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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...

Sunscreen Film Festival

The Sunscreen Film Festival Crystallizes The Best Of Florida's Film Industry Buzzazz has always had a strong interest in helping the arts; a very strong purpose that has been forwarded by Keanan Kintzel at any opportunity. From the very first Buzzazz was a sponsor of...

Marketing The iPhone Over Other Smartphones

Becoming A Mega Success Isn't Easy, But Apple's Marketing Makes It Look That Way Apple’s iPhone has perhaps the most pervasive marketing in the world of technology. It’s obvious to see. From a technological standpoint, if the many people online and in real life are...

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...

Sushi Scene in Pinellas

A long time ago, the idea of eating uncooked food made some people curl over. The original sushi in Japan was actually just vinegar rice preserving fish in ships on the sea. Flash forward to 2018 and raw fish, or sushi, has become so “in”, its difficult to imagine a...

Humanism, Posthumanism, and a Technological Revolution

Advertising a Post-Humanistic Society I just read the most fantastic treatise by Leon Wieseltier, published on nytimes.com, and I have to say that it truly speaks to me, and to many people around the world. Have you ever thought that technology was progressing far to...

Marshal, Me, Alvy Singer, And An Abacus

The Medium Is The Message - How You Are Viewing It Affects It If you've ever read Marshal McLuhan he is one of those thinkers that you find yourself constantly returning to. Why? Because his ideas make a lot of sense, and in terms of how the internet works, they seem...

Rebuilding FIFA

It has finally happened! The anachronism that is Sepp Blatter has finally done it. He has stepped down as head of FIFA, and while the news is breaking now, I am going to hypothesize that it is because of Jerome Valcke implication, or blatant description in a new 10...

Community Service Foundation Patron Regions Bank

Being able to afford somewhere to live is vital, whether you are by yourself or have children - you need a home to live in. Sometimes people need some help to be able to do this, and the Community Service Foundation is one such non profit organization that does this....

Windows 10 Mail – Return To Sender

Windows 10 Mail - Nice Looking But Not Helpful So, in a follow up to the article about my first week using Windows 10, I would like to talk about Mail. In some ways it is better than its predecessors - design-wise it looks as clean and sleek as the rest of Windows 10....

NaNoWriMo Promoting Production For Writers

NaNoWriMo: A Massive Event Promoting Writing On An Even More Massive Scale It’s November, and if you are a writer, chances are you already know what that means: NaNoWriMo. Short for National Novel Writing Month. But, if you’re not a writer, some quick background data:...

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...

Art Is Everything To Marketing

Marketing Is More Connected To Art Than Anyone Would Assume Art is everything to marketing. Artistic expression is the purest form of communication we have as a species. It says something without even needing to verbalize it, and it can communicate ideas and concepts...

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...

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...

Sousveillance – With A Whimper Not A Bang

Sousveillance is the recording of an activity by a participant in the activity, typically by way of small wearable or portable personal technologies. Aug 30, 2016 Brave New World and 1984 got it wrong - a lot of dystopias do. We are the ones who are helping to build...

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....

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...

The Unmourned Death Of Internet Explorer

The Return Of Microsoft? How do you ditch a negative image? A tainted brand? How do you forge ahead? Give it a new name. I don't think there are many people that are going to mourn the death of Internet Explorer. I moved away from it as soon as I found Firefox, 12...

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...

13th Doctor Revealed & The Reactions

It's kind of interesting to watch certain sectors of fandom implode when something happens to their franchise of choice that they do not consider to be canon - these are the same kind of people who complain when a band releases an album that is different from their...

Hurricane Irma – What Most People Overlook

Massive Category 5 Hurricane Irma 2017 If you were alive in 2017 then you heard of the notorious Hurricane Irma. It was one of the biggest, well-formed, feared & nastiest hurricanes that anyone has seen. It's devastation was massive and is still affecting a large...

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...

Let’s Talk About The Future Of Education

Where Lies The Future Of Education? There used to be a time when intellectualism and creativity was sponsored and encouraged to flourish through funding and education. Those days seem to be slipping away. Some fields of academia and education have suffered from...

A New Star Wars Trilogy by Rian Johnson, Star Wars The Last Jedi Director – The Force Is With Him

For Over 30 Years This Franchise Has Been Growing - The Force Is With It! It's been something of a roller coaster ride for fans of Star Wars from the release of the original trilogy to today with Star Wars The Last Jedi. In England, for the longest time, pre-video,...

Keanan Kintzel And Family – Ollie Learning to Skate

Keanan Kintzel knows that there is plenty to do in and around Pinellas County, because he travels around a lot and helps a lot of different businesses. He also developed Wabamm, which is a local activity search engine, that is designed to provide a positive and...

My 11 Year Faceversary

A Look At What Facebook Does Well The videos they compile out of your own photos and videos for these things generally hit the right mark, unless they excavate a problematic relationship - though thankfully you can edit that out. But after a few instances where I have...

Brand Out Of Hand – IS And Their Image

Does It Matter How A Terrorist Presents Themselves? People really do talk about branding some weird things - I read an article today about the branding of the Islamic State, and I have previously read about the economic model that terrorists use as being something to...

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...

Marketing Sports To Nerds, Three Ways To Get Them Hyped On Gameday!

Marketing Sports To A Nerd Is A Challenge, Let Me Help Sports has an effective level of marketing to it if the popularity of American football and “soccer” are any indication. No matter the walk of life, it seems someone can enjoy these sports. But, I say “seems”...

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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

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...