by Bruce Turkel | May 22, 2017 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
The Key To Building Your Brand. “I blew out my flip flop, Stepped on a pop top; Cut my heel, had to cruise on back home.” Those aren’t just some of the lyrics to Jimmy Buffett’s 1977 song Margaritaville. They contain the secret message to his stellar success in music...
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 | Apr 25, 2017 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Self-Referencing Criteria You know the old story: Four blind Indian Fakirs are wandering down a path through the jungle when they bump into something blocking their way. The first Fakir grabs hold of what he thinks is a tree trunk. “We have wandered off the path into...
by Bruce Turkel | Apr 18, 2017 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
An Open Letter to United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz Dear Mr. Munoz. You and United Airlines have had a hard couple of weeks. For the benefit of the uninformed, let’s recap just a little, shall we? First one of your United Airlines’ employees chose to have a passenger...
by Bruce Turkel | Jan 31, 2017 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
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...