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About the work

Which platforms do you work on?

Voice123 today. Voices.com is in development and you can join the notify list. I understand Fiverr and Upwork, but almost nobody asks me about them.

Will this get me booked?

It gets you found. That is the honest answer and I am going to keep giving it. Being found is the part most talent never fix, and it is the part I can control. What happens after a client lands on your profile comes down to your reads, your rates, and how you work with people.

Are you a voice coach?

No, and I will not pretend to be. If your reads need work, a coach is your next step: for booking commercials I send people to Nancy Wolfson at Braintracks Audio, and for audiobooks and long-form narration, Sean Pratt. If it is your recording space or audio quality, George “The Tech” Whittam is who I trust to be blunt about it.

Do you work for Voice123?

No. I am independent. I do not work for and am not affiliated with Voice123, Voices.com, or V123 Pros. Voice123 knows what I do and has been supportive of it.

How is this different from the V123 Pros course?

They teach you how to use Voice123, in depth, on video. I go into your profile and do the optimization work, or hand you the data so you can. Different jobs. They are allies of mine and I buy their course for my VIP clients, because teaching the platform is their lane.

Can I just do this myself?

Yes, genuinely. There is no insider secret and I do not have a back channel to anyone. I put in the hours, logged what happened, and built tools because doing it by hand is tedious. You can do the same. The trade is time against money, and I am not going to pretend one answer is right for everyone.

If you do go the YouTube route, check the publish date on everything. Voice123 changes its algorithm periodically, and following a two year old video can put you further back than doing nothing.

About buying

What is the difference between the DIY Analysis and VIP?

The Analysis shows you exactly where you stand and what to change. You make the changes. VIP means I make the changes, and then I maintain the profile for a year as the algorithm shifts. Analysis is $99. VIP is $1,499 for the year.

Can I upgrade from the Analysis to VIP later?

Yes. There is no cash credit, but I add an extra month of managed time.

Why is VIP limited?

I take zero to three VIP clients a month because each one is real work and I would rather go deep on a few than skim across many. It also means there is sometimes a wait.

Do you offer refunds?

No. This is a data-driven service, and once I have run your analysis and handed you the data, I cannot un-hand it to you. This is exactly why the fit quiz exists and why I turn people away. I would rather not take your money than take it and refund it. Details in the no-refund policy.

What do I need to be able to do?

Download files, upload files, and use a shared Google Drive folder. That is the whole list, and I am not being glib. If that genuinely is not something you can do, I am not the right person, because the entire workflow runs on it.

About the services

How long does the DIY Analysis take?

About a week from when your files land in the folder, then we do a fifteen minute call.

What do you need from me?

Access to your profile information and your samples, dropped in the folder I send you. The welcome email walks you through it.

Do you build websites for people who are not voice actors?

Yes. Website and SEO work is also what I do on the team at Insight Digital Agency, for clients outside of voiceover. What you see on this site is that same work, shaped for voice actors.

Do you take clients outside the United States?

Yes. Calls book through my Calendly, so you pick a time that already works in your timezone. If nothing on the calendar lines up with your part of the world, tell me and we will find a time by hand.

How do we communicate?

You get a shared folder with a Questions doc in it. Write questions down as they come up, and we go through them live at our meetings. I do not do email-anytime, and this is not me being precious. Nothing gets forgotten, and neither of us is answering messages at eleven at night.

About the site

Why did your website change?

The old one was built on Webflow with third-party plugins bolted on, and one of those plugins got the whole site flagged by antivirus software. A real person told me he could not reach my site, and another could not pay. So I tore it down and rebuilt from scratch with no third-party code on it at all. This site is entirely mine.

Still not sure? Take the two minute quiz and I will point you to the honest next step.

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