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The Frequently Asked Questions database at Voices.com now has over 572 solutions to its credit, providing the ABCs on how to get started in voiceovers online.

Toronto, Canada (Voices.com) November 29 – Getting started in voiceovers used to mean buying several books, listening to CDs, and hitting the road to find the nearest voiceover coach. Not so anymore! Voices.com has consolidated over 572 answers to the most frequently asked questions that a person has when starting out in voiceovers, growing a voiceover business, or expanding career options as a professional voice talent online.

The Voices.com Frequently Asked Questions database is powered by SalesForce.com, a company that provides customer relationship management tools through a web-based software platform. The tools provided by SalesForce gives the team at Voices all of the management tools that they need to provide customers with answers quickly and effectively in a straightforward manner.

Voices.com maintains their Frequently Asked Questions database, keeping it current and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to their customers regardless of time of day or location. The FAQ database covers everything from how to get started in voiceovers, voice over terminology, how to find voice over work, invoicing for voice work, uploading audio samples, designing voice talent websites, and marketing voice talents online.

Voices.com Customer Service Manager, Laurynda Vineyard says, “Communicating with our members is a wonderful experience. I’ve found that my answers to their inquiries are also helpful to others. My solutions (both questions and answers) are then integrated into our FAQ database, allowing members to obtain support independently with the benefit of receiving immediate answers to their questions.”

Voices.com is home to over 8,000 voice talents and has served over 37,000 clients worldwide.

Learn more about the Voices.com FAQ database

About Voices.com

Based in London, Canada, Voices.com provides an online marketplace, facilitating transactions between business clients and voice-over professionals, employing a comprehensive suite of web-based services. Clients that have worked at 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, US Army, the US Government and more.

Clients can now skip the wait and receive immediate job posting approval, getting their voice over opportunities out to thousands of voice talents.

Remember using special wristbands at the local fair or amusement park to help get to the front of the line without having to wait? Most people remember and agree that the convenience of the wristband paid for itself over and over again. Of those individuals, many wish that they could get that kind of service in other parts of their lives, too.

In response to that desire, Voices.com has recently instituted a fast track for busy advertising agencies, businesspeople, and organizations to rush their job postings to the front of the line, bypassing the wait and reaching their goal quickly. This new option is called the Express Job Posting.

The Express Job Posting fee is $29.95, a very modest sum for the convenience and results an Express Job Posting at Voices.com yields. People who post a dozen or more jobs a year and are looking for speedy approval can also benefit from the Express Job Posting, investing in an annual subscription, either the Business Edition ($99 per year) or Enterprise Edition ($199 per year) to receive the ability to post an unlimited number of Express Job Postings.

Voices.com CEO, David Ciccarelli says, “Getting to the front of the line with the Express Job Posting is a marvelous idea and a fantastic service. Our customers often wonder how they ever did business without it.”

Voices.com is home to over 8,000 voice talents and has served over 37,000 clients worldwide.

To learn more about the Express Job Posting and client subscription options, visit Voices.com.

About Voices.com

Voices.com is a web 2.0 company and the industry leader in connecting clients with professional voice actors and voice-over talent. Radio and television stations, advertising agencies, marketing executives, casting directors and voice talent agencies rely upon Voices.com’s marketplace to search, audition and hire professional voice-over talent with the assistance of a 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 many more.

Voice actors who complete their websites at Voices.com are now rewarded with greater visibility and are also more accessible to clients who want to hire professional voice actors online.

Voices.com has recently instituted a number of factors that indicate a voice actors’ website completeness. These factors include how much information has been added to their website, including a description of their voice, language capabilities, accents, experience, recording studio set up, areas of expertise, audio samples of their voice, and branding materials such as logos or headshots.

Each voice actor has a “Website Completeness” meter in their account that lets them know what the status of their website completion is. Voices.com has made it easy for voice actors to improve their website completeness by supplying them with handy popup windows that describe exactly what a given field requires and ideas about what to write.

Helping voice actors manage their websites has always been a priority for the staff at Voices.com. A first impression is lasting, particularly in the world of entertainment, acting and voice casting, making it all the more necessary that voice actors present themselves in the best possible light to prospective clients.

Voices.com CEO, David Ciccarelli says, “Voice actors who take the time to fully complete their websites are rewarded with more exposure on our website. Those voice actors give clients what they need immediately and make their experiences for hiring a voice actor more efficient, unique and enjoyable.”

Visit the Voices.com website to learn more: http://www.voices.com

About Voices.com

Based in London, Canada, Voices.com provides an online marketplace, facilitating transactions between business clients and voice-over professionals, employing a comprehensive suite of web-based services. Clients that have worked at 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, US Army, the US Government and more.

Voices.com’s new VoiceRank™ technology recognizes and rewards career voice actors, ranking them by Top Rated and by Favorite voices.

Voices.com, the premiere online source of professional voice actors, has just made it easier for clients to find and refer professional voice actors to each other. By giving voice actors a rating or saving them as a Favorite in their account, clients publicly acknowledge the talents of a professional they have worked with thereby referring them on to other clients who use the Voices.com website.

The VoiceRank™ engine is also is in place to identify and reward voice actor members of Voices.com who present informative websites to potential clients that best describe their voice and services. A voice actor’s rank is boosted by their ‘website completeness’, a new feature that helps members measure the quality of their personal website at Voices.com.

Clients can help their favorite professionals rise to the top, spreading the word about their services by recommending them publicly through a trusted company. All voice actors who are listed on either the Top Rated or Favorites list have earned the respect and in most cases the business of clients who use the Voices.com website.

Voices.com CEO, David Ciccarelli says, “Recognizing that there was no official governing body of non-union voice professionals, we took the initiative to build an infrastructure to meet those ends while giving businesspeople a means search for and hire voice actors.”

Visit the Voices.com website to learn more:

http://www.voices.com/

About Voices.com

Based in London, Canada, Voices.com provides an online marketplace, facilitating transactions between business clients and voice-over professionals, employing a comprehensive suite of web-based services. Clients that have worked at 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, US Army, the US Government and more.

Announcing the Voices.com Top 100, powered by VoiceRank™ technology, a ranking engine that organizes talent by newest, highest rated, and most favored.

In a field as competitive and fast-paced as voiceovers, there isn't much time to sift through voices to find the most qualified candidate for voice over jobs. Voices.com announced today their new VoiceRank™ technology would provide a solution to this global challenge.

It became clear to the company that there needed to be a way for the people who use the web service to hire voice actors directly to recommend their favorite voices to each other, thus saving their peers time while rewarding and referring voice actors with whom they have worked.

First is the "New" list. These are the newest voice actors who have registered at the website. It's a way for them to gain some immediate exposure and have others rate their demos for professionalism.

The second list is called "Top Rated". The Top Rated list is generated by the new VoiceRank™ technology, a ranking algorithm that's fair, flexible and trustworthy.

VoiceRank™ is based upon a combination of the number of ratings voice actors have received, their overall average rating, and the completeness of their profiles. The current list reflects how voice actors have been rated regarding their auditions as well as former feedback ratings.

Finally, the third list is called "Favorites". People in this list have been most favored by clients. Clients can ‘favorite’ voice actors by clicking the "Add to Favorites" link in the search results, via audition submissions or on voice actor websites at Voices.com.

Voices.com CEO, David Ciccarelli says, “VoiceRank™ updates daily to help identify the newest movers and shakers at Voices.com. As the rankings are determined by our community, the results are organic, rewarding and recognizing voice actors for their work.”

Visit the Voices.com website to learn more.

About Voices.com

Based in London, Canada, Voices.com provides an online marketplace, facilitating transactions between business clients and voice-over professionals, employing a comprehensive suite of web-based services. Clients that have worked at 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, US Army, the US Government and more.

Voices.com represents top tier voice actors in the animation and video game sectors, providing game developers and creative professionals with the best voices for their characters.

Since the advent of the Internet, finding voices for character voice acting has become easier and faster than ever imagined. In just one click at a search engine with keywords such as “voice actor” or “voice talent”, people can find the perfect voice to breathe life into their characters for video games, computer games, and animated projects.

Voices.com is one such place that traffic looking for voice actors is directed, and is home to over 8,000 voice actors, the likes of whom have recorded for blockbuster video game releases created for video game consoles including Microsoft’s Xbox, Sega, Nintendo, and Sony’s Playstation.

Talents found at Voices.com can perform a wide range of voice acting roles. Many talents are so versatile that they can perform multiple roles in a video game, saving their clients time and money when producing the voiceovers. Not only are the voices available and consolidated at one convenient web location, they are also featured in their own Video Game Voice Acting Category.

Voices.com CEO, David Ciccarelli says, “Video game voice acting is one of the fastest growing sectors within the voice industry. In order to serve game developers and production managers better, we organized the most qualified voice actors at our website, facilitating easy B2B connections.”

Voice actors at Voices.com have auditioned for and worked with the highest echelon of game developers. These same voice actors are available to companies everywhere, ready for hire online at Voices.com.

Visit the Voices.com website to learn more: http://www.voices.com

About Voices.com

Based in London, Canada, Voices.com provides an online marketplace, facilitating transactions between business clients and voice-over professionals, employing a comprehensive suite of web-based services. Clients that have worked at 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, US Army, the US Government and more.

Bookmarking favorite voices has never been easier with the new Favorites tool at Voices.com.

In a world where there are many voices for hire and cutting through to the cream of the crop for a given project is a challenge, a new solution to this age-old problem has arisen at Voices.com. After years of writing down names on scrap pieces of paper and sticky notes, Voices.com has simplified the archiving and retrieval process of the contact and voice details of favorite voice actors.

Even if someone does not have a voice over job in their pipeline at present, they are still able to sign up for a client account and save voices to their Favorites, essentially, creating a list of talent that they prefer to work with in the future when the need arises.

Creating business relationships is a central theme to the concept of grouping favorite voice talents together. Favorite talent may consist of talent that the client has already worked with, talent that they are evaluating, and talent who qualify for future voice over jobs with an organization or company.

Just how is this accomplished? Individuals can favorite their chosen talent from the search engine at Voices.com, directly from voice talent websites, and when listening to audition responses to job postings.

Voices.com CEO, David Ciccarelli says, “Building relationships is a guiding principle behind our business decisions and feature developments. This is why we place an emphasis on making it easy for clients to find and hire voice actors.”

About Voices.com

Based in London, Canada, Voices.com provides an online marketplace, facilitating transactions between business clients and voice-over professionals, employing a comprehensive suite of web-based services. Clients that have worked at 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, US Army, the US Government and more. Voices.com is home to over 8,000 voice talents and has served over 37,000 clients worldwide.

Requested by popular demand, Voices.com has implemented three new categories for businesses and organizations looking for talent to search for movie trailer voices, podcasting voices, and narrators for documentaries.

Within the last 24 hours, Voices.com has added three new categories for those interested in hiring voices to search through, including the exciting movie trailers category, innovative podcast imaging and podcast voices category, and prestigious narration and documentary voice over categories, all of which are accessible on the Voices.com home page, featuring both male and female voice actors.

Podcasts and Podcasting Voices was a highly requested category addition. Providing companies and organizations with a category to feature specific podcast host and podcast imaging voice demos is the ticket to getting ahead in the untapped market of corporate podcasting, ripe with opportunities and branding success when produced with the help of professional, polished voices. Listening to the podcasting demos of trained voice actors will not only reveal the quality of talent but also inspire podcasters as they discover what their podcast could sound like with a professional voice actor providing the imaging and promos for their podcasts.

The Movie Trailer category is dedicated to voice overs recorded to promote movies, whether newly released in the box office or DVD releases. Often some of the most entertaining and intriguing demos, this is sure to be a hit for clients visiting the Voices.com website who are looking for a voice to introduce or set the tone for a new cinematic release. Many people look for certain movie trailer voices, and to be assured, they will find those voice types in ready supply at Voices.com ranging from the ominous to the cutesy.

Last but certainly not least is one of the most coveted and respected recording niches, the narration and documentary style. Narrated gems featured include MP3 samples of human-interest stories, historical, medical and scientific documentaries. Quite a number of these talented voice actors have provided services for broadcast channels such as the Discovery Channel, The History Channel, A&E, TLC, high profile news outlets, and more.

Voices.com CEO, David Ciccarelli says, “Adding these niche-specific categories is an excellent opportunity for those searching for voices regarding these applications to quickly and easily find exactly what they are looking for at Voices.com.”

Voices.com is home to over 8,000 voice talents and has served over 37,000 clients worldwide.

About Voices.com

Based in London, Canada, Voices.com provides an online marketplace, facilitating transactions between business clients and voice-over professionals, employing a comprehensive suite of web-based services. Clients that have worked at 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, US Army, the US Government and more.

Voices.com today unveiled another series of enhancements to their voice talent websites, including new color themes, tools to tag audio for search engines, social bookmarking, and the option to subscribe to websites via RSS feeds.

Companies who outsource audio production services can now quickly search for and find voice talents whose voice characteristics meet their specifications using a remarkably powerful proprietary search engine at Voices.com. The search engine is propelled by keyword search, tagged voice over demos, categorized niche mediums, and specialty services.

Voice talent have five vibrant colors to choose from when branding their website to reflect their unique style, voice type, and personality. Voice talent can pick either an aqua, pink, orange, green, or white theme to differentiate their web presence from that of other freelance voice talent websites. Customizing their websites with color is just one of the new features available to voice talent who promote their voice over services at Voices.com.

Clients who are looking for voice over services can now actively participate in helping others find voices to meet their needs by bookmarking and promoting voices that they like. To help facilitate this endeavor, voice talent now have features on their websites that invite visitors to add their website to del.icio.us, Digg, and subscribe to talent websites to receive alerts via RSS feed when updates are made to their websites.

Voices.com CEO, David Ciccarelli says, “Putting power into the hands of our customers has always been a priority at Voices.com. With these new social networking tools, we anticipate breaking into new markets, raising awareness for voice over services and acquiring more work for our talent base.”

Voices.com is home to over 8,000 voice talents and has served over 37,000 clients worldwide.

To learn more, visit the Voices.com website

About Voices.com

Based in London, Canada, Voices.com provides an online marketplace, facilitating transactions between business clients and voice-over professionals, employing a comprehensive suite of web-based services. Clients that have worked at 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, US Army, the US Government and more.

Recently, Software Development in the Real World posted their Web 2.0 cream of the crop list, recognizing Voices.com as one of the Best of the Best.

When a web service is consistently recognized on Web 2.0 lists as the 'cream of the crop' they must be doing something right. According to the most recent and highly regarded Web 2.0 top-end service providers list, Voices.com is the place to be if you are looking to buy voice over services or to get work as a professional voice talent.

What makes a site a 'Web 2.0' site? According to Software Development in the Real World, Web 2.0 is the bigger, better, second coming of the World Wide Web.

In turn, websites that qualify as Web 2.0 caliber embody several unique characteristics such as opportunities for users to contribute to the site, network with each other, organize, and categorize their content.

To put this into perspective, Google, YouTube, and Flickr all qualify as Web 2.0 companies.

Voices.com is a part of this elite circle, trumpeted as the best place where people can find work online in the audio industry, specifically, anything to do with the human voice.

Voices.com™ CEO, David Ciccarelli says, "We believe that Voices.com™ is to audio as Google is to search. We are grateful for our inclusion and are humbled by the honor of being recognized among other giants of the Web 2.0 movement."

Voices.com™ is home to over 8,000 voice talents and has served over 37,000 clients worldwide.

To learn more, visit the Voices.com website: http://www.voices.com

About Voices.com™

Voices.com™ provides an online marketplace, facilitating transactions between business clients and voice-over professionals, employing a comprehensive suite of web-based services. Clients that have worked at 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, US Army, the US Government and more.