How to increase project invitations + bookings
Hi guys! Happy to be re-activated after needing to redo some samples.
I'm wondering how I can gain more visibility and increase my chances at being considered for projects.
Thanks!
Bowdy Brown
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Hey Bowdy!
Congratulations and welcome back. We're very happy to have you back after all the work you put into improving your quality!
So, what I usually suggest is to build your profile with great samples. We usually recommend having 50 good, solid, unique samples across all the purposes we have. There are many purposes that have little samples, so adding to those would definitely give you an extra chance at getting found!
Also, it's important to have the samples distributed evenly within the categories you've chosen. So, say you have Female - Middle age and Female - Young Adult, you could upload 20 to Middle Age and 30 to Young Adult. This is just an example as you can sort them in whichever way you prefer.
It's also key to be super selective when taking care of speedy and contest projects. Even if you receive few invitations at first, making sure you only participate in those projects that you're sure your voice goes well with will definitely give you a good chance at having great stats. If you participate in every single project we send your way, you may be participating in projects that may not work the best for your skills. This will, in return, end up in rejected and/or unchosen auditions that will lower your rank.
Hope this helps!
What categories or purposes have few samples?
Hi Percy
You can check the categories by looking at our Search feature. Here, you'll be able to filter by your language, age, and gender and see which purposes we have available. Depending on your skills, the purposes where you can upload samples may be different.
Makes sense. Here are two other issues related to getting more work:
My first speedy was late but honestly I was trying to access it on my tablet after accepting it on my studio PC and I didn't realize until nearly 10 minutes in that I had to turn the tablet to landscape mode to see the menu bar that says "your projects" at the top. That should certainly be something that is known. I was literally uploading when time ran out, upon second attempt it was uploaded and accepted.
Also, my audition acceptance speed shows 0%. I applied and didn't get an email until hours later while I was sleeping. I woke to find the audition was available and went to work. Do I get a permanent stat decrease for that? Can we request that we not get gigs during hours we are sleeping?
Hi Percy, let me go over your points one by one.
1. In regards to the Speed project, we usually suggest you accept the projects on your computer. This is because our mobile version does work, however, its easier to run into these confusions when you're using the mobile version. Also, because the system will start running your delivery time as soon as you have accepted the delivery which could have a slight difference depending on your computer's time.
For this, I highly suggest you take care of accepting the projects only on the decision you're going to record and deliver as soon as you're ready to hit the booth!
2. Keep in mind that our system doesn't work with time zones. When you submit a recording, we send it back to our QC team which usually taken from 2 - 6 hours to review it and, as it happened in this case, may send it back for revision. For auditions and Speedy projects, we provide a very specific amount of time as these projects usually have a very tight deadline. For this, if you submit the recording very near to your bedtime, you may receive a revision while you're sleeping.
To avoid these type of issues we usually recommend you the following:
Make sure you're delivering the best quality possible. The cleanest, well-edited recordings will more likely pass our filters so you shouldn't have to worry about revisions. You can listen to the file when you have uploaded it right before submitting it to ensure you're uploading the latest file you recorded as well as ensuring you didn't make any script mistakes.
Keep in mind our team's response time when delivering. If you see it's late at night when delivering and you may be asleep when the QC team get to it, we would suggest you pass on it. We recommend this to avoid losing revision requests while you're sleeping.
Hope this helped but let me know if you have more questions!