Brownstein Shows Big Time CDs How Online Advertising Works, Lands Job

Alec Brownstein came up with a brilliant way to get the attention of the creative directors that he wanted to work for–he bought their names as search terms on Google, knowing that people will invarably Google themselves.

When the CDs Brownstein targeted did, in fact, Google themselves, his paid result which appeared at the top of the page said, “Googling yourself is a lot of fun. Hiring me is fun, too.” And he was right. Brownstein now works as a senior copywriter at Young & Rubicam/NY.
Impressive.
[via Mashable]

About David Burn

I wrote my first ad for a local political candidate when I was 17. She went on to win her race, and I felt the power of persuasive copy for the first time. Starting in Portland in 1995, I worked my way across the country as a copywriter and eventually became a content director making media products for big packaged goods brands. I returned to Oregon in 2008, and now I focus on building brands for companies that matter, including this one.