Podcasting Resource: Hiring professional vocal talent

Mar 12th, 20083 Comments

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If you want to ensure that your business podcasts are high quality, you may need to consider hiring professional vocal talent. Hiring vocal talent is particularly useful if you don’t have the time, resources or motivation to record your own podcasts. Here are three options to consider if you’re outsourcing this task.

  1. The first option is to use a business that offers a fixed pricing model and standard service packages. Audiobag.com falls in this category. You provide the script and they will produce the podcast. You can select add ons such as intro and outro music during the checkout process. Pricing starts at $197 for a 15 minute, fully produced, podcast. For more information, visit http://audiobag.com/presentations.html
  2. The second option is to contact an industry association or organization that provides information about their members that offer vocal talent services. This option allows you to research and interview a subset of vocal professionals and to have some control over the selection of vocal talent used for your project. Voices.com is a site that connects their voice talent with potential clients. Find more information on voices.com at http://www.voices.com/podcasting/hiring-a-podcasting-voice.html
  3. The third option is to perform your own (online and offline) search for an individual or freelancer that offers vocal talent services. If you prefer to build a long term relationship with an individual vocal artist, you may want to consider this option. However, adequately researching voice over talent can be a lengthy process. An example of a professional that you may find when performing your search is Terry Daniel. Terry Daniel is quickly becoming one of the most in demand voice-over artists in the industry – providing high-quality media representation for many high-profile companies such as: Apple, Wal-Mart, and Great Clips. Contact Terry at http://amazingvoicetalent.com/.

Note on pricing: With any of the three options, the price will most likely be based on the length of the audio, the amount of editing required and the amount of add-ons such as intro and outro music.

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Kishau Rogers is the founder of Websmith Group, a website development company. Her mission is to connect small to mid-sized businesses with the information and technologies necessary to meet their goals EFFECTIVELY. Kishau Rogers has over fourteen years of experience, which includes web, application and database development. Kishau also speaks, blogs, and writes articles to educate organizations and entrepreneurs on tools and best practices for maintaining an effective web presence. Kishau maintains an ongoing partnership with her clients in defining strategies to ensure effective, dynamic and innovation web solutions.

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One Response to “Podcasting Resource: Hiring professional vocal talent”

  1. podcast directory says:
    May 23, 2008 at 4:09 am

    I wholeheartedly 100% agree. I could not have said it any better

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  2. Tip Diva | Carnival Of Tips - July 12, 2008 says:
    July 14, 2008 at 11:11 pm

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    December 9, 2008 at 9:30 am

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