by Bruce Turkel | Sep 26, 2017 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
As you know by now, Hurricane Harvey drowned most of Texas. Hurricane Irma had its way with a score of Caribbean Islands and South Florida. And Hurricane Maria has devastated our friends in Puerto Rico. Worse still, Mexico suffered a lethal earthquake and 50,000...
by Bruce Turkel | Jun 14, 2017 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Jeff Bezos has a lot to teach us. It has now been three years since online retail visionary, Jeff Bezos, bought the Washington Post. On NPR this morning I heard about how the tech entrepreneur has changed the newspaper. There are lots of things Bezos has done, but...
by Bruce Turkel | May 10, 2017 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Marketing & Advertising
You know the old joke: Q: “How do you get to Carnegie Hall? A: “Practice, man, practice.” This joke was probably never funny but it was accurate. In the old days before the Internet was as common as sense is not, the ability to do something well was the best predictor...
by Bruce Turkel | Jan 17, 2017 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Facebook has more than one billion users on its roster. This makes Facebook one of the most important advertising opportunities available today. Thanks to the enormous profit potential, Facebook has gotten very good (and aggressive) about suggesting you boost your...
by Bruce Turkel | Mar 7, 2016 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Turning liabilities into assets. I’ve talked about it many times right here. Every four years we get the opportunity to watch the most important branding contest anywhere. And if we can just pry off our partisan hats for a little while we can really learn from...