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About Us

Donna Summers and Robert Simmons co-manage two voiceover sites. www.voicecasting.com and www.voplanet.com.

In order to provide the best service available, the VOplanet/VoiceCasting Team works closely with their clients and their talent. Their personal attention to each aspect of a project, including superior tech support and the agents direct involvement in the coaching, audition, booking, negotiating and payment process differentiates them from other voiceover sites. There are no projects too big or too small at Voplanet/VoiceCasting and they are always happy to handle projects within all budgets. They gladly give full attention and expertise to all projects that come through their doors.

Who We Are

VOICECASTING: The talent and team at VoiceCasting participate in the highest profile projects available today, bringing in each project on time and on budget. VoiceCasting is a full-service voice-over talent agency that serves an elite list of loyal clients and talent globally. The agency represents union, non-union, and financial-core talent and books jobs on the local, national, and international level. Since 1978 VoiceCasting has been in continuous business, formerly as a full service talent agency based in Atlanta, GA - Donna Summers Talent. The company chose to focus solely on voice-over representation about 15 years ago, set up its first agency website featuring some of the first talent VO demos on the Internet, and changed the agency name to VoiceCasting. Now operating as a full service talent agency, the team of Donna Summers and Robert Simmons act as agents and managers handling all talent acquisition and bookings for their VoiceCasting clients. Donna is Lead Booking Agent, conducts Talent Consultations, and handles much of the daily operations at VoiceCasting. Donna establishes and monitors policies and procedures and oversees Agency Operations(COO). Agency PR and social networking is handled by the Donna and Robert.

Robert Simmons, who co-manages VOplanet with Donna and who was one of the original co-creators of VoiceCasting, serves as tech support at the agency. He is also accounting executive at both VOplanet and VoiceCasting.

The agents at VoiceCasting consistently negotiate the best rates (and residuals if applicable) for their talent while being fair and reasonable to their clients. Involving an agent in the audition and VO job process benefits the talent by letting him or her focus on what they do best, which is voice the job. Agency involvement benefits clients by allowing them to focus on getting the absolute best talent candidates for their projects within a reasonable period of time and for a fair fee without wading through hours of unknown and unqualified talent. At VoiceCasting, we require signed deal memos from clients and talent before the project is done, which tends to dramatically reduce potential misunderstandings between client and talent. Agency involvement tends to greatly increase the assurance that a fair rate will be reached and also tends to decrease the number of days until payment is made. Agents are available daily for audition set-up and direction, demo critique, coaching referrals, studio consults, and tech support, and billing help.

Agency assistance and services are free for all clients and talent of VoiceCasting. A fee is only charged if a VoiceCasting talent is booked for a job on which a VoiceCasting agent assists a client. Among other things such as marketing and networking, agents are available to help clients set up their projects on-site, audition and choose talent, negotiate rates, book studios if needed, collect talent payments from clients, pay talent, and keep talent tax documents in order.

Talent inclusion at VoiceCasting is by invitation only after joining VOplanet and meeting several requirements determined by the VoiceCasting management team. Requirements for inclusion include experience, credits, studio quality, industry recommendation and professional demeanor.

How We Market

We use various mediums to market our companies. Having been in business for three decades as a reputable company in the entertainment industry, word of mouth and referral has been a great avenue of new business. We also use direct mail/postcards and many online talent and client newsletters and surveys. We advertise in both print and web medias and have strategic partnerships with various companies which includes cross promotion, banner and link exchanges, sponsorships etc. We employ viral marketing using social networking sites such as Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Voice Over Xtra, Voice Over Universe, Plaxo, VoiceOver Casting, and others. We use blogging as a source to advertise our sites and we contribute articles to various print and online newsletters/websites which pertain to our industry. Google Ads and search engine optimization are a viable source of advertising for us. We attend meet and greet luncheons, trade shows and conventions and we sponsor and advertise various voice over workshops and classes that pertain to our industry. Cold calling, press releases, and referral programs are all part of our marketing plan. We have written various e-books, stay on top of community forums, attend webinars and use many other various forms of marketing. Donna and Robert are available for live speaking engagements, workshops and podcasts, and interviews. We combine the tools offered online through social networking sites and have created a powerful marketing plan for our talent and our companies, in some instances for free, which translates into free advertising for our talent. Being creative and staying on top of and ahead of the trends of our industry gives our talent the advantage. These new online tools and social networking sites are indeed an important part of our business.

We utilize viral marketing to its fullest capabilities and many times contact these very companies about sponsorship opportunities and work directly with them to get VoiceCasting and VOplanet the best placement and exposure on their sites and in their newsletters. We take advantage of Google ad solutions. We participate in various aforementioned social networking websites and newsletters, and we are always seeking out new mutually beneficial affiliations and strategic partnerships. All of this greatly benefits the exposure for the talent listed at VoiceCasting and VOplanet.

Depend on the Experts to Help You Navigate Today's VO Marketplace

Between Donna and Robert, their combined years in business gives our talent and our clients the competitive edge needed to be successful in today's fast-paced and "overstocked" VO marketplace. We know how to identify the best talent and the best jobs and match the two in order to create successful campaigns and satisfied clients over and over again. We help you stay informed about the latest technologies in studio set-ups, microphones, audio programs, etc. and are happy to share that information with you at anytime. VoiceCasting's membership at Voicebank and Voplanet's affiliation with SaVoa assure that we have the best talent and the best auditions in the industry. We are always happy to hear from you about your latest and greatest technological, coaching and job experiences and share that information with others.

The VO world changes at a very fast pace these days and we search and study daily to ensure that our talent reads and auditions are the gold standard for the ever-changing VO marketplace. We are always happy to listen to talent demos or give instruction or feedback on auditions posted on our sites.

Please let us know how we can serve you!