Justin Oberman

Freelance Creative Director

Brand Response Copywriter, Creative Director - I can talk like a direct marketer ✓ and create brand awareness ✓ at the same time. 🤯 DM me to learn how. | Advertising | Branding | Strategy |

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Hi. 

My name is Justin Oberman. 

I am a copywriter and creative director who started an advertising agency in 2020 during the pandemic and quietly grew it to 7 figures using nothing but organic LinkedIn posting and word of mouth.

Then, in 2023, I burned out.

So, I closed my agency.

But before I did that, I had a stark realization. 

Besides the influx of business, my following on LinkedIn had grown to over 30k. 

I also realized that most of the people and brands that hired me did so because they liked my Linkedin posts. 

They liked the way I thought. 

I did this without taking classes from the gurus, paying attention to my metrics, or writing for the algorithm.

I figured, if I could do it for me, I could probably do it for other people as well.

So, I started offering ghostwriting services to high-level ad executives and solopreneurs in early 2023.

And the results were pretty phenomenal.

In just 6 months, I grew from zero clients to over 15

Since that day, I’ve taken my unconventional approach to branding and advertising and applied it to ghostwriting and managing the personal brands of several high-profile executives, founders, business owners, and solopreneurs (but I can’t tell you who).

My Mission is to help people and brands write things worth reading and do things worth writing about.

Here are all the ways you can work with me:

PERSONAL PUBLICITY MANAGEMENT 

Need help building and managing your personal brand? Let the world's only full-service ad agency (but for people) do it for you. 

→ GO HERE: https://www.obermanpartners.com/

ADVERTISING & COPYWRITING

Need help creating an ad campaign or with a marketing project? Let me put together a team for you. 

→ DM me

HIBACHI COPY

Just need copywriting help? Me, you (and whoever you think should be in there as well). Two days. All the copy you need. Done. 

→ GO HERE: www.hibachicopy.com

Email: justin@justinoberman.com
X: @obercr8ive

Creative Director / Copywriter

Oberman & Partners is a creative consultancy for brands and agencies that still believe in the magic of advertising. 

Known as the guy that brands and agencies call when they’re stuck or need a little extra creative juice, OBERMAN diagnoses the problem and (if necessary) puts together a unique team of PARTNERS (freelancers or other agencies) to solve them.

“Just wanted to say I really love your emails. The orange email had me hooked from the start to the finish. I don’t think any email has done that for me in literally years. Well done.”

Someone just DMd me that. So I figured I’d share it with all of you. 

LinkedIn comments

Copywriter, Ghostwriter, Personal & Corporate Brand Advisor, Manager & Impresario. | I help people and brands write things worth reading and do things worth writing about. | I also teach how to write like a human with AI

Everyone says they want to ‘understand’ the LinkedIn algorithm.

But the algorithm has no interest in understanding you.

It’s only interested in the humans that are interested in you.

So here’s how to talk to the algorithm without talking to the algorithm:

You don’t.

You talk to the people the algorithm is eavesdropping on.

• Make them laugh
• Make them stop
• Make them DM you
• Make them feel something
• Make them remember you

Humans create attention. 

Algorithms only amplify it.

Learn to talk to the humans, and the algorithm has no choice but to follow.

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The best hook I ever wrote made me feel stupid for writing it.

"Most people don't read past the first line."

That was it. Not clever at all.

I almost deleted it.

And I'm glad I didn't because when I hit publish, it outperformed everything I'd written that month.

Because here's the thing about clever hooks:

They make people work.

When something is clever people need to decode what you mean or are trying to say.

And, on social media, the moment people need to think too hard, they scroll.

But obvious hooks work differently because they say just enough of what people are already thinking to grab their attention.

The thing that's so true it feels risky to say. 

The thing that makes someone stop and think "wait, did they just read my mind?"

Good hooks, like good headlines, are not about cleverness.

They may seem clever after the fact, but what they really are is just true and relatable.

And truth is faster than cleverness.

Want to put this into action? 

Do this:

If writing your hook makes you feel smart, delete it.

If it makes you feel like you're stating the obvious, then you're getting close.

The hooks that work the best don't sound like a writer wrote them.

And the best place to find hooks is six to eight lines down (in a long post).  

That's where I found "Most people don't read past the first line."

That's also where I found "The best hook I ever wrote made me feel stupid for writing it."

That's because most people bury the lead, and most people don't get to the point until 6-8 lines down.

Want the exact patterns I use to write hooks that stop people mid-scroll?

Join me today at 12PM PST in my Free January Masterclass. 

Link in comments.

The algorithm left dishes in the sink again.

The same skills that make you a good performance copywriter will destroy your LinkedIn posts.

If you're a copywriter (especially a copywriter who learned the craft over the past 10-15 years of performance marketing domination), then you've spent 10 years learning to write copy that converts. Which is great for ads, or advitorials and the like.

But on LinkedIn (or any social media), those skills are working against you.

Because, despite what the gurus tell you, organic social is not a direct response or performance medium. It's a brand awareness medium.

I know a lot of people will disagree with me on this. If you are one of them, go ahead, fight me on this. But first, answer me this:

If it's not a brand awareness platform, then why are you using it to build a personal brand?

Anyway, that's not what I wanted to write about. 

What I wanted to write about was how copywriters should grow their personal brand on LinkedIn, because it works a little bit differently than it does for most people.

And part of the problem is that, as a copywriter, client work teaches you to disappear.

To be a good copywriter, you need to either create someone else's brand voice or learn how to write in it.

Like a method actor, you've trained yourself to become the other person or brand or whatever and ignore anything that's personal to you. 

What you think is irrelevant unless you are thinking like them.

So when you sit down to write your LinkedIn posts, you, quite naturally, think to yourself... 

How do I write a good LinkedIn post? 

And chances are, you land where most people land.

You think you need to make everything sound professional. 

And I get it. 

LinkedIn is a business platform. 

 But it's also a social media platform. And just like any other social media platform, it doesn't reward "professional."

It rewards personally.

That's why someone with zero copywriting ability who writes something like "I don't know what I'm doing" with a picture of them surrounded by 3 cats can crush your well-thought-out AIDA posts.

Believe it or not, people don't come to LinkedIn to be sold to.

They come here to discover, follow, or find.

They come to discover opportunities.

They come to follow trends and updates.

They come to find work or clients.

But they don't come to LinkedIn to get any of those. 

They come to get them from people. 

From human beings.  

The best copywriters on here don't try and pretend they are something they are not. 

They don't try to be the world's most versatile copywriter. 

They write their posts in their own style. 

And the people who hire them hire them because of that style. 

So that's my advice to copywriters trying tio build their personal brand on here. 

Your writing is your work.  

Your writing style is your personal brand. 

And the people who hire you because they like both are the best and easiest clients to work with.

BarberzSpot

Helping BarberzSpot with the strategies for creating and dominating the Grooming Convenience Maximization (GC Maxxing) Category.

Category Designer in Residence

Agrify Technologies

Led client acquisition strategies for Agrify RFM,  a regenerative farm management software for farmers to trade carbon credits.

Developed a corporate messaging and outreach strategy

Designed and implemented a content strategy and content calendar for content marketing.

Booked meetings with the National Presidents of various crop farmers' associations to introduce Agrify RFM to their members

Communications and Corporate Sales Associate

The Bay Homes Festac

Led the conceptualization and implementation of LeisureLiving, a revolutionary home ownership concept that redefined residential living standards.

Spearheaded the development of the Apartment-as-a-Business model of LeisureLiving, democratizing real estate investment and driving unprecedented growth in property ownership.

Category Design Consultant

Farmz2U

Charged with ideating and executing effective lead-generation strategies for client acquisition.

Charged with the duty of client fulfillment to ensure repeat business.

Charged with the ideation of creative retention strategies.

Sales Operations Associate

Ellachez 

The goal is to help the brand grow and scale with an effective digital marketing strategy.

And this involves a mix of direct response marketing and brand marketing.

 Strategic Growth Partner

Nigerian Breweries Plc

Successfully surveyed 2200+ customers by phone calls, sensitizing them on the benefits of switching to the digital way of doing business with NB Plc.

Achieved an 80% conversion rate, with 8 out of 10 surveyed customers agreeing to switch to a digital way of placing their orders with NB Plc.

Utilized appropriate questions and additional explanations in pidgin English and Igbo to address the inconsistencies in interviewees' responses and improve the relevance of the answers.

Collaborated with owners and managers of hotels, restaurants, wineries, bars, and joints to obtain the necessary information to complete various forms.

Received a commendation from the Regional Sales Manager for outstanding customer survey results that contributed to increased revenue and market share.

Customer Survey Specialist

Revenue Growth Marketer

The problem you have isn’t what you think it is.

You might believe you need a viral campaign, aggressive lead-gen strategies, or a bigger ad budget.

But here’s the truth:

You’re stuck playing the wrong game.

The real issue?

You’re locked into the belief that category domination is only possible by:

⛔ Starting from scratch with massive resources...

⛔ Securing executive buy-in...

⛔ Spending years fighting uphill battles.

Meanwhile, you’re overlooking the most powerful growth driver already in your corner:

➡️ Your Superconsumers.

These people already love what you do, champion your brand, and are eager to co-create your future.

But without a framework to activate and engage them, their potential remains untapped.

This is why you struggle to scale, break through, and dominate your category.

But here’s the truth you need to hear:

Category domination doesn’t have to be expensive or slow.

What you really need is a Bottom-Up approach—one that equips your Superconsumers to create flywheel momentum for your business.

This is where I come in.

I’m Chimaobi Ogude, the Ghostwriter for Category Creators.

I help you activate The EEC Flywheel—a proven framework to:

1️⃣ Engage your Superconsumers.

2️⃣ Drive sustainable revenue growth.

3️⃣ Cement your position as the dominant force in your category.

Through Educational Email Courses (EECs) and Category Newsletters... 

I help you harness the power of your Superconsumers—turning their passion into unstoppable momentum for category domination.

But let me be clear:

This approach isn’t for the faint of heart.

You MUST be willing to reject the status quo and embrace unconventional methods.

You MUST be willing to take risks others shy away from.

You MUST be willingplay the long game—where the reward isn’t just revenue, but owning your market.

If you’re tired of competing in someone else’s category and are ready to define your own… 

If you’re ready to activate your Superconsumers and create unstoppable momentum… 

And if you’re committed to becoming a Category King...

Let’s talk.

The future of your category belongs to those who dare to create it.

Hoist the colors! 🏴‍☠️ 

A radically different future awaits.

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