by Bruce Turkel | Sep 15, 2020 | Branding, Branding Yourself, Building Brand Value, Turkel
My father was a general contractor on Miami Beach in the 1960s. As innovative as my dad was, the business was still a rather analog affair. Supplies were delivered on flatbeds, building materials were inventoried on a clipboard, boards were nailed together by hand,...
by Bruce Turkel | Sep 1, 2020 | All About Them, Branding, Branding Yourself, Bruce Turkel, Building Brand Value, Coronavirus, Crisis Management, MasterMind
Not very long ago – sometime in early to mid-April – it seemed as if almost everyone I know was calling and telling me they were how concerned they were. Covid. Unrest. Lockdown. Politics. The economy. Despite their concerns, the common word they all seemed to use was...
by Bruce Turkel | Aug 24, 2020 | Advertising, All About Them, Branding, Branding Yourself, Is That All There Is
Do you think you’re smarter or more talented than the people around you? More to the point, do you think you’re smarter or more talented than you really are? If so, you’re not alone. The Dunning-Kruger Effect describes a specific cognitive bias that causes people to...
by Bruce Turkel | Aug 10, 2020 | Advertising, All About Them, Branding, Branding Yourself, Bruce Turkel, Is That All There Is
I think that Billy Joel is one of the greatest songwriters in modern American pop music. Joel stands along with Stevie Wonder, James Taylor, Carole King, Jackson Brown, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Smokey Robinson, and Bruce Springsteen. Of course your list may vary. My...
by Bruce Turkel | Aug 4, 2020 | Advertising, All About Them, Branding, Branding Yourself, Building Brand Value, How to write a book
You know the old joke: How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, man, practice. Here’s today’s version: How do you write a book? Write, man, write. At least once a week someone asks my advice about writing a book. The conversation usually goes something like this:...
