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Category Archives: Casting Talent
RADIO-MERCURY MUSINGS
Each year since 2004 I’ve retained copies of my best radio work from the previous year, with a view toward entering them in radio’s premiere creative competition, The Radio-Mercury Awards. My 2010-11 folder contains some 15 commercials from which I’d … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising (General), Casting Talent, Client-voiced commercials, Communication, Grace Broadcast Sales, Professional Services Advertising, Radio Advertising, Radio Commercials, Radio Copywriting, Radio Production, Storytelling, Uncategorized, Voice Acting, Voiceover
Tagged 2004, Advertising, Award, Commercial, Competition, copywriting, Engaging Radio Commercials, Mercury, Production, Radio, Radio Mercury Awards, winner, Woodpecker
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The Power of Words
“Choose your next witticism carefully, Mr. Bond. It may be your last.” -Auric Goldfinger to James Bond, who is about to be cut in half by a laser beam. Bond: “Well, you’re forgetting one thing. If I fail to report, … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising (General), Branding, Casting Talent, Client-voiced commercials, Communication, Professional Services Advertising, Radio Advertising, Radio Commercials, Radio Copywriting, Radio Production, Sales & Marketing, Storytelling, Voice Acting, Voiceover
Tagged 1964, Advertising, audio, Cold War, Goldfinger, Goldwater, James Bond, nuclear, Radio, script, Soviet Union, Tony Schwartz, words
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Words and Voices, the Art of Persuasion
I create radio advertising campaigns for a living. Words are the tools of my trade. Words give wings to ideas and make them soar. Words move people, products, and services. Words turn strangers into customers, and customers into evangelists. But … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising (General), Casting Talent, Communication, Radio Advertising, Radio Commercials, Radio Copywriting, Radio Production, Sales & Marketing, Voice Acting, Voiceover
Tagged art, Bill Bernbach, commercials, Davenport Hotel, persuasion, Radio, Radio Advertising, voice actors, voice talent, voiceover, voices, words
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GRACE BROADCAST SALES – Sound Ideas for Building Business! (sm)
Radio Sales Café – Networking for Radio Advertising Sales Professionals