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 [...]
Mario Morales is passionate about INNOVATION, and that is where he has focused all the power of his creative and generative capacity. He talks about innovation, gives innovation courses and workshops, proposes innovation and his company is called almost innovation: Innovare. If [...]
In the last week we were visited by students from Ulatina, Fidelitas, Uveritas, Interamericana and UCR, as well as from Tecnológico de Monterrey in San Luis Potosí. A couple of weeks ago, they had visited us from INCAE, a few days before [...]
David Droga, is the founder and Creative Chairman of Droga5. Growing up in a resort town in Australia, David couldn’t imagine anything better than being a ski instructor traveling the world. Ironically it was his imagination that took him overseas, not his [...]
Web2.0 is about relationships and connecting people. It is people collaborating, exchanging, sharing like never before. Because of this, we have to take up the challenge and rethink copyright, identity, ethical variables, intellectual property, rhetoric, governance issues, privacy, commerce, love, family and [...]
With honesty, providing opportunities, being real: And this is how it is defined: A Lovemark is a brand that has migrated from a place in the market, to the heart of a culture. It is a brand that inspires loyalty, beyond reason. [...]
