http://DilbeckConsulting.com/news/The latest news from Dilbeck Consulting.en-us20 Dec 03 12:56 AMCopyright Dilbeck Consulting3 Apr 05 12:05 PM http://dilbeckconsulting.com/news/EEEkVuuFFuOZVlcGtb.htmlI have just created a new website at 21stCenturyWebhosting.com and you are invited to visit.             The site is less than a week old and there is a lot of empty space as I build the framework and then start adding the content.             The goal of this site is to teach small business owners why a website is necessary, how to build your site to get the best return on your investment, and how... http://dilbeckconsulting.com/news/EEEEuFVykVvmPCwWNR.htmlCognigen recently announced a new webbuilding and hosting service called WebMax Studio.             Whether you are a beginner or a professional webmaster, or somewhere in between, you can build professional-looking websites in days using WebMax Studio to design, build, and host your personal or business website, all for the price... http://dilbeckconsulting.com/news/EEEpVyEEppyttWrPMz.htmlEarlier today, I wrote an article about using blogging to help bring more visitors to your website -- for free. I'm sure that's something that everyone with a website would like.             Follow the steps in the article:             How to get more visitors to your website for free             If you are technically inclined, it will take less than an hour to do this... http://dilbeckconsulting.com/news/EEEpEpAAuuLvHJkiEX.htmlA new one plus long distance has been added to our family of products and services featuring interstate rates from 2.7 cents/minute anytime and ultra-low international rates.             For more information, see Pioneer Telephone.             As always, Dilbeck Communications and Cognigen strive to provide outstanding service for you at the best price. 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Not only are we more affordable, 9 out of 10 of our Internet service customers experience a faster connection speed with World Verge Internet... http://dilbeckconsulting.com/news/EEEpEpVupAWcGnbLvI.htmlGet all of the features and pricing of post paid cellular service in a pay as you go platform. No contract, no credit check, no deposit, no worries! Wide selection of phones, and plans with unlimited nights and weekends starting at only $29.95 a month.             Now, you don't have to sign a long-term contract to get your cell phone service.             For more information, see Cognigen Wireless.       ... http://dilbeckconsulting.com/news/EEpuAkEkkVEKvuhnUh.htmlIt looks like I picked the right year to focus on adding more blogs and more RSS (also known as XML) feeds to my sites!             From the Pew Internet & American Life Project site:                   By the end of 2004 blogs had established themselves as a key part of online culture. Two surveys by the <a href="http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/144/report_display.asp"... http://dilbeckconsulting.com/news/EEpFuypyylogyWMPeK.htmlI've been telling you for a long time how much I like Site Build It! and how much the tools included with this outstanding website design, hosting, and promotion service have helped me earn more with my sites.             From now until midnight on Christmas Day, you can buy one SBI account and get a second one free. That's an outstanding bargain and I just wish I had the time and energy to take advantage... http://dilbeckconsulting.com/news/EEpkklZkuAVHzkqwLy.htmlOn December 1, 2004, Gery Carson made a major announcement about the SFI Marketing Group's compensation plan for 2005.             I'll be posting more thoughts about SFI and the changes in the compensation plan on my SFI Blog.             http://dilbeckconsulting.com/news/EEpkklFVukGEQHHUEX.htmlYour opportunities with ShopForT1 continue to increase on a regular basis, as more and more Cognigen agents are seeing that T1 (and larger circuit) sales have closed and they are seeing the commissions. You are encouraged to take the time to understand what you have to offer here, since ShopForT1 is one of the absolute best deals... http://dilbeckconsulting.com/news/EEpkklFkpFvgpleQNr.htmlCognigen agents now have the opportunity to market Packet8, 8x8's broadband phone service for both business and residential subscribers. Using high-speed connections to make voice and video calls over the Internet, Broadband Phone (a.k.a. VoIP or Voice over Internet Protocol) is one of the biggest growth industries around,... http://dilbeckconsulting.com/news/EEpkklkyEZQCGLDffu.htmlKen Evoy's free Internet search utility has just gotten better, if you have any interest in RSS, XML, and blogs or for specialty hubs and directories.             Search It!, which does NOT involve downloading anything to your computer, is a utility that makes it easier to find information relating to business and ecommerce on the Internet. By using a multi-step process (usually... http://dilbeckconsulting.com/news/EEpEkkuppVxNVhQiCQ.htmlPromoting a business in Cherokee County, North Carolina just got a bit easier. Whether you are located in Andrews, Brasstown, Culberson, Marble, Murphy, or one of the other communities in the county, you are invited to take advantage of the new portal for Cherokee County, NC and the new Murphy, NC Business Directory.             The <a href="http://CherokeeCountyNC.com/news/"... http://dilbeckconsulting.com/news/EpAAAkZyVElzGooarZ.htmlCognigen agents now have the ability to market and sell long distance service to Canadian residents. Canadian long distance services will be provided by Cognigen's alliance with one of our newest vendors, Convergia Networks.             Convergia is a world-class provider of... http://dilbeckconsulting.com/news/EpAAAkVAluZIizFPOb.htmlOpex has long been a very competitive long distance offering for Cognigen customers, and now Opex has raised the bar by lowering their interstate long distance rates to an incredible 2.95 cents per minute. Residential customers are billed in full minute increments, and business customers are billed in 6 second increments with an... http://dilbeckconsulting.com/news/EpAAAkFyupKGQHdvhb.htmlCognigen agents now have the opportunity to market Packet8, 8x8's broadband phone service for both business and residential subscribers. Using high-speed connections to make voice and video calls over the Internet, Broadband Phone (a.k.a., VoIP or Voice Over Internet Protocol) is one the biggest growth industries around and Packet8... http://dilbeckconsulting.com/news/EpAAEFVVpklLgTnlsD.htmlThe big lie about the Internet is that it's easy to make money. Just put up a website and everyone will come and buy what you offer and you can retire rich with no effort.             It's just not that easy. Anyone can put up a website in a few hours or days, but most of those sites die a slow death because of a lack of visitors and buyers.             However, it doesn't have to be that way. The key to a successful website is good quality content. People... http://dilbeckconsulting.com/news/EpAVyFpAypcVExCZDY.htmlLast week, I managed to program a way to syndicate weblogs from Blogger.com to any of my websites.             I'll be maintaining a list of these blogs at johndilbeck.com/blogs/ where you can go directly to the blog itself or view it in syndication on it's dedicated page in that section of my site.             These blogs will be syndicated on other sites as I have the time and energy.             You're... http://dilbeckconsulting.com/news/EpAFAEpZZlBKYamCzV.htmlCognigen recently introduced several new services.             Two of them are HostingWithUs and DomainsWithUs.             On the initial introduction of HostingWithUs, Cognigen announced a special on the reseller account: $17.95 per month for 5 GB of storage, 50 GB of... http://dilbeckconsulting.com/news/EpAFAEpAEAVxsfizwf.htmlCognigen recently introduced several new services.             Two of them are HostingWithUs and DomainsWithUs.             On the initial introduction of HostingWithUs, Cognigen announced a special on the reseller account: $17.95 per month for 5 GB of storage, 50 GB of... http://dilbeckconsulting.com/news/EpAFEZVZEEKaQHWlRF.htmlNew Service from Cognigen: ShopforDSL -- Comparison shop in real-time for residential and small business DSL, Cable, and Satellite Internet in your area! Featuring SBC/Yahoo!, Earthlink, Verizon, Sprint, BellSouth, Comcast, Adelphia, Charter, DirectWave, RoadRunner, Qwest, and MediaCom!             See, also, all the other Phone, Internet, Satellite... http://dilbeckconsulting.com/news/EpAFEZuZkFUBUZZMXB.htmlNew Service from Cognigen: PowerConnect Dial-Up High Speed Internet -- PowerConnect High Speed is a premier service that provides unlimited monthly access to the Internet. With speeds up to 5 times faster than standard dial-up, you'll get the most out of your Internet experience. Combine that with a pop-up blocker, 5 email addresses, and 10MB of webspace and you have the best dial-up value available.             Get... http://dilbeckconsulting.com/news/EpAFEZuEuFnvxvItRk.htmlNew Service from Cognigen: Broadvox Direct -- Are you looking for a quality VoIP solution? Broadvox Direct offers unlimited calling plans to anywhere in the US and Canada for a low monthly payment starting from only $29.95 for residential and $44.95 for business accounts.       http://dilbeckconsulting.com/news/EpAFEZFZFpIbDTXrYn.htmlNew Service from Cognigen: FonCentral -- Great personal and family plans, get a free phone with up to a $100 cash back. Cellular portability available!       http://dilbeckconsulting.com/news/EpAFEyuklucBIgzUso.htmlIt's been a long wait, and a lot of work for everyone involved, but it's done...             Store Build It! (StBI) is now available.             I've been telling you for years that Site Build It! is the ultimate web site design, hosting, and promotion system available on the entire planet, and it's gotten even better this week.             Now, before I tell you about the new Store Build... http://dilbeckconsulting.com/news/EplyyklAVAvpbokEcn.htmlOver the last few weeks, Cognigen has introduced four new services related to long distance phone calling, domain registration, webhosting, and wireless service.             PNG Power 3000 -- Flat rate long distance service with 3000 anytime... http://dilbeckconsulting.com/news/EplyykZVuyZMDhihQw.htmlOver the last couple of weeks, I've been redesigning my 21st Century Sales site. I'm busily expanding it to offer great resources for people who want to build profitable home businesses.             While there are many types of home businesses, this site is targeted towards online marketing and sales, with an emphasis on earning income by marketing affiliate programs. I've found this to be an excellent... http://dilbeckconsulting.com/news/EplyykyVFVmQMCRned.htmlI just noticed that my SFI sales team, while still a very young venture, already has affiliates on five continents.             Only with the invention and wide distribution of the Information Superhighway would something like this be possible with the expenditure of so little money in promotion and advertising.             Of course, it is also a testament to SFI Marketing Group, a company that has... http://dilbeckconsulting.com/news/EpZAlEEyFlFZPfgvFR.htmlI'm sitting here this morning sipping from a steaming mug of PurJava coffee and thinking about how you can most easily get started in marketing affiliate programs on the Internet.             Perhaps you're just getting started and are looking for a way to get your message out without having to learn how to build a website and build traffic to your site.             Maybe a good starting point would be... http://dilbeckconsulting.com/news/EpZFlVyVyAybRxdKmE.htmlAbout two weeks ago, while working on one of my websites hosted by Site Build It!, I wanted to create a weblog for maintaining current information about telecommunications. While it is possible to create a weblog, of sorts, using Site Build It, it wasn't what I'd become accustomed to using Radio Userland or News Pro.             I decided it was time to investigate the state of... http://dilbeckconsulting.com/news/EpZFklEZFpHFjGVPvo.htmlTechnology Review: Fiber Optics Takes the Long Way Home. An odd mix of public utilities, small telephone companies, and real estate developers are backing the new technology. Their resources are miniscule compared with those of the corporate behemoths that provide telephone and cable television service in urban and suburban America. Yet the giants are doing virtually nothing to bring... http://dilbeckconsulting.com/news/EpZkFuEEVAMTKHwRVF.htmlIt's time to stop working, get a few hours sleep, and then spend all day with family. I'm looking forward to seeing my daughter and her extended family this morning and my brother and his extended family this afternoon.             I hope you have the opportunity to visit with family and close friends over the holidays.             All the best to you and I hope you enjoy all of the holidays that are important to you.             http://dilbeckconsulting.com/news/EpZkFupZVAwZmiVRzc.htmlFor the last week or so, I've been working with installing Coranto (the successor to NewsPro) onto DilbeckConsulting.com for managing news and other changeable information.             I've been running NewsPro for months on JohnDilbeck.com and GeorgiaDragRacing.com, and it's worked well even though it is obsolete and no longer maintained.             When I decided I wanted to find a way to syndicate news articles, by category, to some of my other websites... http://dilbeckconsulting.com/news/EpZkkpFVuVgHmjZMgz.htmlKen Evoy announced that he is running a special holiday offer. Buy Site Build It! and get two years for the price of one. Don't let this offer slip by you.             This offer expires at the stroke of midnight on the night of December 26, 2003.             See the offer at:       http://buildit.sitesell.com/sellmoreonline.html       ... http://dilbeckconsulting.com/news/EpZkpAukykfTiFwEYx.htmlIt's been an interesting weekend.             I've had to learn more PHP programming than I really wanted to, but it wasn't so bad since it's so close to perl. I found several PHP scripts that will read an xml file and convert it to javascript output or to html. That's the syndication half of the equation.             I have several versions of John Dilbeck's Ramblings. One is on JohnDilbeck.com and is created using an obsolete, yet very useful, script called... http://dilbeckconsulting.com/news/EpZEAEEZuFYDLhhuAx.htmlIt looks like I have this sample news feed working.             As far as I can see, it is generating a proper RSS XML file and it can be included with javascript as shown by a sample at the bottom of the page.             Note that the javascript-included sample is formatted using a style sheet. If you don't use a style sheet, it may appear differently on your site.             If you try including this on your site, please let me know if you experience any difficulties.       ... http://dilbeckconsulting.com/news/EpZEApFZAZsdhvqDfA.htmlFor several years, I've been maintaining weblogs at JohnDilbeck.com and johndilbeck.editthispage.com and I've recently become interested in making it easy to syndicate them to other websites using javascript.             My brother maintains a blog at GeorgiaDragRacing.com, and...