Online Casting Strikes Again!

Online casting sites have been taking advantage of voice actors for years. How do we respond? By continuing to fork over membership fees.

These same casting sites are only getting worse in their practices. Part of me feels like they're just testing the boundaries. "How much can we get away with before the voice actors catch on and take action?"

Well, apparently they can get away with a lot!

From extortion level commissions to punishing algorithms to terms of use asking for everything but your first born child, the only thing that stays the same is the membership fees keep getting paid and voice actors keep letting sites get away with it.

So who's to blame? The online casting sites? Or the voice actors themselves?

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* Thanks to Christy Harst for VO contributions!
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KEY TAKEAWAYS

• The 'People You May Know' feature on the LinkedIn profile page is a helpful tool for finding new leads, but its effectiveness depends on how you use LinkedIn for your voice over business.
• LinkedIn now limits free users to five personal notes per month, but you can still send connection requests without a personal note and follow up with a message after the request is accepted.
• Consider upgrading to a premium LinkedIn profile to access AI capabilities that can assist with messaging, content creation, and personalized messages for celebrations.
• Hashtags on LinkedIn are being phased out as AI technology is used to determine the content of posts and push them to the right audience. Focus on including relevant keywords in your posts instead.
• Posting external links on LinkedIn can reduce organic reach, so consider uploading videos and content natively to the platform to maximize visibility.
• LinkedIn is testing a video feed feature, making it a potential platform for video creators to explore and share their content.

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