by Bruce Turkel | Aug 21, 2007 | Branding, Marketing & Advertising
From the New York Times: FOR generations, advertising interrupted the entertainment that Americans wanted to read, hear or watch. Now, in a turnabout, advertising is increasingly being presented as entertainment — and surprisingly, the idea of all ads, all the time,...
by Bruce Turkel | Aug 21, 2007 | Branding, Bruce Turkel
In the highly competitive world of sports marketing, companies have to guard their brands very carefully. So even superstars Ray Lewis and Kobe Bryant (who were eventually cleared of the allegations against them) ended up waiting months for a sponsorship opportunity....
by Bruce Turkel | Jul 14, 2007 | Uncategorized
I’ll admit I’ve never been a huge Steven Heller fan, mostly because I didn’t understand a lot of what he said. But Kerry McLaney in my office turned me on to this interview and I agree with her that it’s brilliant. By the way, if you go to the...
by Bruce Turkel | Jul 9, 2007 | Uncategorized
Everyone knows what Marc-Hans Richer did with Oprah and The Apprentice, but did it work for Pontiac? And will it work for Harley-Davidson now that they’ve recruited him? “Would anything work to push GM/Pontiac sales up?” you might answer. After all,...
by Bruce Turkel | Jul 9, 2007 | Uncategorized
The good folks at ThinkSecret.com not only waited in line for six hours and paid $500 for their iPhone but they took the whole thing apart and documented it online (the picture above is theirs). View it here.
