Directing Voiceovers: Don't Be. Do.

Written by Peter Drew


Directing a voice-over talent you’ve hired to read a spot for, say, dog food is pretty muchrepparttar same as directing a great actor in a scene in a major film production. Well, almostrepparttar 107012 same. Go with me here.

It’s all about action. The end result ofrepparttar 107013 performers’ action in both situations is a reaction fromrepparttar 107014 audience. A successful performance inrepparttar 107015 dog food commercial getsrepparttar 107016 listener to buyrepparttar 107017 product. The well-acted movie getsrepparttar 107018 viewer to buy intorepparttar 107019 world it creates. Independent filmmaker, Steve Pak, writes: “…the goal is to tell a story dramatically rather than didactically, which means characters do things rather than explain things.”

To get listeners to buy your product or service, you need to getrepparttar 107020 voice actor to actually do something withrepparttar 107021 copy, not think about what they’re doing withrepparttar 107022 copy. Mr. Pak observes: “The challenge for directors is to stop talking about results and start talking about process.” In other words, it’s what happens duringrepparttar 107023 journey, not just arriving atrepparttar 107024 destination, that’s most important torepparttar 107025 story.

Mr. Pak’s key to talking about process isrepparttar 107026 use of action verbs, not adjectives. How does this work with a piece of commercial copy? Let’s take our example of dog food. We’ll call our brand “Stinkalicious.” It’s a wet, canned food. Now, Stinkalicious’s unique selling proposition is that it only stinks to dogs! Yes, when you open a can of new, genetically altered Stinkalicious dog food, only your dog can smellrepparttar 107027 disgusting aromas that always appeal best to dogs. It’s these non-aromatic aromas that cause Rover to come a runnin’.

Nursing Jobs Website Wins Praise From Those Who Count – The Nurses and Employers Who Use It.

Written by Neil Street


NursingExecutives.com, an innovative career website for executive and administrative nurses, is winning plaudits from those who countrepparttar most – executive nurses seeking career choices andrepparttar 107011 employers and recruiters who are seeking them. By focusing on a very specific niche, nursing leaders, NursingExecutives.com has achieved outstanding growth since its launch in 2003 and is attractingrepparttar 107012 attention of many inrepparttar 107013 healthcare industry – an industry rolling from a critical labor shortage.

Cheryl Hooper, president of NursingExecutives.com, knows her way aroundrepparttar 107014 healthcare industry. She has spent more than fifteen years in various healthcare-related capacities, including ten years inrepparttar 107015 field of medical staffing, and is an active member of several healthcare associations on a local and national level.

At a time of deep-seated labor shortages inrepparttar 107016 healthcare industry, Hooper’s background helped her to single out one segment ofrepparttar 107017 industry – nursing executives – that was chronically under-served by existing career services. While many recruitment firms and career websites catered in some fashion torepparttar 107018 broadest spectrum ofnursing jobs, nobody was doing anything to help this specialized yet vital group - nursing leaders. Nursing leaders include executive, administrative, and middle management nurses – and they are a group that occupies one ofrepparttar 107019 most crucial positions inrepparttar 107020 entire healthcare field.

Nursing executives in every sector ofrepparttar 107021 healthcare field are highly sought after by employers and recruiters. Yet, as Hooper knew only too well from her daily interaction with executive nurses, they were largely overlooked in terms of employment and career resources aimed specifically at their needs, as wererepparttar 107022 recruiters and employers who are desperate to reach them. Hooper’s company and website, NursingExecutives.com, set out to fill this void with a unique and innovative solution: not only bringing together administrative level nurses and employers, but doing so in a way that offered a real service and value to both sides. NursingExecutives.com offers an efficient, confidential, and effective procedure whereby nursing executives can showcase their expertise to potential employers. For employers and recruiters,repparttar 107023 website offers a unique, carefully-screened pool of talent across a range of specializations underrepparttar 107024 “nursing leaders” umbrella. It’s a win-win situation. As a result,repparttar 107025 website serves as a destination site for those seeking executive nursing positions and those with positions to fill.

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