Marketer, Heal Thyself: Six Personal Resolutions

It’s mid-January, and finally the smoke from the holidays — and my annual fit of enthusiasm for radical self-improvement — has cleared. You know what I’m talking about. Faster, thinner, smarter this year. No, this year. Truth is, the older I get, the less I like to make big plans for fixing everything that should be in the first quarter of every new year. A lot of stuff that was on fire New Year’s Day doesn’t seem quite as important by the middle of the January. And there’s less chance of having to deal with the letdown of my wild-eyed … Continue reading

When Your Awful Video Goes Viral

Our web developer is more famous than your web developer

Web developer / designer, Stephanie Bane‘s worked at Well Done Marketing since the spring. She’s blown us away with her talent and her wit (also with tales of her hometown which include guns and hayrides). Apparently, the web development community thinks she’s pretty great too. At least if the response to her article on onextrapixel.com, “How to Create an Effective Complex Footer” is any indication. Read it; bet you’ll learn something. Oh, and she designed this site, which we think is pretty great.

Advertising For Fun And Profit. Especially Fun.

Yesterday, a bunch of us from Well Done Marketing were sitting around the lunch table talking about some friends who work at other companies who weren’t having any fun. To a person, we shook our heads and made jokes at their expense. Not in a mean-spirited way. Actually, we felt sad for them. Why? Because advertising is crazy and stressful. You’re only as good as your last ad or TV spot or web design. Deadlines are ridiculous–always have been, always will be. Your work will be compromised along the way because the budget’s too small or your client doesn’t quite … Continue reading