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 […]
Anybody can make an ad. A brand doesn’t. In Costa Rica, as in the world, there are many people making ads. And of course, people hiring them. Many are those who assume that their brands or products need to advertise to sell, [...]
It’s been a few weeks since Rafael Abreu sent me the link to TED. Today, I am hooked to his TedTalks through iTunes, since all the presentations are available for free on his Podcasts. You can download them to your iPod or [...]
Sir Ken Robinson speaks, from his presentation at TedTalks in Monterey, California, about creativity and the challenge of changing education to value creativity as much as literacy. He identifies the importance of preparing ourselves to be wrong, if we want to be [...]
Photographer Phil Borges estimates that of the 6,000 languages spoken on the planet today, 3,000 are not known by children. In other words, as those who know them die, humanity will lose all the wealth that comes from the legacy of that [...]
USE THE POWER OF TRUST. Forget completely the idea that it is your turn to approve or reject, that this position is a big mistake. If you are going to value ideas, you have to be clear that all have potential, all [...]
There are people who complicate and entangle everything, go back and forth, change their minds constantly, forget what they say, do not allow things to flow, make processes slow and difficult, lower morale and team performance, and use sarcasm to defend their [...]
When I started in this business there was a wonderful planning, ordering and direction tool called the Marketing Plan, in my perspective as an advertising agency, under the full responsibility of the client. It was not a calendar, nor was it a [...]
They sound good, they dare and differentiate themselves from the first moment, they enjoy their talent and enjoy what they do, they share ideas and values, they are not afraid to expose themselves and they show themselves as they are, although for [...]
Yesterday, in a month, the Cannes Festival will begin, and God willing, we will be there with Carlos and Paula to discover what this year’s main creative advertising event in the world will bring us. The week is intense day and night, [...]
In this video we present the report made by Habitat in Teletica, which presents the work of Diego Vargas, Pixelnouveau, in an exhibition made possible thanks to the sponsorship of the Kativo Group, friends of art, color and digital imagination. To Rafael [...]
Agencia Datsun has reiterated its commitment to promote young creatives in the country, with the 4th Nissan Creativity Contest. And the truth is, I think it’s sensational, because let’s be clear: they don’t need to do it, and yet, they promote it [...]
