by Bruce Turkel | Jun 14, 2017 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Jeff Bezos has a lot to teach us. It has now been three years since online retail visionary, Jeff Bezos, bought the Washington Post. On NPR this morning I heard about how the tech entrepreneur has changed the newspaper. There are lots of things Bezos has done, but...
by Bruce Turkel | May 10, 2017 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Marketing & Advertising
You know the old joke: Q: “How do you get to Carnegie Hall? A: “Practice, man, practice.” This joke was probably never funny but it was accurate. In the old days before the Internet was as common as sense is not, the ability to do something well was the best predictor...
by Bruce Turkel | May 2, 2017 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Lolly Daskal and The Leadership Gap Every day someone recommends a book I should read, a movie I should watch, a podcast I should hear. Boy, does it stress me out to have to add to my list of Must-Dos. Who has time to digest all this information? And if I do get...
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...
