I start typing with an overwhelming feeling of defeat. Not because the trip at the end of August to which I am going to refer went badly, but because I think it is almost impossible to translate into text what I experienced. No adjective is sufficient to describe what it really means to experience “Burning […]
The message in this video is incomplete. It is not only to keep advertising and continue to invest, but to do so in a creative, outstanding, engaging, winning way. The video, of course, is eloquent and powerful in reminding us that it’s [...]
Last night I received the sad news of the passing of Mirta de la Cuesta Díaz, friend, colleague, tireless publicist and exemplary girl. Just last Thursday night we presented her with the Volcán a la Vida, where we, the publicists, had
We took on the idea as our own in 2001, when in Auckland, New Zealand, Kevin Roberts shared his idea with us. In April 2003, we presented it publicly in an unforgettable presentation at the gray building site of the top floor [...]
With the best Tribe in its almost 20 years of existence, last night the Volcán lent us its stage to receive 14 Volcanes, including the Golden Volcán for Graphics, the Volcán for Best Film and Television Commercial, the Golden Volcán for Best [...]
With great expectation and excitement, as well as admiration and respect for the work of the entire ASCAP team, today is the night of Volcán in Costa Rica, the most anticipated creative advertising contest of the year. Without further ado, before knowing [...]
As a result of the article “WHAT DO I DO WITH THE BLOG? comments, suggestions and doubts, so we decided to make an immediate change immediate change: if you are going to leave your comment you will not have to register anymore [...]
“Optimizing, the art of finding the best choice among all the options, is a luxury we often can’t afford. Instead, we take the first appropriate solution we find, even if it means deciding where to eat lunch, who to hire or what [...]
Artículo publicado en BusinessWeek: Saatchi Saatchi CEO Kevin Roberts toiled to make his firm a force among creative agencies. Now–in today’s splintered advertising universe–he’s scrambling to keep it relevant Kevin Roberts may well be the most successful adman of his generation. Over [...]
On April 5, 2005 I published the first article on this blog. Today, almost 700 articles later, I ask myself: what should I do with the blog? And for this, I would love to have your opinion. Let’s see the options I [...]
A week ago a DDB TV commercial for Automercados won the Grand Volcano, the country’s dean advertising agency won Agency of the Year, a supermarket chain, precisely Automercados, won the Volcano for Advertiser of the Year and the surprise of the night [...]