. Some nights enter our lives quietly and then stay with us forever—unexpected, unforgettable, and impossible not to smile about when we remember them. In my previous post, I wrote about the launch of The Art of Detachment in Madrid a couple of weeks ago—a magical evening surrounded by extraordinary people, where I had the […]
In a few days we will celebrate Mother’s Day again, and as usual around the world, it also becomes a commercial opportunity. Gifts to mothers, celebrations, tributes and hugs also add to the creative challenge to make a difference. In advertising agencies [...]
A Historical Celebration What a wonderful celebration we are currently experiencing! What a great joy it is to applaud, honor, acknowledge, and embrace! Don’t forget: What you celebrate repeats itself. Costa Rica has put away the backstabbing and has moved on to [...]
At about 7 p.m. I was about to pay the cab driver for his kind service of 23 reais, when he said a heartfelt “parabens Costa Rica”. I didn’t try to contain my joy for a moment and prodded the conversation to [...]
While in England people are asking for the withdrawal of the advertising that shows their national team disqualified in Brazil, in our country the World Cup fever turns the protagonists into perfect brand ambassadors. In cases as wonderfully outstanding as that of [...]
The Big Winner Let’s assume that you are part of the general public, a non-advertiser, announcer or work with some communications or digital media. In a leveled playing field of people occupied living their happy lives, is there anyone out there that [...]
We can’t not change the world. And advertisers believe we can make it better one message, one idea, one smile, one story, one campaign at a time. This is why the fine sense of humor with which a message of unity has [...]
It is easy to cut advertising, mainly because it is an expense that is not committed and has not been incurred in advance. Likewise, cutting advertising spending is a solution with immediate results and no visible effects in the short term, since [...]
Watching Quién Quiere Ser Millonario is a great experience if you join the Twitters of the country at https://www.monstruolocura.com/qqsm. Today was no exception and for this reason I share it with you. Here I leave you with a small fraction of the [...]
Costa Rica will have two pairs of young talents competing in Cannes next June, as a result of the sum of resources provided by ASCAP, La Nación and Teletica, as well as Grafos, Publimark, Leo Burnett and Tribu, while we are awaiting [...]
With dams in Costa Rica, the question could be repeated and posed only 3 years from now, as we do not see feasible options for a functioning and effective capital city. However, the 8-decade visualization exercise was done in Honda, and the [...]
In a recent interview by The Economist, Bill Gates insists that technology has to work for poor people, and justifies the reasons to be optimistic about the future based on its advantages. His view of the current crisis, and his opinion on [...]
Even with the crisis deep in the minds of the most pessimistic, this data reflects much of the world we are still living in today. If there are those who really think that the recession implies a kind of time-out, perhaps it [...]
