Sandstorm Design Blog Welcome Bill, Sandstorm's New Copywriter

Hey, everyone. I'm Bill Kurland, Copywriter Extraordinaire and I'm proud to be a Sandstormer.I earned my first dollar rocking out on my Mickey Mouse guitar at the Chicago Blues Fest when I was two years old. That ignited my passion for musical performance and over the last 28 years I've played jazz, rockabilly, punk rock, classical, and soul on stages and in studios across the country. Fun fact: if you're ever backstage at the Chicago Theatre, my autograph is right next to Rihanna's.At 25 I rekindled my love affair with creative writing and turned a three-week content assignment into a career. Since then my marketing experience has become as diverse as my musical background: SEO and SEM, social media, email marketing, influencer engagement, earned media, and content marketing are just a few of the channels in which I have extensive experience strategizing and writing.For the last several years, I worked for Tribune Publishing, scoring a "Tribune hat trick" one crisp spring morning when Walter Jacobsen, Michael Phillips, and John Kass all greeted me on my way to the office. While there I focused primarily on the real estate category creating unique stories for the company's leading ecommerce platform. I joined Sandstorm because I'm passionate about doing meaningful work for good people.When I'm not Sandstorming, I'm lurking at Chicago clubs like Double Door, Lincoln Hall, Thalia Hall, et al., or lounging on the couch reading fiction-David Mitchell, Stephen King, Kurt Vonnegut, and Neil Gaiman are just a few of my favorites. My girlfriend Kelly and our cat Norm keep me company on the couch as we binge watch episodes of Lady Dynamite, Master of None, and other Netflix comedies.Tags optimizedTagsInside SandstormMeta Data Updated