by Bruce Turkel | Nov 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
Oscar Wilde was, and is, one of my favorite writers. The reason is simple. I love the way he writes. Whether or not you’ve read much Wilde, you probably love the way he writes too. That’s because many of the adages that we take for granted today were actually quips...
by Bruce Turkel | Oct 25, 2016 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Travel Technology. Greetings from Faro in the heart of the Portuguese Algarve. We just spent a week in Lisbon and Porto. Now we’re touring the southwest corner of the country before we drive across the border Portugal shares with Spain. We’ll be heading on to Seville...
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 | 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...