
Welcome to WebZoom, I’m Alan Bixby. If you happened to attend one of my internet marketing presentations for small-business, you’ll know that this is where you find many of the tips and cool-tools I didn’t have time to reference. See the links in the right sidebar for an archive of recommendations and a subscription link so you can receive continuing updates that identify other valuable tools.
March 20, 2008
- Audacity: Bodacious!
What does this tool do: Gives you the ability to record, edit and mix your own podcasts for posting to the web. (…)
March 17, 2008
- MarketLeap: You CAN Handle the Truth.
What does this tool do: Gives you three tools to compare the search engine ranking of your site against competitive websites.
Cost: Free
Who Needs It: Website builders and administrators. (…)
March 11, 2008
- Gcast: Podcasting Made Simple! Sort of.
What does this tool do: Makes podcasting as easy as picking up your phone.
Cost: Free
Who Needs It: Anyone with a weblog who has wanted to start podcasting or simply add audio snippets to their site, but has been intimidated by the technical cobwebs. (…)
March 2, 2008
- Live Human: Live Support for Your Blog
What does this tool do: Inexpensively brings a live chat support window to your commercial weblogs.
Cost: $13 per month
Who Needs It: Anyone who administers a blog with moderate traffic and would like an additional tool to answer visitor questions via a chat window. (…)
February 25, 2008
- Pictobrowser: Easy Image Posting for Your Web Site
What does this tool do: A deceptively simple image posting interface to display photos on your web site or blog
Cost: Free
Who Needs It: Anyone with a website or weblog. (…)
February 17, 2008
- Semiologic: A Masterful Turnkey Weblog Package for Business
What does this tool do? Incorporates the WordPress blogging platform with a pre-tested package of marketing plugins so new business-bloggers can hit the ground running. (…)
February 16, 2008
- Montastic: Just How Good Do You Think Your Host Is?
What does this tool do? Monitors your web site 24/7 and tattles on your host if the site ever goes down.
Cost: Free
Who Needs It: Anybody with a web site or blog. (…)









