BasketballBuzz Official Blog http://blog.basketballbuzz.com Find, Share, Connect, Discuss Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:39:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Find, Share, Connect, Discuss BasketballBuzz Official Blog no Find, Share, Connect, Discuss BasketballBuzz Official Blog http://blog.basketballbuzz.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://blog.basketballbuzz.com Happy 5th Year Anniversary http://blog.basketballbuzz.com/2013/03/happy-5th-year-anniversary/ http://blog.basketballbuzz.com/2013/03/happy-5th-year-anniversary/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:37:06 +0000 staff http://blog.basketballbuzz.ca/?p=263 Happy 5th Year Anniversary to BasketballBuzz. Today we celebrate five years since we first launched on March 08, 2008.

One more for the good guys.

Raise a glass. Toast!

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Thank you we truly appreciate it.

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Watch BasketballBuzz TV

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BasketballBuzz was officially launched to the masses on March, 08/2008.

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Listen

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BasketballBuzz was officially launched to the masses on March, 08/2008.

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]]> http://blog.basketballbuzz.com/2011/03/2011-basketballbuzz-feedback-survey/feed/ 0 Top Users: A guide on how to use the BasketballBuzz Network. http://blog.basketballbuzz.com/2009/12/top-users-a-guide-on-how-to-use-the-basketballbuzz-network/ http://blog.basketballbuzz.com/2009/12/top-users-a-guide-on-how-to-use-the-basketballbuzz-network/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:46:26 +0000 staff http://blog.basketballbuzz.ca/?p=103 As BasketballBuzz.ca continues to grow we wanted to take the time to highlight some of the users who are using our services to their benefit as well provide some additional tips to help increase, traffic, visibility and awareness about their stories, blogs, posts, highlight videos and much more.Click here for a complete list of our Top Users.

Remember users are awarded points based on their activity across the basketballbuzz network (stories published to the front page, adding a story to your favorites, “Buzzing up a story”, story submissions, comments, and various other magical formulas.)

User: tickermaster
About User: Crown Magazine is devoted to providing you with the most up-to-date info on high school basketball across Canada.

Suggestions/Recommendations: Buzz Up Stories, Update Profile (Upload Avatar/Gravatar, Update profile fields), Comment on submissions to spark dialogue, use better descriptions to make users want to read the story.

User: peterrobertcasey
About User: Peter Robert Casey was the first media credentialed micro-blogger in college basketball history. Labeled a “pioneer” for altering the composition of St. John’s press row, Peter’s story of social media success was featured in the New York Times, and on the pages of ESPN.com, Sports Illustrated, Mashable, and AOL’s Switched.

Suggestions/Recommendations: Buzz Up Stories, Update Profile (Upload Avatar/Gravatar, Update profile fields), Use the BasketballBuzz.ca Bookmarklet for easy submissions.

User: NickGelso
About User: North Station Sports (NSS) is a comprehensive NBA site with a slight bias towards the Boston Celtics. We cover stats, in depth game analysis, thought provoking and opinionated editorials, NBA/Boston Celtics historic trivia, interesting tidbits and interactive segments.

Suggestions/Recommendations: Comment on submitted stories to spark dialogue, Submit more frequently during the NBA season, Buzz Up Stories, Invite Friends.

User: flagrantfouls
About User:Flagrant Fouls provides news, commentary, scouting, and fantasy advice throughout the world of basketball. We cover hoops at all levels, including an in depth look at prospects from when they first hit the national scene in grade 10 to the day they retire as multi-millionaires.

Suggestions/Recommendations: Update Profile (Upload Avatar/Gravatar, Update profile fields), Use the BasketballBuzz.ca Bookmarklet for easy submissions, Spark dialogue by creating discussion around submitted posts.

User:Ashaunti6
About User: Ashaunti Hogan is a 5’11, 170lbs, PG, Class of 2010 from Burnaby BC, Canada looking for a prep school.

Suggestions/Recommendations: Continue to submit videos, highlight packages to create buzz for scouts to see, Save stories to profile for easy viewing or to send to coaches, Buzz Up Stories, Invite Friends.

User:JetSetBasketball
About User: Jet7Basket.com is an interactive web portal for players and coaches of Basketball Francophones (Quebec, Montreal)

Suggestions/Recommendations: Buzz Up Stories, Submit more stories, videos about Quebec/Montreal basketball, Use the BasketballBuzz.ca Bookmarklet for easy submissions, Spark dialogue by creating discussion around submitted posts.

User:binarybasketball
About User:The Binary Basketball Community is the premier NBA Basketball social network of basketball fans and bloggers.

Suggestions/Recommendations: Buzz Up Stories, Submit more stories around the nba/rumors etc, Spark dialogue by creating discussion around submitted posts.

User:nbaprimetime
About User: NBA Primetime is ran by Brandon Ribak, a 19-year-old college student attending the University of Central Florida. Brandon broke out onto the NBA sports writing scene a year ago when he first discovered bleacherreport.com. Since then Brandon has written for sites such as layupdrill.com, mvn.com/fantasynbazone, and now for his own site nbaprimetime.com.

Suggestions/Recommendations: Update Profile (Upload Avatar/Gravatar, Update profile fields), Use the BasketballBuzz.ca Bookmarklet for easy submissions, Submit more frequently during the NBA season, Grow network by inviting friends.

User:: TheRook
About User: A Raptors fan for life. Born and raised in Halifax, spent all of my life around the game, playing, coaching, and being a fan. Dreaming of a career with a sports franchise some day, serving coffee, or the latest news on a team, it’s all a dream! Hoping to make it on to TV at some point.

Suggestions/Recommendations: Submit more articles on the Raptors, Add an avatar/gravatar, buzz up stories.

User:: thayden
About User: The Québec City Kebs is a professional basketball team that competes in the Premier Basketball League (PBL). Composed of 10 teams from Halifax, Las Vegas, Oklahoma, Maryland, Vermont, New Hampshire, Buffalo, Rochester, Puerto Rico and Quebec, the PBL is based in North America placing only second in popularity to the NBA and its subsidiaries. The Québec City Kebs are the only professional basketball team in the Quebec province and 2010 will be the start of their 4th professional season. The 2010 season begins January 2nd.

Suggestions/Recommendations: Update Profile (Upload Avatar/Gravatar, Update profile fields), Use the BasketballBuzz.ca Bookmarklet for easy submissions

BasketballBuzz.ca is currently being used by different people for different purposes, players are using it to gain more visibility, Website owners, bloggers are gaining more traffic on stories published to the front page, sports teams are using it to distribute press releases and timely information.

Click here to register your account, or login and start using our features and establish a presence on BasketballBuzz.

]]> http://blog.basketballbuzz.com/2009/12/top-users-a-guide-on-how-to-use-the-basketballbuzz-network/feed/ 1 Bookmark & Access your favorite stories. http://blog.basketballbuzz.com/2009/09/bookmark-access-your-favorite-stories/ http://blog.basketballbuzz.com/2009/09/bookmark-access-your-favorite-stories/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:23:29 +0000 staff http://blog.basketballbuzz.ca/?p=46 BasketballBuzz.ca allows you to quickly bookmark your favourite news/articles in one central location, not only making it convenient but also accessible anywhere with an Internet connection.

1. Create/Login to your basketballbuzz.ca account
2. Browse the site for articles that you would like to bookmark for future reading.
3. Click on the “Save to profile” button to add the article to your list of favourites.
4. Click on Profile
5. Click on Saved to view/access your favourite stories.

Hint: Great way for players, coaches, recruiters to keep track of all their buzz.

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2. Click on the Submit Articles.
3. Submit the URL/Link to where your article is hosted, press continue.
4. Select your category, enter your tags and an original description as to why other community users should read this article.
5. Submit your article to the community for others to enjoy.

Hint: You can easily submit stories to BasketballBuzz.ca. Just bookmark the link below in your favorite browser. After that, the only thing you have to do to start submitting a story is to click the bookmarklet in your browser.

Internet Explorer: Rightclick the link below, choose “Add to favorites.”
Firefox: Drag the link below to your Bookmarks Toolbar
Opera: Rightclick the link below, and choose “Bookmark Link”

The Bookmarklet: BasketballBuzz.ca

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