by Bruce Turkel | Jun 12, 2012 | Branding
Do you ever get a call on your smartphone that you can’t return right away? Let’s say you’re in a meeting and your Mom calls. Of course you want to take the call but it would be rude. And you don’t want to let your Mom wait and wonder why you’re not calling her back....
by Bruce Turkel | Jun 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
Someone sent me an article that asked successful CEOs what they would rather do if they weren’t in their current positions. Doctor? Lawyer? Indian Chief? No, everyone wants to be a rock star. Guitar Center has built an enormous business selling guitars and amps to...
by Bruce Turkel | May 16, 2012 | Branding
In his best seller Blink, Malcolm Gladwell writes about the veracity of the decisions we make quickly, arguing that millions of years of evolution have given us the perceptive skills we need to make instant choices, often without all the facts. One of his examples is...
by Bruce Turkel | May 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
Community foundations exist to help local area residents manage their charitable giving and to funnel local funds to where they’ll do the most good in hometown neighborhoods. Most community foundations judge their success by two factors; the amount of good they do in...
by Bruce Turkel | Apr 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
Eddie and Bill were sitting at an outdoor table at Scotty’s Landing having lunch last Friday. I had run over to the bayside shack right after my downtown lunch meeting to chat with a potential client and then needed to zip out to check on a video production in Coral...