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The Straight TRUTH About Voice Over Rates for Beginners

The Straight TRUTH About Voice Over Rates for Beginners

Update: 2025-11-13
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Still quoting $75 for voiceover gigs? Stop selling yourself short and discover your true worth!

In this video, I break down exactly how much new voice actors should charge, why "exposure” rates are career poison, and the real reasons trained beginners deserve professional pay.

Learn how to price with confidence, avoid common traps, and use proven scripts to handle tough client negotiations, plus strategies for finding high-paying clients and raising your rates without apology.

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About (Paul) Schmidt:
Paul Schmidt is a successful voice actor, community builder, and voiceover business coach. 

He's also the creator of the VO Freedom Master Plan, a voiceover marketing program designed to generate consistent opportunities for voice actors to book work, and the VO Pro Community, a private, professional, global community created to meet the needs of voice actors and audiobook narrators who want to take their careers to the next level. 

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The Straight TRUTH About Voice Over Rates for Beginners

The Straight TRUTH About Voice Over Rates for Beginners

Paul Schmidt