by Bruce Turkel | Apr 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
Last Thursday I gave the worst presentation of my life. I wish I were exaggerating for the sake of this blog, but I’m not. I was truly awful. I was showing work I’m proud of and talking about new concepts we’re excited about but I wasn’t scoring any points with the...
by Bruce Turkel | May 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
While BP continues its efforts to try to stop the catastrophic oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, promoting the Gulf beaches during the spill is a crisis on land for the Gulf Coast tourism industry. I recently spoke to National Public Radio (NPR) on how the Gulf region...
by Bruce Turkel | Feb 9, 2009 | Building Brand Value
I was talking to Mark, my new business guy, and he wanted to know if I respond to the new business leads I find with Google Alerts. When I told him I do, he asked what my success rate was. It didn’t take a second of thought to come up with the answer – almost...
by Bruce Turkel | Jan 30, 2009 | Building Brand Value
A childhood friend of mine runs a very advanced consulting business. He recently confessed that he wasn’t getting enough leads and wasn’t converting those he did get into sales.We spent a few hours applying the seven points of Building Brand Value to his...
by Bruce Turkel | Feb 8, 2007 | Branding, Marketing & Advertising
1. All About Them. Your consumer is your first priority. What do you know about them? What don’t you know? What motivates them? What keeps them up at night? The answers to these questions all come from understanding your consumer—their motivations, their lifestyle,...
