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00:00:53 Wins
00:02:00 Brooke Chapman has been doing auditions, got shortlisted for a gig, received an audiobook offer
00:03:54 Carrie mentioned that the deal with audiobooks is if it is a royalty sharebook, and it&apos;s not going to sell very much, and if it&apos;s super long, then it can end up being something not worth it. So Carrie wanted to poll the group and ask what are the ways to vet a book? Like if you got an offer on ACX, how would you go about deciding if, like, especially if it&apos;s a new author, how would you go about deciding whether or not to do that audiobook?
00:12:46 Tatyana was able to network and get a referral to a graphic audio narration production company that&apos;s local to Maryland.
00:16:49 Jen is going to VO Atlanta
00:19:20 Sion shared that she finally feels well again (after two months of being sick) and got a new client
00:27:08 Sion wants to know how to navigate networking as someone who has limited social energy.
00:41:00 Tatyana asked about the Ideal Client Breakdown sheet: &quot;I was curious about, in the example of yours, what phrases did you search online, keywords that you look for to get kind of the more specific things&quot; 
00:45:57 Voices.com question
00:50:30 Carrie welcomed Akosua (a new member)
00:53:57 Where do you look when you want to find a job?
01:25:06 Sion shares the timeline of how she got her recent booking
01:33:00 Jen shares her plans for VO Atlanta
01:46:11 Brooke asked for websites of VO actors she can see so she can plan for hers. Jen suggested to focus on website and LinkedIn
01:55;50 Q: How do you say no kindly to a VoiceOver job (gotten through VoiceOver sites where you have auditioned)?
02:00:00 Tatyana shared her accountability updates in her branding story and ideal client.
02:11:30 Carrie asked for goals for accountability updates next month.</description></oembed>