View From The Balcony

(via What can social marketers learn from Greenpeace? Watch this video and find out. - The Next Web)

The 36 Rules of Social Media via @MediaBistro HT @DamianoDeMonte

In case you missed it: Old Spice Muscle Music (and a behind the viral video story via @CNNMoney)

shortformblog: Ever wonder why a McDonald’s hamburger doesn’t look as good at the restaurant as it does in the promotional products they shoot? Here’s a friendly Canadian McDonald’s marketing exec, Hope Bagozzi, to answer your question. (thanks Ad Age)

I have mixed feelings about this.

newsweek:There’s a full-fledged Obama for America takeover going on at Talking Points Memo right now.

Touche Graffiti Artists.

buzzfeed:

uproxx:

Subway Graffiti Artists Turn Offensive ‘Mad Men’ Ads Into Awesome ‘Mad Men’ Ads

Awesome.

Fast Food vs. The Real Thing via Buzzfeed »

gross.

thenextweb: (via Hootsuite: Top Trending Brands on Twitter [Infographic])

The Problem with Naming Transit Stations via The Atlantic »

A brief infographic history of hidden product placement (via curiositycounts)

A brief infographic history of hidden product placement (via curiositycounts)

About the blog: Welcome to The Balcony. Now let me start with a disclaimer; if you are looking for one of those online diaries filled with twaddle and drama about how sad life is, you’ve come to the wrong place. Go to Google, search the words “Xanga” “Myspace” or, my personal favorite, “Facebook.”

And if you are one of those kinds of bloggers. Please, for the sake of humanity, keep it in your diary under your mattress next to your rubber band roll of dollar bills that you took out of the bank in fear of the recession.

Now that that’s cleared up. I created this blog as an outlet for somewhat intelligent and hopefully intelligible banter and commentary about things that bother me day to day. It is also inspired by and in honor of my favorite Muppets, Statler and Waldorf. Ya know, the two old guys who sit in the balcony and heckle during the show? Admit it. You watched the Muppets and still have the VHS copies collecting dust next to your Duck Hunt gun and Nintendo controllers.

Welcome to The Balcony. I hope you enjoy the show. Cheers.

About me:

Writer - social media strategist - gamechanger

A Scorpio, likes long walks on the beach and enjoys candle lit dinners. Strongly believes in peace, love and Antiques Roadshow.

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Background Photo Credit: Bobst Library, New York University Ben Norman, photographer

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