by Bruce Turkel | Nov 18, 2015 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Last week we were all shocked and horrified by the tragic news coming out of France — almost 150 innocent people killed during four different coordinated terrorist attacks throughout Paris. Just days earlier a suicide bomber detonated their vest in a café in Lebanon,...
by Bruce Turkel | Aug 3, 2014 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Last week we talked about what happens when critics judge new ideas too quickly and often risk sentencing great ideas to obscurity; in that case, Airbnb’s new logo that was compared to “certain female anatomy.” (Branding Gone Wrong) But what happens when the creative...
by Bruce Turkel | Jul 27, 2014 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Airbnb, the online vacation rental service that now controls more hotel rooms than all of the major hotel companies combined, introduced a new logo last week. The response from the blogosphere and myriad branding experts” was immediate and negative. Apparently, the...
by Bruce Turkel | Jul 8, 2014 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Eggs used to be good for you. Along with some crispy bacon and toast with butter, they were part of a healthy breakfast – or so they said. Then all of a sudden eggs were bad for you. Too much cholesterol. Then the yellows were bad for you but the whites were good. Now...
by Bruce Turkel | Jun 23, 2014 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Did you see what China just did? Amidst cries of outrage and scads of adverse attention, they managed to shift the negative news they’ve been receiving away from their cultural and politically significant aggression and toward fuzzy pandas. After all, everyone loves...
