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 […]
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 [...]
Every day, advertising influences the world intensely, profusely and repeatedly with creative ideas to change the world. The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation know this, and have teamed up to promote the use of creativity [...]
“We human beings are biologically loving beings as a feature of our evolutionary history. This means two things: the first is that love has been the central emotion preserved in the evolutionary history that gave rise to us since some five to [...]
We are so convinced that we live in the Switzerland of the Americas that many do not want change or NAFTA. We live such a pure life, that there is no shortage of those who have no interest in competition, legitimate self-improvement, [...]
In the United States, as in any country, brand counts more than politicians and analysts are willing to acknowledge. And in this case, in 2008 it will be Hillary Clinton who will win the elections, in my personal opinion, because she is [...]
A few years ago, a book fell into my hands and I did not pay much attention to it, initially. However, it is enough to take its teachings from nature to understand: the light of a sunny day is diluted by the [...]
Sometimes we keep them, sometimes it’s too late… Let it not happen to us. Let’s be careful that with our attitude we don’t want to stop others from showing and sharing them. Video received by mail, I don’t know the origin, but [...]
