by Bruce Turkel | Sep 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
Taco Bell just introduced their new Dollar Craving Menu, a list of 11 items that all cost one dollar. To help promote this new pricing, Taco Bell has created their Everlasting Dollar campaign where up to 11 winners could win the chain’s food for life (or at least...
by Bruce Turkel | Aug 25, 2014 | Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
The Ice Bucket Challenge? By now everyone who’s not living under a rock knows about the Ice Bucket Challenge. It’s a brilliant viral stunt that combines coerced altruism, mild sadism, mischief, social media, and a good dose of revenge to get people to donate to...
by Bruce Turkel | Aug 18, 2014 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
There’s always one in every group and our harmonica master class was no different. Each time the instructor would ask if there were any questions, “That Guy” would raise his hand. “Little Walter was the best. And I read somewhere he used a 1940’s Astatic taxi...
by Bruce Turkel | Aug 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
Where were you when you heard Robin Williams was dead? Much like JFK’s assassination, Williams’ death has become one of those seminal moments that thumped people hard in the chest and made the earth stop spinning for a long tearful moment.If that wasn’t enough, when...
by Bruce Turkel | Jul 27, 2014 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Airbnb, the online vacation rental service that now controls more hotel rooms than all of the major hotel companies combined, introduced a new logo last week. The response from the blogosphere and myriad branding experts” was immediate and negative. Apparently, the...