Some advice from Howcast.com on best practices for getting voice over jobs! In addition, the Techistan team would like to add that when you speak into the mic, remember that no one is watching you. So … you can use hand movements that will motivate you to speak more expressively but not in an exaggerated [...]

Written by Allison smith. Edited by Omar Shaikh.
I am blessed to gain lots of new clients every week who either approach me due to being referred by a colleague of theirs, or many come my way by way of  Google searching and landing on my website.  However, in addition to fresh new clients, I am also [...]

Written by Allison smith. Edited by Omar Shaikh.
A few years ago, I voiced an interesting project for Kodak: a self-serve photo development kiosk where photographers could process their own film by simply walking up to a kiosk, installing their film, and controlling the processing of their photos in a very turnkey way. I was actually [...]

Written by Allison Smith. Edited by Omar shaikh
When I first started out as a voice talent, (OK, I’ll admit it: pre-internet) the extent of “savvy” marketing was mining the Yellow Pages, searching for local sound studios, talent agents, audio production houses and film production companies  to which to send your demo. Once those leads were [...]

Written by Allison Smith. Edited by Omar shaikh.
I do voice-over jobs which are one-offs — the customer needs literally one recording — ever — and that’s the last they need of my services. I have many, many customers who need me to voice for them on a regular basis — several times a month, let’s say. [...]

Written by Allison Smith. Edited by Omar shaikh
I have a few years under my belt voicing telephony platforms, and I can tell you that there are some universal mistakes that I see on a consistent basis  — and most make sense if you simply think back to the last frustrating IVR you found yourself trying to [...]

September 21, 2009 @ 4:45 pm
Written by Allison Smith. Edited by Hina Iqbal Siddiqui.
My name is Allison Smith, and I have — to say the least — an unusual job.
Most people listen to automated voices on telephone systems on a daily basis and never really give much thought as to just *who* does those recordings [...]

Written by Allison Smith. Edited by Omar shaikh
She set the standard for all of us in the IVR Voicing business — best known as the “Time Lady”; for recordings she made for Bell, and for voicing some of the earliest voice mail systems. Jane Barbe was truly a pioneer in the area of IVR voicing, [...]

Written by Allison Smith. Edited by Omar shaikh.
It was pretty early, and I was very groggy, but there was no mistaking it:  it was me on the phone. I was in Dallas, and scheduled a hotel wake-up call for 7:00 AM. When I picked up the receiver it was….me. Waking me up. About a year before [...]

Written by Allison Smith. Edited by Omar shaikh.
I recently stumbled upon a great article on the Destination CRM website by Natalee Dyke entitled: “IVR Hell” which definitely encapsulates everything amiss with mis-designed, mis-written, and just generally frustrating phone trees — give it a read at: http://bit.ly/1XQaoM and meet me back here.
She really brings a lot [...]