The Advertising Club of Toledo chose Amy as the voice of its television spot / online promo for AdWORKS 2009, a half-day exhibition and seminar designed to help people in small business better understand how advertising works…and how it can work for them.

Watch the :30 commerical here.

Take a listen right here to the new radio spots we wrote, voiced and produced for AllToledo.com, the home information website. But take care: they may seduce you into buying a new house or two. Yeah, they’re THAT good, according to our moms. So get your checkbook ready and click AllToledo.com on our Miscellaneous Audio page.

The local daily ran a profile of BusinessVoice today. Click here to read the article. And, yep, that’s a photo of yours truly behind the mic. If I knew The Blade photographer was coming that day I would have worn a nicer T-shirt.

Give up, Gemini. Your dream of being adopted by TV’s Jon & Kate is fading fast.

Good news / bad news, Leo. You’ll be cured of your addiction to bacon when an angry pig jumps out a 4th story window and kills you instantly.

Careful, Sagittarius! Local law enforcement officials may not appreciate your  old-school  friction experiments with bananas and donuts.

Sorry, Cancer. Turns out two heads aren’t better than one. But how to get rid of your annoying Siamese twin? Yes, how indeed?

Congrats, Libra! Your Beyonce butter sculptures are bootylicious and the surprise hit of the junior college graduation season.

Hey Aquarius, good luck with your paralyzing fear of bed-dwelling vermin. By the way, you may want to sleep on the couch until your sheets stop moving.

Tongue can’t take the heat? Then be sure to plop an el grande spoon-load of Rancid Mayonnaise all over your Cinco De Mayo dinner. It smothers the spice right out of Mexican food quicker than you can say “Baja Chalupa.” 

You’ll find Rancid Mayonnaise in your grocer’s condiment section. Just look for the label that’s written in English.

Jeepers! We’re just as pleased as peas to announce that our work on behalf of BusinessVoice client Amazing Space has placed in two recent award competitions. It won a Silver ADDY Award in late February and a Silver MARCE Award during the On Hold Messaging Association (OHMA) conference in March.

Also at the OHMA shindig, we picked up a Judge’s Choice Award for our entry for The Kellermeyer Company. I wrote the copy for both after standing too close to an open vat of glue, and Amy and I split the voiceover duties. You can listen to both entries here, as well as our 2008 winner for Discount Parts Exchange.

Here’s what the judges had to say about our entries:

“Superbly written copy and extremely dry humor that was a perfect match for what could’ve been a dull subject. I laughed out loud at points, and if a caller starts with that reaction, it’s a great way to start a conversation.” 

“Nice, unexpected copy; catches the ear.” 

“Very clever writing and some funny moments. Mocks some conventional clichés, and I believe that would endear [the client] to the caller…”

Happy President’s Day, fellow citizen, and welcome to our 2nd annual trove o’ trivia about the USA’s Chief Cheeses. Here we go…

1) To  indulge his  obsession with oblique-angled equilateral parallelograms, Dwight Eisenhower had the Oval Office re-shaped into a rhombus.

2) As president, Ronald Reagan performed all his own stunts.

3) John Quincy Adams enjoyed nude swims in the Potomac River. Since he was so often seen naked by passersby his presidency was the first to be referred to as ”The Executive Branch.” 

4) Few people realize that Thomas Jefferson’s nickname was ‘Weezy.

5) While in college, our heaviest president, William Howard Taft, majored in pie eating. He was also known to keep small hams in his pants to avoid those “long walks to the kitchen.”

To read our 2008 President’s Day Trivia, click here.

We have to admit, we’ve never used Rancid Mayonnaise on any type of fruit, but the chef pictured in this e-card seems more than confident recommending that the tangy dressing be slathered on fresh pineapple. If you try this at home, remove the fruit’s spiny outer skin before eating or you’ll end up with a mouthful of hurt. Good luck and good spreading!

What would the holidays be without meat? And what would meat be if not served with Rancid Mayonnaise? Not very holiday-ish, that’s what! 

Rancid Mayonnaise is aged in barrels for 11 weeks and a day to give it that famous Rancid, Wisconsin tang. Your holiday guests are sure to enjoy it. 

And through December, you’ll get a free pine wreath in specially marked jars. Just wash thoroughly and hang.                                                                                                   

We’re just as happy as a monkey with a hand gun to announce that our radio PSA for “Nature’s Nursery” was a double award winner this month. The project received a Crystal Award of Excellence from Women In Communication (Toledo chapter) and an Honorable Mention from the national MarCom Awards. You can listen to the piece at our Miscellaneous Audio page.

Our work for BusinessVoice was also acknowledged with a Gold MarCom Award and another Crystal Award.