by Bruce Turkel | Jul 15, 2012 | Branding
According to legend, a teenage Lana Turner was discovered at Schwab’s Pharmacy in Los Angeles. For years, Schwab’s was the place where actors got together to chat and exchange gossip. According to a website devoted to the pharmacy’s history: “In the ’30s and ’40s you...
by Bruce Turkel | Apr 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
Creative designer David Kustin was sitting comfortably behind a steaming cup of coffee at our conference table. He was starting to tell me about his background and how he got into the branding business. “I’m a South Florida native,” he said. (I’m a South Florida...
by Bruce Turkel | Feb 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
A few weeks ago I posted the question, What Business Are You In? I got lots of answers, both on and off the comment section of the blog. Many of them were very insightful — most readers understand that the reason their customers buy from them is often quite different...
by Bruce Turkel | Feb 20, 2012 | Branding
I write this blog for a lot of reasons — to open a line of communication with you, to have a forum for my thoughts, to impose the discipline to think and write, to generate speaking gigs and new business for my advertising agency, and to build my brand. But thanks to...
by Bruce Turkel | Jan 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
CBS interviewed me yesterday on the effect political advertising will have in Florida. Click “play” below and take a look. Sorry about the Chase ad, CBS cleverly embedded it in their link.
