Alexander Kluge
@alexanderkluge
Good questions, indeed.
Play to your strengths
YASS!
Youāre exactly right, Matt. There is no need for me to fear their feedback.
Which just made me think of one of my favorite mantras:
rejection > regret
Thx Matt!
Thatās great advice! Thank you, Florian :)
Trust your instinct, you are the expert on your own problem.
I like this one āļø a lot!
Oh oh š® now Iām in trouble :D - Iāll actually be looking into ways to make that thing happen because I really canāt stop thinking about it!
That is so cool!! Thank you š š
Thanks, @adriaanb, and @icesofty!
I made something. You can check it here => superresponder.com/ or on WIP directly: wip.co/products/superresponder
This is great! I am going to signup. Your storytelling really works :)
That is so cool!! Thank you š š
Special mention of @adriaanb and @icesofty (because apparently tagging doesnāt work in a product update).
Now I am super curious about your project ;)
Oh oh š® now Iām in trouble :D - Iāll actually be looking into ways to make that thing happen because I really canāt stop thinking about it!
Great questions, @adriaanb!
I want to execute it right now because I donāt want to lose momentum. My excitement for one thing usually comes quickly and vanishes quickly too (not with all projects but with most random ideas).
I want to say Iām not afraid someone else will do it before I execute it but if Iām being honest it plays a part, yes.
"How can you use your superpowers to get developers excited to work on your (or mutual) problem?"
THIS IS AN EXCELLENT QUESTION, right up my alleyā¦
Since this is only an idea for now and since I donāt want to convince developers to commit to it without getting paid (because I hate it when people donāt receive fair compensation for their effort and time), this would be an exciting thing to do (to convince them) but also a challenging one.
Iām also considering applying for funding at places where they appreciate innovative products.
Iāll sleep some nights about it.
Thatās very cool feedback, Tim!
I just remembered, there were a couple of voiceover artists who filled out the complete questionnaire and they sent me all the details.
And then I got scared and didnāt know what to do with it.
I believe you got me on a great thinking path - now thinking out loud =>
There is nothing out there that actively and transparently gives voice actors work. Itās all relatively secretly and with a āIām scared to risk my reputationā kind of thinking.
What if there was a way for VO artists to publicly talk about their work by simply showing what they did, e.g.
VO Artist voiced Project Name for Company Name.
Ex:
āGordon Shumway voiced ALF for Melmac LLCā
Tagline: Show off your work by showing your work. What did you get done today? For REAL.
This would be a very WIP.co inspired idea š” ;)
And this would show hiring companies who worked on what by the simple presentation of their timeline, not by bla bla marketing text on their website.
Yea that's cool! Very "WIP-py".
It'd be awesome if it worked, but building out a 2-sided marketplace from it would be tricky as a single, bootstrapped founder (ie a community for voice actors - supply, and hiring companies - demand). Maybe focus on only 1 side of it?
I'd try and zero in on the top problems voice actors face (just some ideas; you know better than me)
As a voice actor,
Or, the other side:
As a business,
Once you zero in on one top problem, you can narrow your your product to solve that problem as simply as possible.
Excellent!
Youāre spot on with the problems that VOs face.
ACTUALLY, through my prior work (I connected to 100+ Recording studios in Morocco, Spain, Portugal, UK, and the US by going there in person and connecting f2f) I have a list of prospects that also have connections to hiring companies and that want to fill their studio because I initially connected studios and traveling voiceover artists (āvoiceover nomadsā) but now that I pivoted - COVID-caused - the voiceover artists and the studio have become one and the other side are hiring companies.
So, Iām pretty strong on the studio side (offering the supply), and the hirer side (the demand) is something I need to work for on the most.
Thatās right, it is tricky but imagine it ACTUALLY worked. The vision of it alone makes my eyes grow :D
You got me thinking and Iāll start having some conversations with the people (actors and hiring companies that Iām connected with).
Thank you! That was really helpful already :)