This week on the Dogwood Media Solutions Podcast we have a very special guest, the voice of Pike Road, Bill Lacomb! Bill is a voiceover professional and in this podcast, you'll hear Brian and Bill not only talk about the importance of professional voiceover, but you'll also get to hear Bill in action.
Learn more about Dogwood at DogwoodMediaSolutions.com. At our site, you can learn more about our staff, and the services we offer. Don't forget to check out our blog full of information while you are there. You'll also find links where you can follow us on social media and become an insider to really see what it's like at Dogwood.
This week on the Dogwood Media Solutions Podcast we have a very special guest, the voice of Pike Road, Bill Lacomb! Bill is a voiceover professional and in this podcast, you'll hear Brian and Bill not only talk about the importance of professional voiceover, but you'll also get to hear Bill in action.
Learn more about Dogwood at DogwoodMediaSolutions.com. At our site, you can learn more about our staff, and the services we offer. Don't forget to check out our blog full of information while you are there. You'll also find links where you can follow us on social media and become an insider to really see what it's like at Dogwood.
Speaker 1 (00:00):
On this week's podcast, we're talking to our special guest, bill a comb. He's a professional voiceover artist, and he's gonna be talking of course, about the thing he does the best voiceovers. And also we'll be talking about why you need to hire a professional and how to find them.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
I could totally unread that better, by the way, Brian,
Speaker 1 (00:15):
I have no, I have no doubts. Hi, and welcome to the Dogwood Media Solutions podcast. I'm your host Brian Harris, and today we have a special guest in the studio. His name is Bill Lacombe. That's right. Hey, thanks for joining us,
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Bill. Hey, look, Brian, thanks for having me. This is, this is so much fun, the opportunity to come in here into your studio, just into your facility. It's just a great creative vibe in here. So thanks for letting me come and hang
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Out here. Yeah. I'm so glad to have you here. In fact, we've been talking about this, I wanna say, since January. Yeah. Uh, I think when we had our grand opening celebration. That's right. Uh, you came in here and we saw the studio and we told you about the podcast. I was like, I've got to get you in Yeah. To do a podcast issue and let's talk about the subject we're gonna be talking about today. That's right. Uh, which is voiceovers. Perfect. Yeah. And, uh, 'cause Bill is a voiceover artist. That's correct. This is part of what he does in, in the midst of other things also too. That's right. Because your, your, your main breadwinner job is the, uh, the financial center leader VP at Hancock Whitney. That's right. And, uh, up in Prattville. Correct. And also, you, you are Pike Road resident, which is, if anyone's listening, you know, pike Dogwood is where it's in Pike Road. Sure. And that's one of the ways we connected also too. 'cause your son's a member of the, the Pike Road High School band's a drummer for that. Sure. For them. And, and, uh, I, I'll go into that story in a little bit more about how we reconnected. Yeah. Also, one of the big things you do, too, just keeps you really busy mm-hmm. Is your chairman of the board for the River region, United Way. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Lot. That's, that's, that really is, I mean, I think that keeps me probably almost as busy as the, the daytime gig, you know? Mm-hmm. <affirmative>, just, uh, you know, we do a lot there with United Way as far as, you know, trying to, you know, service all of our, our nonprofits and just folks who need it in, you know, in the area, in the river region. So, um, keeps us busy. I love that, that, that leadership that I get to, uh, to, to, I guess to, to really learn from all these folks on my board and executive committee. So I look at it as, as I surround myself with all these, these great leaders and, and just try to lead at their higher level too.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
You know, I was gonna ask you, what exactly does that mean? The chairman of the board for, I mean, the River Region, United Way is, is a big organization that provides a lot of money for non-profits here in the area. So what is, what is the chairman of the board? You're, this is a volunteer position, correct? It
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Is. And, and basically the, the, the role that I always tell folks is I'm really the go-between the representative of the entire mindset and, and the opinion of the board. And I, I foster that relationship with our C E o Jana Bailey. So, um, so Jana and I, we have a, um, a really close, tight-knit relationship. I'm kind of hands-on and, and she always says, Hey, this is my boss, you know, technically, yeah. But, but she's just, you know, I, I love her heart in what she's doing, and so I just kind of hang with her and learn from her and kind of just, just get in the boat with her and report it back to the board. Make sure the board is well informed, and be the liaison between the staff and also the board who makes a lot of the decisions for United
Speaker 1 (02:44):
Way. Is this a, like, elected position or,
Speaker 2 (02:47):
Um, kind of. Okay. You know, it was one of those, the board had to elect me in, you know. Yeah. So I served on the board for a couple years, Brian, and then, um, they asked me, Hey, you wanna lead? You wanna chair this thing? So, of course, I'm, you know, all about it. I, I love leadership and love, really, at the end of the day, again, just surrounding myself with awesome people like you here today. You know, just learning and, um, and trying to just add value in any way I can. I
Speaker 1 (03:07):
Was gonna say, when do you sleep? Because the other things I've got on my list here, you're a voiceover artist. Yeah. I mean, so you're doing a lot of voiceover. I've heard your stuff on Buck Masters, for instance, that you've got out there. And I don't know if you can name off any other things you've done stuff for, but Yeah. There's some big brands that you've done voiceover work for.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
I tell you, I've done stuff for the state of Maryland. 'cause my, um, one of the broker or or agencies that, that, uh, that finds work for me mm-hmm. <affirmative> is up in the Baltimore DC area, um, that voiceovers matter, they're called. Um, and so, um, so of course he does a lot of stuff in that area. And so my clients have been, um, state of Maryland, uh, the Maryland, d o t, um, there was a big Caterpillar distribution up there, like, you know, like the heavy equipment Caterpillar. Um, and then I'm also just, um, oh, probably the past two or three years I've been the voice of, of a company that, uh, they say they sell and service, um, you know, like, uh, heating, AC equipment, things like that. So they're a big outfit, and I'm, and I'm delighted to be the voice of their company. Okay.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
That's very cool. Yeah. Well, also, you're a drummer
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Also. I'm a drummer, you know, <laugh>. So, um,
Speaker 1 (04:02):
Add that in there too, because you're right, I know you've played at churches around the area. Sure. I don't know what, what other places are you playing at? Is this just a, is this a fun thing to do, or are you part of a band or, you
Speaker 2 (04:10):
Know, it, it, it's, it started as a career years ago when I first got outta high school. I thought, well, I'm gonna be a rock star, you know? Okay. And so that was really the career path. And I took off and did that and had a lot of success. Sold a lot of records, and lived on the west coast, lived on the East Coast great gigs, and eventually just got to the point that, um, my record label said, look, you need to start cranking out the hits like Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera are doing. And I'm like, Hey, we're a rock outfit. Mm-hmm. <affirmative>, I'll give you three hits and maybe a song on a soundtrack, you know? Um, and then, uh, they said, well, well get back on the road. And I got tired of being on the road, so I got a real job. You know, that's where the banking thing came in. So now I am, um, I, I've, uh, drum over at Von Forest Church for those guys about once every month to, uh, to two weeks, to every month. And, uh, that's where my, that's where my rockstar, um, you know, stuff is going on right now in church, and I love
Speaker 1 (04:51):
It. Are you able to say what the name of your band was?
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Um, there I was in a band called Sovereign. Okay. Which was like a hard rock type outfit. Okay. And there was another band that I was, um, uh, I played drums for, um, and they were called Texas Jerry. It was kind of a, uh, like a working title for the band mm-hmm. <affirmative>. But we were, um, we were affiliated with the band live, I dunno if you remember Live mm-hmm. <affirmative> from the, from the nineties and two thousands. Yeah. We all came from, from the same town. And so we were kind of like their little brothers, and they helped us along, you know? That's really cool. So,
Speaker 1 (05:15):
Yeah, that's like a whole nother life that you
Speaker 2 (05:17):
Tell. I feel like it's, it, it, it was a whole lifetime ago as well too, so, yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
Wow. Yeah. Okay. Well, today's topic we're talking about professional voiceovers, why you need to use them Sure. Where to find them at, and then basically how they could take your production to the next level. A Dogwood did a blog post about this a couple months ago. Actually, I think it's a couple weeks ago. I can't remember exactly when we put it out. A lot of times I'll write 'em, and then they'll go out like a couple weeks later. Okay. Okay. Kinda like, you know, we do a podcast, sometimes we record 'em in advance. Imagine that. Yeah. Yeah. We actually like to pre-plan things, <laugh> and, uh, so we, I wrote The Swing and, and it had a bunch of different pieces in it, which you, you've had a chance to read it Sure. Because I wanted to kind of go through some of the points that are in the, in the actual blog post mm-hmm. <affirmative>. And then I've got a little special thing we'll have for our listeners at the very end, which I think find very interesting. Yeah. I'll, we'll kind of move into that in a little bit later. Perfect. But the first thing on the thing was, why should people want a professional voiceover?
Speaker 2 (06:05):
You know, that's a, that's a good question. And I, and I think that, you know, you'll, you'll find these, these, these ads out there, and the commercials out there where, like, the owner will do the voice mm-hmm. <affirmative>, you know what I mean? Or maybe they'll have their kids or their grandkids do the voice. Um, and, and that's fun and that's cute. But what, what you gotta think of is you gotta, you want people to take you serious, and you wanna present your, your brand, whatever that is in the most serious, most, um, consistent, most clear way you can, you wanna make sure you're being perceived as you're intending to be perceived. And sometimes you, if you have a trained voice personality, to come in there and, and, and read your script and to state your brand and to state your mission and to state, I, you know, I, I guess what I'm getting at is, it, it it's part of the culture. If you want a solid culture and a solid brand, then get, get a pro in there to, to represent you.
Speaker 1 (06:50):
Yeah. Well, that kind of leads right into that kind of gave out several points in the article. Mm-hmm. <affirmative>, one of 'em was about viewer engagement, and one of the things I talked about was, uh, it captivating an audience when you have a professional voiceover. That's right. Um, just a way to keep them interested too. Mm-hmm. <affirmative>. Um, another thing that we talked about was consistency. That's right. Um, and which was actually kind of, we were talking about this before we started recording, about a voiceover that you knew of, uh, that he was providing the regular voice of a particular brand mm-hmm. <affirmative>. And so it provided the consistency that you knew when you heard this particular person. Sure. I mean, you can, you're welcome to tell this story too. Uh, you heard this particular person and like, okay, I know that that's this brand. That's right. Um, and you, you talked about that even too, that you had some brands that you were doing specifically over and over and over again, and they hear your voice and you're like, oh, okay. Mm-hmm. <affirmative>, that's the guy that does this particular brand, and that's what the voiceover provides.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
That's right. That's right. You know, and, and the one you, like, I was specifically speaking of, uh, the first thing that came to mind was, I'm a big Sam Elliott fan. Love that voice. You, um, when he says, Coors the bank would beer. You know what I mean? That is, that's, that's it. You know, that's Sam Elliot. Yeah. You know, that's Coors. Or another is just from, from a brand perspective, if you remember, uh, the Deadliest Catch mm-hmm. <affirmative> and Mike Rowe. Oh, yeah. And Mike Rowe's voice came on there and he starts talking about it. You immediately knew, oh, we're getting ready to watch Deadliest Catch Uhhuh <affirmative>, you know, and it was a good fit. His vocal tone, his presentation, his everything, his personality that was there, part of him, you know, worked so well with that brand. Mm-hmm. <affirmative>, you know, so, so really good stuff.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
Did you ever see one of the behind the scenes episodes of Deadliest Catch? I have not. Oh, so they would, because Mike was never on the boats, of course. Right. Uh, but so he would be out shooting, um, the other show that he was doing at the time, uh, where he did dirtiest jobs. Yes. Yeah. About, so gotta be out doing dirtiest jobs. And they would go into a hotel and they would get all the comforters off the hotel beds, <laugh>, and they would bury Mike inside comforters. Wow. And with his microphone and his script. And he would sit in there and do his voiceovers inside that, because they didn't have Avo voiceover booth. He had to get things done in time for the Deadliest Catch episodes to go out. That's right. And they just rigged up a studio Yeah. And made it happen. It was, it was the coolest episodes, I think ever saw when he would do that. That awesome.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
I love when you get to see how they make the donuts, you know? Yes, yes. And look, full disclosure here, can I tell you about my studio? Okay. Tell me. My studio is my closet. Yep. You know, and the reason why I love it, 'cause, you know, even if I tried to recreate the dead sound, because, you know, to explain to it to our listeners out there, you know, you want a dead sound. Like if you go into a room and you clap your hands, you want there to be no echo, you want to be just a dead clap. Mm-hmm. <affirmative>, you know, I don't want any room sound. I want the mic to pick up all of my voice, and I want to be able to manipulate volume or compression, or whatever it is, with that mic mm-hmm. <affirmative>. And I don't want the room sound in there at all, you know.
(09:24):
So my closet is, that's what it is. You know, it's so dead with all my, my, and I'm not gonna, you know, put my wife out here like that, but she keeps a lot of stuff in our closet, just say, you know, so, you know, so I get my little area in my closet there, which I have a Mac, you know what I mean? Yeah. I have a mic, you know what I mean? And we just set up, and when they send me a script, I'll read inside this fantastic state-of-the-art studio that I have. And, uh, you know, that's, it works. That's how you make the donuts.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
Yeah. Is this like a walk-in closet? At least it's a walk in there. Okay. Yeah. I was just like imagining at first the tiny two by two, like bill's just standing there of a microphone reading with his wife's clothes on either side of him. I tell
Speaker 2 (09:58):
You, you know, but if I got a good sound out of it, I'd be, you would do it. I'd be all for it. Yeah. <laugh>.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
But that, that's the thing. Like, you can take a voiceover and do it in something like that. Totally. And it'd be very professional sound. That's right. Yep. The, the technology has evolved so much and our abilities recorded, but, so it doesn't take very much to do this. We just have to put the extra effort into it and find the right person with the right voice for it. That's right. Um, that's right. Credibility, qualities and other things Yes. That we talk about. Literally we're, I mean, talking about the equipment. So like, I, I'm curious, what kind of equipment do you have in, in your
Speaker 2 (10:28):
Closet? Well, I use, um, in, in my state-of-the-art, um, facility that I have in my closet. Yeah. Right. <laugh>. So I have a Mac, you know, and I use Audacity. Okay. Um, so I'll run through Audacity, just get a nice clean level that I like, you know, I get my, my, um, I have like, you have a pop filter right here mm-hmm. <affirmative>, I have an ATT 2020 audio Technic a mic. Okay. Who's middle of the road that has served me well for probably 15 years. And, um, we use that and, you know, record it, put it on a wave file, send it off, and that's how you do it, you know? Okay.
Speaker 1 (10:54):
Yeah. So you don't do any processing at all? They do all that. You
Speaker 2 (10:57):
Just, I, I send it to my guy. Like if, if I work with, typically what I'll do is they, they'll say, just give us a good clean read bill, good quiet, clean read, you know, no reverb, no, no effects, no nothing. And so I'll send that, like, like if I'm doing a job for, for my guy up in the Baltimore, DC area mm-hmm. <affirmative>, I'll just send him a nice clean read. He'll go to his studio, he'll put something together, get it to the ad agency, they'll compress it, or they'll pretty it up, however they wanna do it, and polish it up, and then they'll send it to the client, you know. Awesome.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
Yeah. Um, so when it comes to actually finding people to do this, because we've kind of clarified that this is the kind of thing you need for, this is why you should do a professional voiceover mm-hmm. <affirmative>, what is the best way to find people? Because in my article I put in that the first one was an online marketplace. Yeah. But you mentioned like, you, you work for a talent agency also too. Mm-hmm. <affirmative>. Yeah. And that, that was another thing I put in there, is professional talent agencies. That's right. Um, and then the other one was just getting personal recommendations. That's right. Um, so have you used any of the online marketplaces? Have you used things like Fiverr or vo voices.com or have you found any success? Have you heard people having success using
Speaker 2 (11:53):
Those? Brian, I tell you, you know, a lot of times what happens is those marketplaces mm-hmm. <affirmative> water our industry down. Mm. Because you'll have someone who, um, isn't a very good voiceover artist, but maybe their mom or their, their girlfriend said, Hey, you got a, you got a cool voice. Yeah. You know, so they'll say, well, maybe I should start doing voiceovers. And then they start doing these voiceover jobs that aren't really great, high quality. Um, they'll use 'em with, with their, their phone or something like that. Right. They'll charge the client 10 bucks and the client says, we don't care, just send it to us. Right. You know, they just wanna send some
Speaker 1 (12:19):
Whatever out there. It's, they want somebody that wasn't their voice, basically.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
That's right. Yeah. Exactly. They just wanted somebody who wasn't their voice. Mm-hmm. <affirmative>, you know. So, um, if, I think if you want to, you know, to get a good voice over artists, first thing's first you call me, you know, so Yeah, of course. And then I'll reach out to Dogwood Media, you know, <laugh>. Yeah. But, you know, but, but like you said, all kidding aside, you know, there are, are, you know, you just go online search, vo artist, voiceover artist, and there are companies out there who are broker an artist for you, or, you know, you could try the, the fiber thing if you don't have much of a budget or something like that. You know, so many ways to do it. Um, and a lot of, I get a lot of my stuff, just word of mouth, you know, or online. I'll have friends reach out to me, you know, via Facebook Messenger or clients reach out Facebook Messenger. Hey, if we send you a script, can you read this? Sure. You know?
Speaker 1 (12:58):
Well, I know that's how we met. Literally. I was walking outside of Dogwood Media in downtown Montgomery. That's right. This was probably about a year and a half, two years ago. That's right. Yeah. And, uh, it was one of, you were I think, finishing up your meeting of the Rotary Club. It was late one evening. That's right.
Speaker 2 (13:11):
Yeah. You were
Speaker 1 (13:11):
Leaving. Yeah, it was like almost 7 30, 8 o'clock, if I remember correctly. Which is not the normal time that I'm leaving the office.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
Oh, come on now. You know, <laugh>, I,
Speaker 1 (13:18):
I promise I don't, I don't do that very often at all. I try not to. Right, right. But like, literally I was leaving that day and then you and, uh, as a friend of yours Yeah. We're walking out and and you're like, what are y'all doing there? Yeah. And I was like, we're a marketing agency. Yeah. And you're like, I'm a voiceover artist. And I was like, cool. <laugh>. Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
And look, that was a rhetorical question. I knew what you did in there, you know, <laugh>, I said, I said, and I think I even knew you. I was like, I bet that's Brian Harriss. Did you really? Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. How'd you know me though? Um, I think some social media. I mean, look, I'm a voiceover guy, you know what I mean? So, so I knew of you and I knew of the, of the firm. I think I'd already followed you guys on social media. Okay. You know, and so I knew what you guys were doing. So it was just really just by chance. I was like, oh my gosh, it's Brian. Lemme say hello and introduce myself. And so that's when we first got a chance to really connect and start to network. And the rest is history,
Speaker 1 (14:00):
You know. Well, we saw each other again in football season, because I'm involved with Pike Road Live, which is our, like local TV broadcast for our high school football games. Sure. Your son's a drummer That's right. For the high, for the band. Mm-hmm. <affirmative>. And you do all the voiceovers for the band?
Speaker 2 (14:11):
I do all their announcing. Yeah. So before every show I'll say, you know, like, I'll, I'll state the show and who, you know, who's playing and who, you know, just information about the show. And then give the big, you know mm-hmm. <affirmative>, ladies and gentlemen, the Pike Road Patriot Marching band, you know, and I love it. Fire up that, uh, that stadium. Everybody gets rolling and we they do their
Speaker 1 (14:27):
Show. Yeah. I remember. We, we were down, we were upstairs. 'cause we were up on the roof. Y'all get to have the booth downstairs. The, the professionals. It's, it's
Speaker 2 (14:33):
Ac
Speaker 1 (14:34):
By the way. I know there's AC in there. We did. We had, we had ac It's a Cool Wind and Rain. Oh, okay.
Speaker 2 (14:38):
Yeah. Yeah. I got you. <laugh>. Enjoy that a
Speaker 1 (14:41):
Bit. No, it was terrible. <laugh>. I'll say hopefully we're gonna get a roof this year. That's the rumor.
Speaker 2 (14:45):
That would be nice. Yeah, that would
Speaker 1 (14:46):
Be nice. Uh, but we were up there and I heard your voice and I was like, I know that voice. Yeah, man. I've heard it. Yeah. And like, I've stuck my head through the hole because there's a hole between the third and the second floor. Yeah, yeah. Stuck my head through there and I was like, oh, yep, there's Bill, there's Bill.
Speaker 2 (14:57):
Yeah. Yeah. And then when I saw you, I'm like, Brian, what's up
Speaker 1 (15:00):
Buddy? Yeah. It worked out like, I think the second or third game we were down at the, uh, uh, the football field downtown Montgomery
Speaker 2 (15:06):
Cramp Cranmore. That's right.
Speaker 1 (15:07):
We were next door to the booth where you guys do the voiceover mm-hmm. <affirmative>. And so you were able to come over next door to us and we had you as a guest. Really? If I remember. Didn't we, did we have you on the air
Speaker 2 (15:15):
Or, um, I don't think it was on the air. Okay. But it was real brief. Like, and you guys are all great in that booth. Everybody's so cool. You know what I mean? Everybodys so friendly. We have lot of fun. You guys do have a lot of fun. That's why I think that's why I came over there. I'm like, I gonna have fun with these guys. You
Speaker 1 (15:26):
Know? So it's a lot of fun. And we'll put you on a camera and give you a, give you a microphone. Come Yeah. Lemme down. Don't say things like that. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (15:30):
Right. Before, you know what, I'm standing by the field. I'm like, well, I'm a sideline reporter here now.
Speaker 1 (15:34):
Yeah. <laugh>. Hey, don't say it. That could happen.
Speaker 2 (15:36):
I'm throwing it out there,
Speaker 1 (15:38):
<laugh>. But that was how we reconnected it. And then I'm glad we've gotten to know each other more, so. Absolutely. All right. So this is the part that I wanted to, to throw at you to end our podcast with today. Yeah. Yeah. And this might take a couple minutes. Uh, I have some scripts. Love it. And this is actually a real client. Mm-hmm. <affirmative>, uh, the name of the client, that's all South Appliance. Okay. They're out of Birmingham, Alabama. Uh, they have a summer kitchen deal right now. Okay. And this is, uh, we had another writer. The person's not on our staff. It's a writer has written the spot. I'm gonna hand it to you. Uh, what I kind of wanna ask you is like, what are the things that are going through your mind, uh, when you get handed a script like this? I know you haven't had a chance to re-read this first. Yeah. And so I kind of want to kind of really just get your first thoughts mm-hmm.
Speaker 2 (16:16):
<affirmative>, you know, first thing I always look at is who's the client? What's the product and what's the message? Yeah. You know, and, and really how do I need to, to, um, to relay this message, you know, what's the, what's to be the most efficient, but yet attention getting way to, to deliver their script. You know, um, like this is really easy time to place those old, time to replace those old appliances. All South Appliance makes it easy. So the first thing you wanna do is you wanna catch the name of that company. Mm-hmm. <affirmative>, you know, all South Appliance, you know, makes it easy, you know, and so you have, you got some punctuation in there. I'm a big fan of punctuation. Yeah. If you don't put a comm in the right spot, it can ruin the whole read for me. Mm-hmm. <affirmative>, you know, so, but, um, then, you know, then, then they tell you, they want to tell you lowest prices in stock delivery and installation.
(16:56):
Yep. All South makes all that easy order over the phone in, in one of our seven showrooms or, or online easy. So they really want to say that word easy. Yeah. So, you know, I kind of chop, you know, chop my way through it as I'm just reading. Well, it's your first read, so Yeah. But, um, but clearly that's, that's the message that they want to convey. They want to let you know that, that what they do is, um, they, they make your life easier. You know, all South Appliance makes it easy. Lowest prices in stock delivery and installation. Yep. All South makes all that easy order over the phone in one of our seven showrooms or online easy even apply for credit online. You guessed it. All South makes that easy too. So when shopping for Appliance Shop, all South Appliance, just visit my all south.com to find a showroom nearest you. It's that easy. Yep.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
That was amazing. Yeah. That's their
Speaker 2 (17:46):
Thing. Clearly they want, you know, it's that easy. So know to me, I also like to look for the, the, the tagline. Yeah. You know, and to me, here it is that, that's the last one. Make sure you always say that website clear and slow it down a little bit. Just visit my all south.com to find a showroom nearest you. It's that easy. And that's, that
Speaker 1 (18:05):
Was amazing. That's cool, man. Thank you. It it's sure you like literally did that in two minutes, just grabbed it. Yeah. Yeah. That's pretty cool. Yeah. So All South Appliance, I'll go ahead and tell you. I, I should probably give you a little more heads up on them. They're, uh, they have six stores throughout the southeast. Yeah. And so this is gonna air on their Birmingham market, um, which is where their big store is. They have like a major, like a, it used to actually be a toy store, a, was it called Toys? Arrest Location. Okay. They converted into an appliance store and it's a beautiful store. Wow. And so, like high-end appliances, the wolf appliances, like the, the really nice stuff mm-hmm. <affirmative>, and then they have, but they have kitchens throughout the whole thing. So not only are you going in and looking like rows and rows of, of refrigerators, but they actually have like a true showroom Wow.
(18:40):
Where you can see what the appliances look like in your kitchen. Yeah. And so they have, so a lot of people use it as a way to kind of get ideas for when they're building their house. And so, like you talked about, they've made it super easy to come in and, and find what you want, and being able to see it in real life scenarios, what it would actually look like in your kitchen. Oh, that's cool. And so it's, it's kind of a, a different step than like going into like a Circuit City, or I don't know if Circuit City exists any longer, but I remember
Speaker 2 (19:03):
Circuit City.
Speaker 1 (19:04):
Yeah. Well, home Depot for that. Yeah, sure. You go to Home Depot, they're just, they're just lined up. Yeah. Uh, which is nothing wrong with that. Um, you, you pay for a little bit more this kind of thing, but they also have local service. Right. Uh, they're a, um, they're gonna deliver it to you and you're gonna get some professional that carry it into your house and plug it up and that kind of thing too. Yeah. Yeah. So we, we actually have three of these scripts and we don't have to do, we don't have to do all these right now.
Speaker 2 (19:24):
If you want me to, man, I'll, I'll, if you wanna do another one, it's up to you. Let's do it.
Speaker 1 (19:26):
Okay. Let me hand this one's, uh, about their dishwasher deals. Okay. So here you go.
Speaker 2 (19:31):
Uh, no, they're all south. Yes. So we already know, you know, looking ahead here, they're looking at, uh, okay. So we wanna talk about the brands that they carry. Um, just go into that a little bit. So, yeah, so here we go. All South Appliances delivering is delivering dishwasher deals. Is that Yeah.
Speaker 1 (19:46):
Yeah. I They misspelled it. Yeah, it's
Speaker 2 (19:47):
Okay. It's okay. So, but you gotta get that right 'cause they're like, no, no, no, we misspelled it on purpose. Read it like that.
Speaker 1 (19:51):
No, that was Miss misspelled <laugh>. So, but
Speaker 2 (19:53):
That's a, but you know what? Honestly, that's a good, I'm, that's, I'm glad we found that because so many times I go, Hey, you guys misspelled that. They said, no, we didn't read that. Oh yeah. So, or no, that comma's supposed to be there, you know. Hmm. So, um, all South is stocked with big time savings on your favorite brands. Bosch, bco, KitchenAid, GE and More. All South has this, th has this three rack Bosch dishwasher for only 7 95. Get this KitchenAid two rack dishwasher for 6 95, visit our showroom and discover how all South helps stretch your dollar and make it easy. Visit my all-out dot com to find your nearest showroom.
Speaker 1 (20:29):
So how many reads do you normally do when you give, when you're giving a script at your home studio?
Speaker 2 (20:32):
Sometimes, man, you know, and that's a good question because I'll get these 15 minute little tags that they'll wanna run just kind of in between stuff. Mm-hmm. <affirmative> and those are the most, the biggest pains because A, you gotta get your timing right. You know, they say, I need, it's gonna be a 15 minute script, but I need you to give it to me in 17 so
Speaker 1 (20:46):
We can edit 15, 15 seconds, 15
Speaker 2 (20:47):
Seconds. I'm, I said, you're right. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (20:49):
15 minutes.
Speaker 2 (20:49):
That's a long time. Yeah. I'm like, that's a big one here. I'm sorry. Um, so yeah, 15 seconds and you've gotta get it in in 17 seconds because that way they say, give us two minutes so we can snip and compress and do this and speed up, slow down all that. So they want you to give 'em a little bit, so you gotta nail that too. So sometimes a little 15 seconds Joby, or are the ones you're like, oh my gosh, I've read this 8,000 times. You know, if you didn't
Speaker 1 (21:08):
Specify on the script either what time length this was.
Speaker 2 (21:12):
Yeah. It looks like this is probably, I mean, you could stretch it, you know, um,
Speaker 1 (21:15):
I think it's a 30.
Speaker 2 (21:16):
Yeah. All South appliances delivering dishwasher deals, you know. Yeah. All south of stock with big time savings, big time savings. And that's another thing. Mm-hmm. <affirmative> big time savings on your favorite brands, you know, so once I read it a couple times and I get into it, you know, there are certain words that you, that, and even when I'm doing voiceovers, by the way, you can see I kind of talk in my hands now mm-hmm. <affirmative>. Yeah. When I do, when I do the actual voiceover, oh, my hands are all over the place. You know what I mean? Do, do, do you know, i i the fists in the air? Yeah. Hands. You know what I mean? It just, it helps to deliver the vocal even better. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (21:44):
This is really cool to watch this.
Speaker 2 (21:45):
It's fun, man.
Speaker 1 (21:46):
Isn't this is like that micro episode, like I'm getting live it
Speaker 2 (21:48):
<laugh>. Yeah. Hey look, put me in a bunch of blankets here. Let's see if we can get done with this cool mic you have.
Speaker 1 (21:51):
Just pull your jacket over here. You'll be alright. <laugh>. Do you wanna do this last one or is that
Speaker 2 (21:56):
Enough? Might as well, man. Let's get one more
Speaker 1 (21:57):
Shot. Yeah. Yeah. This is the summer laundry deals with Whirlpool. Oh,
Speaker 2 (22:00):
Okay. Okay.
Speaker 1 (22:01):
This is a bunch of different Washington dryers. Believe can just
Speaker 2 (22:03):
Clean clothes, save money. Okay. Talking about simple. Um, yeah, here we go. Clean clothes, save money. It's that simple. When you shop all South Appliance, notice when I got to the All South Appliance mm-hmm. <affirmative>, that's the brand name. You wanna make sure you stretch that out and read it really clear. All South has the largest selection of laundry sets you'll find anywhere. It's everything you need at the lowest price. And in stock shop today and set up delivery or take them home immediately, like this Whirlpool top load laundry set for just 4, 5 45 each. And this Whirlpool front end load washer for and dryer just 7 45 each. Now is the time to save with All South. Just visit my all-out dot com to find your showroom.
Speaker 1 (22:44):
Awesome.
Speaker 2 (22:44):
Here we go, buddy. Yeah,
Speaker 1 (22:45):
Are good. That's so
Speaker 2 (22:46):
Awesome. Yeah, those are cool, man. But
Speaker 1 (22:47):
Well, we're gonna finish up the podcast and we'll do an actual recording that we'll use on the air and everything too. Perfect. Yeah. So people, when they're watching, actually when they're listening to this podcast, if they see an all, all-out commercial, especially in the Birmingham market or Yeah. Uh, they're in Chattanooga. Um, I can't even remember all the locations they're at. There's six of them. Wow. Okay. So there's like one in Destin, but I think these are all gonna air in Birmingham. Mostly Cool. But, so if anyone goes to Birmingham, they might be able to hear this spot that we're recording right here in our studio today. We kind of give 'em a little inside look, so
Speaker 2 (23:14):
I think that's cool. They got to hear how we make the donuts, you know?
Speaker 1 (23:16):
Yeah. And they get to hear the reasons why they need to have a professional voiceover.
Speaker 2 (23:19):
Ah. Which is really what we, what
Speaker 1 (23:20):
We're trying to talk about. Yeah. Well, um, well, the next episode, well, I'll be actually be back. I'll be hosting another one. Awesome. With Noleen Crocker, she's our graphic designer. Uh, she'll be my guest and I have about 10,000 questions, probably about 10 more or 10 less when I've asked you today. Maybe <laugh>. Uh, so she, we can talk about graphic design and get to hear all about what she does as a graphic designer here for us. Oh, I love it. So if you like what you're hearing here, uh, for the Dogwood podcast, you can head over to our website@dogwoodmediasolutions.com. Check out the other blog content we've written as well as listen to other podcast episodes that he might've missed. If you're looking at connectivism on our website is the best place to do that as well. You can contact us directly through the site, and all of our social accounts are linked there as well. If you haven't already, make sure you subscribe to our podcast and leave a review. And you can find all of, you can find basically every podcast we have. Every every platform is out there. We has our podcasts on it, they're on everywhere. So you can, uh, find your favorite podcast platform, subscribe to us wherever that one is. Uh, again, thanks for tuning in to Dogwood Media Solutions podcast. Thanks, bill for being my guest here today.
Speaker 2 (24:15):
Tha look, it's my pleasure. And let me, you gotta, let me deliver the, the, the, uh, the, the goods here. Okay. Dogwood Media Solutions. Perfect. Thank you. There you
Speaker 1 (24:23):
Go. Hey, you will say this, this is what we say at the end of every podcast, right? Right here. This one. This is that line right there.
Speaker 2 (24:27):
Perfect. Thanks for tuning into the Dogwood Media Solutions podcast. And until next time, happy marketing.