NEW V123 FEATURE "TAG ANOTHER TALENTS DEMO ANONYMOUSLY&

Melba Sibrel · Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008, 13:54 (GMT) Post subject:

Voicey!!!

You are much privileged for tag. Simply to make audition. Listening will be happy, top notch demos. Type keywords in quantities of three only.

Okay, here's the real English. When you submit an audition, you are placed in the "oh won't you tag demos" page. The term tag refers to code placed on a site that causes it to come up on searches (site wide in this case) if certain keywords are entered. Greg Hauser knows the real answer to this. I'm a computer dunce. But I think it's to enhance the search function here for folks who post demos but don't describe themselves. I'm not sure. I've never tagged, but you do listen to demos from other talents' home pages. I'm not sure if you are stopped if you actually enter keywords or not. I've listened to bits of 20 or so and then just closed the window.

Does this help? Guten Tag!!

added: Oh, and I have no idea when or where you can see anything that's been entered for you. I see nothing new on my page.

Thomas C. Gass · **Voice Talent** Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 179

Hi Melba

thanks for the "German proof explanation" Wink

(Oh dear, I think I will never get rid of that "Voicey" thing... LOL

OK, only when auditioning I will be presented with the taggy window - that's why I couldn't find it since German auditions happen to come in only 6 times a year... Hm, maybe V123 is willing to divide the premium subscription price by 6 as well Smile

Herzlichen Dank und bis später,

Thomas

Melba Sibrel · Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008, 16:51 (GMT) Post subject:

Thomas, aka, Voicey:

Ich stimme überein, sollten Sie Nur Ein sechst die Gebühr bezahlen! Sie sind der meiste Empfang. Vergeben Sie mein ungeschicktes Deutsch bitte.

Laughing

Steve Royal · **Voice Talent** Joined: 17 Aug 2006 Posts: 167

You don't have to submit a demo to be able to tag. Just use this link:
http://voice123.com/web/common/demo_tagging.cgi

Diane Havens · **Voice Talent** Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 1281

I must repeat my question: a fairly obvious one, I think.

Will seekers actually USE these well screened and carefully crafted search terms/tags? Tagging google images is different. A dog is most evidently, well, a DOG. A voice? Warm, natural, friendly, professional, sexy -- you know, the ones we all use. Creative word play is fun, and may be more accurate, but the hits go to the common words, unless a seeker has an extensive vocabulary and likes using it along with an incredibly specific idea of the voice wanted.

Perhaps 123 should offer a multiple choice option from a list of commonly used search terms, with an "other" category for those that don't fit.

Just trying to help.

David Oxford · **Voice Talent** Joined: 09 Feb 2007 Posts: 505

I think Voice 123 should just go ahead and carry out their business model to the absolute lowest rung on the ladder and just charge $49 for an annual, premium subscription. Just go ahead and rip off the flood gates and let anyone and everyone come in and have full access to the sludge. This way, the serious talent can go ahead and leave, saving their money to invest in REAL marketing efforts that will truly result in an upward curve in their voiceover career, leaving the bottom-dwellers to enjoy the "amenities" here.

Come on, V123 - $49 for a year. Just think of the tens of thousands of voiceover talents you'd attract - and the hundreds of thousands in additional income you'd bring in. YAAAAAAYYYYYYYY!!!!!!

Deby Cedars · **Voice Talent** Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 1482

Alluring.....now see that's not on my profile....hmmm should I put it there or just wait for someone to tag it as such?

The character demo is harder to tag.....I mean what if you have a character that is really rotten, rotten to the core, evil, and mean. If someone put down "rotten" it could be a compliment as to your acting skills or it could mean that they thought the demo it self "sucked".

I put down very nice tags for a demo I tagged but, I could help but put down "low bit rate". I just felt the talent should know. It was great demo besides the the bit rate.

Diane Havens · **Voice Talent** Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 1281

They don't allow you to tag your own demos, Deby. That's just what they're trying to avoid.

Greg Houser · **Voice Talent** Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 174

Lee Gordon · **Voice Talent** Joined: 22 Oct 2004 Posts: 1549

Lee Gordon · **Voice Talent** Joined: 22 Oct 2004 Posts: 1549

Diane Havens · **Voice Talent** Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 1281

"Talents will have control to remove tags soon enough, yet I think you would be missing out on a great opportunity to be found much easier. If you wish to skip the process, you may be putting a restriction on how well you can be found. "

From Steven's e-mail, in the future it may be more important than you think, Lee.

Lee Gordon · **Voice Talent** Joined: 22 Oct 2004 Posts: 1549

I think what Steven was trying to say is that not adopting the tags people have "contributed" to us will limit our ability to be found in a search vs. keeping those tag. I don't think Voice123 is planning to penalize people for not having tags. Sometimes I think the people at Voice123 who are responsible for communicating with the membership create headaches for themselves through their own lack of a "way with words."

Connie Terwilliger · **Voice Talent** Joined: 14 Jul 2003 Posts: 409

Allen Brown · Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008, 03:24 (GMT) Post subject: