Is There Money In Your Mouth? The Professional's Guide To Selling Your Voice

Is There Money In Your Mouth? Mike Weiner (pronounced like Finer) started on the air in radio at age 15. After many years as a radio announcer, he was fed up when he was fired from a Washington, DC radio station in 1985. Vowing never to work for any one employer again, Mike struck out on his own as a free-lance voiceover talent in a highly competitive market. Fortunately, some sales experience, marketing education and not a little luck landed him enough clients to earn a little more than $30k his first year out. He was able to double his income each year in subsequent years, and now earns six figures as a nationally heard voice and on-camera narrator for commercials, television programs, industrial training programming, cable TV infommercials, and voice mail systems at major corporations and government agencies. Not long after he started his free-lance career, Mike began receiving calls from people all over wanting to know how to get into the business; where to start, what things to put into ademo tape, how much to invest, how much to charge, etc. It didn't take him long to realize that there were a lot of people who were frustrated with being told how wonderful their voices were... and not knowing where or how to go about discovering if there was a talent they could exploit. In 1991, Mike began teaching small groups of "civilians" and active performers some of the techniques and marketing strategies he had picked up along the way. Is There Money In Your Mouth? is the culmination of transcripts from that workshop as well as personal observations and tips on discovering if you truly have the talent to do this type of work, and what you then need do to put yourself in front of potentialemployers. Mike says there are no guarantees of success, but there are ways to more effectively prepare yourself and address the market than most performers know about. This book will help the "wanna-be" as well as the working professWeiner, Michael is the author of 'Is There Money In Your Mouth? The Professional's Guide To Selling Your Voice', published 2004 under ISBN 9781413443417 and ISBN 1413443419.