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Obstructionist Incumbent or Fresh Faced Modernist

One of the most fascinating contests in this midterm election is the senate race between the sitting Senate Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell(R) and Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan-Grimes (D). One of the most prominent reasons for the fascination in this...

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...

Yawntech

Innovation Isn't About Repackaging Or Rebooting Oh, Apple made a speaker. Apple made a slightly larger phone. Google made a speaker. Amazon made a speaker with a camera. There has to be some kind of disruption coming in the hardware field, because at the moment it is...

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...

The Problem Of Privacy On The Internet

Big Data Drives Things In Unexpected Ways Data is big money, and you are constantly generating data trails wherever you move, and whatever you do. Go to https://myactivity.google.com/ and check out how much of your daily activity is recorded - the voice searches you...

Top 5 Marketing Reasons To Use A Top 5 List

Want to Market with an Article? Here Are 5 Reasons to Consider Using a Top 5 List. 1.) It’s Super Popular on the Internet: For better, or possibly for worse, the internet loves a list article. From cooking, to movies, to “Top Ten Best Florida Beaches” (spoiler alert:...

The Marketing of Marvel

It’s hard to believe, but the first movie in Marvel’s Phase One came out seven years ago. For all of those people who just felt old, I apologize, but it’s the truth. Iron Man released in the spring of 2008 and started what can only be described as a cultural...

Advertising Free Youtube Red –Will It Work?

Youtube Red: An Ad-Free Alternative Taking the same road as other video streaming sites, YouTube now offers a paid subscription service. But will it work? Will audiences go for this new premium? Will they be willing to spend money on it? Well, that’s what I’m here to...

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...

The Drama Of SpaceX And The Zuma Load

It's always interesting to watch any of Elon Musk's projects because he likes to take on the larger problems that are out there in the technology field and find effective solutions that help as many people as possible. A reusable rocket has been something that has...

Tampa Bay Veteran’s Alliance Groundbreaking

Buzzazz Covering the Tampa Bay Veteran's Alliance Memorial Groundbreaking Ceremony | Skycrest Park, Clearwater Local press coverage is a vital part of small town USA and there is nothing to promote an organization like the ground breaking for a veteran’s memorial. The...

The Starbucks Cup Advertising Continues

Starbucks' Advertising Is Still Piping Hot In 2016 I’m late to this party, but can we please talk about this for a second? This advertising from Starbucks is...well...brave. Watch this video posted around a month ago, from Starbucks’ official YouTube channel:...

Keanan Kintzel At The Black Crow

Keanan: Okay, here we are, what do you think honey? Keanan: Indian shores coffee best coffee on the beach Doria: Coffee Time Keanan: You guys ever been down here? Cute place. What did you get? An Espresso? Doria: Yes. Keanan: Oh yeah. What do you like about this...

Clearwater Web Design

When it comes to Clearwater web design that is going to make you seem as bright and aesthetically pleasing as a bird of paradise, we are the people you need to speak to. How the site looks isn’t the only thing that you need to concentrate on though, and we are also...

Google Project Fi – Doing Good Things For People

Google - Changing The Ecosystem Certain companies, when they announce something, people want to be part of it. Why? Because the whole ethos of the company seems to be centered around something ethical, and something that at its base level wants to help people. You can...

Is The Old New Again?

Nostalgia. It’s big money right now. Somewhere, somehow, someone worked out that the newest generation of consumers would buy anything they sold as long as it was a reference to their childhood. And while that’s a bit of a generalization, it’s kind of the truth...

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...

Marketing New Movies

Here's the thing: we all know that when a new movie is coming out, especially those with blockbuster actors in it, like Tom Cruise, Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Emma Stone, Gwynneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Aniston, etc. that these are going to be...

“Let’s Play” A Game Of Marketing. But Do Game Stores Win?

Exposure Can Be Effective Marketing. But How Much, Is Too Much? This may be news to some of you who are not gamers, or not big YouTube users, or born before 1990. But on the internet, there is a massively popular type of video called a “Let’s Play.” The name, as far...

The Birds are Singing in the Trees – Tweeting

Twitter: Talk To The World In 280 Characters Do you have a Twitter account? If not, why not? Most people have heard of the elevator pitch – being able to sell your product in the time it takes the elevator to get you and your prospective client to whatever floor you...

The Independent Party and Jefferson

Let's analyze the Independent Party platform shall we? As one of the largest 3rd parties in American politics, it behooves us to know where they stand in relation to our two big parties, and where they stand in relation to the most responsible and economically...

The PR of a Legend

PR of Total Football and Johan Cruyff Today is a sad day for two countries, millions of fans and world of football. Not American football, but football. The legend, the man who made popular the concept of total football, the man who helped give Pep Guardiola, Luis...

Advertising the Cost of Professional Athletics

Advertising the Hidden Cost of Professional Sports When it comes to assessing the cost of sports and what they bring to us, the viewers, there are a couple of major factors that get touched on, and then forgotten. There are some very intriguing facets of different...

The PR Religious Bias as an Artform

The PR of Prejudice in Religion Lets chat about the PR of religious bias, shall we? Everyone has it, and it is different for everyone. I am going to pick on one major institution of new media now. In previous posts I have commended them and defended them and have...

Post Fact Politics Is The Ugly Offspring Of Post Fact Journalism

Truth is important - facts are unassailable; and they are either facts or not ... it is not dependent on viewpoint. If you market your product as being something and it proves not to be, you will be upbraided for false advertising. Look at how newspapers and...

The Marketing of Hurricane Matthew

The Marketing of Hurricane Matthew As a Floridian, there is nothing scarier than a category 4 or 5 hurricane hurtling toward one’s home. Being that hurricanes are unpredictable only adds additional fear. Residents are told to flee from areas that risk storm surge, as...

A Paying Market For Artists – Starts With Putting Hands In Pockets

Where did the idea that not paying artists was OK come from? I see it as deriving mainly from a sense of entitlement, and an inability to identify the sequence of actions both that were involved in the production of a product, and the sequence of actions involved in...

Back Linking

There is a lot of information about back linking out there and a lot of internet marketing agencies specialize in links, whether they are in-bound, out-bound or social media links. Sure, linking to other websites is important, but what you may not know, is why....

Paint A Vulgar Picture – On Their Hands A Dead Star

"At the record company meeting On their hands - at last! - A dead star !" It's an age old problem - how do you continue milking the cow when the cow has shuffled off the mortal coil? How do you market it? How do you capitalize on the investment you have made, and how...

Keanan Kintzel Watching Someone Boarding

Keanan Kintzel, while out walking his dog in the morning, sees some interesting things. People like having fun and they are often pretty ingenious in how they go about it. This setting is not necessarily the first place you would expect to see someone boarding, but...

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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...