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 […]
Bill Bernbach, the greatest creative among the greats of the 20th century, left a gigantic legacy. At the same time that Burnett and Ogilvy were writing their history, Bernbach’s B at DDB made a profoundly influential contribution to advertising and to this [...]
Bill Bernbach was the most influential advertiser of the 20th Century, and today our agency carries his letter in the B of Tribu DDB, for which we feel honored, grateful and challenged. In the celebration of his first centenary, all over the [...]
After its take-off in the last 16 months, Bosz Digital has reached a perfect speed and elevation to continue moving forward in ideal conditions. Today with over 220 geeks at full plasma engine, up from 12 people in January 2010, Bosz is [...]
With 9 for Tribu DDB Costa Rica and 4 for Guatemala, our Central American network celebrated a great night at the Antigua Festival. With the addition of Gold and Grand Jade for DDB Colombia, the big winner was DDB Latina. On a [...]
A while ago I posted this tweet: “A united industry like Ugap and the #festivalantigua reflects that all the players in the market are smart and visionary people”. In other words, Costa Rican advertisers: let’s learn from the Chapines. The great Antigua [...]
For years I had heard that there was a nude beach in Miami, although I always thought it was more of a myth than a reality. I never knew where it was, nor did I have any interest in discovering it, until [...]
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 [...]
