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What You Can Learn from Bobby Ingram

Branding, Branding Speaker, Branding Yourself, Building Brand Value

Bobby Ingram died last month. Bobby was a stage engineer, high school theater teacher, union stagehand, merchant marine, dolphin captivity activist, navy veteran, father, husband, recording artist, songwriter, raconteur, folk-rock troubadour, and so much more. He was also my friend. Last week Bobby’s community got together and remembered him with a memorial service and celebration […]

Monday Marketing Minutes – Trust Your Inner “Business Voice” and Never Give Up

Monday Marketing Minutes

The Art and Business of Selling

Branding, Branding Speaker, Branding Yourself, Building Brand Value

Buying and Selling. Frank Kiick was one of the best-dressed men I ever met. His shirts and suits were always immaculate and precisely tailored to fit his lanky frame. His beard was perfectly trimmed and his accessories — tie, cufflinks, watch, shoes — were always just right. So imagine my surprise when I walked into […]

Monday Marketing Minutes – Do You Need to Rethink Your Logo?

Monday Marketing Minutes

The Best of Times or the Worst of Times?

Branding, Marketing

Back in the not-so-distant dark days of Web 1.0, I belonged to a group of entrepreneurs, engineers, and marketing types called The Internet Users Group. We would meet once every couple of months in San Francisco and talk about the emergence of the Internet and what it would mean to all of our businesses. Most […]

Monday Marketing Minutes – People Don’t Buy What You Do, They Buy Who You Are

Monday Marketing Minutes

Knowledge is Not Power

Branding, Branding Yourself

Recently, a large company whose name you would instantly recognize (but whom I won’t name) was about to merge and transition their business and their brand. They had brought in a well-known advertising agency (whom I also won’t name) to help them manage the transition. The ad agency returned with 14 different campaigns to promote […]

Monday Marketing Minutes – Simple Innovations Make for Easy Solutions

Monday Marketing Minutes

Just Show Up

Branding, Building Brand Value

I was speaking at a conference in Denver and met a very successful entrepreneur who told me he wanted to be a keynote speaker. I offered to show him the ropes and let him know what it would take. “When are you going to be out west again?” he asked. (I live in Miami. He […]

Bruce Turkel’s Blog

What You Can Learn from Bobby Ingram

Monday Marketing Minutes – Trust Your Inner “Business Voice” and Never Give Up

The Art and Business of Selling

Monday Marketing Minutes – Do You Need to Rethink Your Logo?

The Best of Times or the Worst of Times?

Monday Marketing Minutes – People Don’t Buy What You Do, They Buy Who You Are

Knowledge is Not Power

Monday Marketing Minutes – Simple Innovations Make for Easy Solutions

Just Show Up