by Bruce Turkel | Mar 19, 2024 | All About Them, Branding, Bruce Turkel, Building Brand Value, Marketing & Advertising
Click HERE to watch the video The Power of Simplicity Many years ago, I was sitting in an office with a tattooed art director dressed in Hell’s Angel denim, leather, and chrome long before it was fashionable. Despite his intimidating appearance, he was fiercely...
by Bruce Turkel | Mar 12, 2024 | All About Them, Branding, Bruce Turkel, Building Brand Value, Marketing & Advertising
Click HERE to watch the video An Ironic Sales Technique Years ago, a good friend was invited to speak at one of those big motivational speaker events. You know the kind: They advertise celebrity speakers such as George W. Bush, Mr. T, and one famous Southern college...
by Bruce Turkel | Feb 12, 2021 | Branding, Building Brand Value, Marketing & Advertising, Sales, Uncategorized
Let’s start from the same supposition shall we? The persuasion business sucks. Think about the last time someone tried to talk you into something – most anything from where you wanted to go to dinner to who you were going to vote for. I think...
by Bruce Turkel | May 26, 2015 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
First a customer service confession: I forgot to pay a bill. Got no good excuse, just didn’t see it when I sat down to do my monthlies and it slipped my mind. Don’t judge, don’t hate, let’s just move on…I didn’t recognize the number on my...
by Bruce Turkel | Sep 15, 2013 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
My friend Phil Allen, brilliant lawyer and blazing lead guitar player for The Southbound Suspects, told me this story: The defense attorney was questioning the prosecution’s star witness. “So you say you actually saw my client bite off the victim’s ear in...