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 […]
| View | Upload your own A few weeks ago I came across Rogelio Umaña’s blog with this rich, interesting and valuable Powerpoint document, with ideas and contributions to add to the arsenal of arguments and considerations when working with brands. So [...]
I’ve mentioned it before, and today I can’t stress it enough. Buckingham’s proposal makes sense, is simple and adds up in one direction: put your strengths to work to bring you to your full potential. His series of short films called Trombone [...]
After 97,009 page views on the blog in the month of January, and yesterday with 7,559, we are going to rest but not before leaving you with a commercial for F/Nazca Saatchi, Shake your body, to wish you a happy weekend.
When it comes to a store, a showroom or a supermarket, a branch or a showroom, the projected personality counts as much as the experience itself on its own floor. Sodimac, Ikea or Easy, to cite some recent examples of retail advertising, [...]
I am thrilled to share with you this video of Sirena Huang, the violin child prodigy who at the age of 11 fascinates the whole world with her talent and virtuosity. She began her violin lessons at the age of 4, and [...]
BE, because we all have the opportunity to design and Simplify, Eliminate and Reduce. No matter where simplify overlaps with eliminate or reduce, and thus, it is irrelevant semantics as long as we focus on Simplify, Eliminate and Reduce. BE, it’s just [...]
One fine day in prehistoric times, my mother came up with the wonderful idea of moving me to a bilingual school. Gud morning. While that maternal inspiration was crucial in my life, it happily also led to an early and brief encounter [...]
In attention and appreciation to the courtesy of the response published in the Costa Rica Esencial website, I allow myself to copy/paste it and leave it here for the consideration of the readers of“A fuego lento“. I have allowed myself to add [...]
The remarkable and competent government authorities have reported that the new country brand, Esencial Costa Rica, was achieved with a process that began in 2008 and whose cost amounted to $650,000 dollars. Therefore, the first thing I must say is that by [...]
The creative advertising world applauded “ The Most Popular Song” at Cannes 2012, awarding it Lions and a Grand Prix. Because a simple idea can be powerful enough to influence a country, make a difference and contribute to making it a better [...]
A few days ago I published a note that claims that creativity that wins at festivals is 7 times more effective, according to the Gunn Report. That is to say, advertising creative awards, such as Cannes, Ojo, Volcán or Pregonero, nowadays have [...]
First of all, I remind you of Zanders’ rule #6: don’t take yourself too seriously. Then, the question always jumps to a simple “and what are the first 5 rules?”. The answer then is to be expected: they don’t exist and it [...]
