by Bobbin Beam | Aug 8, 2014 | auditions, Career Advice, General, performance skills, Personal Development
This post is about living to stand up in order to stand out. And it’s metaphorical in content. This week has been incredible. Less active voice work, but higher quality projects. Auditioning, which is real work-stuff of a voice actor’s time, is...
by Bobbin Beam | Jul 29, 2014 | Audio Books, auditions, Business, Career Advice, Personal Development
Nine weeks ago I enrolled myself in a twelve-week course created and offered by Darren Hardy, publisher of Success Magazine, named “Insane Productivity”. To call the experience so far as a game-changer, would be an understatement. Because I have invested a...
by Bobbin Beam | Apr 29, 2014 | Acting, auditions, Career Advice, Professional Development, Voice Acting, Voiceover
We’re already almost one- third of the way into 2014. How’s your voiceover career in this biz? You didn’t do much so far, and you’re not crazy about how things are going as you get questions from friends ,family, or potential...
by Bobbin Beam | Feb 5, 2014 | Career Advice, Personal Development, Professional Development
Here’s a “Get it Done” Manifesto story. Last week I went to the YMCA pool and struck up a conversation with a friendly, talkative lifeguard , “Joe”, who asked me what I do for a living. When I told him I do voiceover, he lit up, and...
by Bobbin Beam | Jan 27, 2014 | Career Advice, General, Professional Development
Here Are Five Tips to Help Reach Goals; Do What Matters Effectiveness Matters! Many times I ‘ll work twelve plus hours per day and still don’t accomplish everything I’ve set out to do. A lot of days I’ll feel like I’ve done a lot, but...
by Bobbin Beam | Nov 25, 2013 | Acting, auditions, Career Advice, Film
The Marie Claire magazine interview with Julia Roberts gave me pause. Believe me, I’m not into reading celebrity articles, or People, or whatever the latest celeb/pop culture mags dish, but I happened upon an intelligently written article in this month’s...