5/16/2023 0 Comments Void bastards voice cast![]() That means was intending to keep $254 of the client’s voice-over talent budget of $650, or a staggering 39%.” Deducting their 10% escrow fee, that would have left me $396. “The rate originally posted on this job was $440. The client was already a contact of his, and told him how much they had paid Voices to get the job done. ![]() This actually happened to voice-over Andrew Randall. Colleagues tell me that Voices will often show the job as paying much less, from which a 10% escrow fee will be deducted as part of their SurePay™ system that every member is forced to use. That doesn’t mean the talent will see or get $650 for a voice-over narration. Let’s assume a client pays Voices $650 for their services. Once clients are used to lower prices, why would they ever want to pay a penny more?Ģ. Voices tells clients on their “ About-page” that by using their services they can expect a “50% savings on voice talent and audio production and administrative costs.”īig corporations and institutions that used to pay talent a decent rate, can now book a voice at a bargain. While the price of membership goes up and up, voice-over rates are going down and down. Here are some themes that emerged from hundreds of comments: In the days after this article was published, we learned a lot more about the business practices of, thanks to many colleagues who decided they’ve had enough. The story has been viewed more than ten thousand eight hundred times, and if you haven’t seen it, stop what you’re doing, and read Is Slapping Regular Members In The Face. The massive response to last week’s blog post, attests to that. However, the very people who are at the center of the company’s growth, feel they’re being treated like second and third-rate citizens. One might as well remove the word “voices” from. They know that without voice talent, the company would have nothing to offer. There’s nothing wrong with being ambitious, but what an increasing number of members are concerned about, is how those ambitions are being realized. ![]() ![]() By all accounts, the two owners are intelligent, hard-working people, who want their company to be the leading voice casting service on the planet. According to the website TechVibes, 85% of ’s customers are located in the US, and a majority of the company’s 125,000 voice talent are located there.ĭid you know that had a database of 125.000 members?Īgain according to TechVibes, the Canadian company is experiencing 400% year-over-year growth, and it expects its workforce to reach up to 200 employees by the end of 2016.įrom a business perspective, Voices is a success story Canada can be proud of. In June, Voices announced that it would open up shop in New York City. Talking to the Financial Post, Ciccarelli added that he estimates his company to make $15 million in gross revenue over the next 12 months, and that Voices will exceed $100 million in annual revenue within three years. In April 2015 it became clear that Voices had secured $2 million from BDC Capital, and according to Voices CEO David Ciccarelli, his company has raised $5 million so far, all of it debt financing. ![]() $900,000 may seem a lot of money, but it’s not nearly enough if you have big plans. (…) You have grown your business into a marketplace valued by radio and television stations, advertising agencies and Fortune 500 companies.” The founders of have done this extremely well and I congratulate you, David and Stephanie Ciccarelli. “Taking a business idea and turning it into something that does well in commercial markets is something we need to see happen more and more in Canada. She had some nice things to say to the owners of Voices: That day she announced that “Voices” would be receiving $900,000 from the government “to go global by expanding its project management division and translating its products into additional languages.” ( source) On October 15, 2014, Susan Truppe, the Canadian Member of Parliament for London North Centre, visited the offices of for a second time. ![]()
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