by Bruce Turkel | Sep 9, 2014 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Thanks to Mayor Bloomberg, there’s a lovely little park in front of the Macy’s New York flagship store on 34th street between Broadway and 7th Avenue. I lucked upon a garden table and chair shaded from the sun by a big patio umbrella and cooled by the wind rushing...
by Bruce Turkel | Aug 10, 2014 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Last week, Melissa Francis at FOX Business did a story on BuzzFeed’s review of fast food marketing. The site created a sliding scale format that compared the pictures of fast food presented in advertising with the actual items you’d be handed across the counter. Even...
by Bruce Turkel | Apr 6, 2014 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
I am sitting in the audience of a breakout session at the NSA (National Speakers Association – the ones who talk, not the ones who listen). An online expert is putting on a fascinating presentation about how to generate web traffic. Right now he’s demonstrating his...
by Bruce Turkel | Mar 23, 2014 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
A number of years ago I tried to figure out why our ad agency wasn’t quite as successful as I would have liked. It finally dawned on me that we had been trying to sell something our clients might not have been interested in buying. Quite simply, we were trying to sell...
by Bruce Turkel | Jan 6, 2014 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
At first glance, cooking and baking seem to be different sides of the same coin. They both require various edible ingredients. They both require skill and knowledge. They both call for cutting, chopping, mixing, and stirring. And they both can create good things to...
