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Bobby Knight and College Basketball – A True Hoops Marketing Ambassador Legend

"The General" Bobby Knight - Could Still Be Indiana Governor Today! Love him or hate him, there is no denying the fact that Mr. Bobby Knight helped market college hoops to an all new level. Current legend Mike Krzyzewski, who grew up Chicago South Side, earlier this...

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...

Twitter Expanding To 280

Will 280 Words Allow For More Nuanced Tweets? 280 words instead of 140. Does it mean anything? I have read that it may be intended to increase the signal to noise ratio - upping the complexity of what can be communicated, bringing more nuance to the table, but I can't...

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...

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...

The Outspoken Artist & PR: A Handshake Is Better Than A Slap

PR is important. When you have uncompromising views about something, or are known for your forthrightness, is it still wise to not stand the chance of alienating a whole swathe of your potential audience by making blanket statements about a religion or a political...

Android’s App Store Game Change

Amazon Making A Move On Another Market? It's interesting - I recently bought a new phone, and though some things automatically updated there were a few notable exceptions. I have an Android, so all the things which loaded straight in from my Google Account were apps...

Airbnb Disaster Response Tool

Results Should Be Prized Above Altruism With These Programs Facebook's Safety Check had been one of those things I initially thought was a little bit intrusive and excessive, and then I got to use it, and I saw that some of my friends in dangerous places were OK, and...

Keanan Kintzel Watches Billy Joel on Cleveland St in Clearwater

Keanan Kintzel enjoys going to live music, and having the chance to see Billy Joel right on his doorstep was one he wasn't going to pass up. Billy Joel is something of a musical legend. He had top 40 hits across the 70s, 80s and 90s, getting 33 top 40 hits in the US,...

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...

Game Of Thrones – Checkmating The Leaks

Game Of Thrones Makes A Move Worthy Of Baelish How do you beat people that would leak your product before you are ready to let them see it? Answer - make multiple versions so that even the players involved have no clue which way you are going to jump. I wrote an...

The Strange Marketing Box

Behold, The Strange Box With Marketing Power! Let me pose to you a hypothetical situation. Let’s say, in the middle of Cleveland Street, where the Farmer’s Market sometimes shows up, there was a large box which had a door facing you and seemed made of simple...

Time To Repackage – Operating In A Disruption Environment

Embrace The Chaos, Create Your Own Democrats on the back foot. Journalists hunkered down waiting for the next attack. Sure, some members of these groups are weathering the storm admirably, but on the whole they seem to have been caught flat-footed. Fake is the label...

Sony Has Let Us Down

Since we’re talking about current events and things that effect us on a daily basis, whether we’re joking about racial tensions in the United States or around the world, genocide and its place as a Darwinist theory, or anything else; there are certain things that...

Why I Voted For Donald J Trump

Donald J Trump Marketing Genius It is 2016, and for America that means a new presidential election. This has been obvious to most people in America because the presidential nominees have been all over the news, and media outlets. Our country was founded upon the idea...

What Does GAFA Mean For Everyone?

Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon - they tower over civilization like the monoliths from 2001: A Space Odyssey, and this concerns some people. The European Union doesn't like the control that these companies are exerting on the market, but they are fast becoming the...

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...

Sequels, Remakes, Reboots, and “Reverse Marketing”

Companies Act Through Marketing: Movies Are No Exception It’s not a new complaint: too many remakes. Too many sequels. Make original content Hollywood, please. We beg. We plead. We gnash our teeth. And so...they remake Ghostbusters. And we even watch it at Countryside...

Positive Marketing Evolves From Our Passions – John Travolta Helps Local Artists in Downtown Clearwater Florida

John Travolta's new movie premiere for "The Forger" at the Capitol Theater in downtown Clearwater Florida This past Saturday evening, those of us lucky enough to call Clearwater Florida our home were treated to some special Hollywood magic. Mr. John Travolta was in...

Movies Can Control Your Consumer Mind

The cinema has been one of the biggest product placement avenues since it's inception. So it makes sense that there is some much money involved in making a single movie. It is really comical once you realize that their is product placement in almost every single...

Target Still Recovering From Hack Blackeye

I do not like to admit it but I eat fast food a lot. One of my favorite places to go is McDonald's. Recently they have brought back the Monopoly game. Which seems to increase their sales from 4 to 7% when they put it into action. As I was peeling off the first game...

Avenues Of Advertising Online (Part 2)

A Moving Advertisement Is The Best Kind Of Advertisement Did you work images into your advertising yet? Well, I hope you did, because now we are moving on to the next step of how to rise above the sea of voices: video. Ah yes, videos. Words, and I still bemoan this,...

Google’s Duplex Is On The Line

Is It AI? Do We Have A Problem, Dave? AI seems to me to be a misnomer for what we have right now. Some people working in the field of machine intelligence don't like it because of the species derived chauvinism that it indicates. But if you look at the systems which...

Twitter and the 2016 Presidential Debate

...and the 2016 Presidential Debate Everything was all a “twitter” last Monday night both during the first Presidential debate and throughout the night. According to Mic.com, Twitter analysts stated that the debate was the most tweeted political event in history,...

Keanan Kintzel of Buzzazz with Patrick Clouden of Consumer Energy Solutions

Helping Individuals And Helping The Community! Keanan Kintzel of Buzzazz Business Solutions can be seen here with Patrick Clouden of Consumer Energy Solutions, both a friend and a client. You will be hard-pressed to find a more active businessman and citizen in...

The Race for the White House

Social Media and the Race for the White House As I attempt to wrap my public relations arms around this all-important upcoming election for the next Potus of the United States, it is interesting to see the marketing tactics that both parties have employed to elevate...

Uber And It’s Drivers Are Being Promoted

In the space of a ride you can get to know a fair amount about your driver. But it can often be a long time until you get a repeat ride with that driver, and some drivers leave more of a lasting impression than others. When you've been doing it for a while you might...

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...

The Chelsea Handler Netflix Experience

Netflix Is Actively Shaping How Their Viewers Watch Things I'd read about it a bit before, and had meant to write about it earlier, but I forgot about it - these things happen. Anyway, it popped up in that little scrolling window of recommended shows on my Netflix log...

Promote The Nerd Actor: A Tribute To John Hurt

An Article, To Promote Remembrance The problem with being young after 2016, and perhaps it is also a blessing to promote as such (if only to lessen grief), is I had no exposure to most of the celebrities we lost, and thus do not have as deep a connection to them as I...

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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

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...

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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

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...

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?

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...