by Bruce Turkel | Mar 1, 2021 | Branding, Building Brand Value, Is That All There Is?, Leadership
Bob Dylan’s career has spanned more than 60 years. From 1962’s eponymous album, Bob Dylan to 2020’s Best of the Bootleg Series, Wikipedia says Dylan has released 39 studio albums, 95 singles, 26 notable extended plays, 52 music videos, 12 live albums, 15 volumes of...
by Bruce Turkel | Jun 30, 2020 | Branding, Leadership, Marketing & Advertising
Berry Gordy Jr., founder of Motown Records, was a notoriously mercurial and mercenary businessman. Although Gordy was responsible for some of the most powerful, popular, and passionate R&B and soul music ever created, the stories of him making musical decisions...
by Bruce Turkel | Feb 19, 2020 | Branding, Keynote speaking
Thanks to all the recent press about reclining airline seats, I have a question for you: When do airline passengers have a right to recline their seat? A. Whenever they want, it’s their seat. B. Almost never, c’mon, there’s someone sitting behind them. C. It depends...
by marketing.bruceturkel | Dec 18, 2019 | Branding, Building Brand Value
An article about Hyundai’s new Genesis in Road & Track Magazine caught my eye: “Genesis has always offered good value. Now, it’s starting to offer an identity.” Reading the first two paragraphs I knew this article was for me. And for you. “Value is great. Money...
by marketing.bruceturkel | Nov 20, 2019 | Branding, Building Brand Value
Have you ever noticed that when a politician makes the news for a bribery conviction the amount of money they got caught taking is always surprisingly low? $1,500 here, $5,000 there. All for sacrificing their honesty, integrity, reputation, career, etc. Granted, they...