by Bruce Turkel | Feb 19, 2013 | Branding, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
A couple of weeks ago I heard lawyer, orator, and FIU Law School Visiting Professor of Law George Knox define the word “WILL” this way: “Will does not mean should, will does not mean could, will does not mean might or maybe. Will is unequivocal. Will only means...
by Bruce Turkel | Jan 29, 2013 | Branding, Keynote speaking
Sometimes you get exposed to a new viewpoint from a unique venue that you weren’t expecting. To that point, I’m sitting on a panel in a university auditorium listening to one of my fellow panelists talk about the subject of our conference. I’ve already prepared my...
by Bruce Turkel | Jan 1, 2013 | Branding, Building Brand Value
Seven or eight years ago I found myself running into the same predicament over and over again. Our advertising agency would present our branding and marketing concepts to our clients and they would want objective assurances that our ideas would work. Although we were...
by Bruce Turkel | Dec 26, 2012 | Branding, Marketing & Advertising
“The Dollar Auction game: a paradox in non-cooperative behavior and escalation” was published by economist Martin Shubik in the March, 1971 issue of the Journal of Conflict Resolution (I know, I know — you’ve got a copy laying around somewhere). Here’s how it works:...
by Bruce Turkel | Dec 2, 2012 | Branding
My father was an innovative and very successful real estate developer. The Miami Herald called him “The Father of Florida Condominiums” because he built the first residential condo in the United States and the first office condo in the world. As a kid, I used to walk...