Liz Drury Voiceovers

26/07/2025

Choosing the Right IVR Voiceovers Guy Michaels is the founder of Voiceover Kickstart, a great place to get started and to progress in VoiceOver. He also writes an excellent blog for and about the VO community. Here's one of his posts for you to enjoy 😊

Choosing the right IVR voiceovers is crucial for your brand. Learn how a professional IVR voice enhances customer experience & reflects your business.

25/07/2025

Corporate video narration is one of the genres of voice over that I work in the most.

Many companies have videos on their website, or social media to explain or promote their products or services.

Sometimes businesses have video presentations made to show at conferences, or exhibitions, or for a pitch.

I've voiced many of these over the last decade or so that I've been in business.

Here's a demo of a corporate video with some great driving music that really adds to the overall feel of the piece.

If I can be of help with narration for your next video, let me know. I'm always happy to record a sample so you can hear how I would sound for your project.

My contact details are in my profile 😊


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About me:

🎙️I'm a British voice over artist with a broadcast quality home studio
🎙️I've been working in VoiceOver since 2013
🎙️I've lost count of the number of businesses that have used my voice!
🎙️Some of the well-known ones include JCB, Hilton, Danone, Barnados, HSBC and many others

24/07/2025

Is your target market small business owners? Would you like to tell my audience about your product or service?

I am seeking sponsors for my podcast 'Small Business Big Network' which has been running every week since January 2021.

Packages cost from just £99

Acast's research into action driven by host-read podcast advertising found 72% of listeners say they've visited an advertiser's website after hearing a host-read sponsorship, and 62% of listeners said they had made a purchase after hearing a host-read sponsorship, so there's no doubt it works!

If you'd like to learn more do get in touch - my contact details are in my profile.


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About me and my podcast

🎙️My podcast reached number 5 in the Apple Charts for Marketing podcasts
🎙️Two thirds of my listeners are in the UK, and a further 18% are in the USA and Canada
🎙️I am a freelance voiceover artist working from a professional home studio
🎙️My episodes are also broadcast by a couple of community radio stations

23/07/2025

Audio guides for museums and galleries are one of my favourite kinds of project. I always learn so much while I'm recording, and I sit in my little padded cell thinking 'ooh I'd love to go there'...

Where have you been where you've listened to a good audio tour? (I think Alcatraz is my all time favourite).
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About me:

🎤I'm a freelance VoiceOver artist based in the UK
🎤I record voiceovers for videos, training courses, telephone systems and more
🎤I work from a broadcast quality home studio for clients around the world
🎤I have a PhD in Archaeological Science and I love a project with an historical angle!

22/07/2025

If you have a website, you would be wise to have a video. Google loves video content and tends to rank it highly. 📹

I would also suggest you have a VoiceOver. 👄

You might not feel this is necessary. Perhaps your video is self-explanatory, or maybe you have captions that explain everything without the need for a voice. However, what if the person visiting your site is partially-sighted, or blind? Would they be able to experience or understand your video in the same way? 👀

According to the NHS there are around 2 million people in the UK living with sight loss, but the numbers are increasing, and the RNIB estimate that 4.1 million people will be affected by sight loss by 2050.

People who are dyslexic may find it difficult to read quickly enough to keep up with the video, and as around 10% (6.3 million) of the UK population is dyslexic, (according to the British Dyslexia Association), that’s a lot of people…

Then of course there are people who can’t read. 📖

Shockingly around 7.1 million adults in England have very poor literacy skills (as estimated by the National Literacy Trust). They can understand short texts on familiar topics, but struggle to read information from unfamiliar sources.

There is already a legal requirement for websites produced by the public sector in the UK to be fully accessible, and it seems likely that the law will only become more stringent over time. 💼

In order for your video to be understood by the 15 million plus people in this country who either cannot see well or read well, your video really needs to have sound - as well as captions for people who can't hear. 🔊

My videos generally include me talking to the camera, and I usually add subtitles (though I'll admit I sometimes run out of time....).

How are you making content that's accessible to all? I'd love to know what you do!


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About me:

🎙️I'm a freelance voice over artist based in the UK and working around the world
🎙️I work from a broadcast quality home studio so turnaround times are quick
👁️ My grandfather had cataracts removed at a very young age back in the 1920s
🎓 My daughter wasn't diagnosed as having dyslexia until she was at university!

21/07/2025

My guest this week on the Small Business Big Network podcast is Nick Prefontaine. At 14, Nick suffered a life-threatening snowboarding accident. His parents were told he probably wouldn't ever walk, talk or eat on his own again. He did.

Nick is now a public speaker and In his talks, he shares the same system that helped him run out of the hospital. He teaches the audience how they too can apply this same system to their lives to make it through any trauma, crisis or life challenge.

Nick is a 3x best-selling author and was named a top motivational speaker by Yahoo Finance. He's a speaker, founder and CEO of Common Goal. Using the S.T.E.P. system he is able to lead clients through their trauma.

Have a listen to his amazing story at www.lizdrury.com/podcast

19/07/2025

Professional Voice-overs for your YouTube videos Guy Michaels is the founder of Voiceover Kickstart, a great place to get started and to progress in VoiceOver. He also writes an excellent blog for and about the VO community. Here's one of his posts for you to enjoy 😊

Boost YouTube engagement with professional voice-overs for YouTube videos. Learn how expert narration captivates viewers and elevates your content quality.

18/07/2025

I had the best day at work yesterday!

I was invited to record some children reading the memories of people who had been youngsters themselves during the Sheffield Blitz. I took my mobile studio to St Joseph's Catholic School in Sheffield, and talked to the children about the work of a voice over artist, before giving them the opportunity to try it for themselves. (I'm very pleased to report that they all thought a real voice was better than AI by the way 😂!).

The recordings form part of a Heritage Lottery funded project for the National Emergency Services Museum, who are creating a new exhibition about the Sheffield Blitz, the anniversary of which is in December.

The Y5 children I worked with were amazing. I recorded 21 of them and they did a brilliant job re-telling the stories of children who experienced the bombing.

Matt Wakefield from the museum and Richard Godley from East Peak Countryside Associates CIC also brought along some war time artefacts for the children to look at and play with, including a 1941 Fire Engine!

A whole day combining history and voice over. I'd love a few more like this please 😁!

If you need a voice over artist (or a mobile studio) for your heritage project, I would love to hear from you. 😊

18/07/2025

Why choose a professional voiceover for your corporate video?

There are a few reasons! Have a read of my list here and then listen to the sample video to hear how it's put into practice.

Let me know if you can think of other reasons I've missed 😁

Credibility and Professionalism:
👔 A professional voiceover adds a layer of credibility and professionalism to your corporate video. It sets the tone, creating an impression that resonates with your audience. And as we all know, first impressions count!

Crafted Tone and Style:
🎨 Tailored to perfection, a voiceover artist can alter their tone and style to match your brand personality. Whether your brand is authoritative, friendly, or motivational, a VoiceOver artist will match their delivery to your needs.

Clarity and Message Delivery:
🚀 The clarity of communication is paramount. A skilled voiceover artist ensures your key messages are delivered with precision, enhancing the understanding of your product or service.

Engagement Throughout:
🤝 A professional voiceover keeps your audience engaged from start to finish. With the right pacing, intonation, and emphasis, every word becomes an invitation to listen and absorb.

Consistency in Branding:
🌟 Your brand deserves a consistent voice - just in the same way as your logo/colours/fonts are consistent, so should your audio be consistent too! A professional voiceover artist becomes an extension of your brand.

Elevated Production Quality:
🎬 Quality matters. A professional voiceover elevates the overall production quality of your corporate video, leaving a lasting impression on clients, partners, and stakeholders.

Ready to amplify your corporate story? Let's have a chat! My contact details are in my profile.


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About Me:

🎙️I've been working as a voice over artist since 2013
🎙️I mostly work in the corporate and e-learning sectors
🎙️Some of the brands that have used my voice include Hilton, JCB, Mastercard, and Emirates
🐕 My studio manager is a brindle lurcher called Marble

17/07/2025

Advertising on podcasts can be really cost effective. Research by Acast showed that 72% of listeners visited an advertiser's website after hearing a host-read sponsorship, and 62% of listeners had made a purchase after hearing a host-read sponsorship.

Podcast listeners tend to be loyal and trust the host, which probably explains why these figures are so high.

I am now offering sponsorship packages for my podcast, 'Small Business Big Network' from just £99.

If your ideal customers are small business owners then this could be a great way to tell them about your products or services.

Together we can craft a message for me to read out during the podcast, and you'll also get a mention at the top of the episode too, and in social media posts about the episode.

If that's of interest please get in touch and I can tell you more! My contact details are in my profile.


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About me and my podcast

🎙️My podcast reached number 5 in the Apple Charts for Marketing podcasts
🎙️Two thirds of my listeners are in the UK, and a further 18% are in the USA and Canada
🎙️I am a freelance voiceover artist working from a professional home studio
🎙️My episodes are also broadcast by a couple of community radio stations

16/07/2025

Liz Drury Voiceovers is now powered by solar 😎!

Liz Drury Voiceovers now runs on solar. In the age of AI will human credentials become as important as green credentials for businesses?

16/07/2025

If you happen to visit the 'Escher in het Paleis' gallery in The Hague, be sure to take the audio tour so I can tell you more about Escher's incredible art work!

I always enjoy narrating audio guides for museums and galleries and this was no exception. I was provided with pictures of Escher's impossible scenes so that I could see what I was talking about, and it was tempting to just sit and try and get my head around the pictures instead of getting on with my work!
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About Me

🎤I'm a freelance VoiceOver artist based in the UK
🎤I record voiceovers for videos, training courses, telephone systems and more
🎤I work from a broadcast quality home studio for clients around the world
🎤Audio tours are probably my favourite jobs - do you know any museum curators you can introduce me to??