Voices.com Nominated In The Business Achievement Awards
Voices.com is pleased to announce that they were nominated for the Innovation Award in the Business Achievement Awards presented by The London Chamber of Commerce.
The Innovation Award recognizes new or existing technologies for the creation, development or improvement of products and services that lead to consistent growth and job creation in London, Ontario.
A made-in-Canada success story, Voices.com is leading an entrenched industry online by offering a unique web service which is now used by over 100,000 customers world-wide. Starting as a humble two person operation in 2003, the company has developed into a multi-million dollar operation employing a team of fifteen with continued plans for growth and development.
Voices.com co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, David Ciccarelli, says "This is a special time in our company's growth and it would be a gratifying achievement to be selected as the Innovation Award. This is a recognition sure to be celebrated by our entire team and the London technology community."
As one of Canada's fastest growing digital media companies, Voices.com has ranked twice on Profit Magazines Profit Hot 50 list. Alongside a number of other prestigious awards, the company has been recognized for its customer-centric approach to doing business. The charismatic Voices.com brand, industry expertise and dedication to customer satisfaction have fuelled a new era in how organizations of all sizes communicate using the persuasive power of the human voice.
The Business Achievement Awards will be held at the London Convention Centre on March 23, 2011.
To register or to view a complete list of the awards and nominees, go to:
http://www.londonchamber.com/events/business_achievement_awards/
To learn more about Voices.com, visit:
http://www.voices.com/company/technology
About The London Chamber Of Commerce
Established in 1982 to acknowledge and celebrate local achievement, the Business Achievement Awards have become London's most prestigious business event of the year. Designed to publicly recognize London businesses that exemplify excellence, to be a finalist for an award is in itself a great accomplishment.
About Voices.com
Voices.com connects businesses with professional voice talent. Radio and television stations, advertising agencies and Fortune 500 companies all rely upon the Voices.com marketplace to search for, audition and hire voice talent with the assistance of our innovative SurePay™ escrow service and our award-winning Web application. Voices.com has a global network of over 25,000 voice actors in over 100 languages and currently serves more than 107,220 users online. Over 69,662 MP3 voice-over demos are listened to by 1,159,901 unique visitors, creating 6911 job opportunities on average, each and every month.
Media Contact
Lin Parkin
Phone: 1-519-858-5071
Toll Free: 1-888-359-3472
media@voices.com
Hours: Mon-Fri 9AM-4PM EST
Voices.com Passes 2 Million Downloads Per Month - Becomes World's Biggest Audio Production Studio
Voices.com, the #1 marketplace for small business audio production, is now the world's biggest audio producer on the web with 2,126,132 downloads per month -- all created by professional voice over talent.
The audio production marketplace at Voices.com connects small businesses with producers, engineers and voice talent from all over the globe providing a secure marketplace to transact business with the safety of a 100% money back guarantee.
Since its launch in February of 2005, the audio production website has grown rapidly and passed some impressive milestones:
- Over 2 million audio file downloads.
- Audio recording in over 100 different languages.
- Over 107,220 satisfied large and small business customers.
Voices.com allows its customers to run audio production projects open to its community of over 25,000 voice talents. Customers post their jobs by detailing their needs such as the age, gender and location of voice talent, artistic direction, technical specifications, budget and deadline. Voice talent then reply with sample recordings of the script for the customer to review. Finally, the customer selects the best candidate for the job based upon audio quality and price.
"Voices.com will continue to innovate new ways for audio producers and professional voice talent to earn more money and for customers to more easily find the perfect voice for their business", said David Ciccarelli, Co-Founder of Voices.com. "We are humbled by the success and growth we have enjoyed the past year and look forward to continuing to serve our loyal customers in 2011".
About Voices.com
Based in London, Ontario, Canada; Voices.com provides a virtual exchange, facilitating business transactions between creative producers and voice-over professionals. Radio and television stations, advertising agencies and Fortune 500 companies all rely upon the Voices.com marketplace to search for, audition and hire voice talents. Companies that have used Voices.com include NBC, ESPN, PBS, The History Channel, Reader's Digest, Comcast, Microsoft, Cisco Systems, ING, Western Union, Nortel, Ford, GM, the US Army, the US Government and more.
Media Contact
Lin Parkin
Phone: 1-519-858-5071
Toll Free: 1-888-359-3472
media@voices.com
Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-4:00 PM EST.
Voices.com Shares Success Story with Google Analytics and Salesforce at Dreamforce 2010
Leading digital media company Voices.com is participating this week at the 10th Annual Dreamforce conference in San Francisco. The 30,000 Dreamforce attendees are there to learn about cloud computing with Salesforce and how to better leverage the platform as well as new applications such as Chatter, Salesforce.com's answer to enterprise-grade collaboration.
Voices.com is not new to Salesforce. In fact, the company has been a Salesforce customer since 2005 and has relied on the platform to operate core business functions such as marketing, sales, support and finance.
Company CEO, David Ciccarelli, was a featured speaker at the event talking about Reporting and Analytics for Marketers. During the session, Ciccarelli shared how they built a custom integration between Google Analytics, Google Adwords and Salesforce that allows Voices.com's marketing people to monitor and report on:
* Traffic sources that are generating the most business
* Traffic sources by size of the sales opportunities
* Traffic sources that are the most profitable
* Key performance metrics such as return on ad spend
To learn more about Dreamforce, follow the conversation on Twitter #DF10 or visit:
http://www.dreamforce.com
To learn more about Voices.com's Salesforce Implementation visit:
http://www.salesforce.com/showcase/stories/voices.jsp
About Voices.com
Voices.com is a global media technology company that connects businesses and professional voice talents in more than 100 countries and territories, enabling them to use complete audio and video production projects online. Voices.com has built one of the world's most advanced online marketplaces. It's capable of serving more than 107,200 users, with reliability, convenience and security, including fraud protection for businesses and guaranteed payment for voice over talents. Clients that have worked at Voices.com include Nintendo, Audible, HP, Cisco and thousands more.
Media Contact
Lin Parkin
Phone: 1-519-858-5071
Toll Free: 1-888-359-3472
media@voices.com
Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-4:00 PM EST.
Voices.com Co-founder to Present at SMArts London
Social Media for the Arts (SMArts) incorporates all elements of the arts including visual arts, the performing arts and more. This event is free to attend and will take place at Museum London in London, Ontario Canada on Saturday November 27Th, 2010 from 10:00AM - 4:00PM (ET).
Stephanie Ciccarelli, co founder and CMO for Voices.com, will be speaking at SMArts on "Opportunities for Voice Artists in New Media: How voice is used on the Internet and mobile applications."Areas to be discussed will include podcasting, web, audiobooks, apps and more. The session will last about an hour and is broken up into two parts.
Following the formal aspect of the presentation, an interactive discussion about social networking opportunities for the voice acting community in London, Ontario and its surrounding areas will take place. A local-based networking group for voice actors will be introduced alongside a Facebook page to keep in touch with the voice over community in the region.
This session is for anyone who wants to learn more about how the spoken word is impacting mobile technologies as well as those aspiring to do voice overs and those who are already doing voice over.
To learn more about the event, click here:
http://www.smartslondon.com
For more information about Voices.com, visit:
http://www.voices.com/company/about
About SMArts
Social Media for the Arts or SMarts is an unconference. Which means that most of the content of the day comes from the participants. All attendees are welcome to present on any topic that they think would benefit their fellow conference goers - find out more information on the wiki. SMarts is developed as a co-project of Museum London and The London Arts Council.
Media Contact
Lin Parkin
media@voices.com
Phone: 1-519-858-5071
Toll Free: 1-888-359-3472
Hours: Mon-Fri 9AM - 4PM E.S.T.
Voices.com CEO Contributes to the Forrester Wave: Online Testing 2010 Report after a 400% Increase in Conversions
A new report from Forrester Wave featured David Ciccarelli, co-founder of Voices.com. Ciccarelli relayed the company's direct experience using online testing tools and how they achieved a 400% increase in conversions.
Voices.com Launches New Mobile Website
Voices.com is joining the mobile revolution with its own app to showcase its roster of more than 25,000 voice actors by making MP3 audio recordings available with the touch of a finger.
Voices.com's mobile application, or "app" as they are commonly called, is fundamentally changing how audio producers and video directors search for, audition and hire voice actors.
Users can find a complete listing of audio recordings organized by category such as audiobooks, movie trailers, podcasts, radio, television, videogames and voicemail recordings.
Voices.com's services are growing and converging, providing the underpinnings for dramatic growth in mobile Internet usage by its key customers and access to its web application via impressive mobile devices.
Voice Over Experts Podcast Celebrates Golden Milestone
The voice acting industry's favorite educational podcast, Voice Over Experts, has published it's fiftieth episode as it continues to inspire both beginner and established voice actors weekly.
Voices.com's Spring ’08 Update Launches with New Features, Benefits and Pricing
The leading voice over marketplace has come full circle with fulfilled promises for their Spring ’08 Release.
Voices.com Celebrates Launch of the Voices.com Voice Coaches Network
Looking for a voice over coach? Voices.com has recently developed a network that connects voice acting instructors with students seeking voice over training.
Promo & Imaging Voice Talent Matt Williams Rocks the VOX Talk Podcast
Voices.com recently hired voice talent Matt Williams to record a new show intro for their podcast, VOX Talk, the #1 voice over industry podcast.
Beta Version Launched: Voices.com ushers in a new era of the voice over marketplace
The voice over industry is buzzing with talk of SurePay and Voices.com’s exhilaratingly brilliant plans to change the way business is done online for the better.
Voices.com Accepting Beta Testers for Spring ’07 Release
The leading voice over marketplace, Voices.com, is now officially accepting beta testers for their Spring ’07 Release.
Voice Acting Blog VOX Daily Reaches 1000 Comment Milestone
The voice over community is alive and well at the VOX Daily blog, powered by Voices.com, with over 1000 comments from voice professionals around the world.
Voices.com Best Selling eBook Continues to Bring Voice Over Success
Voices.com’s 150-page eBook “Definitive Guide to Voice Over Success” continues to receive rave reviews from professional voice talents and beginners.
Google Audio Ads Voices Available at Voices.com
Google's new Audio Ads platform simplifies media buying while raising the profile of online marketplaces such as Voices.com
Largest Database of Frequently Asked Questions about Voiceovers Announced at Voices.com
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.
Voices.com™ Listed on Best of the Best Web 2.0 Web Sites
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.
Web 2.0 Company Voices.com Comes out of Beta
Voices.com, the voice marketplace, is emerging from the bonds of beta testing, rejuvenated and as the definitive source for professional voices worldwide.
Voices.com Launches New Online Voice Talent Service
Voices.com, a new web service connecting businesses with voice talents, launches on September 1st
InteractiveVoices Recognized in Web 2.0 Top 200
InteractiveVoices, home to the worlds best freelance voice actors, leads the way in Web 2.0 recruiting services for voice-over talent.
