by Bruce Turkel | Sep 27, 2016 | All About Them, Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
L.M. Montgomery, the author of Anne of Green Gables wrote that the most powerful sentences in English are three words or fewer:“He is gone.” “She is dead.” “Too late.” The advertising industry seems to back up a count of three words as well: “Just Do It.” “Think...
by Bruce Turkel | Aug 2, 2016 | All About Them, Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Selling YourselfBefore the Internet, selling yourself by saying how great you were was a terrific way to market your business. If you didn’t blow your horn, who would? And unless you had an enormous marketing budget and could afford a robust advertising campaign,...
by Bruce Turkel | Jul 20, 2016 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Shorting Stocks Let me be crystal clear: I’m not a money manager. I’m not a particularly astute investor. And even I wouldn’t follow my own advice. In fact, my go-to-line for advice has always been to try shorting stocks I buy. So you’ve been warned. But today I think...
by Bruce Turkel | Apr 4, 2016 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Brand strategies for fun and profit. Hospitals can learn a lot from restaurants. Even though it’s a silly stretch to point out that the words hospital and hospitality share the same linguistic root, the parallels remain strong. In any service business, especially ones...
by Bruce Turkel | Mar 1, 2016 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
A few months back I made a presentation on Building Brand Value to a group of industrial service providers. While I spoke there were about 300 people furiously scribbling notes. When I finished a bunch of hands shot up. A nervous middle-aged man in a green and white...
