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 […]
I don’t think something like this has ever happened before in the history of advertising in our country. Today in La Teja and on the front page, the news of the launching of a new commercial of El Verdugo stores, for its [...]
Some time ago I discovered www.chess.com and from then on A Fuego Lento has been in constant check. The direct competition of my blog has been chess. Only turbo mega super bati reloaded by chess.com, the best thing ever invented after chess [...]
The next Cannes Lions Festival is just around the corner, so the tension is building, suitcases are packed, hotels are crowded with reservations and the brand world is preparing for a particularly important edition. After the depression that can be explained by [...]
Last night I finally put play on the AppleTV and started watching a movie I downloaded a few weeks ago – Art Copy, by Doug Pray. I thought I’d abandon it at minute 5 or 10, only to find that I couldn’t [...]
Today I received an email from Bernal Esquivel, Director of Strategic Planning at Tribu DDB and great friend, with a picture and a mega ultra super super hyper hyper bati meaningful message: George, we did it! I burst out laughing with the [...]
Today we finally received the signal we were waiting for: it’s official. Movistar, our new big client has chosen us to be their creative partner in Costa Rica for an unprecedented launch in the country. Although until just a few weeks ago… [...]
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 [...]