Summary: <br> <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/vamfieldreport/09_VAMFR_009___Marketing_and_Self-Promotion_for_Voice_Actors_Part_1.mp3">VAMFR 009 | Marketing and Self-Promotion for Voice Actors, Part 1</a><br> Welcome to episode 9 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 first part of his special report on how to market and promote yourself as a voice actor!<br> Chances are that if you’re listening to this podcast, voice acting is as much a passion for you as it is for DanWill. His goal, as I’m sure yours is too, is to turn that passion into a satisfying and lucrative career. So far, DanWill has learned that it’s important to approach voice acting like one would approach building any business. If you want your business to grow, you need to learn how to market and promote your product. In voice acting, the product you have to offer is you! Once DanWill understood that, he quickly realized how important marketing was going to be. It became one of his top subjects to focus on, behind improving his acting abilities and mastering microphone technique.<br> To research this topic more thoroughly, DanWill decided to head out to WonderCon, a convention presented by the same company that produces the famous San Diego Comic-Con. WonderCon takes place every year in March, so armed with his trusty recorder, he ventured forth to learn how professional voice actors approach marketing and self-promotion.<br> Every major pop culture convention has an area where you can get autographs from guests of the event. The Autograph area is usually populated with talented visual artists, on-camera celebrities, and some amazing voice actors. These performers are there to autograph items, sell merchandise, and interact with fans. If they have time and are approached politely, they’re often willing to talk shop about the industry. This year, WonderCon had several famous voice actors attending the event, and many of them were kind enough to take a moment to talk with DanWill about how they approach Marketing and Self-Promotion. These performers were well established in the industry and each of them had recognizable and beloved characters on their resume. They were grateful that their work was appreciated and were happy to share their experience and insight to help aspiring voice actors just like you and DanWill learn to market themselves better.<br> DanWill collected tips and advice from 5 actors. He spoke with <a href="http://www.lexlang.com/">Lex Lang</a>, known for voices on Lego Star Wars, Skylanders, and Rurouni Kenshin, which happens to be one of DanWill’s personal favorites. DanWill also spoke with Lex’s wife, <a href="http://www.sandyfox.com/">Sandy Fox</a>, who has voiced characters for Disney and Universal, including the iconic Betty Boop whom she has been performing since 1991. DanWill sat down with <a href="http://www.dinoandrade.com/">Dino Andrade</a>, who voiced the Gnome Death Knight in World of Warcraft and the Scarecrow in Batman: Arkham Asylum. He also chatted with <a href="http://www.rikkisimons.com/">Rikki Simons</a>, who gave voice to the ever popular Gir from Invader Zim. DanWill even had a great talk with <a href="http://www.sobolov.com/">David Sobolov</a>, whose voice you may recognize as Drax from Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy animated series and as Grodd from the popular TV Series, The Flash. It was very kind of these 5 accomplished voice actors to take the time to share their experience and knowledge with us, and we at Voice Acting Mastery can’t thank them enough. DanWill personally found some gems of advice from each of them and he thinks you will too. With their help, DanWill hopes to shed some light on some of the different methods of approaching marketing and self promotion as well as explore the various tools at our disposal. There’s so much to cover,
