by Bruce Turkel | Sep 2, 2013 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
The Internet bubble burst right after Y2K and the real estate bubble burst after the middle of the decade because people believed that with all the new technology and opportunities the old rules simply didn’t apply anymore. But the history of fads has shown us that...
by Bruce Turkel | Aug 19, 2013 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Last month I presented the keynote speech on building brands at the NSA Annual Convention in Philadelphia. Before you glance over your shoulder or check if your phone is tapped, this NSA stands for the National Speakers Association NOT the National Security Agency. Or...
by Bruce Turkel | Jun 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
In the seven or so years I’ve published this blog I don’t think I’ve presented a guest author before. But this Miami Herald article is so wonderful and inspirational that I just had to share. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. For complete transparency, you should...
by Bruce Turkel | May 28, 2013 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Have you read about Carnival Cruise Line’s latest woes? Of course you saw the bloated corpse of the Costa Concordia floundering like a beached whale off the coast of Italy, you saw the 2,758 stranded cruisers on the Carnival Triumph eating onion sandwiches and using...
by Bruce Turkel | May 20, 2013 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
My fifth grade teacher Juliette Polichetti used to say, “If you don’t know what you don’t know then you don’t know.” And while you could argue that that’s another way of explaining that ignorance is bliss, I don’t think that’s what Miss Polichetti had in mind. When I...