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Aug 14, 2020

Work Your Way Summit

The Work Your Way Summit is a free, virtual summit for those who wish to work from home -- or anywhere in the world! You'll get advice, f...

Julie Eickhoff

Jul 28, 2020

Recording Equipment Suggestions

If you've done your homework and spent some time learning about all the equipment you'll need for your voice over career, it's time to go...

Julie Eickhoff

Jul 15, 2020

Unqualified Success

Do you have a favorite audiobook? A book that really resonated with you? How about one that you talk about with your family or friends? I...

Julie Eickhoff

Jun 12, 2020

Is your audio "broadcast quality?"

How's the quality of your audio? What benchmarks do you use to measure your quality? If you're a budding voice artist and you're doing yo...

Julie Eickhoff

Apr 22, 2020

Meeting ACX Submission Standards

Are you an audiobook narrator? Have you produces titles for ACX? How was your experience meeting their submission standards? For many nar...

Julie Eickhoff

Apr 13, 2020

Covid-19 Royalty Support from ACX

Are you an audiobook narrator who has royolty share deals through ACX? ACX has announced that they will be temporarily paying an addition...

Trouble meeting ACX submission guidelines?

Julie Eickhoff

Apr 13, 2020

Trouble meeting ACX submission guidelines?

If you're an audiobook narrator and you've ever worked with ACX, you know the feeling of uploading your files and then waiting...waiting....

Academy Awards don't need a host, but the DO need a Voice Artist

Julie Eickhoff

Feb 26, 2019

Academy Awards don't need a host, but the DO need a Voice Artist

Did you watch the Academy Awards? Even if you didn't, you've probably heard all the scuttle about the show going on without a host. Turns...

Julie Eickhoff

Jan 17, 2019

Work Your Way 2019

I have something very exciting and important to share with you today. Because you’ve expressed interest in learning how to work from home...

Julie Eickhoff

Nov 12, 2018

Protect your Money Maker

Do you really understand how your voice works? Do you actively take steps to protect and save your voice? As voice artists, we are in a u...

Julie Eickhoff

Nov 5, 2018

Punch and Roll

Audacity users have long loved the simplicity of the audio editing software, not to mention the full list of features it offers and oh......

Marketing Tip: So EASY you won't want to miss it.

Julie Eickhoff

Jun 25, 2018

Marketing Tip: So EASY you won't want to miss it.

You know that marketing your voice over business is important, but it's also time consuming and can be confusing. But it doesn't have to ...

Julie Eickhoff

Jun 19, 2018

Improve your Audition SUCCESS

Auditioning is central to a voice artist’s life and to your success in the business. Especially in the beginning of your career, you’ll b...

Julie Eickhoff

May 29, 2018

Voice Over and Dubbing

What is Voice Over as compared to Dubbing? When I think of voice overs, I think of voicing radio and TV commercials, or eLearning modules...

Julie Eickhoff

May 22, 2018

Starting your own VO business

The landscape of the business world is shifting as employees are demanding CHANGES TO THEIR WORK/LIFE BALANCE. Corporations are strugglin...

Julie Eickhoff

May 11, 2018

How do you describe your Voice?

When it comes to marketing your voice, the words you choose to describe it are critically important. When searching for voice talent, age...

Julie Eickhoff

Apr 30, 2018

Do you have the "right" voice?

The million dollar question...Is my voice suitable for this business? We’ve recently welcomed so many new voice artists and aspiring voic...

Julie Eickhoff

Apr 30, 2018

Work from Home Podcast

It’s been an amazing week! On Monday morning, I checked my email and found that the podcast I had recorded weeks ago with Caitlyn Pyle of...

Is the thought of too many steps, causing you to not even try?

Julie Eickhoff

Apr 19, 2018

Is the thought of too many steps, causing you to not even try?

Ugh! That picture of all those steps! That looks like a lot of work. More work than I care to take on. Well, that's one way to look at it...

Julie Eickhoff

Apr 16, 2018

3 Truths about Audiobook Narration

The world loves audiobooks. People love listening to them and audiobook narrators love producing them. In fact, I’d say that’s the number...

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