cre8Buzz Blog

One of the things that is most slammin’ about the buzz is the welcome wagon. At least that is what I call em. These are the people who welcome new members the moment they arrive. It blows me away how many folks on the buzz seek out new members and welcome them. For real, I’m thinkin’ each new member gets about 5 to 10 hello’s in the first 8 hours of jumpin into the buzz.

This makes the buzz kinda tight. I hear all the time about how the buzz is the friendliest, most authentic place on the net. I can’t say if this is true or not, but I can tell ya the welcome wagon is hard to beat.

Thanks to all ya’ll meeters and greeters on the buzz. The welcome wagon is the shiznit!

Peace

Antman~

That is what I say about Fred Wilson, author of A VC blog. A venture capitalist in NYC, Fred’s post are relevant, personal, informative, quick, sharp, pointed, light, and engagin’. I wish I could write that tight!

A VC will give ya the 411 on Web 2.0, business, the net, social media, and all the other buzzwords for what is goin’ on in this Facebook, Twitter world. If Fred’s blog is any indication of his ability to pick companies as a VC, he’s makin’ mad benjamins.

The bottom line, I’m just mad impressed with him. I can’t say that all to often.

So Fred; I got a mad “Shout Out” for ya!

Peace!

Antman~

I used to believe the CEO’s or founders of start-ups have all the answers. I think we all assume cause these really smart cats came up with a slammin’ idea or product they must have the whole thing planned out in their head and know exactly what has to be done. I can tell ya that is what I expected of our founders. For quite sometime; I assumed the boys had it all planned out and had all the answers.

What I’ve come to learn is that it’s really not that way. The founders don’t have the answers, in some cases they don’t have a clue. They are struggling to figure out what the next step is and what they need to do and how they are gonna do it, just like everyone else.

They idea that the founders or the CEO have all the answers is not real. Yes, they have good perspective and yes they may a lot of the answers but in the end, they are makin’ it up as they go along. They boys said it best; “The biggest lesson we have learned is to accept we DON’T have all the answers and to look to others (our users, friends, mentors, etc) for direction and ideas.” “We don’t think we will make it any other way.”

Now; I’m wondering how many other founders or CEO’s accept this to be true. It takes a bit of humility to accept ya don’t have the answers; especially when everyone is lookin’ at ya with this, “now what boss” expression on their faces.

I think there might be a few more successes to celebrate if more folks said; “I don’t know!”

Peace

Antman~

Ok, not exactly but his ideology has. Did ya see his speech the other day in response to his pastors comments? Ya gotta watch it.(one of four parts) He talks about the greatness of this country and where else in the world can a child born to a man from Kenya and a woman from Kansas grow up and run a successful bid for the President of the United States. He talks about not allowing all that is bad about this country to overshadow all that is good about this country. It was real. It was honest. It was brave. He started a discussion; a discussion few have been willing to have. He went where America has been afraid to go for a long time. It’s exactly what we needed.

It made me smile to listen. Where else in the world can an Ant be part of a fun and successful Web 2.0 start up? Where else but America can an Ant have so many friends? Only in America can a site dedicated to gettin’ exposure to the little guy work. America, despites it’s warts, offers tremendous opportunity for everyone and every ant who participates.

Obama’s speach offered us, OK, ME a great reminder, despite our daily struggles, despite the difficulties we may experience, despite racism or anger, despite it all, we are in an amazing country, one where the good far out weighs the bad.

This mornin’, this mad cool Ant is feelin’ pretty lucky.

It is, FOR SURE, all good in the cre8buzz hood.

Peace all!

Antman~

. . . and I still can’t finish all the blogs, profile visits and posts I want. How do ya’ll do it? My reader is like the monster under the bed. It’s beggin’ ya to look, but ya just can’t bear to bring ya self to do it.

Last I checked its got like 490 + posts to read. Dang, it’s insurmountable.

One step at a time, one step at a time.

Peace!

. . . well according to at least Joeprah one of our members.

Check out this post: Cre8buzz_beats_MySpace. JP is in our Dad’s community, it does a crazy cool job of illustrating the traffic to his blog from cre8Buzz vs. other referring sources. Stats don’t lie, at least when they are in our favor.

Not too bad for little ole cre8Buzz. Imagine how much traffic ya’ll would get if we were as big as the big boys. In time, in time; it’s not IF, but when.

That is what I’m talking about. Thanks for the buzzlove JP!

Peace!

There is a lot of content out there, it is just mad hard to find. Not many social networks focus on the content, they focus on the connection. Knowin’ this I thought I’d take a second to remind ya buzzers that good content; a tight blog, a cool post, a great picture, a funny video, whatever is only a few clicks away on cre8Buzz.

cre8Buzz is CONNECTION and CONTENT. We built the site to unlock content normally locked away in other online communities. As me and boys have said all along, ya’ll are talented so let’s come up with a way to give ya a cool way to get ya stuff seen.

This post is just a little refresher and reminder, ya only a click or two away from all the great stuff cre8Buzz users put up.

cre8Buzz ranks everything and then displays the content by community (moms, BMX, etc.), by segment (people, sports, etc) and overall (the cre8Buzz home page). We did it this way to give ya’ll an easy and fast way to check out what is good and what is popular at any given time by area of interest.

It’s easy; if ya looking for the best “Mom” blog, just go to the Mom’s community (www.cre8buzz.com/moms) and look under Top Ranked Blogs and Sites,

Suppose ya wanna good quick short story to read, ya go to the Fiction community (www.cre8buzz.com/fiction) and find the best blog posts to entertain you.

The current number one, by the way is mad tight!

If ya lookin’ to find a tight picture, maybe something new and unique to frame, check out the photography community (www.cre8buzz.com/photography) top ranked pictures.

No matter what ya wanna find, it’s only a few steps away. Ya’ll put of tons of slammin’ content, we just tried to make it easier to find.

There ain’t nothin’ like CONNECTIONS and CONTENT!

Thanks buzzers, keep on keepin it real!

Peace!

cre8Buzz is mad happy to tell ya we have partnered with the Multiple Sclerosis Resource Center (MSRC) to provide THE social network for friends, families, and the sufferers of Multiple Sclerosis.

By partnering, cre8Buzz/MSRC will create THE single “HUB” for family, friends and those affected by MS to come together and drive public awareness of the disease. By leveraging the power of social networking MSRC and cre8Buzz are excited about the ability to give a voice to those with MS and empower them to interact with others with the disease in a safe and supportive environment, breaking down the barriers of isolation which can occur for those suffering from a chronic disease.

Helen Yates, MSRC Chief Executive said: “MSRC are delighted to be working with cre8buzz to create this new and unique MS Community. We believe this will provide a special space for people to interact, share and contribute to the world of MS”

The boys and I are flat out mad honored to have this opportunity to participate in such a great cause. Ya know Jim, our CEO? He said it best: “there are millions of people suffering from diseases and afflictions like MS, yet no one is building a place for them, there are social networks for cats and dogs, BUT what about, the people, people who could benefit from having a special community on the net just for them. If cre8Buzz can be that place; it is the most exciting thing we could do!”

Mad props to the MSRC. To all ya’ll newbies to the cre8Buzz Multiple Sclerosis Community; Welcome! It is all good in the buzzhood! We are honored to have ya!

Peace.

Antman~

Have ya ever been full of tons of cool ideas, and wanted to desperately do em all. If ya have, unless ya the luckiest person in the world, ya know what I’m feelin’ right now.
The feelin’ is beat! We’ve got so many cool ideas, and features we wanna put out on the buzz. We got some old ideas that will make the site a little better, we got new ideas no one has seen yet, we got big ideas, and little ideas, we got em all. Unfortunately, we ain’t got the coin, or resources to get em all out fast enough. It drives me frickin crazy.

The buzz is slammin and is only getting better. But it ain’t goin’ fast enough.

I want it to go faster, faster, faster! Uggghhh!

Ok, enough of my venting, maybe if I wasn’t here complainin’ we might be getting more done. Thanks ya’ll, we got stuff comin at ya, it’ll look like a turtle.

Peace!

Does it grip you? How often does it enter ya daily routine, does it affect the way ya vote? Do ya vote cause ya excited about what could be or fearful of what could be. Are ya in ya job cause ya love it or fearful of leaving. Do ya make decisions fearful of failure or excited about success? Does fear grip you?

Fear is a powerful thing. Fear is an insincere roadblock in the path of life. It can stop us if we let it. Fear has been the main character on the stage of history far too many times, setting the world on terribly destructive paths.

At the buzz, I hear the boys talking about what’s next. I hear em lament on where the next dollar is gonna come from. I hear em stress over site growth, concerned it ain’t growing fast enough. I hear em freakin’ out they ain’t getting features out fast enough, or that they are letting the members down. But, what I don’t ever see in em is fear. They never seem to be afraid. They are always movin’ forward; fightin’ and scrapin’ to take the next step. They are always focused on what is in front of em, holdin’ on to their vision. Regardless of what features the buzz rolls out, or how many right decisions are made; when the boys look back they can say it was courage that won the day.

“May we have wisdom not to fear shadows in the night and courage when the day of danger truly dawns”
Queen Elizabeth I

Do YOU jump at shadows?

I’m out peace!