Alan Bixby

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.



Tools for Your Site

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. (…)