How to Run a Fully Remote Voice Over Business

Working remotely has become synonymous with Zoom meetings and wearing pajamas. While recent years have been wild in terms of life and work for people across the globe, I’m fortunate to have been working fully remotely for over a year as a voice actor.

Voiceover started as a side hustle for me — something I enjoyed doing in my spare time. After some pretty decent success, I decided to pursue voiceover a little more intentionally. After about six months of working on my remote voiceover business with nothing more than a USB mic, a free DAW (Digital Audio Workstation), and the internet, I decided to make my voiceover side gig my full-time gig.

A little over a year in, I’m running a successful, completely remote voiceover business.

How can this be? Don’t I need a local studio I can go to for auditions and jobs? Well, my home studio is good but surely not good enough to land high paying clients?

Actually, it is and I have.

Over the course of my first year offering remote voiceover services, I’ve landed two national commercials, multiple regional and local TV spots, a televised documentary series, my first video game, a couple of VR simulations, radio spots, multiple corporate training gigs, explainer and promo videos for some of the world’s most well-known brands, and more.

Here’s how I’ve managed to run a fully remote voiceover business for over a year now.