by marketing.bruceturkel | Jun 26, 2019 | Branding, Building Brand Value
Patagonian Tooth Fish was considered by-catch trash fish until 1977 when fisherman Lee Lantz changed its name to make it more appealing to American consumers. Even though the fish is not necessarily caught in Chilean waters and isn’t technically even a bass, Chilean...
by marketing.bruceturkel | Jun 19, 2019 | Building Brand Value
A few years ago, I visited Graceland, Elvis Presley’s home in Memphis. After oohing and ahhing in the Jungle Room and checking out Elvis’ cars and airplanes, we walked through the museum. Behind the glass was a huge collection of Elvis memorabilia; Guitars,...
by marketing.bruceturkel | Jun 12, 2019 | Building Brand Value
A friend and I spent some time talking about her business. The next day I received a lovely thank you note from her. “Thank you for your generosity yesterday Bruce – You really got my wheels spinning in creative ways. I can get some interesting URL options based...
by marketing.bruceturkel | Jun 5, 2019 | Building Brand Value
From an accounting point of view, the distinction between the assets and liabilities is simple: Assets are the items you or your company owns that can provide future economic benefit. Liabilities are what you owe other parties. Assets make you money, liabilities cost...
by marketing.bruceturkel | May 15, 2019 | Branding, Building Brand Value
My wife and I were celebrating our eighth wedding anniversary in Florence, Italy. We were having dinner at a wonderful restaurant with our curly headed six-year-old Danny and two Roman dentists whom the restaurant’s owner had sat with us at the big rustic table. The...
by marketing.bruceturkel | May 8, 2019 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Building Brand Value
At first, I wanted to cry. Three of my longtime readers unsubscribed from my blog this week. I didn’t know which of their notes was more cutting. One simply wrote, “delete me from your mailing list.” “Mailing list?” “Delete me from your MAILING LIST?” Is that all...
