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 […]
From Melbourne, we got the stupid ways to die, in reference to the carelessness with which people usually expose themselves in dangerous places. In this particular case by McCann, in relation to the city’s trains and the accidents they seek to reduce [...]
I am convinced that each one of us can contribute to making the world a better place, even at the risk of sounding cliché. We can do it in our homes, in the community we live in, in the country we live [...]
A few days ago I published a post with the campaign of the moment by Dove, called“Sketches“. It has been so well received that it is among the most shared in the world. However, there is another idea from the same brand, [...]
The new advertising creative year has just begun and we are already counting down. So, how about if we all agree and go to 2014 to repeat Lions? In 2008 a Costa Rican agency won the first Cannes Lions, which are something [...]
Every problem is an opportunity. Every limitation is a possibility. Every aspiration can be a realization. Every person can achieve their goals, of course, if you pay the price with discipline, sacrifice, passion and commitment. When I learned about the super humanity [...]
Since last week we have migrated my blog to La Nación, the main media in Costa Rica. Check it out. Periodically we will be uploading the published entries, so that the archive, which to date has more than 1,500 entries, will continue [...]
Reebok has an on-air campaign that I love, because it simply recommends running at a pace where you can have a conversation. It connects Speed of Chat with their brand, brings running closer to people who don’t run, is elegantly sarcastic about [...]
For your information, in the month of June we surpassed 72 thousand hits on the blog.
For any time of the week, and in particular, for a Sunday like today when a month begins, here I am: Jesús Adrián Romero interprets a song with ideas in the heart, in the spirit, in the soul. May you have the [...]
Maria Sharapova is much more than pretty, as demonstrated in this spectacular Nike commercial, winner of Lions and example of sensational musical application. Maria Sharapova, unlike other pretty girls in world tennis, won her first Grand Slam at 17, and since then, [...]
Barrio Bonito is a beautiful idea, with extraordinary ingredients that made it grow into an integrated initiative never seen before in the world. In other words, all we need is a trigger, one that provokes and then, people to make it grow. [...]