They are often called "reporting formulas", the first words on the phone. And that's how they usually sound: impersonal, formulaic or even worse, incomprehensible. In today's audio tuning tip, I'll explain how to make the first few seconds on the phone better. How to report clearly and relationship-oriented on the phone and thus give your conversation partners a good introduction to a [...]
"I switch off when I hear this voice!" Do you know this? Curious, you have clicked on a video on a website that promises you instructions for use or an explanation of a product. The shot is well done, the first pictures promise an entertaining two minutes. But then ... - the voice! You can clearly hear that this is "home-made", someone [...]
Are you also confronted with many people every day in your job? Then you may also know those special moments when you think "Oh, I'll just put on my friendly face!". Then you act sociable, although in truth you would much rather have a moment of peace. And it's that time of the year again: the [...]
Immer wieder werde ich gefragt, ob es überhaupt möglich sei, sich eine "ordentliche" Stimme anzutrainieren. In solchen Fragen höre ich meist die Skepsis heraus, ob die Stimme nicht eher ein fixer Bestandteil der Persönlichkeit sei, also unveränderbar an eine konkreten Charakter gebunden. Auch das wäre meines Erachtens eine spannende Diskussion wert - heute willl ich [...]
Katharina Kilchenmann, the creator of the show, sat in front of the microphone in the DRS studio in Zurich, I in the ORF studio in Salzburg. We couldn't see each other, but we could hear all the better in our headphones - the radio technicians had laid a perfect line for the interview. On January 29, the finished, one-hour program went over the airwaves. Guests: [...]
