A Real Whodunit…

The dead body copy was discovered at 8:45 am.  Lying lifeless in an e-mail sent to the designer overnight.

What a pathetic waste of words.  Written by the client, the copy was plugged full of platitudes and choked with bland corporate mush.   In short, it reeked.

It was a sticky wicket.  So, they called me — Les Overhead. Freelance copywriter, creative director, mobile ad agency.  I deliver messages — direct to the head, if you get my drift.

I write and produce ads, web sites, brochures, creative direct mail, sandwich boards, refrigerator poems — anything that can carry an idea (short of a ransom note).

Portland.  Yuma.  Singapore.  Saskatoon.  I ride the online express, going wherever I'm needed.  Wherever someone is hungry for a good word.  Or two.  Or two thousand.   With revisions if needed.

It doesn't take a genius to know it's a dangerous world out there.  Full of risk - as well as reward.  Here are some words of advice: choose your words wisely.  Always hire a professional.

History – Just the Facts

I was leaving to buy a keg when the call came in.   A woman's voice asked if I was interested in working at a radio station in Whitefish, Montana.   Not for the next 12 hours, I said.   I showed up to work, shaven and sober, two weeks later.

In those days I was known as Tom Vandel.   After a couple years punching out copy on a Smith-Corona, I turned in my keys and headed west.

Eventually pulled into Portland, where I caught on with a series of ad agencies.   I got into everything: print ads, radio and TV spots, corporate brochures, client arguments ...many words were exchanged.   Nobody got hurt.

One day in the shower, a hair circled the drain and it dawned on me. I should use my head and get off this merry-go-round.   Go to work for myself and help those in need.   That day Les Overhead was born.   Freelance copywriter.  Mobile ad man.   A man of his word.

Clients

• KBVM FM
• Event Transportation International
• Davis Wright Tremaine
• Travelers
• Richard Burdell ALS Foundation
• Timberland
• Moto Interactive + Branding
• Matt Lesher Realtor
• SoMA, Inc.
• Mile 7
• Benetech

The last words?

Want to break into some minds? Need some big ideas? Snappy headlines? Short sentences.....? Two words: pay me.

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