Some clients can be really tough. If you don’t deliver what they want, they can chew you up and spit you out. That’s why it’s important to make sure you feed them good concepts and follow-up with great copy.

This is where experience makes the difference — not just the kind of experience one lists on a resume, but also the real life experiences that fill the creative basket with a wide variety of subjects and emotions. The kinds of experiences that can translate passion into print.

With that in mind, you can review my resume and samples under the ABOUT US tab. This page is dedicated to the life experiences that have contributed to developing my skills as a creative copywriter.

I’ve been snorkeling with manatees in Florida. I’ve been parasailing in Puerto Vallarta. I was one of the first babies adopted in 1964. I was born in Toledo, Ohio, grew up in Northern Virginia, worked in Washington, D.C., spent my summers at my family’s cabin in the mountains of Maine, eventually moved to Houston, Texas, lived in Detroit, Michigan for ten years, found my way back to Toledo, spent a couple of years in Little Rock, Arkansas and now I’m back in Virginia.

I’ve been to the pony round-up in Chincoteague. I’ve fallen to my knees at the edge of the Grand Canyon. I’ve haggled with souvenir vendors in Punta Cana. During a visit to Arizona, I made it a point to stop and play the piano in a saloon in Tombstone. I am a certified PADI (Professional Association of Dive Instructors) diver. I was the editor of my college newspaper. I’ve hiked parts of the Appalachian Trail. I’ve done some print and runway modeling and I have appeared as an extra in a few television commercials. I’m currently learning German so I can better communicate with my in-laws in Deutschland.

The number of bones that I've broken almost matches the number of stitches I've received. I sold peanuts in the original Houston Astrodome for a season so I could watch baseball games for free. I take pretty good photos. I’ve read the Bible. I’m a decent cook. I enjoy the arts. I know why there are so many shipwrecks off the Outer Banks of North Carolina. I’ve seen Niagara Falls and the Alamo. I believe it is a mistake to add anything to a splash of 18-year-old, single malt Scotch.

Of course, there’s more, but the bottom line is that a good copywriter should know a little about a lot. And I’m a good copywriter (and editor).

If you’ve got a project that needs a creative hook, let’s talk!

Email: barrett@2bcreative.us

Phone: 757-254-4700