Incredibly, the more unique your voice, the more unusual it sounds... the more they pay! I asked Faye if she’d tell me the name of one of the websites she uses. I wanted to give it a try for myself. She said, “sure, there’s more work here than I can ever get around to” That morning after coffee, I rushed home. Couldn’t wait to get started. Even though I wasn’t sure my voice would be up to par, I was eager to try… So I quickly signed up to the main site Faye recommended. All it took was a name and email address. And I couldn’t believe what I saw… Dozens upon dozens of requests for voice work…. TV commercials, web presentations, radio jingles, even video game characters. All willing to pay between $100- $1500! Could it be this easy? I started to feel those familiar doubts. Sure, this may work out for Faye, but… Who in their right mind would pay for MY voice? Still, what did I have to lose? So I picked a job offer, read out the short sample they requested and waited... Later that afternoon, I heard a “ping” on my smart phone. My heart jumped. It was an email from the website. It simply read: “You’ve been selected!” And then it asked me to log-in for details. My mind started to race. Was this it? Was this the breakthrough I so desperately wanted? Had theyreally chosen little ol’ me out of everybody? Yet, there it was. A message outlining what I needed to do and the best part… Asking how I would like to be paid! I was over the moon. I quickly read the script they gave me into my laptop, (they even showed me free software I could use to record it) and then I was done. Listening back to my first recording, I was speaking far too fast, it was almost garbled. I was too excited! So I did it again and this time… I nailed it! Uploaded the file to the members area of the website and just a few minutes later… |