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 […]
There is no one who is unaware of the fierce and predatory competition among advertising agencies in the country and around the world. It would seem that the time of ladies and gentlemen has passed and it has become, as they say [...]
Live creatively.
Today is Friday the 13th and I’m in Montevideo. I’ve been watching commercials for hours and enjoying this opportunity to judge at the Ojo de Iberoamérica, with the DVD they sent me on my laptop and a Diet Coke without ice, while [...]
The upcoming Volcán, an advertising contest organized by ASCAP, the Costa Rican association of advertising agencies, could be a turning point, a milestone in our creative history, a point to trigger a breakthrough, leaving behind the past and defining together the future. [...]
This wonderful story told in an innocent Iranian production, became a worldwide success with nominations and awards all over the world. It is easy to recognize that big budgets are not needed when an idea is so wonderfully powerful. This film should [...]
Starting Movie Reviews integrated to the blog, I invite you to include your recommendations. On my side and my first, I have to include a story that takes place in Mongolia, unusual, unique and surprising. Its pace is slow, however, it is [...]
The final phase of the most important advertising festival in Latin America kicked off today, Monday, at the Buenos Aires Hilton. The conferences kicked off with a series of presentations that will echo for a long time. The organization is impeccable, the [...]
A few years ago I attended a week-long workshop in Tennessee, where about 50 of us isolated ourselves from everything that anesthetizes us and takes us away from our emotions. The experience marked me with a turning point that still has an [...]
I am surprised. In October alone, this blog received 5,739 page views from 690 different servers. The most read article in the month has been the one titled “Truchil, a new and …” with more than 800 visitors, second “It is preferable [...]
Not a single Tribu piece entered the Pregonero, due to a collective decision made inside our agency. We decided that we would not participate this year, simply because we were not ready with the festival creative material that is needed, because we [...]