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Mike Kirby presents listeners of the Voice Over Experts podcast with a step through the looking glass and examines what it means to be a professional announcer and commercial voice talent.

Toronto, Canada (Voices.com) April 29, 2008 - Mike Kirby presents listeners of the Voice Over Experts podcast with a step through the looking glass and examines what it means to be a professional announcer and commercial voice talent.

Mike Kirby, owner of Voiceworx in Toronto, national voice talent and voice over instructor, was the featured presenter this past week on the Voice Over Experts Podcast sponsored by Voices.com, the voice over marketplace. With over 45 exceptional episodes, Voice Over Experts is the most downloaded and subscribed to educational podcast series for beginner and professional voice actors on the Internet.

Mike’s first podcast teaches the Voice Over Experts audience “How to Be a Professional Announcer”. Listeners discover a portrait of what an announcer ought to sound like and hear samples of professional commercial voice over work from one of Canada’s top male voice talents.

As a regular contributor to the Voice Over Experts Podcast, Mike Kirby helps people to understand, develop and succeed in the exciting and opportune world of voice-overs online. The lectures assembled are an instant library of free voice acting lessons perfect for those just starting out and are a treasure trove of resources for established voice actors who want to refine their knowledge and skills from the privacy of their own home and at their own pace.

The Voice Over Experts Podcast can be found in the iTunes Podcast Directory and online at the Voices.com Podcast Center.

About Mike Kirby

Mike Kirby has won 12 CLIO Awards for advertising excellence in his thirty-year career as an actor, narrator, broadcaster, voice specialist and author. Mike was the host and announcer of the Special Olympics World Winter Games at Toronto’s Skydome (now Rogers Centre) and announcer for the United Way Walk-A-Thon at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto, Canada. Currently, Mike Kirby is the station voice of HGTV Home and Garden Television Canada. Mike Kirby’s commercial clients have included Hyundai, Suzuki, Nissan, Toyota, Chevy Trucks, Toronto Blue Jays, Stratford Festival, Cogeco, Rogers Cable, and Mobil Oil. Mike has been the voice of numerous documentaries for PBS as well as the award-winning CBC documentary series “Witness”. Mike Kirby is a graduate of the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theater in New York City.

About Voices.com

Based in 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 thousands more.

Phyllis K. Day provides samples of intriguing “before and after” voice coaching consultations in her first episode on the Voice Over Experts Podcast at Voices.com.

Toronto, Canada (Voices.com) April 21, 2008 - Phyllis K. Day provides samples of intriguing “before and after” voice coaching consultations in her first episode on the Voice Over Experts Podcast at Voices.com.

Phyllis K. Day, voice actor, technical writer and consultant, was the featured presenter this past week on the Voice Over Experts Podcast sponsored by Voices.com, the voice over marketplace. Voice Over Experts is the most downloaded and subscribed to educational podcast series for beginner and professional voice actors on the Internet.

In Phyllis’ podcast "The Layers of Your Voice”, students learn that there is more that goes into a performance than just a rehearsed and polished take. Listeners will find out how their lives outside of the studio could be affecting their voice acting performances behind the microphone. Phyllis’ specialty is stripping away negative emotional layers and built up stress surrounding the voice. As restricting physical tensions and emotional strains are eliminated, the freed, uninhibited vocal apparatus is able to help voice actors deliver their scripts with newfound confidence and authenticity.

As a regular contributor to the Voice Over Experts Podcast, Phyllis K. Day helps people to understand, develop and succeed in the exciting and opportune world of voice-overs online. The lectures assembled are an instant library of free voice acting lessons perfect for those just starting out and are a treasure trove of resources for established voice actors who want to refine their knowledge and skills from the privacy of their own home and at their own pace.

The Voice Over Experts Podcast can be found in the iTunes Podcast Directory and online at the Voices.com Podcast Center.

About Phyllis K. Day

Phyllis is a freelance technical writer and voice professional with over thirty years experience. A Broadcast Journalism graduate of UNC Chapel Hill, Phyllis became an anchor a few months later on the North Carolina News Network. She has also anchored on Business Radio Network and American Forum Radio Network in Colorado. Her voice has been heard nation-wide and she was also the narrator for a show that was heard daily on NPR and Armed Forces Radio in the 1990s. Phyllis was part of a mentoring program for several years at North Carolina State University for the students in NC State's radio program. She currently runs personalized coaching workshops, in addition to narrations for e-learning and business presentations.

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.

Connie Terwilliger discusses three tips for voice actors while interpreting scripts and ad copy in her most recent episode on the Voice Over Experts Podcast at Voices.com.

Toronto, Canada (Voices.com) April 18, 2008 - Connie Terwilliger, national voice over talent and instructor, is the featured presenter this week on the Voice Over Experts Podcast sponsored by Voices.com, the most downloaded and subscribed to educational podcast for aspiring and professional voice actors on the Internet.

In Connie Terwilliger’s most recent podcast "Three Script Pointers”, students will learn how to see the big picture and then break it down into separate individual parts, phrases, sentences and words to unlock the writer's direction between the lines. Connie explains that it is the voice actor’s job to figure the script out and follow the breadcrumbs to the right interpretation in the subjective art of voice acting.

As a regular contributor to the Voice Over Experts Podcast, Connie Terwilliger helps people to understand, develop and succeed in the new exciting world of voice-overs online. Conveniently located online in the form of MP3s, the lectures can be downloaded and listened to at the leisure of the audience, perfect for those who are new voice acting and want to catch up quickly as well as those who prefer to check the podcast out before subscribing to the show.

The Voice Over Experts Podcast can be found in the iTunes Podcast Directory and online at the Voices.com Podcast Center.

About Connie Terwilliger

Connie Terwilliger is one of the most well known names on the Internet when it comes to female voice talent. She’s been online with an Internet presence since 1996. Connie did her first official voiceover work on air at KCOE-FM while in college in Cedar Rapids Iowa in 1972. After getting her Masters in Radio and TV at Indiana University, she started a long career juggling many hats – Producer, Writer, On and Off-camera talent. Over the past several years Connie has been able to “retire” as a Producer and Writer and concentrate on full-time voice work for clients around the world out of her home studio and the studios in San Diego and Orange County. She teaches one class a semester - Acting for Radio/Voiceovers - at San Diego City College. Her session on Self-Evaluation presented at VOICE 2007 was well received and has led to invitations to speak at media performance schools across the country. She has made the 3-hour live recording available on a 2 CD set, packaged with a 14-page workbook. Visit her website for information on how to buy the set. She is also the immediate past President of Media Communications Association-International – MCA-I, a networking and professional development group for media communicators that she joined when she was producing.

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.

David and Stephanie Ciccarelli, founders of Voices.com, are slated to speak at the Voice Coaches Advanced Marketing Expo and Conference in Schenectady, NY May 2008.

Toronto, Canada (VOICES.COM) April 7 – For the second year in a row, Voices.com has been invited to speak at the Voice Coaches Advanced Marketing Expo and Conference on Saturday May 3rd, 2008 in Schenectady, NY at the GE Theater, a one-day event for voice actors that brings together a unique blend of industry professionals with a variety of specialized knowledge and experience, giving attendees a rare opportunity to learn from and interact with top professionals and experts.

Two of the world’s leading experts in web-based voice acting marketing, Voices.com CEO David Ciccarelli and VP of Marketing Stephanie Ciccarelli, will be speaking about getting the absolute most from Voices.com and marketing on the Internet. By combining tremendous client service, rapid growth in opportunities, and an abundance of industry information, Voices.com has set itself apart as a leader in web-based marketing for voice actors. The Voices.com team also has a longstanding relationship with Voice Coaches and the founders are elated to return this spring and also provide live coverage of the event via the VOX Daily Blog, the industry’s most informative and popular weblog.

Scheduled speakers for this year’s conference include:

• Rodney Saulsberry, voice over artist and author of books “You Can Bank on Your Voice” and “Step Up to the Mic”
• Billy Serow, top voice over agent, head of commercial VO casting at Abrams Agency in New York and voice acting faculty at Yale University
• Evan Farmer, Host of TLC’s hit show “While you Were Out”, voice for MTV’s “Daria” series, “Celebrity Death Match” and numerous others
• David and Stephanie Ciccarelli, founders of Voices.com, an industry leading web-based voice over marketplace
• Mark Magdich, home recording expert and sales engineer with top equipment retailer Sweetwater
• Evan Skolnick, gaming voice over producer, producer and writer of games including Guitar Hero, Spider Man 3, Shrek 2 and numerous others
• Jay Silverman, voice actor, announcer and public communications expert who currently teaches marketing at The Sages College, The University of Albany, and Voice Coaches team member
• David Bourgeois, Voice Coaches president and professional producer
• Dan Dinsmore, CEO of Overit Media, a design firm with clients including The Chicago Bulls, Trump Vodka, and the Denver Nuggets.

In previous years, the conference had been exclusively limited to clients of Voice Coaches, but this year, their team is excited to announce that the Advanced Marketing Expo and Conference has open registration and welcomes voice actors from all over the country offering registration over the phone toll-free to reserve tickets for this industry event.

Registration for the event includes admission to all lectures and the expert panel, continental breakfast, snacks and beverages throughout the day, access to all Info-Vend booths, networking lunch, inclusion on the Pro Voice Compilation CD, 1 year “I can Voice” Web Extension (Voice Coaches clients only), 4 CD set of the entire event and Voice Coaches Advanced Marketing Expo Book with information from all event presenters.

To learn more or register for the Voice Coaches Advanced Marketing Expo and Conference in Schenectady, NY on May 3rd 2008, call 1-866-887-2834 ext. 100 or visit www.voicecoaches.com/marketing .

To learn more about Voice Coaches, visit:

http://www.voicecoaches.com

To learn more about Voices.com, see:

http://www.voices.com

About Voice Coaches

Voice Coaches, based in Schenectady, NY provides one on one voice over training, demo development, and marketing support to clients across the United States and Canada. The company offers a very complete training solution to aspiring voice actors, including voice evaluation, private training, commercial and narrative demo development, legally licensed copy, CD demo replication, web demo development, self marketing training, personal mini web site, long term support and automatic placement on the web’s number one marketplace for Voice Actors, Voices.com. Voice Coaches is dedicated to unparalleled ethics in training and is a member of the BBB, The Voice and Speech Trainers Association, and The American Society for Training and Development.

About Voices.com

Based in London, Canada, Voices.com provides an online marketplace, facilitating transactions between businesses and voice actors 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.

David Ciccarelli gives a crash course on Search Engine Marketing (SEM) and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) at the TechAlliance in London, Canada.

Toronto, Canada (VOICES.COM) April 2 – Esteemed web guru, David Ciccarelli, President and CEO of Voices.com, will be presenting an overview of the techniques and resources available for increasing website visibility in the search engines for the TechAlliance during IT Week, open to members of the TechAlliance and non-members free of charge sponsored by Lovers atWork Office Furniture.

During this session, participants will learn what search engines value in a webpage, how to construct a webpage and website in the optimum manner, and how to optimize the content for top ranking in search engine results. Participants will also be taught how to effectively identify and research appropriate keywords and keyword phrases.

Additionally, this session will introduce the concept of pay-per-click search engine advertising, measuring your return-on-investment through web analytics, and the niche strategy of Long Tail selling.

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To learn more about the TechAlliance, visit:

http://www.techalliance.ca

To learn more about Voices.com, see:

http://www.voices.com

About TechAlliance

TechAlliance is a membership-based organization that exists to represent, support, and accelerate the growth of technology companies to the benefit of the entire regional economy. From high profile power networking events, which routinely attract over 150 of the region’s business, research and technology leaders, to informal relationship building, TechAlliance is committed to helping their members grow their business network. TechAlliance is committed to helping develop this region’s knowledge-based industries into a collective economic powerhouse.

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.

Bettye Zoller encourages newcomers to get trained before setting up a home recording studio in her most recent episode on the Voice Over Experts Podcast at Voices.com.

Toronto, Canada (VOICES.COM) April 1 – Bettye Zoller, voice acting instructor, voice speech coach and author, was featured this past week on the Voice Over Experts Podcast, the most downloaded and subscribed to educational podcast for aspiring and professional voice-over actors.

In Bettye Zoller’s most recent lecture "Stop! Put First Things First! The Newcomers Training”, Bettye draws attention to the fact that people everywhere are spending money and maxing out credit cards building home studios when it is premature to do so. Don't get stuck in this trap -- listen to Bettye's advice first and get trained.

As a regular contributor to the Voice Over Experts Podcast, Bettye Zoller helps people to understand, develop and succeed in the business of voice acting in the new exciting world of voice-overs online. Since the lectures are available in the form of podcasts, the lessons are hosted online and can be subscribed to for free.

The Voice Over Experts Podcast can be found in the iTunes Podcast Directory and online at the Voices.com Podcast Center.

To listen to Bettye Zoller, go to:
http://podcasts.voices.com/voiceoverexperts/bettye_zoller/

To learn more about the Voice Over Experts Podcast, visit:
http://podcasts.voices.com/voiceoverexperts/

About Bettye Zoller

34 years as a respected university and private educator in voice, speech, theatre, radio-TV, and voiceover techniques along with her award-winning career in voiceovers and jingles has won Bettye Zoller an international reputation that brings clients and students to her workshops and to work in her Dallas recording studio from all over the globe. She is educated through the doctorate (from Missouri University, University of Texas at Dallas, University of North Texas) with faculty positions in the past at Southern Methodist University, University of Texas at Arlington, Dallas County Colleges. Bettye has also studied with famed NYC acting coach Uta Hagen, in Chicago at the "Second City School" and her career began long ago at Metro Goldwyn Mayer's Hollywood studio school as a child performer signed by MGM.

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.