by Bruce Turkel | Feb 27, 2024 | All About Them, Branding, Bruce Turkel, Building Brand Value, Marketing & Advertising
Click HERE to watch the video Bad Publicity The speaker at the workshop opened her talk with, “It’s a funny story…” “…I went to the funeral of an old student of mine. She died when she was 48… so it was sad, but it’s a funny story.” Wait…? What…?...
by Bruce Turkel | Feb 21, 2024 | All About Them, Branding, Bruce Turkel, Building Brand Value, Marketing & Advertising
Click HERE to watch the video Super Bowl Halftime Show Last week, we talked about the Super Bowl Commercials. This week, let’s talk about the Super Bowl halftime show. Before we jump into this discussion, let me establish my credentials on the subject. I am a...
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...
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:...
by Bruce Turkel | Jan 23, 2019 | Marketing & Advertising, Uncategorized
If you’ve consumed any popular culture at all, you’ve probably seen some of the brouhaha Gillette‘s new ad calling out Toxic Masculinity. The commercial appealed to men to ‘be better,’ over scenes of boys wrestling at a BBQ, men lewdly...