by Bruce Turkel | Aug 12, 2009 | Uncategorized
40 years ago the world watched and listened in amazement as Yasgur’s farm was converted to 600 acres of peace, music, and mud. Having been just a few years too young to have actually gone to Woodstock, I grew up hearing the fuzzy memories of my friends’ older brothers...
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 | Jul 17, 2009 | Branding, Building Brand Value
A few months ago I made a presentation titled Building Brand Value to a group of industrial service providers. While I spoke there were about 300 people in the room furiously scribbling notes. As soon as I finished talking, a bunch of hands went up and the crowd...
by Bruce Turkel | Jun 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
This bus stop ad, recently erected in Hamburg, Germany, changes whether or not someone’s looking at it. Using a built-in camera with eye-tracking technology, it can tell exactly when someone is checking it out. It uses this to get across an anti-domestic abuse...
by Bruce Turkel | Jun 22, 2009 | Uncategorized
Owen Frager’s compelling review of Social Media’s significance: As Iranians defy Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s warning that there will be blood on the streets of Tehran if there are continued protests, it’s now clear that there are indeed...
