People
like case studies, which are basically "people watching" with better
details. Hearing how another person has managed a real-life situation is
more informative-and interesting-than a list of facts. I would like to
write about freelancing with sites like Fiverr, and, since I have
personal experience working there, I want to briefly share some of my
discoveries and a little about what might await you.
Hello, I'm
Dr. Ron Masa. I'm a Jungian psychologist, now retired from private
practice. I'm also an artist, having sculpted in stone for many years
and sold nearly a thousand small paintings online. I began freelancing
with Fiverr in 2013. I wanted to learn to make professional-quality
voice recordings from my home.
In the 1960s, I had worked as a TV
Director for the NBC affiliate, KVOA-TV in Tucson, Arizona. I got to do a
little bit of voice announcing then, and I loved it. I have wanted to
do more voice work ever since. My first inclination was to locate a
formal training program for voice-over education. Fortunately, I learned
that they charge thousands of dollars a year! I say fortunately because
that cost, plus the delay before I could do real voice work, convinced
me to try something new.
I decided to "adventure" my way into
freelancing with Fiverr. I read several books about voice work, found a
plastic microphone lying about, and created my first gig on Fiverr.com.
You, too, can start very simply and upgrade as you learn and earn. I
grew a little with every job. I made mistakes. I learned how to
correct-and eventually avoid-them. As I gradually improved my voicing
skills, I also upgraded the microphones and software involved.
Choosing
to work limited hours, over three years, I was paid more than $7,000 to
learn voice-over work by actually doing voice-over work from the first
day. I completed 450 professional audio jobs! To my surprise, they
earned 100% satisfaction ratings. I did cancel a couple of "difficult
buyers," but nearly everyone else was great to work with. Buyers know
they're getting a great deal, they want the services to work, and they
are typically very understanding.
In addition to recording
traditional voice-over scripts, I discovered that I especially love
voice acting. Who knew? Yes, self-discovery is one of the rewards for
designing and doing work that you love. I was soon the dramatic voice of
insistent reporters, troubled and brooding presidents, creepy evil
villains, kindly loving fathers, disturbing alien predators, and a
variety of WWII generals and battle-weary soldiers. These recordings,
and hundreds more, now appear throughout movies, TV, video games, the
internet, and corporate audio systems on several continents.
I
also discovered that I love doing educational narration for kids about
whales and stars and dinosaurs. I performed endless commercial messages.
I even got to narrate several entire books. One influential classic by
Dale Carnegie was far ahead of its time. Another book taught financial
planning and insight. The book that I felt most honored to record was "A
Summary of Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe." It summarized the life
and novels of the powerfully inspiring "father of African literature,"
Chinua Achebe.
I loved being able to leap right into real voice
work and learn the craft by doing real projects. And I particularly
liked being paid to learn. If I count the $15,000 I saved on formal
training, plus the $7,000 I earned for doing voice work-this freelance
path put me more than $20,000 ahead! If someone prefers traditional
training methods, there is nothing wrong with that. I, personally, found
freelancing more exciting and more engaging.
When you do work
that you love-which freelancing invites-you are much more likely to meet
kindred spirits and find related opportunities that truly suit you!
There are immediate, and then secondary, benefits to following your
heart in employment. While practicing voice work, I learned to audio
edit my own recordings as well. I later used that experience to teach an
audio-editing class online!
Now, the combination of my original
voice-over training and those audio-editing skills has enabled me-has
really empowered me-to teach online classes. (And, yes, they have been
praised for their exceptional audio quality!) Unanticipated benefits are
more likely to come your way when you follow a path with heart. I now
know it is possible to bring a long-term dream to life through carefully
chosen freelance work. Want to get paid for work you would happily do
for free? How would you design the kind of work or service that you
would-admit it now-genuinely love to do?
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