by Bruce Turkel | Aug 24, 2020 | All About Them, Branding, Is That All There Is?, Marketing & Advertising
Do you think you’re smarter or more talented than the people around you? More to the point, do you think you’re smarter or more talented than you really are? If so, you’re not alone. The Dunning-Kruger Effect describes a specific cognitive bias that causes people to...
by Bruce Turkel | Jul 27, 2020 | All About Them, Branding, Building Brand Value, Marketing & Advertising
Recently all of these storied brands have come under protest and scrutiny for being offensive: Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben’s, Mrs. Butterworth’s, Eskimo Pie, Barbie, GI Joe, the Washington Redskins, the Cleveland Indians, the Atlanta Braves. How about all of those Disney...
by Bruce Turkel | Jul 14, 2020 | All About Them, Branding, Building Brand Value, Marketing & Advertising
What is an interrobang? Go ahead, I’ll give you a minute to rummage around in the dusty, musty recesses of your brain. Need a clue? Here’s what it’s not… An interrobang is not a new military interrogation technique. It’s not the definition of the whole process of an...
by Bruce Turkel | Jun 17, 2020 | All About Them, Branding, Bruce Turkel, Building Brand Value
It’s time to be honest with yourself. You know all the things you’ve been meaning to do but just didn’t have the time? Organize your closets maybe, weed the garden or write that book you’ve always been meaning to write? Here’s a newsflash – if you haven’t started...
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...
