by Bruce Turkel | Aug 11, 2015 | Advertising, Branding, Bruce Turkel, Speaker, Turkel
There was once a store in your neighborhood with the name Strictly Tennis. Everyone knew what Strictly Tennis did and what they sold. But then enough kids started playing soccer that the owners decided to also carry cleats and jerseys and changed their name to...
by Bruce Turkel | Apr 20, 2015 | Advertising, Branding, Bruce Turkel, Speaker, Turkel
Cribbing from Barack Obama’s success in the polling place in 2008 and 2012, it seems virtually every candidate in the 2016 election wants to develop a presidential brand and has released a campaign logo. Leaving our varied and ardent opinions of the candidates behind,...
by Bruce Turkel | Apr 5, 2015 | Advertising, Branding, Bruce Turkel, Speaker, Turkel
A recent story on public radio talked about the logistics of pursuing smugglers of coveted black rhino horns. The officer interviewed made the point that the discoveries made in this case also helped uncover smugglers of guns, drugs, and even human traffickers. His...
by Bruce Turkel | Nov 23, 2013 | Advertising, Branding, Bruce Turkel, Speaker, Turkel
The other day someone asked my brilliant friend John DeMarchi what he thought would happen in the NFL scandal. “Which NFL scandal?” DeMarchi asked, “the bullying scandal, the suicide scandal, the racial slur team name scandal, the concussion conundrum scandal or the...