Personal Statements


Self-promotion is a big part of the ad biz. Every agency has a self-promo site and many make self-promo print ads to run in specialty publications. Then there’s the whole “make an ad for yourself” thing that happens, as ad people seek higher and higher realms. One might even argue this site is a self-promo campaign of some sort. Anyway, Casey McKinnon doesn’t say she’s an actor, writer, producer in the video above. She doesn’t need to say that. She just needs to be interesting enough to make her audience want more.

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). Today, I live near Portland, Oregon and spend my days building brands for companies that matter.