by Bruce Turkel | Apr 25, 2017 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Self-Referencing Criteria You know the old story: Four blind Indian Fakirs are wandering down a path through the jungle when they bump into something blocking their way. The first Fakir grabs hold of what he thinks is a tree trunk. “We have wandered off the path into...
by Bruce Turkel | Apr 18, 2017 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
An Open Letter to United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz Dear Mr. Munoz. You and United Airlines have had a hard couple of weeks. For the benefit of the uninformed, let’s recap just a little, shall we? First one of your United Airlines’ employees chose to have a...
by Bruce Turkel | Apr 10, 2017 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
How NOT to Write a Blog Post. This blog was born in 2007 and it quickly became our most important marketing tool. Since the first post the family of people who have subscribed to these branding thoughts has grown to over 86,000. Plus 80,000 additional readers follow...
by Bruce Turkel | Apr 4, 2017 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
When is Enough Enough? The table Jimmy Buffett was sitting at was off to the side of the dining room but not really private. After all, most of the diners at Joe’s Stone Crab Restaurant are there to see and be seen. Tables are placed to accommodate their wishes....
by Bruce Turkel | Mar 28, 2017 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Monetize talent.Vincent Van Gogh died broken and penniless. He could not monetize talent. Takashi Murakami figured out how to monetize talent. He makes big money selling cartoonish figures and licensing his outrageous designs for $5,000 limited edition Louis Vuitton...
by Bruce Turkel | Mar 22, 2017 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Redefine Your Dreams Sometime in the early 2000’s, Dr. William Werther was chatting with my father. Bill was telling my dad that his greatest goal in life was to be a philanthropist. And even though Dr. Werther knew that he had helped scores of students...