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Comment by Bettye Zoller on July 14, 2010 at 1:46pm

Our OKC seminar sold out. Watch for info on my website about future dates in various cities in the U.S. including two in Dallas next month, August.

Comment by Bill Brewer on June 2, 2010 at 3:49pm

HIBZ Hope everyone hears about your Oklahoma City seminar July 17 and 18. This is a rare opportiunity for VO folks in and around Oklahoma City. It is scheduled at a building which is on the National Register and is featured on Home and Garden TV regularly.

Comment by Bettye Zoller on June 2, 2010 at 12:48pm

Well, summer is here and it's 107 in Dallas this week off and on. Heating up! Tell us all your news. I voiced a PSA this a.m. and did two auditions for national campaigns, TV, hope I win them. Working with an author here getting his book scripted to become an audio book. The written word is much different from the spoken word! Wish I could have gone to NYC to attend the Audio Publisher Assoc conference and Book Expo America. If you get a chance, these are the two national conferences you want to spend money on as a voice talent. These are the only national get togethers I recommend. This is where the movers and shakers are. It's the end of May in NYC every year. My seminar in New Orleans is June 26-27 in a new recording studio. Please tell those you know in Louisiana cause I'd love to have them attend. Plenty of mic time too. My annual "newcomers workshop" is in Dallas June 12-13. I'm in Oklahoma City July 17-18. Pass it along. And hey, post your topics here that you'd like to discuss or know about. We'll try to address them.
All best
Bettye Zoller

Comment by Rodney Jackson on May 9, 2010 at 10:42am

To all mothers and mother’s to be Happy Mothers Day!

Comment by Bettye Zoller on March 26, 2010 at 11:08am

The ranks of voice talents and the people teaching vo skills has grown so much and you must be very very careful what you spend money on. I discourage going to large conferences when you could spend that money on self promotion, a new demo, a website upgrade, so much more. "Social fun" is not what you want. Run your business like a business! Paying pricey hotels and plane fares and taxis is not good. Be wise and economize. The only two conferences I recommend are Book Expo and the Audio Publishers Assoc. conference. These get you work! You meet the people who can HIRE YOU.

Comment by Bettye Zoller on March 26, 2010 at 11:05am

Mother has neglected you. Life got in the way. Thank you all for joining and being loyal and I promise to do better. Tell me everything that's new in March. Hope you'll hear my webinar April 5 evening all U.S. time zones on foreign jobs for voice actors! It's sponsored by www.voiceoverxtra.com. I've been researching it three months! I promise good info.

Comment by Christine Ivy on February 25, 2010 at 6:42pm

Hey Bettye I am signed up and looking forward to your webinar on March 1. I know that I do want to do audiobooks and have some idea of a genre for me to go for.

Thanks again for sharing your time. Blessings:)

Comment by Bettye Zoller on February 8, 2010 at 1:02am

But a PS everybody...I never believe in asking ANY TEACHER to TEACH FREE OF CHARGE. It is a sin. It's not fair. It's diepicable unless it is a CHARITY. There are some schools and workshops currently asking teachers to teach free "for the publicity" while they rake in the dollars. Ask for some of those dollars. Teachers need to be paid.

Comment by Bettye Zoller on February 8, 2010 at 12:45am

Andy: About what to charge a student: It depends on the relationship...the son of a friend, a relative, a young student, an attorney or physician or other professional person with substantial income? It makes a difference. Maybe have one "student rate" and one "professional person rate?" Think about this. I know teachers who charge from $35 per half hour to $250 per hour and above. It depends on many things. Let me know if I can help more.

Comment by Andy Bowyer on February 4, 2010 at 1:04pm

Hi, Bettye--

I was recently approached by an acquaintance (we'll say friend for the purposes of this question) about providing some "training" for her son in the realm of V/O. I've worked with him before while coaching volunteer community theatre workshops. He's bright and talented, and I know he'll do well. My plan is to work with him for a couple of hours, a day or two per week, for as long as his mom feels it's beneficial to him in some way, and for as long as he's getting something worthwhile out of it. I plan to discuss the various styles of reads (Hard Sell, Soft Sell, etc.) ways to appropriately interpret copy, how to properly project into a mic, and even how to edit down the final product into something presentable to a client. And some tips on where to shop his demo around...

The problem is, I have *NO* idea what to charge for this, never having done anything quite like it before. I'm open to everything from cash to "trading" my services to have him mow my grass for the summer... ;)

Suggestions?

Thank you so much.

All my best--

Andy

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