by Bruce Turkel | Jan 10, 2023 | All About Them, Branding, Bruce Turkel, Building Brand Value
Click HERE to watch video. Your Function is Cost of Entry You’ve spent most of your life getting really good at what you do. College, maybe graduate school, an internship, entry-level jobs, climbing up the ladder – learning, improving your skills, honing your...
by marketing.bruceturkel | Jan 29, 2020 | Bruce Turkel, Building Brand Value, Marketing & Advertising
Up on stage as the opening keynote speaker, I explained to my audience why their efforts branding their businesses by promoting the functions of what they sell or what they do was ineffectual. Instead, I suggested they should spend their time establishing an emotional...
by marketing.bruceturkel | Apr 17, 2019 | Building Brand Value
It used to be that a sincere “I’m sorry” was accompanied by a bouquet of flowers and a sappy card. Then life went back to normal. For companies, fixing a mistake usually meant a generic apology by the CEO and a conscientious program set up to rectify whatever...
by Bruce Turkel | Oct 24, 2018 | Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking
The advertising agency I worked at specialized in creating successful brands for residential real estate projects. We created advertising strategies, brand identity, and marketing and advertising for high-rises, gated communities, golf resorts, condominiums, and...
by Bruce Turkel | Jul 25, 2018 | Bruce Turkel, Building Brand Value
Here’s a thought: If we want to increase our success, why don’t we stop concentrating on what our products or services do and start focusing on what they do for our customers? In other words, what if we stop emphasizing our function and start promoting the...