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Expert Profile: Bettye Zoller

Expertise: For over 25 years, I`ve announced hundreds of TV radio commercials, narrated hundreds of videos/films for cable TV, museum tours,corporate and educational uses. I am one of the most well known voiceover coaches in the U.S. and have trained and counseled careers of voiceover talents now heard worldwide. Students travel from all over the world for my expert advice and training in announcing-narrating. I am a recording studio owner and audio engineer in Dallas Texas. I produce commercials there along with audiobook projects and voiceover demos. Much misinformation is "out there" about becoming a voiceover talent. The ability to voice projects is a wonderful way to augment one`s income at all ages and stages of life. This field knows no age! People can voice projects anywhere on earth if there is a recording studio there! And today, we simply send voiceover work as an MP3 file attached to an email, thus permitting us to work for clients worldwide! We live in a "talking world." Toys, greeting cards, telephones--everything talks--that`s what we voiceover talents do and it`s a wonderful field. I am degreed with two masters and a ph.d (minus dissertation) and have taught college courses many times. I am a Simon and Schuster non-fiction audiobook author (Speaking Effective English - WomanSpeak - CommercialSpeak and other titles).

Past/Present clients
My former students announce commercials, narrate projects worldwide. Some students have jobs on radio/TV stations/channels in many U.S. cities.

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What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field? Voiceovers know no age. That is why every day is an adventure. The phone can ring and your next voiceover job is booked. It is so exciting. My goal is to get some of my biggest and most lucrative jobs monetarily in the years to come.

Something interesting about this subject that others may not know: Women are getting many more voiceover jobs now, in commercials, narrating films and videos, as the voices of cartoons, audiobooks, toys. When I first began in this biz, men did much more voice work than females. That is changing every year for the better.

Something controversial or provocative about this subject Because the US population as a while is aging, people over fifty are getting more and more voiceover work in all areas of the business.

What do you like about this subject? Being a voiceover talent and voiceover coach is the most fun and most rewarding career imaginable. I encourage everyone who speaks well and who likes being an entrepreneur to get into this field either part- or full-time.

Average Ratings
Prestige Points: 162
Knowledge	9.50 Best of the best
Clarity of Response	9.50 Best of the best
Timeliness	10.0 Best of the best
Politeness	9.00 Excellent
Number Of Questions (in Past 24 Hours)		0
Max Questions to be Asked (in 24 Hour period)		5
Total Questions (since joining AllExperts)		48

Recent Reviews from Users

Knowl	Clarity	Time	Politeness	Date
10	10	10	10	11/26/06
9	9	10	8	03/15/05

User Comments

Thank you Mrs. Zoller, for your reply! I have sent you some facts on myself as a followup question. Sincerely...Mike Eidson
(Mike Eidson on 11/26/06)

thank you for your time and ideas
(Meg on 03/15/05)

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Recent Answers from Bettye Zoller

2008-09-15 Going from podcasting to broadcasting: The way I understand podcasting is that everybody just does "their own thing." You record an audio program on your own, on your own computer recording studio at home (As a voiceover pro, I have a home...

2006-10-15 news copy: To obtain copy to practice, go to your large library in your city and ask if they have textbooks on broadcasting and how to announce on the radio etc. These books have copy examples to practice in them...

2005-04-20 voiceovers-animation: The magazine "Animation World" should be regular reading for you. Visit their website too. I do not know ANYTHING about Canadian animation work or possibilities. In the US, animation is done mostly in...

2005-03-15 getting into the voiceover world: Having a "good voice" is not enough. We have attended numerous voiceover training workshops, classes, schools. We have CD voiceover demos that get us jobs and we are represented by broadcasting agents...

2005-02-22 crummy voice: A thin small voice means perhaps you are not putting enough BREATH behind the sound. Breathe in deeply and exhale while saying "HA." Do this several times. Breathe more deeply and push out more breath...