Hey Look! We're in the Paper!

A big article in the Wilmington News Journal today rounds up the triple play of media coverage over the past couple of weeks (TV, Radio & Newspaper, oh my!)

To read it, click here.

Hey Listen! We're on the Radio!

'YoYo Joe' gets around...last week on 'The 10! Show, ' and this past Wednesday, Joe visited WDEL's Rick Jensen to talk about dangerous (and not-so-dangerous) toys on his afternoon show. Rick was kind enough to create a podcast to listen to. Joe was also quoted in an article in the Wilmington News Journal about 'Small Business Saturday' on Wednesday. If you haven't gotten your fill of Joe, there's gonna be an article in an upcoming edition of 'The Wilmington News Journal' about YoYo Joe's Toys & Fun and Mitchell's.

Good times!

Click here to listen to Joe on 'The Rick Jensen Show'

Hey Look! We're on TV!

Thanks to our friends at NBC10 for our second visit from 'The 10! Show' and their roving reporter Justin Pizzi!

'The 10! Show' is headed back to YoYo Joe's - show up and get a free $5 Gift-Certificate!

You might recall that NBC 10's 'The 10! Show' did a live remote last year from YoYo Joe's Toys & Fun. Well, they're coming back! On Wednesday, November 17th, Justin Pizzi from The 10! Show will visit YoYo Joe's Toys & Fun to do a live remote report on hot holiday toys. The broadcast starts just after 10 am, and we at YoYo Joe's would like a full house to set a good holiday mood. So...we're not above bribing you. Each and every person who arrives at YoYo Joe's Toys & Fun BEFORE 10 am will receive a no-strings attached $5 gift-certificate to spend on any purchase at YoYo Joe's through Wednesday. You can use it to save $5 off your purchase or just get your under $5 purchase free. It's up to you. So, show up BEFORE 10 am and get a free $5 towards your holiday shopping!

And, as the show is taped live, you can make it home in time to see yourself on TV! 'The 10! Show' is on NBC10 at 11 am. See you on Wednesday!

Joe on 'The 10! Show' on Friday

Three or so weeks after our first appearance on NBC10's 'The 10! Show,' we were surprised to hear from them again. They asked Joe to come up to be on Friday's show and highlight some cool last minute toys. Joe showed off the Sandwich Stacking Game from Melissa & Doug, the Hexbug Nano, the Quadrilla Musical set and the brand new Rockboard Scooter. The Scooter is awesome. Joe was just happy to not wreck while riding the scooter...

Check it out:

Duncan 80th Anniversary stops in at YoYo Joe's

Mark Hayward, Seth Peterson and Brandon Jackson from Duncan Yo-Yo visited YoYo Joe's Toys & Fun last week as part of their 80th Anniversary Tour around the country. The Brandywine Community News covered the visit. See their article and pics here

'The 10! Show' is headed to YoYo Joe's - show up and get a free $5 Gift-Certificate!

On Monday, November 23rd, Tim Furlong from NBC10's 'The 10! Show' will visit YoYo Joe's Toys & Fun to do a live remote report on hot holiday toys. The broadcast starts just after 10 am, and we at YoYo Joe's would like a full house to set a good holiday mood. So...we're not above bribing you. Each and every person who arrives at YoYo Joe's Toys & Fun BEFORE 10 am will receive a no-strings attached $5 gift-certificate to spend on any purchase at YoYo Joe's through Wednesday. You can use it to save $5 off your purchase or just get your under $5 purchase free. It's up to you. So, show up BEFORE 10 am and get a free $5 towards your holiday shopping!

And, as the show is taped live, you can make it home in time to see yourself on TV! 'The 10! Show' is on NBC10 at 11 am. See you on Monday!

Duncan crew at YoYo Joe's Toys & Fun tonight

Mark Hayward, Seth Peterson and Brandon Jackson from Duncan will be at YoYo Joe's Toys & Fun tonight from 5-7 to hang out with YoYo Joe's Yo-Yo Club. Come meet them.

Check out this video from their performance on Eyewitness News on the CW morning show where Mark gives us a shout out as "World's most favorite toy store." Wow. Thanks, Mark.

Click here to view video

Best of Delaware, Baby!

I headed out today to find a copy of the Sunday Washington Post. How hard could it be? It's one of the biggest papers in the country, right? Washington's only a couple hours away, right? I mean, Delaware's Joe Biden is the VP, so it can't be THAT hard to find in Wilmington, right?

Three hours later, I final

ly find one copy hiding at Claymont Newsstand, who doesn't take credit card purchases under $15 and who over double the cover price of the paper, but hey, I got it! 

What does this have to do with Best of Delaware?  - well, on our quest we found the July issue of Delaware Today magazine, which has a big half-page picture of Ciro, Jake and Louise Poppiti yoyoing at YoYo Joe's. Awesome! Plus, the writeup on YoYo Joe's. We're famous! And, our pal JonRob is mentioned in the writeup about the store as well. Who's the best?

We are!

YoYo Joe's yoyoers profiled in Washington Post Magazine

The Washington Post Magazine's cover story (registration required - unless you check out bugmenot.com) this week focus' on two local yoyoers - former YoYo Joe's employee and World Champion Tyler Severance (left) and Vice-President Joe Biden's favorite yoyoer Jonathan Robinson. It's a great article that was written with care. Writer Rebecca Bengal contacted me last year talking about doing a story on a regional yoyoer. The story features a cool video shot at the Maryland State Yo-Yo Contest in Perryville. The article also talks about both Mitchell's and YoYo Joe's. Great press! 

Rebecca told me there's more pictures in the paper edition of the magazine, so I'll be picking up a couple copies tomorrow. 

Joe's blog entry for Toy Directory website

A couple weeks ago, I got a call from the Toy Directory - a toy industry publication and website. They came across my blog here and decided to ask me to write for their new Toy Blog section of their website. I recently submitted my first article to them - it's about trends that I expect to see through the rest of 2009. I'm no Jim Cramer (although I would totally take down Jon Stewart if I was on 'The Daily Show'), but I made some predictions. Check out the article here.

YoYo Joe's makes Forbes

Well, kinda sorta. A mention, anyway. It's an article about the Toy Safety Bill (CPSIA) that took effect on February 10th. When I told her, Emily quoted one of my favorite quotes from the world of the arts,"This is the kind of spontaneous publicity, you're name in print, that makes people. I'm in print! Things are going to start happening to me now."

- Navin R. Johnson, AKA 'The Jerk'

YoYo Joe's in the news again!

Look! I'm famous! Well, not so much, but the Community News thought enough of our new store to do an article about us. It's a good article, check it out online here. 

Article about YoYo Joe's in News Journal Paper

Thanks to Gary Haber of the Wilmington News Journal for the cool article about us that appeared in Saturday's paper. That's me and Emily as the photo ran in the paper. Check it out here