FAQs
- What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
A. $140 per script base price, maximum 3300 words per script PLUS $.35 cents per word on top of that. This is per language. If you want your script voiced in English AND Spanish, then double this. Now, it is certainly possible to voice scripts larger than 3300 words, I have voiced SEVERAL. The base price increases by $140 every 3300 words. Example: 1. 1 - 3300 words = $140 base price, plus $.35 cents per word 2. 3301 - 6600 words = $240 base price, plus $.35 cents per word 3. 6601 - 9900 words = $380 base price, plus $.35 cents per word etc, etc, etc. The reason for the base price is to compensate us for editing time. If a script takes us an hour to record, it typically will take 3 hours to edit. So you can see we clearly need to build in some money for the time we will be in the studio editing. B. Audiobook pricing works a little differently. That is $400 per finished hour. A finished hour is approximately 8800 words.
- How did you get started doing this type of work?
I was selling on hold message services for a small business in my local area. One day I cold called a window company. The owner of the company spoke to me on the spot. Turns out that he had called his company just that morning and was put on hold. There was nothing there but silence and he was upset about it. My timing couldn't have been more perfect. He bought that very day. And he surprised me ... he said, "Donna, I like your voice. Why don't you voice this on hold program for me?" I was shocked. Never had I thought about that as a possibility. I did voice that on hold program for them. Then 2 years later, they called me and asked me to voice their new TV ad at a local station. The producer that I worked with gave my name to another sales rep for the same station. Her client was looking for a new voice to brand their company, Pacific Lifestyle Homes. I auditioned and got the job! And I never stopped or looked back!
- What types of customers have you worked with?
Easy. In order of business breakdown: 1. IVR - telephone voice recordings 2. on hold messages 3. corporate video VO 4. audiobook narration 5. TV/radio commercial VO