by Bruce Turkel | May 7, 2013 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
The Seinfeld TV sitcom was called a show about nothing. When they pitched the pilot to NBC, here’s how they described the concept: “Nothing happens on the show. It’s just like life. You know, you eat, you go shopping, you read.” Nothing actually happens. But I don’t...
by Bruce Turkel | Mar 12, 2013 | Branding, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Our Monday morning run takes us through Matheson Hammock Park and out to the marina, a small spit of land that juts out into Biscayne Bay. If you stand just so, you can look out across the endless bay and see the same unspoiled vista that the Tequesta Indians enjoyed...
by Bruce Turkel | Feb 5, 2013 | Branding, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Last Sunday night about 110 million Americans sat around their HD campfires and shared in a traditional event – the Super Bowl. But this year something was different this year , and I’m not talking about the 34-minute delay caused by the Superdome’s super brownout....
by Bruce Turkel | Jan 7, 2013 | Branding
Do you know what the word “tautology” means? Wikipedia says: Tautology: using different words to say the same thing, or a series of self-reinforcing statements that cannot be disproved because they depend on the assumption that they are already correct. Good examples...
by Bruce Turkel | Jan 1, 2013 | Branding, Building Brand Value
Seven or eight years ago I found myself running into the same predicament over and over again. Our advertising agency would present our branding and marketing concepts to our clients and they would want objective assurances that our ideas would work. Although we were...
