Looks cool! I think there’s plenty of opportunity to pivot this to a remote, COVID-friendly world.
Another interesting route could be a productized service. Get some good contractors on board, find a niche within voiceover actors, put up a landing page, and sell a service.
Then if and when it works, start automating pieces of it and maybe turn it into a product.
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 didn’t 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. It’s all relatively secretly and with a “I’m scared to risk my reputation” 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:
“Gordon Shumway voiced ALF for Melmac LLC”
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 💡 ;)
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.
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,
I struggle to find work.
I need community and accountability.
Or, the other side:
As a business,
I struggle to find high quality voice actors.
I struggle to manage voice actors.
Once you zero in on one top problem, you can narrow your your product to solve that problem as simply as possible.
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 (“voiceover nomads”) but now that I pivoted - COVID-caused - the voiceover artists and the studio have become one and the other side are hiring companies.
So, I’m 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.
building out a 2-sided marketplace from it would be tricky as a single, bootstrapped founder
That’s right, it is tricky but imagine it ACTUALLY worked. The vision of it alone makes my eyes grow :D
You got me thinking and I’ll start having some conversations with the people (actors and hiring companies that I’m connected with).
Looks cool! I think there’s plenty of opportunity to pivot this to a remote, COVID-friendly world.
Another interesting route could be a productized service. Get some good contractors on board, find a niche within voiceover actors, put up a landing page, and sell a service.
Then if and when it works, start automating pieces of it and maybe turn it into a product.
That’s 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 didn’t 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. It’s all relatively secretly and with a “I’m scared to risk my reputation” 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:
“Gordon Shumway voiced ALF for Melmac LLC”
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 💡 ;)
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!
You’re 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 (“voiceover nomads”) but now that I pivoted - COVID-caused - the voiceover artists and the studio have become one and the other side are hiring companies.
So, I’m 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.
That’s right, it is tricky but imagine it ACTUALLY worked. The vision of it alone makes my eyes grow :D
You got me thinking and I’ll start having some conversations with the people (actors and hiring companies that I’m connected with).
Thank you! That was really helpful already :)