About Us

Mapspl has fast become one of the most popular blogs on the web about digital marketing/PR strategies, building organic buzz and creating long-term visibility for your brand, business, and art in a fragmented media society. Everyone from entrepreneurs at startups to marketing leaders at major corporations will find value in the content here.

Mapspl an international national media relations, marketing and crisis communications firm. Named three times to Business Insider’s top 50 public relations executives in technology, Ed has represented companies ranging from early-stage startups, to public companies like LendingTree and EverQuote, and major gaming companies, including BlueHole’s PUBG and one of the top three gaming hardware and software companies.

Zitron and his campaigns have been cited by top media outlets such as TechCrunch, AdWeek, PRDaily, . Zitron blogs at The Future Buzz – an award-winning blog with more than 25K subscribers and frequently-referenced source of what’s new in digital marketing.

You can learn more about me on LinkedIn if you’re curious of my professional background.

The content here is written by myself as well as contributors from the community.

Our goal is to help you become successful in marketing online for whatever you’re doing on or off the web.  We also try to inspire readers and help push them to the next level.

Everyone here is extremely passionate about media, technology and anything new that connects us and allows for better communication in our world.

Personally, I’ve been active on the social web daily since 1998 and have been a heavy contributor to the internet since the early days of message boards and the start of the social web. The grouping of people around information, ideas and technology has always fascinated me, and I have been an observer, participant and contributor for as long I can remember.

Notables for this blog

  • The Future Buzz receives from 50,000 to 200,000 unique visitors per month, depending on the type of content published.
  • Other marketing trades regularly cite this blog as a definitive resource for our category.
  • The content at TheFutureBuzz.com consistently goes popular on sites such as Reddit, Twitter and StumbleUpon.
  • More than 25,000 web professionals, marketers, PR people and bloggers/social media users subscribe to the content here through RSS, email, Facebook and Twitter.
  • This blog is ranked among the “best search marketing blogs on the net” by TopRank’s BigList, featured in the marketing section of AllTop (all the top sites), featured in the top 150 blogs ranked by Advertising Age, ranked the #1 PR blog by Invesp and ranked a top 10 blog by Social Media Examiner.

Press, buzz and feedback

Speaking

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Experience

I don’t currently update LinkedIn but it has my career history if you’re interested in that.

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Disclosures:

  • Images/videos are provided for this blog (with clear attribution) by Shutterstock, Flickr and additional sources – however I receive no monetary compensation from any of them.

Legal stuff

You know the drill, we have to say it. The views and opinions shared on this blog are Ed and the community’s thoughts only and do not necessarily represent the viewpoint of his employer or clients.