by Bruce Turkel | Jul 20, 2020 | Branding, Building Brand Value, Marketing & Advertising
Back in 1996 I was browsing the shelves of a bookstore (remember them?) when I happened across Caleb Carr’s novel The Alienist. I was already a big fan of historical fiction, especially concerning the Victorian age, and the book became an instant favor of mine....
by Bruce Turkel | Jul 8, 2020 | All About Them, Branding, Marketing & Advertising
We’ve all heard the old saying, “If you build a better mousetrap the world will build a path to your door.” Trouble is, that’s not true. If you build a better mousetrap, the world WON’T beat a path to your door. You will just wind up with a bunch of...
by Bruce Turkel | Jun 23, 2020 | All About Them, Branding, Bruce Turkel, Building Brand Value
Don’t Race What You Can’t Replace. When I was in my early 30s, I was finally able to buy my first Porsche Carrera. Before you think I’m showing off, it was a used 911 and the culmination of a lifelong obsession I inherited from my father. And before...
by Bruce Turkel | Jun 17, 2020 | All About Them, Branding, Bruce Turkel, Building Brand Value
It’s time to be honest with yourself. You know all the things you’ve been meaning to do but just didn’t have the time? Organize your closets maybe, weed the garden or write that book you’ve always been meaning to write? Here’s a newsflash...
by Bruce Turkel | Jun 9, 2020 | All About Them, Branding, Bruce Turkel
Joni Mitchell summed up today’s zeitgeist in her 1970’s release, “Big Yellow Taxi.” “Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you got ‘til it’s gone?” 25 years later when she was being interviewed by journalist Robert Hilburn,...
