SAVOA OCTOBER NEWSLETTER

Announcing SaVoa
Industry Affiliate Edge Studio!

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The SaVoa Affiliate Program

A SaVoa Industry Affiliate supports the principles of SaVoa, promotes SaVoa membership, provides value in products or services to SaVoa members, promotes the SaVoa Brand as a professional organization promotes their association with SaVoa Talent.

The general categories of affiliation are:

  • Casting/Talent Agents & Pay-to-Play Sites
    • VOPlanet
  • Coaching
    • NEW: EDGE Studio
  • Professional Services
  • Consultants
    • ElDorado Recording Services

Today we are announcing Edge Studio:

Presenting EDGE STUDIO to SaVoa:
by David Goldberg:

As a SaVoa member, do you want to grow voice over career... for less?

Genre-specific Voice Over Trainers, Career Facilitators, Marketing Experts, and Home Studio Experts, through the Edge Studio network, proudly offer SaVoa members 25% off private consultations and personalized training programs.

Career Guidance – 25% off
The world of voice over is as vast and multifaceted as it is exciting. And sometimes it can be difficult choosing which path to pursue, and on occasion we can lose our way.

Career Guidance sessions are designed so that we can have a comprehensive understanding of your past experience, your goals, your strengths, and occasionally your weaknesses.

We use this information along with our understanding of the business to help you decide exactly what it is you are striving to achieve in voice over and formulate a personalized career plan so that you can succeed.

Private Training – 25% off
While we offer a variety of important workshops, seminars and classes at Edge Studio, working one on one with a professional voiceover coach is often the best way to hone your delivery and fine tune your individual voice.

Far from our studios? No problem: Every one of our coaches regularly coaches by telephone. Seem odd? This industry is about hearing, not seeing – so no matter where you are, you can work personally and directly with any one of our coaches.

We are here to make sure you receive the attention you require to perfect your reads by pairing you with a coach or coaches specialized in your voiceover genre and specifically picked with your needs and personality in mind.

Demo Prep and Production – 25% off
Your voiceover demo is quite possibly the single most useful tool you have in getting your voice heard and allowing potential clients to have a full understanding of what you offer as a unique and professional voice talent. Because of this, it is crucial that your demo be of pristine quality and represent you in the best possible light.

What better place to record and produce your demos than Edge Studio, where you will be surrounded by the support of our coaches and audio engineers who have the tools and experience needed to capture, package and showcase your delivery.

Out of area? We work with local studios around the world – they hit record and via phone-patch, we direct you. After recording, we totally edit and mix your demo. Its like you’re at our studio, only without traveling.

Marketing classes and private consultations – 25% off
You can have the world's most professionally produced demos and an absolutely incredible delivery, but nobody will be able to hire you if they don't know who you are.

Learn how to self-market intelligently and effectively to increase your visibility and show up on a potential client's radar.

Discuss various aspects of voiceover marketing including agents and representatives, personal branding, pay-to-play website services, creating your own website, and much more.

Home Studio, Protools classes, private consultations – 25% off
Having a home studio at their disposal is rapidly becoming one of the most powerful weapons in the arsenal of any voiceover talent who wishes to stay competitive.

In the past, you would have used giant reels of tape and edited with razor blades, but fortunately today you don't need to build an addition onto your house or take out a second mortgage to equip yourself with a studio capable of providing auditions, or even broadcast quality audio.

We will ease the learning curve and help you write the shopping list for your studio. Be able to market yourself anywhere in the world and deliver your voice to your clients without leaving the comforts of home. Working in your pajamas is optional.

Well, there’s one exception to the 25% off above: If you feel that perhaps your demo might not represent you properly, that it may be out of date or not packaged well, or if you are just completely unsure, then we are proud to offer SaVoa members 50% off demo evaluations.

Demo Evaluations – 50% off
At Edge Studio, our staff has listened to literally tens of thousands of voiceover demos from seasoned professionals to beginners alike.

We know what it takes to make sure that your audience stays interested enough to listen past the first seven seconds or to be impressed enough that they are confident the name on the cover is that of a reliable professional.

If you feel that perhaps your demo might not represent you properly, that it may be out of date or not packaged well, or if you are just completely unsure, we can help.

What makes Edge Studio different?

Expert instructors for each genre; audiobook, cartoon, eLearning, commercial,... Marketing, Home Studio, and Career Experts.
Practical, honest guidance every step of the way.

For friendly help, call 212-868-edge or email training@edgestudio.com

  How can an organization become an affiliate?

As a member you may nominate an organization for SaVoa Affiliate status, The affiliate candidate will have to make a proposal to SaVoa, participate in a phone phone presentation, sign an affiliate agreement attesting to their commitment and efforts to support Savoa Members, and receive a unanimous vote by the SAB and SaVoa Board. contact any SaVoa Advisory Board member to sponsor you, and to guide you and your affiliate candidate through the process.

What is your Affiliate Experience? We would like to know of any personal experiences SaVoa members have had with our Affiliates. Email us with your stories.

SaVoa welcomes new members:

09033 Helen Quigley,UK, www.HQvoice.com

90034 Christopher “Chris”G Koprowski, Tokyo, Japan, www.chriskoprowski.com

 

SaVoa Reminders

Demos on the Savoa Members page - If you don't have one you are missing out! - go to www.savoa.org/members and check out what your fellow members are providing... get yours in today!

Closing Remarks - Be an active SaVoa Member - Dan Lenard

Go to our website, SaVoa.org and see the great things we are embarking on. Affiliate member services from industry experts, educators, legal and technical consultants, and the opportunity to share your experiences with all, the good and the bad. That way we can improve our set of "Best Practice" policies.

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'Tis The Season To Be Excellent To Each Other (24/7/365!)
Take a moment to view the members page, see and listen to your fellow SaVoa members, maybe take a moment to email or call a few and introduce yourself. Networking will make SaVoa stronger!
- Thom


Thom Wilkins, for the Savoa Executive and Advisory Boards
SaVoa Advisory Board Chair
, Savoa Board of Directors


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