No Leads for Newbies in 2.5??

Alec Mendez

I am not sure all of you will sympathize with this issue. I admire and dream that I can be as good as most of you one day in the field of voice-overs. As I have read here before, someone has written more than once..."You have to Start Somewhere" I have been a member since late November 07, took voice over lessons for most of last year and continue to do so today... Created my home studio, produced a demo...Bam!, Voice 123 updates the system. Most of you may look upon this with a smile, but the newbies are being weeded out. One of the first questions is "What year did you start your voice over Career?" Since I truthfully started in 2007, that is what I answered. However, the voice seekers are asked how much experience they require when creating a lead. (I verified this with Customer Service today) I am positive no voice seeker selects 1 year...Hence no leads for me since Friday. I no longer match any voice seeker profile...Is this fair? I am not sure, but really feel as though I wasted the money for this service. I am not relying on V123 to feed my family or pay the bills. But, since everyones profile requires them to list their experience, I feel it is a travesty for new guys to have to admit they have only been in the business for a year and have it used against them. If I don't win the audition because the rest of you are better, I understand. But, I won't even get to compete anymore...because I am certain the voice seeker will select a number greater than 1 year when it comes to experience. Any thoughts?

Lori Furth · Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008, 23:39 (GMT) Post subject:

Alex,

I completely sympathize with your feeling left behind. However, I got a lead today that said years of experience didn't matter, so I think you will still get some leads. Since this version is new, I think we need to watch what happens in the coming days before we proclaim it broke.

Let's give it more time to see what shakes out.

My humble opinion, only...

Scott Pollak · Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008, 23:46 (GMT) Post subject:

I've seen a handful come thru that only required 1 year of experience.

Personally, becomes I'm a selfish, greedy s.o.b., I really wish they'd had a 30+ year checkbox there to click on. Boy, that'd narrow down the playing field, eh?

Laughing

Lee Gordon · Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008, 02:05 (GMT) Post subject:

I just checked the ten most recent SmartCast leads I have received and eight of them did not specify a level of experience. The only two that did require experience (3 years in each case) were the lowest paying jobs and were immediately discarded.