by Bruce Turkel | Apr 4, 2017 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
When is Enough Enough? The table Jimmy Buffett was sitting at was off to the side of the dining room but not really private. After all, most of the diners at Joe’s Stone Crab Restaurant are there to see and be seen. Tables are placed to accommodate their wishes....
by Bruce Turkel | Mar 28, 2017 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Monetize talent.Vincent Van Gogh died broken and penniless. He could not monetize talent. Takashi Murakami figured out how to monetize talent. He makes big money selling cartoonish figures and licensing his outrageous designs for $5,000 limited edition Louis Vuitton...
by Bruce Turkel | Mar 13, 2017 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
How you do anything means everything. Most business books could be simply described as thick bumper stickers. Why? Because despite their pages and pages of examples and illustrations, many of them can be reduced to one single thought. And that thought can be the...
by Bruce Turkel | Feb 27, 2017 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Uber, San Francisco, CaliforniaAttn: Mr. Travis Kalanick, CEO Dear Travis, Congratulations. You had the great idea to create a ride sharing app. And you put in the effort to make Uber incredibly successful. Thanks to your hard work, your company has reached a very...
by Bruce Turkel | Feb 21, 2017 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Foreplay starts in the morning. I have a buddy who told me about a disagreement he had with his girlfriend. The two of them weren’t getting along and hadn’t been nice to each other throughout the day. But after dinner was done and the dishes were put away, he started...
