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 | May 9, 2016 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
How To Create A Name.When I was a kid I worked in one of my parents’ restaurants. We sold pizza and hotdogs and sodas and soft serve ice cream. On the weekends at the busier stores we were go go go from open to close, handing food across the counter and grabbing bills...
by Bruce Turkel | May 3, 2016 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Did I Do the Right Thing? Last week I posted a blog entitled, Prince – The Brand. The article summarized Prince’s career and then talked about his brand developed across the 40+ years Prince was in the music business. My simple point was that even though Prince...
by Bruce Turkel | Apr 25, 2016 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Prince passed away last week and the whole world mourned. Even my mom called to ask what I thought of Prince and his music. Of course everyone was surprised by Prince’s untimely death. He didn’t appear to be a troubled soul like Kurt Cobain. He hadn’t been battling...
by Bruce Turkel | Apr 11, 2016 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Brand Building Methods.I Got Fooled is a great blues song by Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee about a man who offers to clean a beautiful neighbor’s house in return for intimate favors. You know that she promised me When the work was through, That I could have my way And...