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 […]
The arrogance of the advertising creative shines through when everyone else is square and we are not. When we think that the account executives fall short, or that the brand manager has no idea what needs to be done. It’s arrogance when [...]
After expanding the blog’s bandwidth, since it burst the day before yesterday due to an unexpected excess of hits, this meeting point on the net is back online, more solid and better prepared to receive your frequent visits, contributions and participation. In [...]
Garnier BBDO has been strengthened for years with the frontal competition of jotabeqú and vice versa. Ogilvy is the product of the merger of Óptima and Modernoble, as well as of its competition with Asesores or Publimark, to name just two. Tribu [...]
Or, should I say, are we going to Cannes? In 2006 I woke up to my life mistake and discovered how late I was going for the first time to the great advertising festival in the world. There I told Pablo del [...]
Billy Collins, former US Poet Laureate and one of America’s best-selling poets, reads his poem “The Best Cigarette” with animation by David Vaio of FAD. Noted for their intelligent humor, accessibility and observations on daily life, Collins’ popular poems come alive further [...]
About 3 months ago today I ran my third marathon, among other things, because I like being a long distance runner. One step at a time, a steady pace, good management of your resources, careful planning, ability to overcome frustration and pain, [...]
The Young Lions shot up blog visits to a record high for any month in the past. Today, May 1st, Happy Labor Day to all.
Below you will find the winning pieces of the 8 finalists in the Young Lions sponsored by La Nación and organized by ASCAP, official representative of the Cannes Lions International Festival. Daniel Arroyo Guevara / Jorge Delgado Jiménez Humberto Ling Romaguera / [...]
In Costa Rica there are only 8 couples left competing to be the representatives of Costa Rica in the Young Lions sponsored by La Nación, Print category, in the next Festival. Their names are, in no particular order: Daniel Arroyo Guevara and [...]
From Knowledge @ Wharton. Kevin Roberts has been CEO Worldwide of Saatchi Saatchi since 1997, and in the space of 11 years has cemented the ad agency’s reputation as one of the most successful and creative companies in the industry. Among Saatchi [...]