by Bruce Turkel | Apr 17, 2018 | Branding
The adage is as ancient as it is accurate: The wizened Indian Fakir lies down on a bed of razor-sharp nails and rests comfortably as a baby in her mother’s arms. But walk barefoot on the beach and step on an old pop-top? You cut your foot open and require stitches....
by Bruce Turkel | Mar 28, 2018 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Marketing & Advertising
Every bit of up-to-date business advice I read talks about how important it is to properly manage your contact list. Whether the author calls a prospect list “a community,” “a tribe,” “a database,” “a sales roster” or a “contact list,” the suggestions are usually the...
by Bruce Turkel | Mar 14, 2018 | Branding
Metaphors and allegories are often great ways to make complicated examples simple. In Plato’s “The Allegory of the Cave,” the philosopher used the idea of prisoners chained to a wall and seeing only the shadows of other people to express the concept of actual and...
by Bruce Turkel | Mar 6, 2018 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Leadership, Marketing & Advertising
Algorithms vs. Elbow Grease.If you pay attention to the news these days, you’ll start seeing more and more things happening which can be defined as the battle between algorithms and elbow grease. In many ways, I believe this conflict is becoming the defining...
by Bruce Turkel | Feb 27, 2018 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Leadership, Marketing & Advertising
Does the Second Amendment Trump the First Amendment?By now anyone not living under a rock knows all about the horrific school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. 14 teenagers and three adults were killed in cold blood when Nikolas Cruz sprayed the South...
by Bruce Turkel | Feb 20, 2018 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
I’ve had some wonderful speaking opportunities in wonderful places. In the past few weeks I’ve been to Chicago, Naples, San Diego, Mexico, San Francisco, Maui, and New Orleans. And this week I’m lucky enough to speak in my own hometown – Miami. All that travel meant a...
