by Bruce Turkel | Jul 15, 2012 | Branding
According to legend, a teenage Lana Turner was discovered at Schwab’s Pharmacy in Los Angeles. For years, Schwab’s was the place where actors got together to chat and exchange gossip. According to a website devoted to the pharmacy’s history: “In the ’30s and ’40s you...
by Bruce Turkel | Jun 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
On one of our morning runs last week, Stella was telling me about her son and how he wins at everything. He’s a high school golf champion, he always wins when they play Scrabble, and even though he doesn’t run regularly, he did run three miles with his marathoner...
by Bruce Turkel | Dec 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
Christmas Eve morning 2010. We’re jogging along School House Road approaching Sunset Drive on our way back to the cars and breakfast. As we reach the red light, it switches to green and we cross Sunset in front of the lines of cars now stopped on the much busier...
by Bruce Turkel | Feb 26, 2009 | Uncategorized
Today I spoke at a combined meeting of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and Convention and Visitors Bureau. My talk was on Building Brand Value and how to use branding to sell tourism in tough times. I brought along a few of my latest book, but certainly not enough...
by Bruce Turkel | Jun 20, 2007 | Uncategorized
Technology is forcing Hollywood to move beyond its traditional distribution channels of movie, television and more recently the Internet, to more diverse offerings, including wireless. This fact was highlighted at last week’s Digital Hollywood conference where...