As I’ve been announcing, this blog is no longer active (i.e., no new posts or comments.) My new blog is now called “Post-amp: What happens outside of my voiceover studio.”
Since some of you requested it, this website will remain active as a sort of archive of posts:
You can also use the calendar on the lower right-hand side to view previous entries.
Thanks again. It was my pleasure sharing my views, ideas, and discoveries with you.
-Anthony Mendez
As I’ve been mentioning here on The Lazy Voice-Over, this blog will soon be closed. The posts will remain here as a form of “archive” for those that reference some of the tips I’ve posted here.
As always, I’m trying to look ahead to where things are headed, and the Posterous service seems to fit the on-the-go lifestyle that I feel is more in keeping with socializing. Therefore, it makes sense to me to make it my new social networking hub or blog. I call it “Post-amp: What Happens Outside of My Voiceover Studio.” Get it? Post-amp? As in, after the preamp. Brilliant – I know.
I just redirected the RSS feed as well. It now points to my new Post-amp blog’s feed. Please, visit my new posterous blog, Anthony Mendez’ Post-amp; Where I’ll be sharing with you what happens “outside” of my voiceover studio as well as tech tips that I feel may benefit you.
Thanks to everyone for supporting The Lazy Voice-Over. I am grateful.
Read How to Create an MP3 Voiceover Demo Download Link on my new Post-amp blog. Just keeping you in the Lazy (whatever the heck that means.)
The RSS feeds for this blog will soon be redirected to my new Post-amp blog’s feed. In the meantime…
Merry Christmas!
-Anthony
Back in August, I made the decision to return to blogging. I never expected to have the Fall season that I’ve been having and, so, voiceover has gotten in the way. But that’s no excuse! There are so many wonderful VO blogs out there (my two favorite are my friends and colleagues’ Bob Souer’s blog and Dave Courvoisier’s blog) that, in addition to being busy, I just couldn’t see myself adding anything to the mix that wasn’t already there.
So, until I can move Anthony Mendez dot com away from internet marketing and back to being just me, I decided to look for the laziest of Lazy ways to blog. I found posterous. Their claim was that I didn’t even have to sign up! All I had to do, was send an email to a specific email address, and they would post whatever I wrote in my email (the subject line as the headline and the body as the content.) To add to the laziness, if you sent them media (mp3, video, images, etc.) they will post those as well along with – if audio or video – the embedded player! I had to try it! And so I did.
Now, I can just take a picture on my Blackberry, attach it to an email, send it off to Posterous and BOOM! Instant blog post! Now, truth be told, there are certain advantages to signing up, but you don’t have to as long as you’re writing from the same email address.
I hope I have introduced you to yet another Lazy tool. With that said, the sad news is that The Lazy Voice-Over will end along with 2009. My intention is to create my official blog on AnthonyMendez.com
Enjoy the Holidays!
Several months have gone by since this blog has been active. Part of it was intentional as I made the decision to focus more time in front of the mic and less time in front of my computer. This blog has always been about using technology in order to create more time for yourself; to make your VO life easier; to share my point of view on creating more abundance, peace, and joy. The goal is to help you attract more voiceover work as a result of being more free and open to it.
During this journey, I’ve shared not only my point of view, but certain tools and techniques that many have taken advantage of and enjoyed. One of them was M4VO – my first ebook. But now, I want to focus on opening the floor to you and deepening my relatinonship with fellow VO friends that have found different ways to make their lives easier. Whether it be through the metaphysical or the physical – I want to encourage more participation.
With that said, expect to see more posts within the coming week as I dust off the Lazy chair to bring The Lazy Voiceover back to life.
Have a Lazy week!
Many of you are already familiar with TinyURL. It’s what I consider to be a blessing and a curse; A blessing ,because it saves quite a bit of space – especially for tweets and status updates – and it helps cloak links; A curse, because as a surfer I have no clue where I’m being redirected to! I like to know where my clicks are taking me. There are way too many questionable websites, browser hijacks, spyware, and other malware that I’d rather try to avoid.
Just yesterday, i logged into myspace and was immediately hijacked. I was taken to a page that asked for information after presenting me with a fake virus scan – warning me that I had viruses. I know better, so I immediately closed the browser after being warned by my trusted pal, Norton. Another reason to become more aware of where you’re surfing. That’s why I’m a little skeptical of TinyURL’s. However, now you can find out where you’re going before you’re redirected there. It’s called TinyURL preview and I’ll show you how to turn it on. read more…
It’s no secret that Gmail has one of the best spam filters around. It’s also no secret that Gmail is one of the most reliable and efficient ways to use email. That’s why when I see a fellow voice-over artist use their Gmail instead of their own domain’s email, I understand their choice. Most hosts’ webmail interface leave alot to be desired in terms of efficiency and efficacy. But what if I told you that you can use your domain’s email with the exact same interface and features as Gmail? Yes, that includes the same powerful spam filter.
Although many people are familiar with the Gmail settings that allow you to use your domain’s email as a “reply-to” email, doing that falls short of fully accessing your domain’s email and, depending on the receiving party’s email client, a missed opportunity or impression of your brand. You see, in some clients, if you use you Gmail and fill in the reply-to field – under your settings – with your own domain’s email (YOU@yourdomain.com), then it will show up as “you@gmail.com on behalf of you@yourdomain.com.” That’s not good enough.
A few days ago, I received an email from a colleague who I respect not only for her talent, but for her approach to “quieting things down.” Everyone knows how hectic this business of VO can be, and those who really know me understand how much I believe in unloading and slowing down in order to increase your effectiveness. Wayne Dyer likes to quote “A Course In Miracles” by saying, “The only thing that will bring immediate effect is infinite patience.” And I had to draw on that patience when I read my colleague’s email.
Thanks to my friend and Movie Marketing Madness (M3) blogger Chris Thilk, for posting this article on how Don Lafontaine was overlooked by The Academy. Thanks again, Chris. The Don deserves to be recognized in so many ways for his contributions not only to movie marketing, but to the culture as well.
It seems like ages ago, that I was in the music business. And in any business there are just as many, if not more, online chat forums (i.e., time-vampires). Well, this morning I had a flashback about a musical collaboration I had with another forum member/artist. You can read about it here. This was before SourceConnect, before YouSendIt, and during the whole Napster fiasco – so you can imagine it was good press. But I also recalled a little software program that was designed by another member of one of those forums that I think is perfect for VO talent. read more…
