Time Travel

We couldn’t think of a better sentiment to start the year. In the words of Bill and Ted, “Be excellent to each other. (And party on, dudes.)”

The holiday season is simply too crazy to watch every single festive film out there. So we took the liberty of mashing movies together, with our writers and designers teaming up to create all-new posters and synopses for these soon-to-be holiday classics. Come, let us adore them.

In 2022, Well Done had our first official favorite pie survey. The results were pretty spread out: 33% pecan, 30% apple, 21% pumpkin, 8% sugar crème, 4% for the humble cherry, and another 4% for other. We thought it appropriate to make a quite literal pie chart to show our findings—‘tis the season for pie, after all.

Those giant character balloons are still pretty cool but, back in the day, they were magic.

“A marriage of color conveying a message of strength and hopefulness that is both enduring and uplifting,” is how Pantone describes its 2021 Color of the Year duo, Illuminating and Ultimate Gray.

A Hoosier Guide to Social Distancing: 6 Feet of Distance in Indiana

As we all get used to staying in, let’s stay IN. As we put our feelers into the world to connect virtually, let’s remember our roots, too.

Your digital strategy can’t afford to sleep. We look hard at how you appear to search engines and social platforms, as well as how your online presence fits into the always-changing digital landscape. So you—and your message—stay top-of-mind.

Words are more than just vehicles for information. They tell stories, paint pictures, and carry the tone of a voice. At Well Done, a blank page means endless possibilities.

We support equal rights for all. Fly your flag and fly it high.

We don’t just help you place stories in today’s ever-changing media environment. We also help you manage your reputation through corporate and community relations, sponsorships, internal communications, crisis communications, and more.

Pantone’s selection of Living Coral as 2019’s Color of the Year was not without controversy. But whether you loved it, hated it, or didn’t especially care one way or another, we think it made a lovely addition to the palette of our Pantone coloring page.

The Luck, Hurler of Pigskin card has been used to win six consecutive international Magic the Gathering tournaments, which is a fact you should definitely not look up.

When we commit to an idea, we really commit. So when we decided to celebrate the mid-90s pog fad with our 2018 holiday card (complete with six original pogs and a Well Done slammer), we couldn’t resist writing a whole blog about the game.

A Tamagotchi teaser hints at the 2018 Well Done holiday card, which remains as yet unrevealed…

Vote already, fellow Americans. Unless you’re under 18—then make as much as much noise as you can.

Sure, they look cute, but beneath their candy-colored exteriors, the suppressed horrors of Well Done Halloweens past do lurk. Don’t turn your back on them. Unless, as we suspect, they’re also right behind you.

What is the most fall thing of all the fall things? And: Is Well Done Marketing the official agency of fall? Who’s gonna tell us we’re not?

When it’s time for a client meeting, should you book a conference room or suggest a coffee shop? The answer depends on more than just your own desire for your favorite pour over. See all of our go-to coffee shop and conference rooms.

We believe in acceptance, in celebrating our differences. There is no more perfect microcosm of this belief than Gen Con, where stormtroopers and Klingons—despite decades of bad blood—talk, laugh, and maybe even shake hands.

Sometimes it can be easy to forget about Independence Day. But then you remember just how great Will Smith and Bill Pullman were in that movie, and everything feels right in the world.

MasterChef Junior has given a lot of joy to Well Done’s Brittany Mason. To say thanks—or maybe just to stake her claim early—Brittany designed restaurant logos for a few of her favorite young contestants.

Less is more (plain glazed)? More is more (all the fixin’s)? Clean and minimal or full to the maximal? Or do you try to have it both ways? Where is your heart on this hole-iest of days?

We live in a divided nation. Sometimes it’s politics; other times it’s a sound clip that lasts less than a second. After the latest viral debate broke out online, our designers found a clever way to comment visually on an audio phenomenon. So, tell us: Do you see yanny or laurel?

Certain hobbies attract certain kinds of people. And at an event the size of the One America 500 Festival Mini-Marathon, you’re bound to see a few recurring types over the course of 13.1 miles. Helpfully, we’ve identified some of the most common.

You can tell a lot about a person by how she decorates her desk. To introduce new hires Casey Cawthon, Taylor Streeter, and Jenny Tod, we seeded clues across three desktops—hints at the personalities of our new people.

Frankly we never expected Eschatological Anxiety to make it past Thom Yorke’s Lazy Eye, let alone Taco Bell “Meat.” Our bracket was busted after the first weekend.

When the Winter Olympics are happening, we watch a lot of curling. This least extreme of all winter sports can be great TV—in part because you can get a lot of work done while you’re waiting for the crew to analyze their next throw. Also because we sort of feel like we could be great at it. With that in mind, we created the Games of the First Marketing Olympiad. Let us know if you’re interested in competing.

We couldn’t think of a better sentiment to start the year. In the words of Bill and Ted, “Be excellent to each other. (And party on, dudes.)”

We work in a create-on-demand world. Although there’s artistry in what we do, what we do is not art. We conceive, we refine, we kills our darlings, we shred the evidence, we collaborate, we persist. Not for art’s sake or for our own, but for our clients. We love it. We hate it. We love it.

Sometimes, the new year calls for a message of hope. Other years, it’s good to remind each other that we shouldn’t take ourselves too seriously—that even the best-intentioned among us will falter. This year, we probably needed a little of both.

As a prolific social critic and novelist, James Baldwin changed the way people around the world think about sexuality, race, and what it means to be different. You, too, could probably learn a great deal from Mr. Baldwin.

Is a cookie a dongle? No. No it’s not.

Change is inevitable. But change is also good when adapting the constructs of society to meet the ongoing evolution of the human condition—at least according to Thomas Jefferson.

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” – Dr. Martin Luther King

So we did a sort of Sailor-Jerry style set of temporary tattoos to give away at one of our legendary office parties. The offer still stands: If you get one of these tattoos for real, we’ll hang an 8×10 glossy of you somewhere in our office.

Sometimes the dumbest ideas give rise to the greatest concepts—which isn’t too surprising, because creativity is a bit of an enigma. If we knew how it all worked, we’d probably have a lot more free time.

As one of nature’s primary examples of evolution gone awry, the Platypus is a true animal of mystery. Mainly because we can’t figure out what to call a group of them. Platypie? Platypuses? Platypusians?

Finding the perfect stock photo is pretty much impossible. Unless of course you’re looking for a hipster cat. In which case there’s a glut of pretentious options for your organic catnip dispensary website.

Kurt Vonnegut is arguably the greatest writer from Indianapolis, and much of it has to do with his simple, elegant descriptions. A voice so unique and captivating only comes along once in a generation. So it goes.

Yeah, we made a dirty joke. What are you gonna do about it? Maybe you should just play some Pong and chill out.

An advertising agency making a joke about alcohol? Stop the presses.

It was only six seasons of pure bliss, but Mr. Belvedere gave us a lifetime of thought-provoking insight and mentorship. If there’s one sitcom we could have back, it probably wouldn’t be this one, but it would at least cross our minds.

They say the pen is mightier than the sword. While the truth of that statement might depend on context, it’s not uncommon that a writer feels like they’re in the midst of brutal, unrelenting guerilla warfare. Especially when that brochure copy is due by 4 p.m.

It’s not always about just the words on the page. A lot of the time it matters how those words look. And making them look all pretty like can be the difference between capturing someone’s attention and never making a lasting connection with your audience.

Samuel L. Jackson’s character in Pulp Fiction, Jules Winnfield, once said “Pigs are filthy animals. I don’t eat filthy animals.” While we admire Jules’s restraint and appreciate his point of view, many of us non-vegetarians find the other white meat irresistibly toothsome.

Remember that old lady on your street who gave away toothbrushes instead of candy on Halloween? She wasn’t making any friends with the neighborhood children, but that was a very considerate gift.

It exists only in shadows and whispers, but one day the giant red talking toupee will come for us all. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

It never seemed right to use “muppet” as a pejorative. Not after all the amazing work Jim Henson did creating the expansive and delightful muppet universe. Somebody should really get a note to all those British gangsters: No more calling each other muppets.

When notorious dating website Ashley Madison was compromised by a major hack, cheaters across the nation quivered in their boots. Less concerned were members of Bubba Frank, a subsidiary of Ashley Madison catering to a slightly more classy demographic.

Star Date 78462: The crew is being overwhelmed by camp! Initiate Warp Factor 7!

A little dire, yes. But this is pretty much how everybody felt about that 90210 Lifetime movie.

We can’t all agree on the mellifluence of certain words. But “bucolic?” Can’t we all just agree that sounds downright unpleasant? We’re city folk at heart.

If you’re looking to learn French, here’s what you need to do: First, get rid of all your sneakers. Next, go to France for a year. Now you know French!

It’s a fun quote, but the truth of it depends on what you’re trying to accomplish. If you want an intoxicating rush followed by a headache and stomach pain, go with liquor. But if you’re looking for instant stomach discomfort—well there’s nothing faster than a big sack of M&M’s.

You can doubt us all you want, but it’s true.

This guy also said, “Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.” If only more people saw the world like Groucho Marx.

Few images are as stirring as two squirrels standing butt to butt, pondering their existence as they ruminate on a powerful quote.

The difference between wisdom and intelligence can be difficult to explain. Instead of trying, let us cite a carefully considered analogy.

Sometimes we like to think about the social implications of the titles of Phil Collins records. Occasionally, people accuse us of having too much free time.

Would the Beatles have been popular in the digital age? Would Facebook and Instagram and the Twittersphere have embraced the Fab Four with the same open arms that now embrace the likes of Selena Gomez, Beyonce, and Ed Sheeran? These are the questions that keep us up at night.

When the facts don’t add up, looking sexy is all that matters.