This class helps students understand the essential fundamentals of building and sustaining a successful voice-over business, including strategic planning for where to invest their time and financial resources for maximum return.
While voice-over can offer both creative fulfillment and significant earning potential, succeeding in this competitive industry requires much more than raw talent alone. Strong acting abilities and excellent vocal technique form the foundation of a successful voice-over career. However, these performance skills represent only half of what's needed. The other half involves understanding how to operate a small business effectively and navigate the voice-over industry's complex and continuously evolving landscape. Success in voice-over requires you to function as both the talent and the business manager simultaneously.
This Business and Money 101 webinar provides a comprehensive review of how the voice-over industry has evolved, examines the role of technology in driving industry change, and offers an overview of today's voice-over landscape. Your instructor will guide you through step-by-step processes for starting a voice-over business successfully, covering essential topics including accounting practices, necessary insurance considerations, union versus non-union decisions, and establishing yourself as a professional, working voice talent in the market.
By the end of this class, you will:
- Understand your personal motivations and immediate goals as a voice actor
- Begin developing a strategic five-year business plan for your voice-over career
- Recognize the commitment and persistence required for long-term success in this field
- Discuss the history and evolution of the voice acting industry, understanding technology's role in this context
- Learn how to use online resources like pay-to-play sites to expand your industry knowledge
- Set appropriate rates based on industry standards, understand how voice-over services are priced, and appreciate the negative impact of underpricing on your career and the industry
- Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of different business structures, like sole proprietorship versus LLC, for your voice-over business
- Understand the accounting and tax requirements that may apply to your voice-over career
This class is appropriate for casual learners, aspiring professionals, and working professionals looking to advance in the field.
Important note: All students attending live, in-person classes at Edge Studio must provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination (two doses or more) for entry. Masks are required for the duration of your time at the studio, except while working individually in a voice-over recording booth.