If the first question that pops into your mind after reading ‘how to hire a podcast editor’ is ‘why do I need to hire one?’, then let’s take a step back together for a moment. For the sake of context, the following: listening to podcasts today is pretty ubiquitous. Everyone does it. It’s also as …
Audio editing plays a mission-critical role in determining the overall quality of the end product. What’s more, it doesn’t matter whether you’re running an intro-level podcast or producing a high-octane marketing video to promote your business’s product or services. Audio editing is also an intricate and layered process. The needs of each project dictate an individual approach …
Amidst a multilingual age, knowing how to hire a translator and how much it costs is a fundamental business practice for global brands. Which requires much more than sifting through employee records for a bilingual employee. Worldwide the need for professional and accurate translation has hit an all-time high. However, pop hire a translator into …
The creative industry is a fast-paced world with countless opportunities for growth, flexibility, and innovation. However, moving upward in such an environment can come at the downward expense of mental health care. In fact, almost 90% of content creators deal with burnout, being no stranger to juggling multiple work tasks with daily life priorities. Highlighting …
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Figuring out how much does it cost to hire a voice actor can seem a little overwhelming at first. Especially since multiple factors determine a voice actor’s pay. Technically, what you should pay as a client depends largely on the project type. But on the plus side, voice over rates don’t follow a one-size-fits-all rule, …
While Voice123 has a global roster of superlative talent, how to get the most out of a voice actor is a question that our Customer Success team gets asked surprisingly frequently. Because there are so many variables in the recording equation, it’s not a simple question to answer either. Consider this… Have you ever had …
Our customer success team at Voice123 hears this a lot – especially from our new clients: “I’d like to book a freelance voice actor, but I want the best one available for my project. How will I know I’m hiring the best voice actor for my needs? Let’s be honest, just about every other person …
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Okay – you’ve just received your explainer video from the animator and the graphics are good to go. There’s just one problem: you don’t have the ‘explainer’ part of the explainer. That is, you don’t have the voice over explaining the explainer. Ouch. Now, you can give Mark from marketing a quick call to ask him …
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The cost versus quality equation has been an issue for centuries – particularly in the creative industries. It’s no less so today. At Voice123, our customer success team frequently gets confronted with new clients asking: how come it’s so expensive when all the voice actor needs to do is read 120 words? That debate has …
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Knowing how to truly assess a voice actor’s performance is very important. Why? Well, while you’re reading this for the next few minutes, let’s imagine you’re a business owner who’s busy ramping up your efforts for the launch of a major marketing campaign. You’re releasing a great new product, and your copywriter has come up …
Any voice over recording session is likely to go through several stages. Actually, a high-quality voice over recording needs to undergo a lot of refinement to sound great. While some actors don’t bother putting much effort into editing voice overs, true professionals do. Nevertheless, if you need to shorten or fine-tune, here’s how to best …
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OUTSOURCE! Sorry – did we startle you? 😀 Whether we did or didn’t, we’re glad to have your attention. Outsourcing tends to elicit a strong reaction from business folk and entrepreneurs. They either love it, or they hate it and won’t touch it with a 10-foot pole. (Although the latter may only be because they …
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