by Bruce Turkel | Apr 9, 2007 | Uncategorized
Did you know that the most valuable thing in a Tiffany’s Jewelry Store comes free with every purchase but you can’t buy one at any price? It’s their signature robin’s egg blue shopping bag and it makes everything Tiffany’s sells, from a...
by Bruce Turkel | Mar 30, 2007 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Marketing & Advertising
Have you seen Australia’s new tourism campaign — So Where The Bloody Hell Are You? If you live in Dubai, Singapore or Canada you probably won’t. That’s because those countries censored the ad for three different reasons. Canada doesn’t...
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...