by marketing.bruceturkel | Feb 27, 2019 | Building Brand Value
Here’s a fascinating dichotomy: The management structure in most hotels is very hierarchical. The org chart pyramid starts at the top with the owner, then the General Manager, then the department directors (Food & Beverage, Housekeeping, Grounds Keeping,...
by marketing.bruceturkel | Feb 20, 2019 | Branding, Building Brand Value
Lots of brand consultants like to use an exercise where they ask their audience this question: “If your brand was a car, what car would it be?” They use cars because most people have a good understanding of what the different car brands stand for – Jeeps are rugged,...
by marketing.bruceturkel | Feb 13, 2019 | Bruce Turkel, Building Brand Value
Years ago I was introduced to a brilliant woman who was doing business with a friend. When we met, she gave me a copy of her book – a New York Times bestseller that I had heard a lot about. I read it across the weekend and found it interesting. A few years after we...
by marketing.bruceturkel | Feb 6, 2019 | Building Brand Value
Let’s try an experiment. Let’s dispassionately examine some of the phenomena that are front and center in our national zeitgeist these days. Please don’t be swayed by whether you agree or disagree. Just try to let the idea of what people are thinking about wash over...
by marketing.bruceturkel | Jan 30, 2019 | Branding, Building Brand Value
I was reading The Piano Shop on The Left Bank when I came across the following phrase, attributed to piano virtuoso György Sebök: “There is no such thing as a music note by note just as there is no such thing as a book word by word. We have to accept that things are...
