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I was recently reminded of a couple of interrelated phrases that aren't meant to be preachy. Just pretty accurate...and comforting. And then, as a b…

When we were all younger, TV ads ruled the roost. The ad spend on TV was enormous, both in volume and in percentage of overall category dominance, w…

As you may know, I'm very active in SAG-AFTRA, serving on several committees including voice over, the audiobook narrators steering, the website devel…

I've been asked to speak at WOVOCon later this month in Las Vegas. I haz essite. (That's what the kids are saying when they mean "I am excited.") An…

In guiding a client during a private coaching session today through the process of identifying her audience of one, a small but very crucial point pop…

One of my VO Heroes, Linda Graves, asked an excellent question as she watched one of the videos I did on how to engage at networking events. She wasn…

I just followed up with a client, who had announced she'd decided to refuse to narrate a book because of the number of characters she'd have to keep t…

This video was a tough one for me to shoot. I had conflicting feelings about even bringing this up. The letter written by the group of Aurora Colora…

I saw a posting on Facebook recently that quoted several casting directors on why they love self-taped auditions. Three reasons stuck out. One stuck…

If you've looked at the VOHeroes Pro curriculum, you'll see that there is one complete course on Creating Your Own Content (and a whole bunch of other…

I wanted to share with you one last networking tip that wasn't in the MOO blog post I've been dissecting over the last few videos. And it's how to co…

I just got back from the SAG-AFTRA union hall here in LA, where I attended a meeting of the Audiobook Narrator's Steering Committee, which I adore ser…

One last networking tip from the printer of all things business, MOO, for you, and I saved a great one for last. Networking is a practice, a pursuit,…

I have another of MOO's networking tips for you, and this one's a common one. Ever leave an event, thinking, "Wow. What a waste of time that was." H…

More of those MOO tips they wrote about recently to help people who hate networking to network. After the introduction, and the name-remembering, wha…

MOO.com, where I get my business cards and other printed material, created a post about "networking for people who hate networking" and it was just fi…

As you may know, I love MOO cards. I've been using them, and MOO stickers, and MOO postcards for years. And they do what I do: they publish little go…

I just watched Ta-Nehisi Coates, the African-American writer, take questions after speaking at an event, and he frequently said that he doesn’t know…

Those TED talks. They are, more often than not, downright inspirational. I watched on recently that had a "how to make things better" point that, all…

I heard Dan O'Day pretty much perfectly express a concept I've been interested in for my radio-veteran VO clients. It describes how to mindfully shed…