Terry and Trish chat with Liz, an established bilingual French and English voice talent. Find out more about this fantastic niche in voice overs!
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Hear from Joan, a VO marketing genius, author, and the face and spokesmodel of Neumann microphones!
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Rob talks about the legal part of the VO business….stuff you need to know!
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Erik Sheppard, board member of SAVOA, talks to Terry Daniel and Trish Basanyi about the accreditation process for voice over artists.
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David took time out of his busy schedule to explain how Voices.com was started, and what you can expect from them in regards to online voice over casting.
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John is one of the nicest guys in the business! He talks about how he started the site and the great resource it’s become to voice over artists!
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A properly protected network with data governance is essential to any business. Knowing how to navigate your network the right way is absolutely imperative to maintaining a competitive advantage. As such, network security, especially when it comes to firewalls, is of utmost importance.
Additionally, the ability to accurately identify and test software vulnerabilities before launching into production can reduce the probability of critical errors. The infrastructure capabilities of an organization can also be valuable when setting up tools to help the team manage IT risks.
For a more in-depth look at some of the industry trends in security, I reached out to Ron Pascual, Vice President of Strategy and Operations at Juniper Networks. Mr. Pascual shared with me his thoughts on four key areas related to network security:
The impact of data protection: Improving data protection in network environments today is an increasing focus within the industry. “Increasingly the industry understands the importance of data protection in network environments, and that’s why using network management solutions is essential to protect the networks and this helpful product can help in this area. As the need to protect sensitive customer data grows, companies need to think more creatively to understand, manage, and protect sensitive customer data in network environments.
The impact of unplanned outages: A large volume of traffic in the industry is moving from machine to machine. The Internet of Things and increasingly advanced cloud technologies drive the need for more resources to support and monitor that volume of traffic. It is also important for organizations to manage the frequency of outages as well as the recovery strategy needed after these disruptions.
Preventing fraud: Fraud, mostly through malicious exploitation, is increasing in the network environment. The ability to identify, respond, and recover from such attacks is a growing threat to organizations. “A small number of organizations have a significant problem in protecting systems,” said Mr. Pascual. “This causes a significant threat to the network.”
Protecting privacy: Unintended disclosure and/or intentional intrusion of digital devices in the network creates a new threat landscape that has yet to be fully explored. While companies must constantly look for opportunities to better protect their systems, they must also consider how that protection might impact privacy and employee trust.
“We are in the very early stages of establishing security best practices that are applicable to most network environments,” said Mr. Pascual. “People should have clear understanding of the impact of security on their business operations.”
Mr. Pascual recommended two examples of security trends that industry professionals should keep in mind in the coming year:
“Data protection in network environments is at an all-time high. As organizations move to the cloud, data protection in networks will continue to improve,” he said. “The major consideration is that with increased automation and configuration solutions, organizations may not need to worry as much about data protection as they previously did.
The implications of IoT and cloud technologies are also the focus of focus. The ability to manage security in a cloud environment will continue to evolve and enable an increase in workflows and visibility. As more customers move to cloud infrastructures, there will be increased need for data security tools and technology to manage and maintain those systems.”
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Terry Daniel and Trish Basanyi….their Voice Overs on Demand podcast debut!
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An obvious benefit of SEO is the ability to generate more organic traffic. But while the focus is on building traffic from one or a few sites, you need to still focus on ranking high on the SERPs for the search terms you select to bring in visitors. Again, the difficulty you face as a blogger, journalist or speaker doesn’t change, whether your title is hard to remember, your site is lacking the backlink anchors necessary to generate quality links and you’re struggling to gain visibility. SEO is the same for any area of publishing if you’re not the right name or user experience, chances are you won’t receive any attention. But if you make it easy for visitors to get into your niche, they will show up and tell their friends, read this informative post to learn all about it!
Profit
When you start monetizing your website, you also need to realize that money is not the main goal. Making money for yourself is great you get a sense of achievement by selling stuff online, and having a “growth” blog with a great blogroll is probably the icing on the cake for a website owner. But in most cases, selling items or services online is just a sideshow, and your site is primarily about bringing in organic traffic.
The reason behind that is because a site with no traffic or no income is nothing more than a house of cards that will collapse, if it isn’t heavily maintained. There are lots of ways to generate revenue on your blog without trying to earn money on advertising or soliciting money from paid products and services. You can host a podcast, make webinars or create your own ebook; you don’t even need to sell your own products. You don’t need a huge traffic to make money online; you just need a high quality blog and some people to enjoy your content.
Positive Backlinks
Making money and growing a blog can be easy, but what about links? As long as you want to build a successful blog, it’s in your best interest to get quality links. What’s better than finding, linking to and incorporating great content into your site, which will give you a noticeable increase in traffic? Sure, all this can be done with various methods, including outreach and sponsored links but it’s not always the easiest way to generate traffic and build an authoritative site.
When you’re ready to engage in link building, you need to make sure you’re using some serious strategies. While it’s possible to build a number of links from different sources on your own, that’s a bit too much work and most of us would rather spend our time earning traffic with more organized tools. On the other hand, following tools can be a godsend if you need to craft impressive backlinks.
First up is RankSquared. This is a tool that allows you to calculate your link profile. It enables you to link to any website from almost anywhere, in most cases and perform an analysis to determine if that link is very relevant or not.
Next up, Ahrefs. This tool enables you to focus on a few keywords and track the organic search volume for those keywords. The tool offers a number of ways to track the value of your links, or to determine if they’re relevant or not. For example, if you’ve recently started your website, it will offer information on the most frequently visited websites and platforms.
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