by Bruce Turkel | Oct 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
I’ve had the great fortune to spend the last few weeks touring Argentina and Chile. Together Gloria and I explored fascinating sites, ate wonderful meals, enjoyed spectacular wines, and met very gracious and hospitable people. Not only did we try great wines, but we...
by Bruce Turkel | Feb 13, 2017 | Advertising, Branding, Bruce Turkel, Speaker, Turkel
Transcend politics. Companies including Uber, Lyft, Under Armor, Starbucks, Coca-Cola, Nike, and Anheuser Busch have all found themselves on one side or the other of the current chasm of political polarization. Celebrities including Beyoncé, Steph Curry, The Rock, Tom...
by Bruce Turkel | Jan 31, 2017 | Advertising, Branding, Bruce Turkel, Speaker, Turkel
The Brand Battlefield The Trump administration banned immigration from seven predominately Muslim countries. Two days later Starbucks’ chairman and chief executive officer, Howard Schultz, marched onto the brand battlefield and promised the company will hire 10,000...
by Bruce Turkel | Mar 15, 2016 | Advertising, Branding, Bruce Turkel, Speaker, Turkel
How To Build A BrandI’m sitting in a very comfortable reclining chair somewhere between Beaumont and Houston Texas, somewhere around 35,000 feet. I’m in a brand new American Airlines 777-300 in business class seat 13D. I’ve got in-air Internet access, a bottomless...
by Bruce Turkel | Dec 22, 2014 | Advertising, Branding, Bruce Turkel, Speaker, Turkel
Bah Humbug. Pardon me for being a skeptamist, but does anything say, “I did as little as possible” more than a generic e-mail holiday greeting? I just received this one (amongst many) and am reprinting its touching message here in all its insipid entirety to make my...
