by Bruce Turkel | Jan 25, 2016 | Uncategorized
Choose Your Brand. Have you felt the inexorable forces pulling at you lately? While the potential and promise of new technology is pulling us into the gleaming future the most base and brutal forces are trying to drag us back into the dark ages. Startling new advances...
by Bruce Turkel | Jan 18, 2016 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
There are people who make a practice of not positioning themselves across from me at board meetings. That’s because I spend my time in those meetings drawing caricatures of everyone sitting around the conference table. Actually, I draw pictures of everyone except the...
by Bruce Turkel | Jan 11, 2016 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
David Bowie passed away on Sunday at the age of 69. And even if you didn’t really know him, you just lost a vital role model. Bowie was a lot of things: Musician. Rock star. Fashion plate. Gender identity activist. Businessman. Songwriter. Record producer....
by Bruce Turkel | May 28, 2015 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Last week Yum Brands’ (YUM) Taco Bell and Pizza Hut chains made a big announcement. They are going to remove “most” artificial ingredients from their food products “by July” (Pizza Hut) or “by 2017” (Taco Bell) “where possible.” According to AP, “Instead of ‘black...
by Bruce Turkel | May 11, 2015 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Please take a minute to think about the words IF and BUT. Such little words but they can have such a big impact on your brand. Do you realize that if you add the words IF or BUT to an apology it demeans the sentiment and neuters the meaning? “I’m sorry IF you thought...
