\u201cIf I don\u2019t announce that I got a residual check from that online\nstreaming release, who else will?\u201d This is a question that is often answered by\na click on that post button of a voice actor\u2019s Facebook status. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because everyone else seems to breathe on social media, we\nall fall prey to the temptations of sharing our good news, and voice actors are\none of the entrepreneurs who enjoy the free powerful tool for self-promotion. After\nall, what\u2019s the point of social media if we can\u2019t post about the great things\ngoing on in our voice acting career?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sharing positive events and voiceover achievements on social media supports our happiness, boosts our self-esteem and even enhances our online profile, landing us more opportunities be it in job or other pursuits. It also comes off as a breath of fresh air in an all-too-negative news cycle. So in its simplest form, it\u2019s a win-win. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, what feels great for us might not be all the time mutual to our fellow voice actors. Some voice actors tend to overestimate the extent to which others will feel happy for them when they share the good news, and underestimate the extent to which they\u2019ll feel annoyed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
No one\u2019s saying you can\u2019t share that residual check on Facebook or even across different channels, but it won\u2019t hurt to examine your intentions before doing so. Your intention defines whether your post is worth a hearty support from your peers or worth an avalanche of unfollows. Is it because you feel so overwhelmed by your accomplishment and couldn\u2019t help but shout it out? Or because you are maximizing the use of Facebook as a whole new job market to promote yourself? Is it because you are in the advocacy of inspiring your fellow actor? Or you want to rub in their faces how great you are and that they should be jealous? The purpose is completely diverse and can be ambiguous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let\u2019s say, out of overwhelming gratitude for receiving an\nAnnie award in that animated feature film you took part of, it\u2019s normal to\nshare your joy with your online followers, we all deserved to be celebrated for\nour achievements. Posting it once in your facebook is enough to induce positive\nemotion to your followers. What makes it annoying and sound like a boast? If\nyou tend to begin your sentence with phrases like \u201cI am so proud..\u201d, \u201cI deserve\nsuch..\u201d or \u201cI am lucky..\u201d, it can be read as bragging. If your post doesn\u2019t say\nsomething other than yourself being able to have this and that and posting the\nsame aimless content across many channels and facebook groups, you totally come\noff like a walking billboard. Sure your followers are happy for you but they won\u2019t\nlike to be reminded of how you are living your life in Shangri-la multiple\ntimes. Not only you annoy other voice actors and related peers when you post\nthe same bragging content on your facebook timeline, story, voiceover groups, twitter,\nand Instagram, but you potentially lose followers than gain more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There\u2019s no problem about posting your residual check or your new voice acting promotion, after all, it\u2019s your facebook account, but you don\u2019t have to do a full-on Oscars speech without any other valuable message every time you get one. Oversharing aimlessly also puts you in the risk of actually looking like an automated ad people tend to hide from their newsfeed. And that is no different to as talking to a wall. If you are a voice actor who practices this, it\u2019s about time to rework your strategy in self-promoting online because little do you realize that you are already blowing your own trumpet and nobody gives a damn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you are a bad braggart, your prizes are any or a combination of the following: your fellow voice actors get jealous, your followers get annoyed, or they simply don\u2019t care. And what happens next? They unfollow you. And so here comes the other side of the coin in defense of voice actors bragging their achievements, \u201cThere\u2019s an unfollow button.\u201d You are not an ordinary individual who\u2019s joined facebook because it\u2019s free and is a worldwide bandwagon. Remember that you have a business as a voice actor and that you are using social media as your online self-promotion. So you don\u2019t just say \u201cFeel free to unfollow me\u201d, you cannot resort to such a defense mechanism as someone who\u2019s trying to build his presence online. What\u2019s the purpose of your social media presence? To aimlessly post a list of your accomplishments and just stiff-arm people who get annoyed by your self-promotion? You are using social media for free, so the only cost you have to pay is putting effort on using it properly to yield desirable outcomes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n