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 […]
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 [...]
First I admired and bought his design, and then I discovered the character behind it: Philippe Starck, the most prolific and world famous designer alive today. Then I learned about the hotels he has designed, bought his books and read his ideas. [...]
Crispin, Porter + Bogusky presents us with a new way to drive a product and its users to a closer and more intimate relationship with the brand, Jetta in this case. It is an excellent example of integration and innovation, which reminds [...]
“The only thing in our power that no one else has is yourself,” Neil Gaiman insisted at the 2012 graduation at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. “Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision,” he went on to say after [...]
Today I walked into a meeting at Comunicación Corporativa / Ketchum and found 5 Volcanes at the reception desk. That’s right, not one, not two, not three but five awards collected at last Saturday’s Volcano Festival. This is the case that even [...]
At about 15 minutes before midnight, we celebrated in Tribu the 4th consecutive Volcano for Agency of the Year. After a demanding and not at all complacent awarding, this year’s jury distributed prizes among several companies, although once again we scored enough [...]
We all want success and fame. We want to be admired, respected and even applauded. Right? On a Volcano, in Cannes, Hollywood or in a public square, on stage or at home. Yet, when someone asks: Who has achieved real success, few [...]
Since Volcano hasn’t happened yet, I don’t have much new to tell you. What I can think is that it will be the prelude to a pitched battle next year for several reasons. If we consider this week’s competition, we could expect [...]
“Start at the end and work your way back to the beginning” is Andrew Stanton’s summary of storytelling. With English subtitles, I think you will want to apply his ideas every time you are going to speak in public, give a presentation, [...]
