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 goes life between one thing and another, unraveling its mysteries and riddles to bring us many questions and some answers. With only December 2011 coming to an end, the balance of the year is looking good and positive. It’s Sunday, I [...]
Today we discovered in Tribu, among our Macintosh collection, one of those few Macs that were signed by its creators. They knew it was a work that would go down in history, and as is done with any work of art, Steve [...]
Today I was looking at the list and I couldn’t help but take a close look at the agencies that share the 34th place in the ranking of winning agencies in the Ojo de Iberoamérica: there are 33 agencies with the best [...]
I won’t tell you much, because the pictures say it all. Take a look at Tribu’s Facebook page. If you haven’t done it before, give it a Like, and then don’t miss the photo booth, an idea of Promotica during the week [...]
We are rich; simply because we have more than we need. The central idea of the message, however, is around what to do with this condition of privilege that all of us who are rich have. A few days ago I was [...]
I join the millions of tweets, posts, references, links and everything that adds to one of the most viral campaigns in a long time: Benetton’s Unhate. What envy! And I don’t mean the envy that some people might feel when they kiss [...]
Every day, advertising influences the world intensely, profusely and repeatedly with creative ideas to change the world. The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation know this, and have teamed up to promote the use of creativity [...]
If you are not, let’s assume that you are among the general public, and not a puclicist, advertiser or any media or digital media. So, with everyone leveled up as busy people going about their happy lives, is there anyone out there [...]
Exactly 25 years ago today, Alexandra Franco opened the doors of the Casa de los Niños Montessori in Escazú, the kindergarten that today is called Hometwo. This long journey triggered the modern Montessori movement spread throughout the country in early childhood education. [...]
As customers, we do not have a monopoly on the truth, although we always have the power to decide, to choose whether to approve or reject, to return or leave, to recommend or not, to repeat or discard. I believe that the [...]
Fear paralyzes, curtails, delays, annuls, petrifies, disables. Fear subjugates, subordinates, crushes, stuns and degrades. Fear humiliates, lulls and disarms, fear is a scourge and should not be part of your life. Overcome your fears! Fear is subjective, personal, it is up to [...]
“Disorganized media and advertising clients” This post may sound relevant to media, brands and agencies only. However, for those who are not in these sectors, isn’t it true that we want better advertising, better brands, more value for our money? Who wants [...]