Dear Mr Smith,
I am writing to apply for the role of SEO Copywriter within your agency.
First up, can I just say what a huge fan I am of your work. I have followed your career closely and thought the build systems and protocols you installed at Optus were an absolute stroke of genius.
When I first saw the job you posted 60 seconds ago, I immediately knew that this was the reason I had been placed on this Earth.
A lot of people my age are into partying, sport, travel and dating. But not me. I live to play around with long and short tail keywords, analyse websites to optimise traffic and read up on performance metrics.
For my holidays last year, I went on a 5-day search marketing summit and managed to attend all 40 sessions across the week.
Sure, I had to skip my 93-year-old gran’s birthday to do it, (she’s in a hospice, bless her,) but it was totally worth it. Met a great bunch of people and we talked late into the night about organic search and Google Analytics. (I finally crawled into bed around 9.30 pm!) Would love to share my photos with you some time. Crazy!!!
Anyhow, I know you are an incredibly busy and important man, so I won’t take up much more of your time.
Just to say, I think I would be the perfect applicant for this role for the following reasons:
1: I will generate enormous amounts of revenue for your company whilst remaining blissfully unaware of my own worth.
2: I am clever enough to do my job, but not clever enough to do yours.
3: I will never miss an agency meeting or function, but am perfectly fine with missing my son’s birthday or daughter’s ballet recital.
4: I will, of course, be delighted to perform three or four different and unrelated jobs, whilst receiving a pay cheque for only one.
5: I know how important it is for high-powered execs like you to have down- time, so will happily forgo my weekends so you don’t have to give up yours.
As a testament of my good faith and eagerness for the role, I would like to take on your company’s SEO and manage it free of charge for the next six months.
If you would like me to come in for 4 or 5 interviews or undertake a protracted and highly technical test piece of some kind, then please call me anytime of the day or night. Honestly I am living purely for your phone call.
I hope soon to be your humble servant,
Jeremy Southern
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