by Bruce Turkel | Jun 1, 2014 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
If you’ve read my blog before you know I’m obsessed with traveling light. That’s because a minimalist mindset makes travel more enjoyable and stress-free. Also I believe there are only two kinds of luggage – carry-on and lost. I’ve written about this before, listing a...
by Bruce Turkel | May 12, 2014 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
With his dark sunglasses, slicked back hair, and untucked short-sleeve shirts, Mr. R was the coolest dad in our Miami Beach neighborhood. He’d pick us up in his enormous navy blue Lincoln Continental, and let us slide across the slickly mink-oiled cordovan leather...
by Bruce Turkel | Apr 29, 2014 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
You’ve all seen the sordid headlines by now—there’s nothing useful I can add. LA Clippers’ basketball team owner Donald Sterling made disgraceful racist remarks, and now the team’s market value is plummeting and the NBA and others are scrambling for a way to rescue...
by Bruce Turkel | Feb 17, 2014 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
…those who get it, get it anyway. Those who don’t, never will.” Have you seen the ad for the new Cadillac ELR? It features a very smug 40-something actor, Neal McDonough, strolling through his Dwell magazine-perfect house, kissing his beautiful wife, high-fiving his...
by Bruce Turkel | Jan 29, 2014 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
It wasn’t until I spent three weeks in Southeast Asia with my family that I really learned the true importance of brands. It shouldn’t have been that way because for the last 30 years I’ve been running a brand management firm that helps our clients create and build...