Jacqueline Duff: The One with the Genesis of Nora!

In this episode of “How Do You Say That?!”, Jacqueline Duff joins Sam and Mark to talk about a cacophony of farmyard animals, how musicality can influence every part of a read, and creating a personality in both RP and Irish accents.Our VO question this week is all about what to put in your subject header when you send a marketing email.We’d love you to join in and send us your version of one of the reads in today’s show – just pop it onto an mp3 and send it to podcast@britishvoiceover.co.ukScript 1One day, a terrible thing happened. Snow White's mother, the queen, who preferred the outdoor life to libraries, was picking flowers in the royal garden when she was bitten on her bottom by a snake - a poisonous, purple, vicious villainous viper with sharp teeth, thin lips and a particularly nasty expression on its face. Its bite was, of course, fatal.From then on, Snow White's life was not at all happy.Not at all. And that's where my story really begins.Script 2To many people an established brand is something that large companies have evolved over time to sell more of their products. But brands don't exist by accident, and good brands can bring back customers again and again.Here are the six key rules of branding.Number one, define your business.What does it do, why does it do it, and why is it better than the competition?The answers to these questions should become part of your brand personality.A brand should capture your mission.Number two, how do you impact people?----------------- Listen to all of our podcasts here ------------------About our guest: Jacqueline Duff started her career 20 years ago with a Pantene TV ad, recording in an Irish accent. She then became the British voice of ‘Wildfire’ for Orange, the 1st mobile phone speech recognition system - making her Siri’s grandmother!Since then, she’s worked in most genres, and LOVES corporate voiceover. She’s recorded 1000’s of scripts for 100’s of companies worldwide and works mainly from her studio on the South Coast in RP and Southern Irish.Jacqueline's Website@jacquelineduffvoices on Instagram@JacqDuffVoices on TwitterJacqueline's Facebook pageMark's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/britishvoiceovermarkSam's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/samanthaboffin