by Bruce Turkel | May 8, 2018 | Branding
I was on a FOX Business interview when the anchor, Melissa Francis, ran a little role-playing exercise with me: “It’s three o’clock in the morning and your phone rings. It’s the Republican Party and they want to know what they can do to change their brand for...
by Bruce Turkel | Mar 28, 2018 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Marketing & Advertising
Every bit of up-to-date business advice I read talks about how important it is to properly manage your contact list. Whether the author calls a prospect list “a community,” “a tribe,” “a database,” “a sales roster” or a “contact list,” the suggestions are usually the...
by Bruce Turkel | Mar 14, 2018 | Branding
Metaphors and allegories are often great ways to make complicated examples simple. In Plato’s “The Allegory of the Cave,” the philosopher used the idea of prisoners chained to a wall and seeing only the shadows of other people to express the concept of actual and...
by Bruce Turkel | Jan 30, 2018 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Recently my very successful speaker friend Bill Cates was invited to do a TED talk. Bill reached out to me to find out how I had enjoyed my TED experience and what specific recommendations I might have for him. After answering his questions, I directed him to my...
by Bruce Turkel | Jan 9, 2018 | Branding, Keynote speaking, Leadership, Marketing & Advertising
The Evolution of the Species.I have a very good friend who has a very specific business problem. Each time I spend time with them they talk about this issue. Each time they complain, they complain about this issue. And each time they do, they point out the same cause...
