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How to Fix Your Voice for Marketing with Podcasts and Videos!
 
Let your voice do the work to market your audio formats on how to make money.  The most important thing is not the words you say, but how you say them that will make the difference. So how do you sound? Do a quick voice audit. The most annoying sounds that will cause any prospect to tune out are: too nasal a sound (whining); too high a pitch (nervous sound); insincere tone (just wants my money); and a monotone sound (boring).Make your voice powerful but trusting with these 5 key elements for delivery:
 
Key #1: Sustained Breathing Method: 
Breathe from the diaphragm to make your voice last. Practise taking deep breaths so your shoulders do not rise; instead, mind-direct your breath to come from under the rib cage area. That’s where your diaphragm is located and it acts like a bellows. You will achieve controlled effects to sound like an expert. 
 
Key #2: Show Sincerity:
Lower your tone slightly. This will convince the listener that you are trustworthy and friendly. Speak in a conversational tone as if you are telling your best friend about this great product that you’ve discovered. Showing respect to your listener should shine through your voice.  
 
Key #3: Pace is Critical: 
Vary your pace of speaking. Don’t rush through everything too quickly, or go too slowly; but change it up. Be sharp with beginnings and endings of your words to communicate clearly. 
 
Key #4: Words to Emphasize:
Spice up your delivery by making the adjectives and verbs sound exciting. Say them with intensity, or quieter, or mysteriously. Can you say “yes” 5 different ways? Try it as an exercise to give your voice variety and eliminate any monotone. 
 
Key #5: Pause for Effect:  
Use pauses in your delivery to convey a climax or an emphasis of thought. This is a key technique used by actors. This brings you closer to persuading the listener because you speak with passion about your product. If you follow these key elements to making your voice pleasant, then you will increase your customer base. The bottom line to consider is if the listener will be enticed to buy, or simply click off your audio.  
 
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Avoid Lazy Speech Habits:
1-Minute Quick Tips to Sounding Crisp
Do people ask you to repeat yourself because they didn’t quite catch what you were saying?
 
Every time you speak to a single person or a group of people, they need to hear clearly the words that you say. So often, we are tired, or it is the umpteenth time that you’ve repeated the same speech, or you never move your lips or jaw when you speak.
 
The solution to fixing this is to tune-up your articulators. The articulators are those parts of your body that make your speech distinct and clear. They are your lips, teeth, tongue, and a relaxed jaw. So if you are lazy or inactive with these parts of your body, then it is time to start doing these simple exercises to perk them up. If you do these each day, especially, before you have to give a speech, then you will not only be crisp and clear; but you’ll also, feel perky and better about yourself.
 
Here are 10 essential Quick Tips that you can do about a 1 minute:
1.   Loosen your facial muscles by scrunching up your face
2.   Stick your tongue out of your mouth, stretch it to touch your nose, then your chin, then from side to side
3.   Flip your tongue up inside your mouth, then under, then sideways from ear to ear
4.   Loosen your jaw by letting it drop and move it around
5.   Loosen those lips by blowing air just as if you are blowing out your birthday candles
6.   Repeat these tongue twisters (3 times quickly), or any others you know that use the lips and tongue:
a.    a big black bug bit a big black bear
b.    red leather; yellow leather
 
7.   Do these actions 3 times: give a kiss mid-air and then smile
 
8.   Repeat this pattern 3 times: “oo– ee”
 
9.   With your fingers give your face a gentle massage
 
10.    End by saying with enthusiasm and a sharp attack on the beginning and end of each word: “Speak with the lips, the teeth, and the tip of the tongue!”
 
Now, you are all tuned-up to give your speech to one or many.
 
Use these quick warm-up tips every day just after you brush your teeth in the morning, and it will be a sure kick-start to energize your day.
 
 
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