Liz Drury Voiceovers

30/06/2025

My guest this week on the Small Business Big Network podcast is Sarah Mills.

Sarah Mills is brand ambassador with one of the world’s leading B Corporations, and businesses for good - Arbonne, showing people how to create the lifestyle they want through meaningful work, healthy living, and a powerful sense of belief in what’s possible.

She’s also an award winning entrepreneur, the founder of The Art of Winning and co-founder of WOW - Women on Winning, a global, fun, and feisty community empowering women to collaborate with confidence.

Networking is at the heart of everything she does, and whether she’s mentoring individuals in her Arbonne team, working with young entrepreneurs at as a Rocket Launcher mentor for the Launch It Charity, sparking connections, or building thriving teams, Sarah’s all about helping people show up, shine bright, and win on their own terms, with confidence and conviction.

Have a listen to our conversation at www.lizdrury.com/podcast

28/06/2025

The 10 Qualities of a Voiceover Professional Guy Michaels is the founder of Voiceover Kickstart, a great place to get started and to progress in VoiceOver. He also writes an excellent blog for and about the VO community. Here's one of his posts for you to enjoy 😊

What makes a Voiceover professional? This guide reveals 10 vital qualities, from flawless audio to versatile performance, for your hiring success.

27/06/2025

We all get stuck in a rut sometimes and lose our motivation. So how can we keep our momentum up?

I've given a few talks on this topic so I thought I'd write it all down in blog form to share with even more people 😊.
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About me:

🎙️I'm a British voice over artist with a broadcast quality home studio
🎙️I've been working in VoiceOver since 2013
🎙️All freelancers experience 'feast or famine' and I'm no exception!
🎙️Keeping going through the quiet times can be tough, but hopefully this will give you some ideas!

When you hit a quiet time what can you do? The first and most important thing to do is DON’T PANIC! Here are some ideas for taking action.

26/06/2025

Do you have an online course or a membership? If you do, is there a welcome video to tell people what they can expect?

If not, it's something you might want to consider as it gives your course/membership a professional touch.

You could even use such a video on platforms like Eventbrite to encourage people to sign up with you.

If you're not confident enough to create such a video yourself I can help!

If you've got any video footage or even still photos that showcase what you do, I can help you create a video with voice over, that you can then share.

You can even add a video to your Zoom waiting room - did you know that?!

Do get in touch if you'd like to know more. All my contact details are in my profile.
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About me:

🎙️I've been a freelance voice over artist since 2013
🎙️I narrate a lot of videos for all kinds of businesses and organisations
🎙️I'm the voice of several courses for the Church of England!
🎙️I'm based in North Lincs, but I work across the world from my broadcast quality home studio

25/06/2025

Here's a nice bit of feedback from a satisfied customer. I wasn't actually the VoiceOver artist for this particular project - I was hiring out my studio. As you can see the client was very pleased with the recordings he received.

If you're in the Northern Lincolnshire or East Yorkshire region and are looking for a studio to record a spoken word project let me know!
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About Me
🎤I'm a freelance VoiceOver artist based in the UK
🎤I record voiceovers for videos, training courses, telephone systems and more
🎤I work from a broadcast quality home studio for clients around the world
🎤I'm the host of the Small Business Big Network podcast (and I'm always after guests 😉)
🎤I also hire out my studio!

24/06/2025

Having lived on both sides of the Atlantic I know that there are a number of words that are pronounced differently in the US, and the UK - and sometimes I have trouble remembering which is which...

Fortunately I have a secret weapon to help me, which I am going to share with you now.

This resource is also a wonderful help when I need to know how to pronounce foreign words (very common when recording an audio tour for an exotic place in another country for example), or medical terms which can be quite the tongue-twister.

My go-to place for pronunciation guidance is Forvo dot com.

Forvo is a huge database of pronunciations of common words, place names, and people's names, in dozens and dozens of languages. The pronunciations have been recorded by native speakers - and in the case of English there are the UK and US variants - thank goodness!

I can highly recommend the site - there is also a section on useful phrases if you are travelling to another country, which you can download as an app.

When I receive a script with lots of foreign words, I am always delighted when the client also includes a pronunciation guide that they have recorded for me, but when they don't, Forvo is a great back up.

If you have a look at Forvo yourself I'd love to know what you think of it.


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About me

🎙️I'm a freelance VoiceOver artist based in North Lincolnshire
🎙️I'm originally from Northamptonshire
🎙️I spend two and a half years living in the USA
🎙️My accent now is very neutral UK!
🎙️I learned French and German at school and I've been praised for my Dutch pronunciation!

23/06/2025

On the Small Business Big Network podcast this week I'm talking to Dr. Jeremy Weisz.

Jeremy has founded multiple businesses, from a health supplement business to a Chiropractic & Massage business, to now running a successful digital agency helping companies create life changing relationships.

Jeremy has been featuring top entrepreneurs with video interviews since 2008 that include founders/CEO’s of Pixar, P90X, Atari, Einstein Bagels, Mattel, Kettle Chips, RX Bars, Big League Chew, the Orlando Magic, and many more on www.InspiredInsider.com

He is also the co-founder of Rise25, where they help B2B businesses connect to their ‘Dream 200’ clients, referral partners and get ROI, using a podcast. They eliminate 99% of the work and are an easy button for a company to launch and run your podcast.

21/06/2025

What Equipment Should Voice Actors Use? The Honest Answer . Rob and Helen Bee at B Double E are the masters of helping voiceover artists be seen and heard. I highly recommend subscribing to their blog - have a read of one of their posts here 😊

Tired of conflicting voiceover equipment advice? Why the best mic, audio interface, and DAW for your home studio isn't about specs – it's what works for YOU.

20/06/2025

Voice over demos or showreels are the voice actor's shop window, showing what they are capable of.

I have a number of different demos on my website showcasing different genres of voiceover.

When people are starting out in VoiceOver it can be tempting to rush into making demos to get started as quickly as possible, but this can be counterproductive....


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About me:

🎙️I'm a British voice over artist with a broadcast quality home studio
🎙️I've been working in VoiceOver since 2013
🎙️I've lost count of the number of businesses that have used my voice!
🎙️Some of the well-known ones include JCB, Hilton, Danone, Barnados, HSBC and many others

Every working voiceover needs to have a number of voiceover showreels or demos. These are like a shop window of what the voiceover artist can do.

19/06/2025

RECORDING STUDIO HIRE!

Are you a coach/hypnotherapist or other professional who creates guided meditations or similar recordings?

Do you wish the quality of your recordings was better?

Why not hire my studio!

When you record in my space there will be no annoying sounds of traffic passing, or people talking, or your kids watching TV in the background...

Your clients will be able to concentrate on your voice instead of being distracted by the extraneous sounds you didn't really want to be there!

I'll be on hand to help you with the equipment and you'll go home with lovely sounding tracks that you can then edit (or for an extra fee I can do that bit for you too).

Get in touch if you'd like to find out more. All my contact details are in my profile.

PS My studio is not set up for music recording - it's for recording speech only 😊
PPS Obviously this is subject to availability when I'm not recording myself!

18/06/2025

I was a gymnast in a previous life so bending over backwards is second nature to me 😂!

This lovely feedback was from a client who hired me to record an intro and outro for her podcast. She hadn't thought about having music behind it, but it really lifted everything and gave her show a professional polish.

I'm always happy to help clients choose music to suit their project whether it's something with a driving beat for a motivating video, or soothing and calming for a meditation, or anything in between.

Get in touch if you'd like me to help you with VoiceOver and/or music for your next project.
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About me:

🎤I'm a freelance VoiceOver artist based in the UK
🎤I record voiceovers for videos, training courses, telephone systems and more
🎤I work from a broadcast quality home studio for clients around the world
🥇I once won a medal at a gymnastics competition!

17/06/2025

You've probably heard the term 'explainer video' a few times - but what exactly is an explainer video, and why might you want one?

Put simply, an explainer video is a short video (usually under 3 minutes) that explains a company's product or service. They are used for marketing purposes on landing pages, websites and social media.

Explainer videos can take a number of different formats including:

Live Action - real people appear in the video, talking to camera or each other. These work well for companies with a physical product, or a people-orientated service (such as a restaurant).

Animated - these are probably the most popular type of explainer video. They work well for service-based businesses, or where the product is intangible, such as a piece of software. These videos are easy to update if changes are needed in the future.

Whiteboard animation - these are the videos that look like they are being hand drawn on a whiteboard, and are the cheapest of all the explainer videos to make, which makes them very popular. There are even packages such as Powtoon and Doodly that allow you to make these for yourself.

I've provided voiceovers for all sorts of different explainer videos, in many different sectors.

As for why you might want to use explainer videos in your marketing - the statistics are staggering. Here are just a few:

Videos attract 300% more traffic and help to nurture leads. (MarketingSherpa)
A website is 53 times more likely to reach the front page of Google if it includes video. (Insivia)
Including a video on your landing page can boost your conversion rate by up to 80%. (Unbounce)
Video increases organic search traffic on a website by 157%. (Conversion XL)

Are you convinced yet? If you already have an explainer video, is it working well for you? If not - are you going to get one?!


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About me:

I'm a freelance voiceover artist with over 10 years of experience
I work from a broadcast quality home studio for clients around the world
I've lost count of the number of explainer videos I've voiced!
if you'd like me to be the voice of your video please get in touch - contact details in my profile.