by Bruce Turkel | Feb 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
The power of euphemisms is something that most people don’t think about at all but we marketers obsess over. I was in a board meeting and discussing new ideas when the guy at the head of the table commented on the concepts. He started with, “You know, it’s...
by Bruce Turkel | Dec 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
Depending on when you started reading this blog it may or may not be obvious to you that it’s an experimental and constantly evolving work-in-progress. When I started the blog in August of ‘06, I had no idea what I was doing. I knew that I wanted to begin a dialog and...
by Bruce Turkel | Dec 6, 2010 | Uncategorized
It’s funny. Almost everywhere I read and listen, people are talking about the passive income that can be earned selling books and e-books online. Speakers at the National Speakers Association meetings speak about it; magazines such as FastCompany and Wired write about...
by Bruce Turkel | Nov 29, 2010 | Uncategorized
Every speaker I meet on the circuit thinks they’d be more successful if only they published a book. People I meet at cocktail parties and networking events want to know how I got my books published because they all “have a book in them.” Even published authors only...
by Bruce Turkel | Oct 26, 2010 | Uncategorized
My laptop broke so I’m writing this blog post longhand. There was an afternoon once when I was at lunch and got inspired and thumb-typed an article on my phone but this the first time I’ve ever written a post with a pen and paper. Even that wasn’t so easy because...