by Bruce Turkel | Feb 12, 2024 | All About Them, Branding, Bruce Turkel, Building Brand Value, Marketing & Advertising
Click HERE to watch the video Super Bowl Commercials Maybe I’m getting old and cranky (it’s okay; you won’t be the first to say it), but I thought this year’s Super Bowl commercials were pretty terrible. Of the 57 commercials aired, there wasn’t one that made me think...
by Bruce Turkel | Feb 9, 2021 | All About Them, Branding, Building Brand Value, Is That All There Is?, Leadership, Uncategorized
Did you watch Super Bowl 55 on Sunday night? For the first time in all the games I’ve watched over the years, I thought there was a meta message presented in both the game on the field and in the advertising on the television. Let me show you what I mean: I...
by marketing.bruceturkel | Feb 6, 2019 | Building Brand Value
Let’s try an experiment. Let’s dispassionately examine some of the phenomena that are front and center in our national zeitgeist these days. Please don’t be swayed by whether you agree or disagree. Just try to let the idea of what people are thinking about wash over...
by Bruce Turkel | Feb 7, 2017 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
The Trump Effect. When Uber eliminated their surge pricing during the JFK taxi strike, #deleteUber trended across social media. In a lightning-fast response, competitor Lyft announced that they were donating $1 million to the ACLU. Two days later, CEO Travis Kalanick...
by Bruce Turkel | Feb 4, 2014 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Unless you’re a Seattle Seahawks fan, Super Bowl XLVIII wasn’t much of a game. I’ll bet most Super Bowl parties broke up before the fourth quarter was over. Yours probably did too. Unless you’re a hardcore advertising fan, the Super Bowl ad show wasn’t very...
