2025 has been an intense journey full of contrasts. It began with a heartfelt goodbye and ends with my soul more open after the magical and serene family encounters that we usually experience in Escondida. Meanwhile, laughter under a blanket of fireflies outside Kuala Lumpur with my grandson Mauricio, spiritual retreat in Kuchaman, spectacular […]
When a company’s advertising seeks to make the world a better place and tries to do so, it gives us hope for the future. BAC’s new campaign in the region exalts the values of people like you and me, the values that [...]
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By Maximiliano Denaro. From the editorial staff of Clarín.com. mdenaro@claringlobal.com.ar A group of German scientists studied that neuromarketing works and that our brain responds better to known brands than to unknown ones. Scientists from Ludwing-Maximilians University demonstrated, thanks to functional magnetic resonance [...]
If your agency makes fast, low-cost ads, especially as requested, I’m sorry to say that it is just another commodity . An undifferentiated, low value-added product is in the uncomfortable position of being easily substituted. In our case, by any free-lance or [...]
fROM TedTalks. Jimmy Wales is founder of Wikipedia, the self-organizing, self-correcting, ever-expanding, and thoroughly addictive encyclopedia of the future. In this presentation, he explains how Wikipedia’s collaborative system works, and why it succeeds. (Recorded July 2005 in Oxford, UK. Duration: 20:47)
Published in The Advertiser in February 2005, attached are some ideas with business sense and emotional depth. This document is especially valuable to every client of an advertising agency. Consider that in his or her condition, the client can make a significant [...]
I believe that Costa Rica is developing a conglomerate of advertising agencies capable of turning our country into a coordination center for regional accounts, for the export of creativity and ideas. If our future as a country is visualized in services, ideas [...]
Pay attention to them: they are the ones who have all the authority to say NO, and almost none to say YES. Do you know any of them? Are you one of them? Do you have any ideas to help them? We [...]
Painter of Eye-Mo, an idea of Tribu for Glaxo-SmithKline and its product Eye-MO. Creative: Mario Calvo, what a great memory, and to you, Marito, a hug and the honor you deserve for a first-world, innovative and daring idea. This is creativity in [...]
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, [...]
