by marketing.bruceturkel | Jan 8, 2020 | Leadership
How often have you said, “the more things change, the more they stay the same”? It seems like I hear that quite a bit. Do you know where that saying comes from? Neither do I. But I do know that saying is people’s pat response to cope with their fear of the unknown....
by marketing.bruceturkel | Feb 6, 2019 | Building Brand Value
Let’s try an experiment. Let’s dispassionately examine some of the phenomena that are front and center in our national zeitgeist these days. Please don’t be swayed by whether you agree or disagree. Just try to let the idea of what people are thinking about wash over...
by Bruce Turkel | Dec 5, 2017 | Branding, Keynote speaking, Leadership, Marketing & Advertising
Sometime in the 1980s, President Baking’s Murrays released a new cracker product designed specifically to compete with Nabisco’s Ritz Cracker. Murray’s product looked the same, tasted the same, and was delivered in a red and yellow package that looked like the Ritz...
by Bruce Turkel | Oct 24, 2017 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Strolling past the Metropolitan Cathedral of Santiago in Chile towards the Mercado Central sends you from the sacred to the secular. The street leading to the giant seafood market is lined with cut-price flea market booths hawking tourist tchotchkes, drinks and snack...
by Bruce Turkel | Jan 24, 2017 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Gwyneth Paltrow, Green Eggs, and Vaginas.Gwyneth Paltrow has sold a lot of interesting products on her Goop website. For some reason, it seems like some of the most popular products have to do with her customers’ vaginas. Back in January 2015, the actress recommended...
