{"id":3173,"date":"2019-05-06T13:02:46","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T18:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevoicerealm.com\/blog\/?p=3173"},"modified":"2025-10-27T05:39:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T10:39:35","slug":"how-voice-actors-can-toot-their-trumpet-without-blowing-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevoicerealm.com\/blog\/how-voice-actors-can-toot-their-trumpet-without-blowing-it\/","title":{"rendered":"How Voice Actors Can Toot Their Trumpet Without Blowing It"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cYou have to do a little bragging on yourself even to your relatives \u2014 man doesn\u2019t get anywhere without advertising.\u201d, said former Vice President of the United States John Nance Garner. However, it can be difficult to gauge whether you are just sharing your voice acting milestones or you are already crossing the line for bragging it blatantly. Thus, as a voice actor per se, you should master how to act your achievements the proper way be it in the flesh or online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the 5 proven tips on how you can share your voice acting success stories online without sounding like you\u2019re boasting about them:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your Content and Intention<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile it\u2019s fine to sprinkle brag bites in your posts, make sure you have a good mix of content that doesn\u2019t just focus on you.\u201d, says Peggy Klaus, executive coach and author of Brag!: How to Toot Your Own Horn Without Blowing It<\/a><\/em>. Instead of self-aggrandizing that definitely annoy your audience, why not plot your story in a way readers will feel you deserve your success? When communicating your competence in voice acting and your successes, you should maximize the value you provide to your followers by citing tips and sharing lessons you\u2019ve learned from accomplishing your goal which is rather inspiring and worth sharing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether or not you turn off your followers lies in your intent and the pair of words you choose to speak about your successes. It should be clear to you that your intention is not to arouse envy, jealousy, or the like. It follows that you become warier on making your point in your post by avoiding words or phrases that could make you sound like you\u2019re shoving your greatness to your followers\u2019 faces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frequency of your posts<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Many articles suggest, posting too often is downright t annoying. Oversharing aimlessly puts you in the risk of actually looking like an automated ad people tend to hide from their newsfeed. No doubts that you should limit your posts, especially that not all your audience is a voice actor or is related to one. But actually, the posting frequency is not black and white. Post too often and you\u2019re annoying. Post too seldom and you\u2019re not worth following. To stay on the safe side, you can have a maximum of 2 posts a day for Facebook, 1-2 a day for Instagram, and 10-15 a day for Twitter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Customize your audience settings<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

When you brag about your voice acting success, it\u2019s important to consider your listeners. You should anticipate who will likely to buy your words and who will tend to mute you off their newsfeed. Tweaking your settings to share it only with people you already know will appreciate addresses this challenge. Target followers who you know can relate to voiceover and who you know have a vested interest in stories that can inspire them in their voice acting career. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Avoid Humblebrags<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

What is humblebrag? You know someone\u2019s practicing humblebrag when he\u2019s trying to appear humble or even humiliated on the surface, with the actual intention to boast. In today\u2019s era, humblebrags are everywhere. It is kind of tough to avoid sounding like you are humblebragging. While you try hard as you can to show humility, you don\u2019t want to compromise your main intent which is to self-promote. Say, you auditioned for a cartoon film. You were chosen out of 20 auditions to work on the succeeding episodes of the show. Out of genuine excitement, you would like to share the news with your Facebook friends. It can be read as humblebrag if you word it like this: \u201cI\u2019m not really skilled at narrating a cartoon, I cannot believe I was chosen to be the actor of the lead character!\u201d You\u2019d definitely turn off your audience if you veil your brag with false humility. Better yet, own your success and brag outright accompanied with an inspiring catch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tweak your story a little<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Nobody would know who is really talking behind your posts.\nAnd you have the prerogative over how to utilize your social media account to\npromote yourself. Hence, you can try to frame your content through someone\nelse\u2019s word because it\u2019ll make it easier for everyone to join in and cheer you.\nFor example, instead of posting \u201cI just got a residual check!\u201d, you can rather\nsay it like this \u201cMy coach told me he\u2019s proud of me for getting a residual\ncheck!\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bragging about your success is easy. The challenge you have\nto overcome is to how not to annoy your social media followers when you do so.\nYou are not trying to please them, but you are trying to be someone they can\nlook up to. And that\u2019s how you nail it when you are promoting yourself online. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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