Summary: <br> <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/vamfieldreport/10_VAMFR_010___Marketing_and_Self-Promotion_for_Voice_Actors_Part_2.mp3">VAMFR 010 | Marketing and Self-Promotion for Voice Actors, Part 2</a><br> Welcome to episode 10 of the Voice Acting Mastery: Field Report podcast!<br> In this episode our correspondent, <a href="http://www.dwmccann.com" target="_blank">DanWill McCann</a>, shares with us the second part of his special report on how to market and promote yourself as a voice actor!<br> In the previous episode, DanWill began his discussion on marketing and self-promotion by looking at voice acting first and foremost as a business. While becoming a successful voice actor is a personal passion for many, it is always important to remember that your acting abilities and your vocal skills are the products you’re marketing to potential employers. DanWill discussed what marketing tools are most helpful in today’s market including business cards, demos and good old-fashioned face-to-face networking. In addition, he talked with some established professional voice actors about how they applied those techniques to market themselves.<br> In this episode, DanWill will be exploring how to use social media as a tool for self-promotion in the voice over industry. One thing DanWill’s noticed is that the more he develops his relationships with fellow voice actors, the broader his professional network becomes. This may be due to the fact that the voice acting community is, for the most part, made up of very friendly and congenial people. It’s easy to feel right at home with such generous peers. However, while it’s always good to develop friendships with your professional colleagues, it is also important to know when to adopt a more business-like attitude so that you don’t come off as being too intimate or familiar. This can be quite a challenge when you’re interacting over social media. Some sites have different cultures and traditions that you have to learn how to navigate in order to strike the right balance when communicating with industry professionals. What complicates the situation even further is the fact that social media platforms are constantly changing and expanding. It seems like there are new ones being created almost every month! DanWill has found it challenging to know the best ways to interact with voice over professionals online. So he went out and asked some well-known voice actors how they manage their own social media presence and marketing efforts.<br> Once again DanWill will be sharing advice from the same five talented and established performers who were kind enough to chat with him in the last episode. He met them at a Los Angeles area convention called WonderCon, and they were gracious enough to share their insights and experience. We’ll be hearing from <a href="http://www.sobolov.com">David Sobolov</a>, who specializes in deep voiced villains like Grodd in the TV show The Flash. We’ll also talk with the talented husband and wife team of <a href="http://www.lexlang.com/">Lex Lang</a> and <a href="http://www.sandyfox.com/">Sandy Fox</a>. You may know Sandy from her bubbly performances in Sailor Moon Crystal and Lex may sound familiar to you as the voice of Dr. Doom from the Marvel Heroes video game. <a href="http://www.dinoandrade.com/">Dino Andrade</a> will join us as well, a voice actor who has played numerous characters in the World of Warcraft video game franchise. Also speaking with us will be <a href="http://www.rikkisimons.com/">Rikki Simons</a>, the voice of Gir in the animated series Invader Zim. DanWill found it very interesting to address the same topics with several different actors and see how each one of them had a different approach to social media. DanWill really appreciated their insights and he can’t wait to share with you what he learned, so let’s get started!<br> The VAM Field Report will be released on the 1st Wednesday of every month so stay on the look out for it!<br>
