by Bruce Turkel | Dec 21, 2009 | Uncategorized
Because my birthday is in December, my friend Karen Hirschfeld never forgets to send me her sentence completion exercises to help recap the old year and get ready for the new one. This year, thanks to the power of social media, I can share this great year-end tool...
by Bruce Turkel | Dec 7, 2009 | Uncategorized
I usually try to write about branding and marketing related issues. Sometimes I’m able to tie those posts into chats about my morning runs at various hotels. Not this time. On Saturday I did my longest run to date and have come up with no business value at all....
by Bruce Turkel | Oct 13, 2009 | Uncategorized
Hadji Williams, a 17-year advertising copywriter, posted this and I thought it was just too damn good not to share. Mr. Williams points out a lot of things I’ve often thought about, he just says them more eloquently than I ever have. You can reach him at...
by Bruce Turkel | Oct 12, 2009 | Uncategorized
If you are a baby boomer like I am, you probably remember the 60s television show, Bewitched. Mrs. Kravitz was the busybody next-door neighbor of the sitcom’s main characters, Darren and Samantha Stevens. Mrs. Kravitz was extremely nosy; always peeking through the...
by Bruce Turkel | Oct 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
Rohit Bhargava of Ogilvy and author The Influential Marketing Blog, made me think twice today. He asked: “If we were to ask you to describe your competition, you’d probably talk about companies that do exactly what you do. The owner of an Indian restaurant will...