by Bruce Turkel | Dec 1, 2020 | Is That All There Is?, Uncategorized
What is Thanksgiving all about? Forget the turkey and the stuffing, forget the apocryphal story of the Pilgrims and their native Americans dinner guests, try to even forget about the cranberry sauce and the pumpkin pie. The real meaning of Thanksgiving is right there...
by Bruce Turkel | Nov 18, 2020 | All About Them, Branding, Bruce Turkel, Building Brand Value, Is That All There Is?, Marketing & Advertising
There’s an old line in the classic car business worth thinking about: “Don’t buy the car, buy the seller. ” Its meaning should be obvious. And it is only becoming more important now thanks to emerging technologies and the Covid crisis. People are buying...
by Bruce Turkel | May 29, 2020 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Building Brand Value
The Serenity Prayer and The Coronavirus. American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr composed his famous Serenity Prayer in 1923. Throughout the 1930s and 40s the prayer spread throughout church groups and was adapted by Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12-step programs...
by Bruce Turkel | May 14, 2020 | Building Brand Value
My friend Cathy Berkowitz ran a risk-management consulting firm. She and her business partner would tour factories and recommend the steps needed to protect companies against potential calamities. Cathy soon discovered that the problem with her business concept...
by Bruce Turkel | Mar 30, 2020 | Branding
Love In The Time of Choler… Coronavirus One of the fun things I do when I’m up on stage is play the harmonica. I often open my talks by performing Minuet in G by Johann Sebastian Bach followed by a blues number written by Sonnyboy Williamson. Why? Because I want...
