by Bruce Turkel | Jan 11, 2016 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
David Bowie passed away on Sunday at the age of 69. And even if you didn’t really know him, you just lost a vital role model. Bowie was a lot of things: Musician. Rock star. Fashion plate. Gender identity activist. Businessman. Songwriter. Record producer....
by Bruce Turkel | Jan 5, 2016 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Walk around Las Vegas’ Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and one thing starts to stand out — electronics manufacturers and distributors have fully embraced tablet computing. Just a few years after Apple introduced its first iPad, it seems as if every single company has...
by Bruce Turkel | Dec 29, 2015 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
The world is undergoing change at an almost unimaginably rapid speed. Technology has forever changed the way we do things. Some companies are figuring out their new place in the world and lots aren’t. Disintermediation is eliminating markets, making certain skill sets...
by Bruce Turkel | Dec 22, 2015 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Sir Charlie Chaplin wrote the melody for the tune Smile in 1936 for his film Modern Times. The lyrics were added in 1954. Since then Smile has become a popular standard of the classic song book and has been recorded by everyone from Nat King Cole to Diana Ross, Tony...
by Bruce Turkel | Dec 15, 2015 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
The Australian company SAMS has been working to create a new wetsuit design to lessen the fear of shark attacks. SAMS (the company name is an acronym that stands for Shark Attack Mitigation Systems) says their designs have been optimized to effectively hide surfers...
by Bruce Turkel | Dec 8, 2015 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Do We Know What Trump, Obama, Ross, and Goebbels Have in Common? The power of WE.Painter to the people Bob Ross died in 1995 but his legacy and his business is bigger than ever. “The majority of people who watch Bob have no interest in painting,” the woman who...