by Bruce Turkel | Oct 13, 2009 | Uncategorized
Hadji Williams, a 17-year advertising copywriter, posted this and I thought it was just too damn good not to share. Mr. Williams points out a lot of things I’ve often thought about, he just says them more eloquently than I ever have. You can reach him at...
by Bruce Turkel | Oct 12, 2009 | Uncategorized
If you are a baby boomer like I am, you probably remember the 60s television show, Bewitched. Mrs. Kravitz was the busybody next-door neighbor of the sitcom’s main characters, Darren and Samantha Stevens. Mrs. Kravitz was extremely nosy; always peeking through the...
by Bruce Turkel | Sep 21, 2009 | Uncategorized
World’s 2 most valuable brands: Coca-Cola, IBM By Emily Fredrix/The Associated Press/September 18, 2009 Consumers lost trust in brands this year as the recession deepened, according to an industry report released Thursday, although longtime staples Coca-Cola and...
by Bruce Turkel | Aug 11, 2009 | Uncategorized
AdAge reported that Toyota is thinking of firing its ad agencies and doing everything in-house. My friend Andrew Jaffee has some interesting comments: Toyota spends $900 million in measured media in the U.S. alone, according to Nielsen. That means they’re...
by Bruce Turkel | May 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
Vanessa Horwell is Chief Visibility Officer at ThinkInk. Vanessa works with companies in the U.S., UK and Europe to improve their visibility through strategic public relations and new media channels. Her views here are excerpted from an article she wrote in Mobile...