by Bruce Turkel | May 21, 2018 | All About Them, Building Brand Value
Willy Walker walked purposefully to the center of the stage and addressed the 400 people in the audience.“Late last night I wandered through the hotel lobby. A maintenance engineer asked me if I needed help and I told him I was looking for the gym. Instead of just...
by Bruce Turkel | May 2, 2018 | All About Them
I recently stopped at Enriqueta’s for breakfast. Enriqueta’s is a little Cuban coffee shop on 29th Street, smack dab in the center of Miami’s exploding Midtown/Wynwood/Design District area.As the Miami New Times wrote, “Between 6:15 and 11:00 a.m., a cross...
by Bruce Turkel | Apr 3, 2018 | Bruce Turkel, Marketing & Advertising
It’ll be on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.Listen. Did you hear it? The opening shot of the revolution was just fired. And most of us pretended the sound was business as usual. A few years ago, way way back in 2008, Dave Carroll had his guitar broken by United...
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 | Dec 20, 2016 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Even Idiots Don’t Like Being Told They’re Idiots.Years and years ago I came up with a brilliant idea for attracting new business. In my daily scouring of newspapers, magazines, and other media (thankfully this was before the Internet) I’d look for advertising that I...
