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Marketing Star Wars Episode VIII: Not The Last Success

Marketing Success For Star Wars, This Is Not The Last To Come Here we go again, the newest Star Wars trailer. The Last Jedi. Five million views on a single post on YouTube (at least by April 17th, 2017). The collective view count on all the videos, I’m sure,...

Keanan Kintzel And Family – Skateboarding With Rocky The Pomsky

Keanan Kintzel and his family all take turns walking Rocky the pomsky. Sometimes Rocky helps to make the walk even more interesting, by making it possible to skateboard while walking the dog. You have to keep your dog well exercised, and some days it can seem like a...

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...

Keanan Kintzel Of Buzzazz Watches Clearwater Knights Cheerleaders

Sports events are full of spectacle, and one thing that is a regular sight at any football game is the acrobatics of the cheerleaders, and the Clearwater Knights are no exception. Cheer-leading is an athletic discipline itself, one that adds in an aesthetic level and...

The Marketing Within Religious Bubbles

Marketing Exists Even Inside Religious Bubbles People form groups. We survive best, thrive best, when we are together. People tend to flock to groups that have a similar mindset as themselves. Because, yet again, who likes to be angry? And while one’s political...

Yahoo At 20

The PR Value Of Being 20 For Yahoo Yahoo is 20 this week, and I just noticed that Thunderbird, my email management system is celebrating it's 10th birthday. It is odd to consider that the internet is now so old that companies are reaching a level of maturity that...

Keanan Kintzel & Kaleen Talking About Legacy BSI

Hi, my name is Kaleen and I recently moved down from the Washington DC area, here to Clearwater, and I want to tell you about a great company that I have the privilege to work with. They're called Legacy, and my husband and I were business owners back home in...

World Marketed To Steal Time? Here’s How To Budget It!

Marketed As The Cycle, It Takes Your Time. Budget To Get Some Back Wake up. Eat breakfast if you can. Drive to work. Try to focus. Do the work. Coffee. Lunch. More work. Go home. Dinner. Chores. Sleep. Start over again. Ever feel you could write your life in a...

Clearwater Internet Marketing

If we turned you into the Clearwater Internet marketing equivalent of a Silver-back gorilla, would you want your silver back? No because we would have turned you into the dominant force in your market, able to drum up attention by effectively beating your chest, and...

Keanan Kintzel Attends Blast Friday on Cleveland Street, Clearwater

Keanan Kintzel attends Blast Friday whenever he can, and the same goes for any other events that support the local community. There is some great culture in downtown Clearwater - whether that means music, art, or film, and cuisine - there is something for everyone....

“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...

Busted Hip Crippling The Critical Systems

Attack the hip to sound hipper. Point to the fact that someone is supporting the wrong charity, or how they have somehow failed to be as totally inclusive in their philanthropy as you have been. It's interesting how this kind of bullying somehow slips under the radar,...

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:...

Marvel Vs. DC: Avenger’s Infinity War And Justice League

Marvel Have Built A Cohesive Cinematic Universe That Allows Individual Characters To Thrive The difference in construction is evident, as is the execution. Marvel's successful model of single hero movies and then Avengers movies is most likely the thing that allowed...

Neil Young Still Rockin’ In The Free World!

I'm not sure that for me the name Neil Young immediately calls to mind the notion of cutting edge. I mean, I always think of him as being smart, and plugged into certain issues, but I have always kind of framed them in a notion of him as some kind of hippy rock star,...

Political Correctness And P.R. (Part 2: The Past)

The P.R. of The Past Is Not The P.R. Of The Present This is a tentative article. Because I am going to skirt along the lines of seriously loaded historical issues here. But this is not, at the end of the day, a discussion specifically about the nature of racism. That...

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...

Brillo Pads, Soup Cans, And The Modern World

Whatever you feel the merits of Warhol's work were, and he can be something of an acquired taste, he definitely called it when it came to the meshing of commercial design and art. A lot of the artists in the pop art movement took pop culture items and recontextualised...

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...

Web Design, Clearwater Florida & Buzzazz

How key is web design to a Clearwater Florida advertising campaign? When we started building websites back in 1999, it was not a degreed program at every college, junior college, trade school and online school around the world. Factually, we had to find creative...

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...

Continuing Education – Digital Advertising

Continuing our Digital Advertising Education One of the topics in Digital Advertising that can never receive enough information and publicity if that of linking. Everyone has a different idea of what linking actually is, and Moz.com has a number of interesting (in my...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Matrix Has You: Advertising & The Film Industry

The PR machine for Jupiter Ascending, like most other Hollywood movies was pretty slick. The usual striptease slow reveal of all the choice delicacies from the movie was rolling out months before the movie even had a trailer out there, and it made you want to watch...

Donald Trump, Jefferson and the Libertarian

This begins a series of articles that I will be written leading up to the National Republican and Democratic Primaries, with my take on Donald Trump, his Jeffersonian influence and his Libertarian Ideals. Mr. Donald Trump - An Libertarian or Not? There has been much...

Keanan Kintzel of Buzzazz Out And About on Cleveland Street

By going out and about and speaking to people, you can find out a lot about an area. Keanan Kintzel has his business, Buzzazz Business Solutions, on Cleveland Street in Clearwater, and he frequents a number of the different shops up and down the street. He also...

Overwatch Marketing Against Cheaters

Blizzard Is Shooting Down A Potential Threat To Overwatch's Marketing Here’s the situation: you bought a new computer to game on at Best Buy by Highway 19. You stopped for a burger to-go at Five Guys in Clearwater Mall for a legendary night and dinner. And after the...

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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

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...

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...