by Bruce Turkel | Jan 20, 2014 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
The Power of Patterns My friend and the lead guitar player for The Southbound Suspects, Phil Allen, put himself through law school at the University of Florida by singing and playing his guitar in bars around Gainesville. Years later Phil still wows audiences by...
by Bruce Turkel | Jan 6, 2014 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
At first glance, cooking and baking seem to be different sides of the same coin. They both require various edible ingredients. They both require skill and knowledge. They both call for cutting, chopping, mixing, and stirring. And they both can create good things to...
by Bruce Turkel | Dec 16, 2013 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Last Thursday I was a guest on the O’Reilly Factor on FOX News. The subject was “The War on Christmas” and the controversy over the Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center’s ad being rejected by ESPN. If you’ve ever watched Bill O’Reilly’s show you can already...
by Bruce Turkel | Dec 2, 2013 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
There’s an old joke that says, “The key to relationships is honesty and sincerity… and if you can fake that, the rest is easy.” Paraphrasing slightly, many companies believe that the key to branding is authenticity… and if they can fake THAT, then the rest is...
by Bruce Turkel | Nov 23, 2013 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
The other day someone asked my brilliant friend John DeMarchi what he thought would happen in the NFL scandal. “Which NFL scandal?” DeMarchi asked, “the bullying scandal, the suicide scandal, the racial slur team name scandal, the concussion conundrum scandal or the...
