Slogan writing — could it be for me?

I am a skilled salesman. I have a penchant for psychology and would like to think that I am well-versed in the art of influence. I am also a very good writer by many people’s accounts.

Then perhaps it would behoove me to try my hand a copy­writing. I hate to admit this (trust me, I really hate to) but watching TV series Mad Men got me thinking about the world of adver­tising. I’ve always known that adver­tising and marketing are important elements of consumerism, but honestly I have never paid much attention to the stuff. I was never really all that influ­enced by such things. But that doesn’t mean that I can’t work it from the other side.

It’s too late to look for intern­ships and I’ve no port­folio to speak of. But I do have a way with words, and I am familiar with sales and marketing. Maybe that’ll be all I need to dip my toe into the waters. Maybe I can pull a Peggy Olson and start from nothing and rise to the top. And why not? You never know. It doesn’t make much sense to have a dream but not the drive to chase it. Besides, it’s better to try and to fail than to never try at all. If I don’t have the chops to be a copy­writer, I’ll know when somebody tells me that I’m awful at it. That’s a hell of a lot better than sitting around ten years down the road thinking, “Boy, I could’ve been a great ad man. I really could’ve…”