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 […]
Today I walked into a meeting at Comunicación Corporativa / Ketchum and found 5 Volcanes at the reception desk. That’s right, not one, not two, not three but five awards collected at last Saturday’s Volcano Festival. This is the case that even [...]
At about 15 minutes before midnight, we celebrated in Tribu the 4th consecutive Volcano for Agency of the Year. After a demanding and not at all complacent awarding, this year’s jury distributed prizes among several companies, although once again we scored enough [...]
We all want success and fame. We want to be admired, respected and even applauded. Right? On a Volcano, in Cannes, Hollywood or in a public square, on stage or at home. Yet, when someone asks: Who has achieved real success, few [...]
Since Volcano hasn’t happened yet, I don’t have much new to tell you. What I can think is that it will be the prelude to a pitched battle next year for several reasons. If we consider this week’s competition, we could expect [...]
“Start at the end and work your way back to the beginning” is Andrew Stanton’s summary of storytelling. With English subtitles, I think you will want to apply his ideas every time you are going to speak in public, give a presentation, [...]
The COMUNIDAD de Empresas de Comunicación Comercial de Costa Rica presents the Pellizco y su Volcán. It is the local championship of advertising and commercial creativity, as the first Central American stage in the direction of the world. For sure we will [...]
Every month I have published the number of hits reached on the blog, as a curious and revealing data of the virality possible on the Internet. In May, the number of hits doubled that of the previous month, coming from 5,112 different [...]
Today is a particularly significant and exciting day, because we have set out to promote an idea: to change the name of Guatemala to Guatemaya, and for this reason, today, June 1, 2007, we are in Antigua promoting this idea. As I [...]
Be sure to take a look at the future at Apple. Exciting, triggering, inspiring, fascinating, engaging. No wonder this spectacular emotional connection with Apple, Mac, iPod… Thanks Fabio Obando for the link!
I have no way in life to tell you how much I appreciate your trust, your endorsement, your preference. There is no sufficiently emotional way to express the gratitude and honor you give us with your brands, your projects, your companies. To [...]
On Monday of last week, we announced the loss of an important client, which, due to its very particular characteristics, led us to question whether we had lost… or won, because we often win by losing, and there are many cases in [...]
A few days ago I was told that someone had been told that I, probably tired of pedaling so much in the life of advertising, had retired and that I now dedicate myself to golf. Honestly, I burst out laughing. And I [...]