Bobbin,
What suggestion did they implement?
I do make some money from them now, but a LOT less than before. Voices.com is now getting me some pretty good leads, as is
VO Planet.
I wish V123 would stop requiring custom demos on bottom feeder jobs! On occasion, I'll submit on a low paying job for a number of reasons... but then to have v123 write back that I'm unprofessional because I submitted two demos instead of a custom and a demo is an insult. I'm sorry, but sometimes we're:
Out of the office, busy, sick, not willing to bother with custom if budget is too low...
It should be OUR business what we submit.
I also resent their "warning" about how it's unprofessional to contact a customer outside of the service. Onine casting is relatively new, and voice123 is not going to dictate my business practices.
I respect my clients. I do not assualt, nor do I spam them. But I will gather names of prospects from anywhere and everywhere... including from agents, online services, the internet, Adweek's directory, the yellow pges, etc. And v123 has no right to tell me who I can and can't market myself to.
When I hire talent, I don't mind if they contact me directly with a question... or send me postcards or emails. The only thing I mind is unsolicited demos. (And I don't send unsolicted demos via email, either!)