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 […]
Last night the results of Young Lions were announced, the creative duos that will represent our country in Cannes in the categories of Cyber, Print and Film. They were chosen by a jury made up of 19 renowned colleagues and friends of [...]
It is with great joy that I share with you some happy news: Costa Rica’s participation in Cannes is the largest in our short and successful history at Cannes Lions. With 58 entries for the country, the participating agencies will try to [...]
In this third entry regarding our advertising industry in Costa Rica, I bring to your screen a first and very simple proposal: let’s celebrate all the differences and since it is better to do it in a single forum, let’s coincide in [...]
At Incae I was taught a definition of strategy that I love. Strategy is about choices, about sacrificial decisions and about deliberately choosing to be different, as proposed by Michael Porter. Strategy is also about knowing clearly when to say no. Success [...]
In the twenty-something years of Tribu (formerly Consumer Publicidad), we didn’t always celebrate like we do now. We all know it and yet, we easily forget it. When we lost in a Pregonero or a Volcán, when we thought we were going [...]
Since ASCAP achieved the representation of the most important creative advertising festival in the world, the country has connected, competes and wins among the best of the planet. Advanced advertising agencies, in a stimulus to their creative talent, have achieved finalists, as [...]
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 [...]