News

We are always working on new products and features for the site. Here, you will find out what’s new on BuzzTown.com, what we’re working on and what to expect in the future as well as various things about BuzzTown that you may not know about.

July 2009
We are hosting two classes this month. Our regulay "Social Marketing HOW TO" will be taking place July 23rd. We will also be presenting a class on Viral Video on July 16th and will be taught by a local video expert. See the event calendar or our Social Marketing YEAH!!! group for more details.
  
BuzzTown is currently in the process of planning and building our next release, which will be by far our biggest yet - it will change the face of the internet in Southwest Colorado and will become even more useful for residents and businesses in Southwest Colorado. If you are a registered user of the site you will have the opportunity to see the new release before the public release.

June, 2009

We are hard at work making BuzzTown The Best Web Site in the Universe.

The new BuzzTown V4.0 release is one giant leap in the right direction.

Version 4 gives users many new ways to connect with their customers, vendors friends and colleagues.

BuzzTown Answers
The biggest addition is BuzzTown Answers.  BuzzTown is a community of experts.  Answers lets you tap their knowledge.  More Importantly, BuzzTown Answers is a great place to share and showcase your own expertise.  Got questions?  We all do.  Visit BuzzTown Answers.
 

Got Friends? 
You can't have too many friends. this is as true in business as it is in life.  BuzzTown now suggests people You May Know.  It chooses members who share your interests and invites you to connect with them as old or new friends.
 

Buzz 
The BuzzTown Personal Buzz allows us to keep up with our friends and favorite businesses.  As your friends  post articles, deals, photos and more, their activities will show up in your Personal Buzz.  No need to browse the entire site, the Buzz brings the latest happenings to your profile page.
 

Home Page 
We want you to make BuzzTown your home page.  We are adding new features to the latest in deals, new businesses and hyper local news.  This month we have added weather forecasts and movie listings. Check back as we add new features throughout the month
 

Business Tools 
We have added a number of new features for Businesses to attract traffic and to present their businesses in the best possible context.
 

Icons
Business owners can now add Icons to their listings,  manufacturer logos, awards & certification graphics.  Icons both show your professionalism and attract more traffic to your profile page.  They may even improve your business hotness.

Live Web Widgets
Business owners can attract more traffic to their profile with the use of Live Web Widgets.  These widgets are HTML snippets which can be added to company web sites, blogs,  Facebook, your email signature, just about anyplace.  Widgets include a company name, logo, and the latest reviews for your business.  Widgets can be added anyplace that HTML is accepted.  Just add the Widget once, and it will automatically display the latest news and review on your business's web site.  On your business profile, in the left column, you will see a text field labeled, Embed.  Just copy that code to your clipboard and paste it into your corporate web site or blog.

Embedded Videos
BuzzTown Vidoes may also be embedded on your web site or blog.  Just cut and paste the Embed code (displayed below the video) and you will get a video display box on any web page or blog.

RSS 
BuzzTown now publishes RSS streams to multiple off site locations.  Visit the BuzzTown RSS feed page for details.  To explain simply, RSS is a syndication of all your BuzzTown content, helping people to find your content and business profile and providing better results for your content on search engines.

Please take a few minutes to explore the new features in BuzzTown.com.  We are thrilled to be working on building the Best Web Site in the Universe.  We thank everyone for their content and support.  We can't wait to write to you about version 5.

May, 2009

The latest version of BuzzTown offers many new features for businesses, personal users and the BuzzTown admins.

For the Admin we have built a content management interface which will help BuzzTown staff to find and feature the very best content submitted by BuzzTown users.

For us users, that means that the home page will be populated only by the most interesting articles, the hottest deals, and the hottest new businesses.

Users can now also share their feelings, statuses and news bits with each other via the Who's Abuzz Feature.  Who's abuzz now features those users who have recently updated their status.    If you have something to Buzz about, just update your status by clicking My Profile on the menu.  Then type in your status, there's no quicker way to buzz to the front Page of BuzzTown.com

Businesses now have extra opportunities to promote their connections in BuzzTown and their off-line community.  Businesses can join groups, showing their support for the local community organizations they sponsor or support off-line.

Recurring events are now easy to enter into BuzzTown.  If you sponsor a regular event in our community, Click on Events in the main menu and see how easy it is to add an event or many events to the BuzzTown Calendar.

Events and Groups now have Hotness.  So depending on the number of users and the number of comments (etc.) each receives, the most interesting groups and events will percolate up to get the exposure they deserve.

Keep your eye on BuzzTown for many new features in the near future.  We have a full plate of new features coming up for business and personal users.  If you have suggestions for improving BuzzTown, just click the "Make a Suggestion" Link at the bottom of any page.

Keep on Buzzin'

~Bill Smith

April, 2009

BuzzTown continues to grow and gain momentum in the business community of Durango, Pagosa Springs and the surrounding areas. We are thrilled to have the opportunity to work with so many great businesses in the area and are continuing to look for more ways to help our business owners.

Our latest updates include groups and events. Now you can find people of similar interests, clubs, teams or anything else you could dream up in groups. Groups and individuals also have the ability to post events to get the word out in the community about their upcoming occasion. Invite people to join and see who all is attending.

If you are confused about how to get your business page started, be sure to check out the BuzzTown Page on the site to see all of the different opportunities that are available to you.

BuzzTown is hosting businesses Social Marketing Seminars to help educate everyone about social networking.
Be sure to take a look at our Social Marketing YEAH!!! group to see when the next event will be held and sign up to attend! 

As always, don't hesitate to give us a call or shoot us an email!

~BuzzMasta