by Bruce Turkel | Feb 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
I was at the Qwest Center in Omaha last week, getting ready to make a presentation to a great group of meeting professionals when the phone in my pocket buzzed. The text message was from my friend David: “@ meeting w/5 directors & 20 lawyers. Thought would be good...
by Bruce Turkel | Oct 13, 2009 | Uncategorized
Hadji Williams, a 17-year advertising copywriter, posted this and I thought it was just too damn good not to share. Mr. Williams points out a lot of things I’ve often thought about, he just says them more eloquently than I ever have. You can reach him at...
by Bruce Turkel | Aug 11, 2009 | Uncategorized
AdAge reported that Toyota is thinking of firing its ad agencies and doing everything in-house. My friend Andrew Jaffee has some interesting comments: Toyota spends $900 million in measured media in the U.S. alone, according to Nielsen. That means they’re...
by Bruce Turkel | Apr 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Thanks to Owen Frager for Organic’s six tips for recruiting Via Twitter: • Create a branded company Twitter profile. Assign a key person — or automate tweets — to post jobs as they become available. This person should also be responsible for...
by Bruce Turkel | Oct 28, 2008 | Uncategorized
This weekend I spoke at a conference for The Keyes Company on a Carnival cruise ship. Although my wife and I spent a lot of time in our cabin watching CNN to see what Obama, Biden, McCain, Palin and Saturday Night Live would do in the campaign’s final days, we still...