I DESERVE A BIG AD GIG


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I Deserve a Big Ad Gig on Facebook

Hey, I'm Cristin. I have been out of school and in New York for 4 years. I have been working towards something big since then, and I hope this can be it. Some very smart advertising people are putting together a little contest. The finalists will present during adweek, and 4 will be chosen to do a 30 day freelance gig at a top agency. If I win, I’ll get a gig, and I’ll get exposure. So if you like me, you’ll help me out. Friend me, tweet me, follow me, become a fan, watch my youtube, and send me to your friends. Persuade the judges to pick me. This blog is about me and some things I do, as well as my contest participation.

And Now We Wait.

All the entries finally got uploaded to the Big Ad Gig channel.  There are 49. There’s a lot of bad ones, and a few good ones. Several are over time limit so I hope that means they get thrown out. I strained pretty hard to get mine down to 60 seconds. I have the most views, second to the guy who fake proposed to his girlfriend Jessica.  My mom might be responsible for a good handful of the views. And I’m sneaky, so I gave myself a killer comment and a high rating from my other account.

I looked at several the entrant’s resumes and books, and I noticed that a lot of them are just out of portfolio school and pretty young.  I don’t know if that’s good or bad for me.

I didn’t explode to internet sensation status and get my own reality show on VH1 like I had hoped, but come on, I am no puppy that can’t roll over.  But I did get a handful of people interested. I got some facebook fans and twitter followers, and I didn’t pay for them. My guest post on Please Feed the Animals got me some traffic and some killer advice, so thanks to Erik Proulx for that.

They will announce the 8 semi-finalists friday.  Keep rooting for me!

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