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 [...]
I have a lot of time to write with an idea or two in mind. This is why starting a paragraph today without one is suddenly extremely amusing to me. I have no idea where I’m going or what I intend to [...]
Today, the news of a new commercial by Tribu DDB for their client El Verdugo is published in La Nación. The fourth commercial in the story of the arm wrestlers and the Paganini family is a social phenomenon that we love to [...]
An influencer is a person, male or female, who has the ability to think differently and a new way of expression. It is someone who can take a brand, an idea or a concept and bring it to everyone’s attention. An influencer [...]
The screen shot presents an unexpected winner. In the past Volcano was the first surprise that many of us agreed to celebrate. The best work of the Festival went to House Rapp for his case for 3M with a surprise Volcano, as [...]
A couple of years ago we tried to make it to the shortlist in print with Aceite Salat, and failed. This year we are back with Protecto and Videocentro, even though we know it is very difficult to make it to the [...]
When it comes to competing, without fear of being wrong, Tribu is always in first place. Not necessarily to win, but to give it their all trying. Check out the pieces for Protecto competing in the upcoming Cannes Lions 2011 Festival, after [...]
