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 […]
This year’s Volcano is expected to be a great success as it is the contest that has seen more pieces registered, from more agencies, production houses and other commercial communication companies, as well as the largest pre-sale of tickets to the awards [...]
A Fuego Lento had in November 7,346 page views from 1,147 different servers, as well as bytes transferred that reached 1,018 MBs. Three record figures for this interesting experiment of communication and connection between us. It never ceases to amaze me.
While on our side of the world, Afros, disco music and mirror balls made young people dream, on the other side of the Atlantic some only dreamed of the freedom of being able to say what they thought, sculpt what they felt [...]
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 [...]
We are attracted to the motivations provoked by this commercial, designed for an aggressive retail client who understands that emotional connections must be powerful between their brand and their consumers. Payless is present in 9 countries in Latin America, and although it [...]
I have little to say for a Volcano like the one we have just experienced, however, I think it is very necessary to review some things, and for this reason, I would like to share some of my observations. 1. The constitution [...]