by Bruce Turkel | Dec 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
At the end of every year television and the Internet are inundated with top ten lists – the best top ten lists of this, the worst top ten lists of that – and 2014 is no different.Taking a page out of this time-honored tradition of top ten lists, I thought I’d review...
by Bruce Turkel | Dec 22, 2014 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Bah Humbug. Pardon me for being a skeptamist, but does anything say, “I did as little as possible” more than a generic e-mail holiday greeting? I just received this one (amongst many) and am reprinting its touching message here in all its insipid entirety to make my...
by Bruce Turkel | Dec 16, 2014 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
In hindsight it wasn’t such a good idea. I had already tossed my blue box of fishing hooks and lures down into the boat next to my rods. Instead of climbing down the ladder after them, I had the bright idea to jump the three feet from the pier to the floating dock...
by Bruce Turkel | Dec 8, 2014 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
I finally finished writing my next book. As much as I enjoy writing the books, the thing I don’t like to do is write the proposals for the agent and publisher. Even though I know how important proposals are to the process, it seems silly to me to spend time writing an...
by Bruce Turkel | Nov 25, 2014 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Lots of people quote the old bromide, “All PR is good PR” but few people actually live it. Recently I had a friend tell me that not only did he believe this saying but he wanted to promote his brand on radio and TV as I’ve done. So after arranging some media training...
