by Bruce Turkel | Apr 11, 2007 | Uncategorized
You can credit the Internet for another major change in travel marketing. Thanks to sites such as TripAdvisor, happy and unhappy guests can immediately post their opinions for all the world to see. As Michele Higgins writes in The New York Times, “The Web Gives Hotel...
by Bruce Turkel | Mar 30, 2007 | Uncategorized
After 350 years of accepting that an apple will inevitably fall because of gravity, Steve Jobs has created his own theory. ABC News reports that Apple has now broken into the travel industry by negotiating deals with several airlines to make their planes “iPod...
by Bruce Turkel | Mar 6, 2007 | Branding, Marketing & Advertising
By now you’ve no doubt read about Howard Schultz’s memo to Starbucks’ management bemoaning the loss of the “Starbucks’ experience.” It’s been in Forbes, BusinessWeek, on CNN and all over the blogesphere. It seems as if...
by Bruce Turkel | Feb 15, 2007 | Branding, Marketing & Advertising
6. All Five Senses. Human beings are hard-wired to respond to visual and verbal stimuli. But human beings are also armed with three other senses (taste, touch, and smell) that can all be called upon to evoke an emotional response. Perhaps a certain color or phrase...
by Bruce Turkel | Feb 14, 2007 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Marketing & Advertising
3. Make It Simple. How many times have you seen an ad and walked away thinking, “What on earth were they talking about? ” If the message isn’t to the point, consumers simply won’t take the time to figure it out. They have much better ways to spend their time.Of...