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 | May 5, 2014 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Walking into a meeting, church or synagogue, or maybe a theater, I’m sure you reach into your pocket and turn off the volume on your phone. But because not everyone is as thoughtful and considerate as you, a phone invariably rings during the presentation. Sadly,...
by Bruce Turkel | Feb 10, 2014 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
The flight to San Juan was scheduled to leave at 7:25 AM, so my mental math looked something like this: “Want to get to airport an hour early, that’s 6:25 AM. Thirty minutes to get to airport, that’s 6:00. Half an hour to get ready, gotta get up at 5:30. ” But here’s...
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...
by Bruce Turkel | Jan 20, 2014 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
The Power of Patterns My friend and the lead guitar player for The Southbound Suspects, Phil Allen, put himself through law school at the University of Florida by singing and playing his guitar in bars around Gainesville. Years later Phil still wows audiences by...