Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Why Are Voice Seeker's Details Confidential?

When you answer voice over projects, sometimes you find that voice seeker’s details, such as the company and contact names, appear as Confidential. This is one of our most commonly asked questions, so we’ve added our reply to the Resource Center and are just letting you know about it.

This contact information is kept confidential per voice seeker’s request. The following are the reasons why we give them the option to keep this information private:

· The voice talent seeker may work for or it’s in fact a large company that prefers to handle their voice over casting calls privately. This helps them manage auditions and communications with voice talents through only one channel, instead or receiving large amounts of auditions directly to them.

· Sometimes voice talent seekers are working on projects that are important and prefer to maintain secret, or they might be managing projects for external clients. In these cases they may need to keep the information about these projects confidential because of marketing and privacy issues.

Even though voice seekers keep their details confidential, you can feel confident that all projects are legitimate and companies’ information is always verified by The Voice123 Team. Their data is always in our records in case we need to contact them in the future.

If you have any questions or comments, please visit our Customer Service page to find several ways for you to get in touch with us and/or solve your issue.

Monday, August 21, 2006

Visit The Revamped Profile Manager

You probably already noticed some changes in the Manage Profile section of your account. Well, this was our latest release and we want to let you know how you can benefit from it.

As you know, this is the section where you modify and update information such as your voice details, voice demos, resume, contact details, picture and password. It was formerly named Manage Profile, but now it is called My Profile. You now see that the boxes appear in a different order, with new looks, and new titles.

The following are the section you will find in the new My Profile area: My Contact Information, My Voice Details, My Resume, My Demos, My Headshot, Paypal Button, Link Exchange, View My Profile / Web Site, and Preview My Listing.

The Preview My Listing section is a new feature that allows you to see how your listing will appear on Voice123’s talent search results. When you click here a new window will open showing your listing.

Every time you modify a section of your profile, you will see a confirmations page where you will be given the option to view your profile, preview your listing or to go back My Profile.

These changes, with improved interfaces and looks, were made to help you manage your profile easier. They were also designed based on future site developments. We hope you like them and find them useful.

If you have any questions or comments please visit our Customer Service page to find several ways for you to get in touch with us and/or solve your issue.

Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Check Out Our New Guide To Voice Over Rates

One of the most important concerns voice seeker have when submitting a voice over project is setting the budget. To help you post your projects easier and find talents faster, Voice123 has created a Guide to Voice Over Rates.

This document presents a list of voice over projects and a price range for specific criteria of each project. As you will see, the prices are presented as a range because projects of the same type may not always be equal.

These rates are can be used as a reference and final prices may vary when other factors can be taken into account when setting a budget.

Visit our Resource Center and read the Guide to Voice Over Rates. To easily find it in the future, just do a keyword search on the Resource Center and it will appear in the top results.

This guide is subject to change following your feedback. Please let us know your thoughts so that we can improve this guide and keep it updated.

For any additional questions or comments please visit our Customer Service page to find several ways for you to get in touch with us and/or solve your issue.

Check Out Our New Guide To Voice Over Rates

One of the most important concerns voice talents have when sending voice over auditions is setting a price quote for the project. To help you in this process and to increase paying rates, Voice123 has created a Guide to Voice Over Rates.

This document presents a list of voice over projects and a price range for specific criteria of each project. As you will see, the prices are presented as a range because projects of the same type may not always be equal, so you have flexibility to set your own price depending on the project requirements.

Although we recommend moving around these rates, the chart has been designed to be used only as a guide, as a reference. This means you can always work with your own rate card.

Visit our Resource Center and read the Guide to Voice Over Rates. To easily find it in the future, just do a keyword search on the Resource Center and it will appear in the top results.

This guide is subject to change following your feedback. Please let us know your thoughts so that we can improve this guide and keep it updated.

For any additional questions or comments please visit our Customer Service page to find several ways for you to get in touch with us and/or solve your issue.

Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Your Contact Information Is Now Safer Than Ever

For Voice123, your privacy and security are very important issues that we handle with responsibility, this is why we have improved our confidentiality policies.

Every time you post a project on the site, your email and phone number are never displayed to voice over talents. Additionally, when you submit a project, you have the option to keep your name and the name of your company confidential, providing additional protection to your contact information. This will ensure that talents will contact you and send auditions and quotes only through Voice123.

Sometimes you request custom voice over demos to make sure you pick the best voice for your project. If you decide to keep your company name or the name of your client confidential, we take care of not making them public in the scripts voice talents are going to record. We have refined our project approval procedure to achieve this.

This is one of the many ways we protect your privacy and keep your data secure. Although your contact information is required by us to post your project, you can feel confident it is safe. Additionally, we won’t share or sell it to third parties.

If at any time you feel your privacy is infringed or if you have any questions or comments, please visit our Customer Service page to find several ways for you to get in touch with us and/or solve your issue.