When it comes to getting my latest material out there and seen, I’ve found that it helps tremendously to market the information at various social sites.

Buzzfuse.com is a website that is created for that exact purpose. You create your own original content, whether it be a blog post, images, video, or what have you, and you submit it to their website. By submitting your content to Buzzfuse you can reach a wider audience than you would by just posting your content on your blog and hoping for the best. Not to mention, you can receive feedback and advice on your work as well. And did I mention that if you sign up for a premium account you can even earn some $$?

Signing up is fairly simple, enter your email address, click the link in your confirmation email and fill out your information. The next step is to list five people’s email addresses who will be in your “circle”. You can skip this step and move on to testing the website and submission process first.

Oh wait, according to this error message I received when I went to submit an article, you can’t.

You need to invite at least 5 to review your work before you can release this item

Well that didn’t sit well with me. I’m assuming that by entering these folks’ emails they will be contacted and invited, right? Yup, you must enter five contacts and click invite before you can finish the submission process. According to the Buzzfuse website your friends are the initial ones to see and rate this content and they can help it get bumped up in importance and get seen by more Buzzfuse members. Hey, I can understand this. In order to market you have to have an initial base to market too. But what if I don’t like the service? Personally, I prefer not to invite people to join a site or service until I’ve tried it out a bit and decided whether it’s worth my time or not. I’m fairly certain I’m not the only one who feels that way, so that is a change I would like to see Buzzfuse make.

Other than the aforementioned I have to say that I am impressed with the submission process. It was fast, especially for someone with a dial-up connection, there were no over javascripted-processes to get through, and it was easy to understand as well. On top of that the entire layout is set up for ease of navigation, understanding, and use. I must confess, I like the little widget that is needed to put on one’s page to activate a submission, I must say. It’s fast loading and does not in anyway detract from the content at hand, yet at the same time it does not fade away into the background. Very nice.

For my first submission, I submitted my FAnime Friday page. I’ll do a follow up post in a few days to share the results.