Closure In Media – A Double Edged Sword

A Franchise Being More Driven By Money Than Narrative Might Never End When someone sits down and pens a hit song they are hoping that they might somehow stumble upon a formula - that they will make hit after hit ad infinitum; at least some songwriters hope for this...

Facebook’s New Live Feature And What It Promotes

Facebook Promotes A Deeper Version Of What It Always Did Facebook recently introduced the ability to livestream, and this promotes to an even higher degree the breakdown on privacy, but also the increase of interconnectivity. For the uninitiated, how a livestream...

Barack Obama Wishes you A Happy Mother’s Day – Presidential PR

Presidents Need All The Good PR They Can Get In politics they call it spin, but it is reputation management; it is advertising; it is public relations. Sure, you might be a genuinely caring guy who just gravitates to these kind of things naturally, but that doesn't...

Keanan Kintzel, Marco Victorino – When Marco Met Stevie Wonder

He gets into my car and he's like this isn't my car. It smells like brand-new. I think he knew it was a Lexus./blockquote> Keanan Kintzel from Buzzazz Business Solutions likes talking to people because you always hear interesting stories. Interesting stories with a...

Super Tuesday’s PR

PR-ing Super Tuesday's Results - It doesn't have to be negative If one considers the impact of PR and spin as a causal factor in determining what is understood in any given story, then for those who read the Huffington Post, there is a decidedly negative lesson to be...

Gunpowder, Treason and Plot – Sen. Cotton’s PR Blunder

US Senator Commits Treason - PR or Reality? Let us talk about treason, what constitutes treason, and respect for offices held. Then let us converse about the ramifications that treason has in a world in which everything has pr value. My thesis is that a certain,...

Advertising Police Brutality And A Failed Justice System

Advertising Police Brutality Towards African-Americans I know this is a tetchy subject for many people, on both sides of the fence. Families and friends of police officers and law enforcement personnel, and the individuals they work with will argue that they are...

David Bowie’s Blackstar

I watched Lazarus last night - David Bowie's goodbye note to the world, and to say that there are not many who have so artfully packaged their own death is meant as the highest praise. Knowing that his passing was going to affect a lot of people, Bowie picked a song...

Media’s Marketing Is A Maelstrom

Media Floods Everywhere, And Good Marketing Demands They Make More Not the first time I’ve addressed this. Not the first time I’ve looked at the overabundance of media—or how marketing keeps it going along. But this is the first time (I think) I’ve addressed this...

Promote Caution: Black Mirror Is A Futuristic Counterargument

I Promote One Thing, This Show Promotes Something Else. As a person who writes a lot of articles, with a lot of opinions in them, I must promote that counterarguments to my opinions have their validity—at least for my more subjective and biased statements in the...

Concept Cars Over Cookie Cutter Blandness

Innovation In The Automotive Industry I have to admit that cars don't really interest me - or modern cars don't; classic cars are a different matter ... each one of them, especially now, given their age, are works of art that people have poured a lot of love into. At...

Net Neutrality – America’s Downfall?

There is a lot of hullabaloo going around about Net Neutrality. Tom Wheeler, the Chair of the FCC (Federal Communication Commission) has been dithering about passing President Obama’s plan concerning Net Neutrality amid the chaos of the current governmental system....

Panel Syndicate As A Publishing Model

Panel Syndicate Offers A Way To Get Work Out There & Get Paid Radiohead lead the way in music - offering their albums up for download with a choose your own price model. Panel Syndicate are doing a similar thing with comics. It seems to be working, but why? Is it...

Keanan Kintzel Of Buzzazz Out Walking Rocky The Pomsky

Keanan Kintzel of Buzzazz likes nothing better than to go out in the morning and take his dog for a walk around the local neighborhood. it gives him plenty of time to think and come up with new ways to help local business. Rocky is a Pomsky, a newer breed that has...

Advertisements And Art Are Subjective?

Advertisements are a type of artwork, but are advertisements' worth subjective like other pieces of artwork? With regards to groups and individuals like Rotten Tomatoes, IMDB, online reviewers, and art critics, people sometimes have an issue with others trying to rate...

Videos and SEO

Everyone knows by now that videos and SEO are really good for their online presence and that having more videos is a good for their online traffic too.  Most website owners understand that videos are more entertaining than reading text that is often-times...

Those Old Nostalgic Advertisements

So Many Advertisements Now Rely On The Same Sensation Nostalgia is the way of current advertisements. I’d say—by cursory glance—that about half of movies coming out now are based on previous intellectual properties. For every new thing, we bring back an old thing....

Media Bias Is The Stock In Trade Of The News Reporting Industry

It is interesting to me that media bias is suddenly popping up on some people's radars due to, of all things, a perceived tendency to ignore Hillary Clinton's faults, and to throw a spotlight on those of her competitor Donald Trump. When these same channels lambasted...

Let’s Talk About Religion And Race

Why is it that some religions are loved more than others?  Why is it okay for societies to hate and attack other religions? What is it about skin pigmentation that bothers people?  Why do non-Euro-American people suffer more than the latter? These are questions that I...

No Ghost In The Shell – What A Bad Remake Can Teach Us

Sci Fi Is Always About The Human Element, As Is Marketing! Take a classic movie and miss the point. Or rather, take a cult movie and miss the point; a cult manga too. When you take something that has so much source material - source material that has a proven track...

Marketing By Not Finishing: Anime Adaptations

Anime Adaptations Use One Media To Market Another I’m about to let you in on an issue plaguing parts of the otaku community: the rampant adaptation of light novels and manga without finishing the storyline. Now, for those of you who are not inside some of the deepest...

“Holiday Rush” Marketing

'Twas A Day Before The Marketing Began... Enjoy the relative calm. Because it is on the horizon. The sweeping cultural oddity. The looming economic demand. The strange and some would call annoying event that is: “The Holiday Rush”. You’ve noticed it too, haven’t you?...

Apple iPhone 7 vs Samsung Galaxy S7

Apple iPhone 7 vs Samsung Galaxy S7 If you have been keeping up with phone technology recently then I am sure you have been aware of the battle that has been going on between debatably the two biggest tech giants in the world, Apple & Samsung. Both companies sell...

Radio Versus Podcasts–A War Of Advertisements

Testing...1, 2, 3...do you want to hear an advertisement? Let’s do an experiment, shall we? Turn on your radio, Clearwater citizen. Any radio nearby you. Now tune into a standard Top 40 music station. Now tell me, how long can you listen to that station before you...

Keanan Kintzel Of Buzzazz Talks To Alessio of Cleveland Street Cafe

Buzzazz Business Solutions and Wabamm are both designed to help local businesses to flourish and prosper, and the desire to help in this way is fundamental to the way that Buzzazz operates. This goal comes from Keanan Kintzel, who has helped businesses in this way...

Elon Musk, Lithium Batteries, And Environmental Programming

Elon Musk is someone I have always followed with interest. This is because he presents himself well, and he has products that seem to answer the questions that people who think of themselves as forward thinking are asking. Tesla - Driving The Future Forward There is a...

Keanan Kintzel At Largo Southwest Rec Center

Okay, I'm going to try this again. Here we are at beautiful Largo outdoor pool; the Southwest Recreational Center. They got clay tennis courts, this beautiful Olympic sized pool, diving well. They actually did the 1994 or 2004, excuse me, AAU National Diving...

Radiohead: Blank Screen Advertising

Learn The Game And The Broke The Rules Having an internet presence is one way to publicize yourself and generate interest. Erasing said web presence is an interesting twist on how to use that power. If you are big enough doing something like that would generate a huge...

The Talking Dead – Phone Calls & Bad PR

How You Speak On The Phone Matters Are you actually involved in the communication that you deliver when you call a client, or are you just thoughtlessly rattling out what you always say to the people you are calling? Do you see the statistic of your post as number of...

Jordan Peele’s Comedy Gold, to Oscar Gold

In 2015, Keegan Michael Key and Jordan Peele ended their Comedy Central series Key and Peele after five seasons of work and success. In the comedic community that means a lot for any actor. Especially minority actors. After, Jordan Peele has...

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Clearwater Memorial Day Parade & Festival

Clearwater Memorial Day Parade & Festival

Memorial Day in Clearwater - May 2024 WOW oh WOW!  We are sooooo very blessed to have one of the most magnificent venues - Clearwater Coachman Park - in the world for celebrations. And celebrate the remembrance of fallen military heroes, the...

Give Me Liberty with Leads or Give Me Death!

Give Me Liberty with Leads or Give Me Death!

Every business is searching for the all-important lead that will bring them their next sale or client. A successful way of doing this is by using digital advertising. Some examples of this are posting Facebook and Google ads, email marketing, or driving traffic to...

The Best Mobile Marketing Tips to Boost your App Downloads

The Best Mobile Marketing Tips to Boost your App Downloads

So, your business has reached a new milestone in the form of a mobile app. It has got everything in it; from great visuals to graphics, design, and interesting bits of information. Despite ensuring that your mobile app stands out from the rest, nobody seems to be...

What are the main Big Data challenges in the financial industry?

What are the main Big Data challenges in the financial industry?

With applications in all industries, Big Data is changing our society to its core. Maybe one of the greatest beneficiaries of Big Data applications is the financial industry. Today, players in the banking and financial sector can offer more flexible and personalized...

B.E. Kluttz Lumber Co Inc.

B.E. Kluttz Lumber Co Inc.

For 85 Years And 4 Generations, Kluttz Lumber Have Serviced Their Community Kluttz Lumber are a retail building supplier, and a supplier of building materials, that Buzzazz has worked with for over 5 years. They operate out of Concord, North Carolina, and have been...

A Sad Farewell To Filmstruck

A Sad Farewell To Filmstruck

Filmstruck Was An Unappreciated Gem I have heard people who say things like I won't watch it if it's in black and white. I move away from them while silently judging them. I know people who won't watch a science fiction movie because they have an amputated...

American Genius – Comics – Stan Lee

American Genius – Comics – Stan Lee

Stan Lee Gave Us So Much With His Characters I remember at one point thinking Stan Lee was a little hokey, and kind of resented the damned preamble to every story Marvel put out, because it was reminscent of a dog marking its territory. What did I know? Spotting Stan...

Cryptocurrency: Top 8 Women In Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency: Top 8 Women In Cryptocurrency

Before you start buying cryptocurrencies, there are a lot of thing that you should keep in mind. Over the past few years the process of buying and selling cryptocurrencies has become more lucid. Let’s illustrate how in some easy steps you can buy cryptocurrencies....

Stars, Stripes And Swooshes

Stars, Stripes And Swooshes

England is pretty secular in my memory - Blair's attempt to marry Labour values with religious ones never scanned that great. My mum was Catholic and my dad was Protestant, and they married in a Registry Office, which in some senses doesn't necessarily sit well with...

A Beginner’s Guide To Bitcoin & Blockchain Technology

A Beginner’s Guide To Bitcoin & Blockchain Technology

A cryptocurrency is a digital currency that exists in the virtual domain and is secured by cryptography. It is because of this security feature, cryptocurrencies are difficult to counterfeit. Moreover it is a decentralized system, where there is no presence of any...

Find Out More About Mold Zero

Find Out More About Mold Zero

Do You Have Mold In Your Building? It Needs To Be Handled All of our clients that we work with have one thing in common - they are providing a service or a product that is designed to help people, and Mold Zero are no exception. Using a patented dry fog technology...

An Interview With Deborah Traviss From Leapin’ Lizard RV Ranch

An Interview With Deborah Traviss From Leapin’ Lizard RV Ranch

Looking For A Great Place To Stay? Check Out Leapin' Lizard Deborah has been our client for nearly 5 years, and has been running the Leapin' Lizard RV Ranch for over 20 years with her husband. Deborah is always great to speak to, and we wanted find out some more about...

Marketing the Idea of Free Speech

Marketing the Idea of Free Speech

In this hyper partisan world we live in there is an endless stream of conflict and misinformation. And many are marketing the theory that banning speech from some online platforms is an encroachment on the First Amendment Rights of individuals. Take Alex...

Look For The Problem Solvers

Look For The Problem Solvers

Look For Those Who Offer Solutions It is pretty common for people to talk about the problems that exist out there in the world, and not so common for them to offer up a solution for the situation they have highlighted. When you consider the volume of information that...

An Interview With David Janer From Bay Furnishings

An Interview With David Janer From Bay Furnishings

Bay Furnishings Is A Veteran Owned Furniture Business That Can Service Anywhere In The Country! David is very enthusiastic in what he does, and he handles a number of different things in his company, doing each job that needs to be done with the same enthusiasm. We...

Interview With Tamara J. Archer

Interview With Tamara J. Archer

Photo Credit: Errol K. Archer T. Archer Design, Changing Lives With Interior Design When we transformed our office into an art gallery for an evening last month, as part of the Clearwater Art Walk, we created something really special, and got to meet some wonderful...

R.E.S.P.E.C.T – Aretha Franklin

R.E.S.P.E.C.T – Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin's Voice And The Way She Conducted Herself Truly Made Her The Queen Of Soul Well, we got a little warning, and with that another great has left the building. When great artists pass, especially ones who have had such a lasting and profound impact on the...

The Marketing Of Books

The Marketing Of Books

People Read - So How Do You Sell To Them? When was the last time you read a book? I don’t mean any judgment with that question: it’s simply to illustrate a point about marketing. While a television show, or a movie, can take only an hour or two to get through, books...

An Interview With Brandon Scott

An Interview With Brandon Scott

Brandon Scott Has A Compelling New Book Out! Brandon Scott has been writing for a long time, and as part of The Buzzazz Editorial Team he wrote a lot of really great articles. He has recently published his first book, and has taken his writing to a whole other level....

What Does The Collapse Of Dialogue Mean For People?

What Does The Collapse Of Dialogue Mean For People?

That Old Blue And Red Divide That Has Been With Us Since Rome The first thing to ask is whether there is a collapse of dialogue. Survey the evidence of the number of bipartisan conversations that don't descend into name calling and actually prove to be fruitful and...

Everyone is a Designer

Everyone is a Designer

I think it happens to be a bit ironic. Relevant, but ironic. When a client hires and Internet Marketer, they are asking them for their help to achieve certain goal, and I think that is indisputable. There is generally a contract in place to indicate what is expected...

The SEO Stats That Could Make Or Break Your Business

The SEO Stats That Could Make Or Break Your Business

SEO is something of a nebulous subject at times. It can be difficult to pin down exactly what is working for you and what is not. The main reason why you can’t always successfully determine your progress with optimizing your website is that there is too much...

From Arya Stark To Daisie – A Collaborative App For Artists

From Arya Stark To Daisie – A Collaborative App For Artists

Collaboration Over Competition Is Daisie's Philosophy It is always a great thing when someone takes their own success and parlays it into helping others. Who better than another artist to understand what  it takes to go from obscurity to fame, and who better to...

Where Are You At?

Where Are You At?

What's Your Job Title? What Is The Date? What's The Time? Do you know where you are? Do you conflate this job that you are doing with the last one you were at, or maybe some long ago job that this one reminds you of? That can't be much fun. Carrying all that baggage,...

Is An Online Store Really The Best Option?

Is An Online Store Really The Best Option?

Globally, eCommerce is pulling in $2.3 trillion a year. It could be a lucrative option for your business if you get it right. Online shopping can help you grow your market share and offer a convenient solution for the clients. Top American brands have known about the...

Relationship Marketing

Relationship Marketing

How Can You Help People? When a lot of people think about a great way for them to generate leads they are often imagining some super complex system with a whole bunch of complicated levers and buttons that must be pushed, metaphorically speaking that is. The more...

Solution Based Writing

Solution Based Writing

Practical Solutions Make Much Better Reading Than Articles Full Of Problems I am going to just say this straight up - articles which only float problems in your direction aren't worth the time it takes to read them. They are the celery of writing - as much nutritional...

Dustin Miller Of Abstract Metal Design Interview

Dustin Miller Of Abstract Metal Design Interview

Dustin Miller Creates Beautiful Fine Metal Art Sculptures Inspired by the elements, Dustin Miller creates dynamic sculptures, that are durable and perfect for indoor or outdoor settings. Dustin has created works that are on public display around the...

Fake News Is An Oxymoron, Do You Mean Propaganda?

Fake News Is An Oxymoron, Do You Mean Propaganda?

There Is No Fake News - It's Either News Or Not When you are discussing something as vital as information then the exactness of words is an important thing to consider, and fake news, while it may be a trending term, and the favorite buzzword of a few very loud...

Could You Be Crypto Royalty?

Could You Be Crypto Royalty?

Cryptocurrencies have taken the world by storm over the last year or so. Some people have made buckets of money, others have lost everything. Cryptos have been responsible for creating a new breed of a millionaire. There is clearly the opportunity to make a lot of...

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