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Advertising Made Nerds Rule (Part 3)

Advertising Certain Nerds Has Become The Goal More than one form of advertising exists. Some of it is specific to companies, made by them, and set to sell something. But, there exists another type of advertising…one not meant to get across the idea to spend money, but...

Repackage, Reimagine, Reboot – The Movie As Pre-Chewed Food

The repackage, the reimagining, the reboot - never the rehash, the refried or the reheated. For every original franchise that makes it to the screens, or into print, there is an equal, if not greater number of established properties that undergo a periodic rebranding...

No One Does That Anymore – Marketing A Supposed Decline

Things Don't Die They Just Get Repurposed Cassandras have always been around, but it wasn't always so easy for these Chicken Littles to tell everyone about the sky-falling. When they start crying wolf now there's always two choruses that pipe up - the naysayers and...

Why The Marketing Of NBC’s The Voice Works So Well

Marketing Is Like Singing, It Needs To Resonate I don’t watch NBC’s The Voice. That’s not anything against the show—I just don’t watch contests. Or many television shows at all, to be frank. But I know someone who genuinely enjoy it to the same degree I like the does...

Leonardo DiCaprio – Marketing Wizard for Mother Earth?

Leo DiCaprio wins an Oscar - new status expands his "Global Warming" cause marketing reach. No doubt, Leo is and has been one of the world's leading actors for quite some time. His talent is obvious. Like other famous stars, and famous corporations, he has put a lot...

Pool Company – Success!

Success Story We have been with Buzzazz for over 4 years and continue to be impressed with the results. They recently redesigned our website and blew away our expectations. With so many internet companies to choose from, it’s difficult to know who you can trust....

Amazon Re-Keying The Future

Everything To Everyone Is What All The Big Players Want To Be How far into your life are you willing to let Amazon reach? You have your library locked in on Kindle, and your DVD collection was replaced by Amazon Prime, your music is in their cloud, your website is...

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving Is As American As Apple Pie There isn't a single Holiday that doesn't have some cultural complication attached to it, but for most people what the holidays really boil down to is getting to spend time with your family and getting some time off work. The...

How Do You Spin It? Selling Records

How as an artist do you protect you work in an age of record leaks and film leaks, and illegal rips? Bjork answered by releasing her album ahead of schedule. This is the downside to what should be a system that actually empowers the artist rather than ripping them...

Political Correctness And P.R. (Part 1: Overview)

Political Correctness Has, Ironically, It's Own P.R. Issues The words to spark controversy are numerous and varied. Even the words for not saying those controversial words are themselves controversial words. If that sounds confusing, don’t worry: it’s because it is....

National Geographic In The Foxhole

Fox Now Has The Controlling Share Of National Geographic I know I am not the only one that considers it to be a dark day when National Geographic sells its soul to the devil. Journalistic excellence for 127 years bartered for a 73% controlling share that injects...

Keanan Kintzel Watching International Youth Theater: Be Our Guest

Keanan Kintzel and Buzzazz Business Solutions have been the main sponsor of the International Youth Theater since its inception, and Keanan always supports the theater by going to its productions. Beauty And The Beast has been enjoying a renewed interest of late, with...

Clearwater Website Design

People get lost in the jungle – everything can start to look the same after a while of running around in there. What you need to help you navigate and make your Clearwater Website Design really work is someone who can hack through the undergrowth and lead the way. We...

Keanan Kintzel At Clearwater Family Dental With Toola The Toothfairy Dolphin

Hey, good morning Here I am with the dolphin -- check this thing out: it's a tooth fairy dolphin; isn't that the best! Clearwater Family Dental get my teeth fixed. What an awesome place - these guys know their stuff; if you need a dentist come on by! Keanan Kintzel,...

Website Statistics Programs

There are two major website statistics tracking programs that web developers and engineers use to track the effectiveness of the websites they build. As it can be seen there are some discrepancies between them, which is what we will discover today. The reason Awstats...

Education Technology Is Receiving A Concerted Push

Education Technology Is Always An Exciting Frontier It is not like technology in schools is a new thing - I have after all been following an education technology newsletter for a couple of years now. I remember when there was some kind of deal going on with Texas...

Escapism Versus The Barrage Of Daily Disruption

People Need To Lift Their Heads Up, Not Bury Them Some people are taking a time out from social media - they are getting stressed out by the deluge of bad news, and the constant fighting between people who emerge from their echo chamber to make a lightning raid on the...

Let’s Talk About Lex, Baby – Advertising The New Superman / Batman Movie

Batman Vs Superman Might Be DC's Heavy-hitter To Take On Marvel Batman movies have generally been a little hit and miss. The TV animated show always seemed to hit the right note, but there are so many elements to juggle in a proposition like Batman that even...

Tim Cook’s Apple and ResearchKit Promise Interesting Developments

Apple Ventures Into The Field Of Biometrics And Medical Aps It's interesting - I always used to like Apple, and the main thing that made me like them was the aesthetics of their machines: there was something a little more personal and attractive about them. It isn't...

Star Wars: Tie-In Products Are Marketing

Another Talk About Marketing...From A Galaxy Far, Far Away It’s time to talk about Star Wars again, more specifically, it’s tie-in products. Which swarm over store shelves like a pack of TIE Fighters. Now, from the little I know of the economic process of franchise...

From Pokemon To Harry Potter Wizards Unite!

Harry Potter Wizards Unite May Be Bringing A Smackdown for Pikachu! So Ingress was super popular - and you'd see people all over the place playing it; the real world skinned with the environs of a virtual game. Then Pokemon planted its flag, and raised Pokestops all...

Advertising Technology Around Christmas Time

Christmas Is The Season Of Advertising New Gadgets What are you hoping to get for Christmas? I know you can’t tell me because I’m words on a screen, but it is something all observers of the holiday think about. If you are living in a first world country, your answer...

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...

A Broken Clock

So, The Doomsday Clock moved an hour closer to midnight, putting it at 3 minutes to midnight. The Bulletin Of Atomic Scientists see this as representing how close we are to doomsday as a civilization. What great PR for the miserabilists whose mission, it seems is to...

Newsletters Resurgent?

With A Newsletter You Have A Captive Audience That Has Opted In There has been an interesting shift away from personally curated websites to Newsletters in some sectors of the creative community; a return to something that once used to be a staple of internet life....

Marketing to Give You Goosebumps

Goosebumps: Marketed to Children, Loved By Millions Halloween fast approaches, and the nights grow dark and eerie. With this, it seems, it’s the perfect time to talk horror. More specifically, the horror anthology you all know as: Goosebumps. Beginning as a book...

Thomas Jefferson and Anti-Federalism

Thomas Jefferson and Anti-Federalism Thomas Jefferson was arguably one of this country's greatest presidents, and we can tell this via his accomplishments and failings. As an anti-federalist, Thomas Jefferson believed that the new United States should look after its...

Pokemon Go To Marketing

I Wanna Be The Very Best At Marketing, Like No One Ever Was Are you walking around Clearwater looking at your phone? Are you in Pinellas Park searching for Pokemon? Are you at Clearwater Beach trying to get one with a CP of 500+? Because we all are. It’s Pokemon Go....

Unboiling Eggs And Cancer Cures

How do you sell a cure for cancer, or the promise of one? How do you sell science? You would think that some of the amazing discoveries would sell themselves, but it isn't always the case. When there has been a long track record of making promises and not delivering,...

Advertising Made Nerds Rule (Part 2)

Disney's Advertising Was One For Nerds Everywhere When I said advertising from Disney made nerd culture spread faster, I was not just pointing at them because they are a large company, and an easy source of reference for the average reader—though that was a perk. I...

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Clearwater Coachman Park & Country Thunder & Social Media’s Impact

Troy Vollhoffer’s rise with Country Thunder has become a case study in modern live entertainment entrepreneurship. Through his company, Premier Global Productions, he has expanded Country Thunder Music Festival into one of the most recognizable touring festival brands...

Healthy Lighting Has Arrived – Just Ask LIGHTBOB

Local Tampa Bay Resident, Robert Lantaigne, AKA "LIGHTBOB" has been in lighting and engineering for his entire career. Bob has the resume most would dream of, from helping design multimillion commercial custom projects to 100 million dollar mansion home lighting...

Tampa Bay Lightning – 2026 Playoff Revenue Flows

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING - WHAT OCCURS BUSINESS WISE IF THEY WIN OR LOSE Let’s translate this into what it actually means for Tampa’s economy and local businesses—not just hockey odds. Current situation (business lens) The Tampa Bay Lightning are down 3–2 to the Montreal...

Old Fashion Business Networking in Tampa – Hard to Beat!

There’s just something about meeting folks face-to-face that still carries real weight, especially here in Florida. A handshake, a smile, a quick chat before getting down to business—it builds a kind of trust you just can’t replicate through a screen. Around here,...

Top 5 Items For Expanding a Web Presence

Growing your business online doesn’t have to feel overwhelming. You don’t need to be everywhere—you just need to show up in the right places, consistently, and with a clear message. Here are five strategies I always recommend to small business owners who want real...

Tampa Bay Entrepreneurs AI Think Tank

Hi, I’m Keanan Kintzel, founder of Buzzazz Business Services (buzzazz.com). As a seasoned entrepreneur with years of experience building and growing businesses in the Tampa Bay area, I’m excited to launch the **Tampa Bay Entrepreneurs AI Think Tank**. This is a...

Tampa Bay Real Estate

The current upside of the Tampa Bay real estate market is rooted in its shift toward a more balanced and stable environment. After years of rapid price growth, the market has cooled into a phase where inventory has increased and prices have normalized, giving buyers...

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...

Keanan Kintzel Talks Cleveland Street Studios and Community Good News Warehouse

Video Transcription: "I am Keanan Kintzel and I own Buzzazz right next door. We're in Clearwater Florida a long way from my home up in northern Indiana near Chicago. This is the brand new Cleveland Street Studios in downtown Clearwater right across from the old post...

Keanan Kintzel from Buzzazz – The Importance of the “Contact” step in building relationships

Keanan Kintzel from Buzzazz Video Transcription below: Hi how y'all doing today this is keenan from buzzazz live at the hive down in clearwater florida. This is a short short short video so don't delete i got a surprise at the end. I wanted to say hello and...

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

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?

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.

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

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

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

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....

Community Service Foundation – The 23rd Annual Charity Golf Classic

If you love golf and you want to combine that love with helping the community, this event is the perfect one for you. Held every year, the focus of the Charity Golf Classic this year is raising money to support the "Going Home" Homeless Reduction Program. This is part...

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 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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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...