Voice Over Talent: Getting Paid for the Gig

Written by Peter Drew


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Doing voice work directly for mid-sized to large corporations usually means having to bill on a 30-day net basis. This means, in essence, that you end up offering 30 days credit interest-free. The good thing isrepparttar risk of not getting paid is usually low. Will some companies push payment out 60 days and even further? Yes, but again you’ll eventually get paid.

Payment Options

So, let’s go throughrepparttar 100317 individual types of clients and your payment options.

For individuals, request immediate payment. As described above, playrepparttar 100318 completed voiceover downrepparttar 100319 phone to prove it was done and then ask for payment. Once payment is made, deliverrepparttar 100320 voice over.

For direct work with larger companies, ad agencies, and production houses, request immediate payment upon receipt of invoice. If they say their policy is 30 days, try for 15. For long-form voiceovers involving many pages and a large talent fee, try requesting 50 percent up front and 50 percent upon delivery ofrepparttar 100321 project. Remember everything is negotiable. You can even barter for part of your fee. Remember how I received a TV in lieu of cash? Of course, keep track of your receivables (what’s owed you). When a client does not pay byrepparttar 100322 due date, send a statement. Make a polite but firm phone call requesting payment. Be proactive. Most people pay their bills. But for many clients your invoice will not be top ofrepparttar 100323 pile, so to speak.

Payment viarepparttar 100324 ‘Net

Now, back to collecting viarepparttar 100325 ‘Net. PayPal is a very popular site for collecting or sending payments. Just visit www.paypal.com and sign up. Clients can pay by credit card or through electronic transfer from a checking account. You’ll receive an email telling you whenrepparttar 100326 transfer of funds has occurred. This makes it perfect for collecting an up front payment. As soon as you receiverepparttar 100327 email, you can deliverrepparttar 100328 voiceover. www.worldpay.com and www.verisign.com are two other online payment processors you can check out, too.

Want to take credit cards? You’ll have to open a merchant account in order to accept them. It will cost you a fee to openrepparttar 100329 account, a monthly fee, a fee for each transaction, and a percentage of each sale. Do an online search for credit card merchant accounts and compare costs and services to getrepparttar 100330 best deal.

Direct wire transfer is a third electronic payment option. Set up a checking account used exclusively for wire transfers. You supplyrepparttar 100331 client with your checking account number andrepparttar 100332 banks routing number, andrepparttar 100333 client transfers funds directly from his account to yours. It works well and can cost virtually nothing depending onrepparttar 100334 deal onrepparttar 100335 account you get from your bank. One of my TV imaging clients pays by wire transfer. I email an invoice out of my QuickBooks and usuallyrepparttar 100336 next dayrepparttar 100337 money is in my account!

With a payment policy in place, you’ll gain greater control over how and when you get paid. Hey, it might be a really fun business, but it’s no fun not getting paid.

Happy collecting!

©Peter Drew

Peter Drew, a freelance voice-over talent and copywriter/producer with 28 years of experience, is heard on radio and television stations, corporate presentations, web sites, and messages-on-hold across America and countries around the world. To send an email regarding this article, please visit Peter Drew Voiceovers at http://www.peterdrewvo.com/


Is making money on line a scam ?

Written by Robert Van Rumpt


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During this process of registering withrepparttar survey companies I came across some information that got my attention. There is a marketing group out there that seams to come up over and over. This company had created a way to workrepparttar 100316 internet to a level that seemed to outdo most. The SFI marketing group has come up with a system to create internet traffic surrounding niche marketing that has proven to be very successful.

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At this point we are inrepparttar 100319 middle of building an awesome site and money is already starting to roll in. The hits onrepparttar 100320 site are increasing every day and at this rate we will be gathering a nice income with huge potential downrepparttar 100321 road.

Yes I am still at it, as far asrepparttar 100322 surveys go. But I already know thatrepparttar 100323 SFI model is going to be our ticket to a financially secure future. Maybe you should check is out yourself and guess what ……….maybe you want to takerepparttar 100324 same chance as I did and sign up as well. I know you won’t be disappointed.

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