by Bruce Turkel | Jun 18, 2013 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
When I was in high school one of my part-time jobs was working as a bagboy at the local supermarket. Even though the walls were plastered with signs that said, “Carry-out is a Publix service. No tipping please,” we bagboys stuffed our pockets with the single dollar...
by Bruce Turkel | Jun 3, 2013 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Marketing & Advertising
This email exchange is almost all verbatim. I removed the names and identifiable facts. Potential Client: “It was a pleasure visiting your website and speaking with you today, Bruce. I have attached our ad agency RFP (Request For Proposal). We look forward to your...
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...
by Bruce Turkel | Apr 15, 2013 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking
Horses of a different color. More than one way to skin a cat. Pushing an elephant through a keyhole. Why are the metaphors for paradigm shifts all about animals? I don’t know and I don’t really care. What I do care about is implementing and benefiting from this idea...
by Bruce Turkel | Apr 8, 2013 | Branding, Keynote speaking
One Sunday a few months ago, über parachute BASE jumper ‘Fearless’ Felix Baumgartner opened the hatch of his hot air balloon capsule and hurled himself into the very edge of space. The next day, FOX Money’s Melissa Francis interviewed me about what the jump meant to...
