems we have had with Voices.com we minor technical ones, and I have contacted Voices.com with some questions that were always answered and taken care of very quickly.

How would you describe your overall experience with the site?

Our overall experience with Voices.com has been very positive. They are invaluable in finding the audio talent we need. We have used them to find talent to record our phone messages and for our audio courses on our websites. We are planning on hiring a voice talent through Voices.com for an upcoming radio commercial to promote our products. I have recommended Voices.com to other businesses like ours and plan on using them frequently in the future.

About the Client

DB Group manages several Web based companies that do anything from selling educational products to local "yellow pages" type websites. Our most recent company can be found at www.utahcounty.biz

Greg Cox
https://dbgroup-inc.com/

Project Details

Project ID: 7166
Project Title: G Ross Audio
Category: Educational Videos and E-Learning
Language: English
Project Close Date: December 6, 2007
Selected Talent: Jim Greulich

I used Voices.com to search through several talents’ demo’s, to find the right one for the job. I used the “search female talent” for this specific job. Since it was a very confidential job, I contacted the talent directly, and then posted the job privately. I ended up hiring Janice Downes for this particular project.

I used Voices.com to search through several talents’ demo’s, to find the right one for the job. I used the “search female talent” for this specific job. Since it was a very confidential job, I contacted the talent directly, and then posted the job privately. I ended up hiring Janice Downes for this particular project.

I was looking for a female talent that had that friendly / crystal clear voice that could add to the product. I found the talent in less then 10 minutes, got in contact the same day, and sent the script the next day. So far, I haven’t been able to pay via SurePay, it wouldn’t let me; however I call and speak with Carol Mroz, the Billing Manager, and make my deposits that way. I had a 2 day deadline which I was able to successfully meet thanks to Voices.com and Janice Downes.

I will definitely keep on using Voices.com and would recommend it to anyone that is in need of professional voice talent. So far, all the talents have been very fast responsive and delivered excellent quality recordings.

Sincerely,

Juan Torres
Animagic Advertising Fuel N.V.
Opal 23, Noord
Aruba, Dutch Caribbean
http://www.animagicaruba.com/

Animagic is an advertising facility that is known to be among best agencies on the island. Our list includes clients like SETAR ( Aruba’s Telecommunication company ), Cable TV Aruba, Toyota, Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino, Balashi ( Aruba’s National Beer ), Aruba Tourism Authority, Valero refinery, and many more..

Project Details:

Project ID: 6935
Project Title: Setar - Video Portal Voice - Part 2
Category: Telephone System Recordings, Voicemail and On Hold
Language: English (North American)
Project Close Date: November 14, 2007
Selected Talent: Janice Downes