Mary Gould of Mind Wings Audio agreed to answer a few questions about her experience at Voices.com and how they've used the service to find, select and hire talent.
Recently Mary completed a project at Voices.com and hired Beverly Bremers. Read more on Mary's hiring experience.
How has Voices.com helped you with your project needs?
My company uses Voices.com to obtain voice-over talents to produce 1-hour audiobooks for retail. The service was very easy to use. I filled out the 'post a job' request information, including the specifications for the services I needed, and Voices.com pulled in (invited) the talent. I always request custom audios because I think it is important to hear the VO talent's interpretation of my manuscript.
I have been able to achieve my goal through Voices.com in obtaining talent that have the ability to perform the services requested with professional work product results. There have always been ample submissions for selection choices. I have not experienced any problems with work product delivery.
How did you select the talent?
I reviewed the custom audio samples, select favorites--contacting talents with question as needed, when the audition time closed, I made an offer. Once the price and service was negotiated with the person to provide the service, I finalized my project. Simple!
What challenges did you face using the Voices.com system to find talent?
The challenge that I have is negotiating the cost of services. Once there is mutual agreement on the amount depositing through SurePay and receiving the finished work flows fine. Although, when the talent chosen does not use PayPal via SurePay, I consider it a problem that gives me pause. I prefer to utilize the tools provided by Voices.com for payment of talent services.
How would you describe your overall experience with the site?
My overall experience with Voices.com has been amenable and I expect I will use Voices.com in the future for some of the same and different talent. I would definitely recommend Voices.com to business contacts that may be in need of voice over services.
About the Client
Mind Wings Audio is a new audio publishing company with a vision and strategy to provide short fiction stories to the public in audio format, CD and MP3. Our mission is to select premium manuscripts from author submissions and bring them to life through audio productions for the enjoyment of our customers. We believe that short story audios keep pace with the fast-moving lifestyle of today. Our intent is to introduce our short story audios to a new group of listeners; individuals who have smaller windows of time for listening, and for people who already enjoy the mental perks of imagination through audio books, the short story audio will be a new catalyst for entertainment.
Visit us at: www.MindWingsAudio.com
Contact us at: CustService@MindWingsAudio.com or 3015379888
Become an Affiliate: http://www.mindwingsaudio.com/affiliate_info.asp
Project Details
Project ID: 11638
Project Title: ID178.1
Category: Audiobooks
Language: English
Project Close Date: February 6, 2009
Selected Talent: Beverly Bremers
