All the texts I’ve recently published in The Slow Burn have been born from a desire to share and inspire. I emphasize this because I recognize that it wasn’t always like this. In the past, when I called myself a publicist and entrepreneur, my writing was often driven by a need to build my personal […]
After 10 years without winning a Pregonero, Tribu Saatchi Saatchi won two and a sum of cards with Honorable Mentions and Special Honorable Mentions that allowed us to leave the Herradura very satisfied and grateful. Personally, I already felt that the Pregonero [...]
Not at all! The next Pregonero is not just another one, as it comes at a crucial stage of Costa Rica’s advertising creativity. Let’s take a look at some factors. Never before has a Pregonero taken place in a country with four [...]
I heard that Volcán has once again broken records with more agencies and pieces registered for its November edition, including agencies from Costa Rica (the absolute majority), as well as the first participations of agencies from Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. In the [...]
The creative advertising world is more than served with the existing festivals. With a revitalized Clio, a sustained Ojo and Fiap, a consolidated San Sebastian, the NY Festivals, London, Dubai, the Drum, etc., etc., etc., etc. and countless local or semi-regional festivals, [...]
After judging some 400 advertising pieces of the Ojo de Iberoamérica, and having seen some 1,500 more, I have some anxiety and concern, because we have a long way to go. Not only are we far from Argentine creativity, but we are [...]
There is no one who is unaware of the fierce and predatory competition among advertising agencies in the country and around the world. It would seem that the time of ladies and gentlemen has passed and it has become, as they say [...]
Live creatively.
Today is Friday the 13th and I’m in Montevideo. I’ve been watching commercials for hours and enjoying this opportunity to judge at the Ojo de Iberoamérica, with the DVD they sent me on my laptop and a Diet Coke without ice, while [...]
The upcoming Volcán, an advertising contest organized by ASCAP, the Costa Rican association of advertising agencies, could be a turning point, a milestone in our creative history, a point to trigger a breakthrough, leaving behind the past and defining together the future. [...]
This wonderful story told in an innocent Iranian production, became a worldwide success with nominations and awards all over the world. It is easy to recognize that big budgets are not needed when an idea is so wonderfully powerful. This film should [...]
