by Bruce Turkel | May 12, 2014 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
With his dark sunglasses, slicked back hair, and untucked short-sleeve shirts, Mr. R was the coolest dad in our Miami Beach neighborhood. He’d pick us up in his enormous navy blue Lincoln Continental, and let us slide across the slickly mink-oiled cordovan leather...
by Bruce Turkel | May 5, 2014 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Walking into a meeting, church or synagogue, or maybe a theater, I’m sure you reach into your pocket and turn off the volume on your phone. But because not everyone is as thoughtful and considerate as you, a phone invariably rings during the presentation. Sadly,...
by Bruce Turkel | Mar 23, 2014 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
A number of years ago I tried to figure out why our ad agency wasn’t quite as successful as I would have liked. It finally dawned on me that we had been trying to sell something our clients might not have been interested in buying. Quite simply, we were trying to sell...
by Bruce Turkel | Mar 2, 2014 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Spend enough time talking to online marketers or digitally savvy traditional advertisers and you’ll hear lots of conversation—and consternation—about the power of online reviews. According to these marketers, the comments and critiques on review sites such as...
by Bruce Turkel | Jan 29, 2014 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
It wasn’t until I spent three weeks in Southeast Asia with my family that I really learned the true importance of brands. It shouldn’t have been that way because for the last 30 years I’ve been running a brand management firm that helps our clients create and build...