Welcome! 

One of the great things about GDI (and this forum here, and the internet in general) to me is having the opportunity to meet people everywhere.

Best of luck to you in building your site and all.  You sound to be very ambitious, which is GOOD!  You WILL succeed. 

Hello Ron,
Welcome.
I'm in the US for the moment but usually am in the UK (South Hampton, specifically) approx. 3-6 months per year.
I currently promote internationally via message boards, online discussion groups, etc.  I find these type of postings and communicating via email preferable than telephone, regardless of my prospects' locations.  I actually even email my neighbor sometimes. 
I know the UK is a seven hour time difference from where I live in the US, and I have been communicating with some folks in China and India.  I have found that email is the way to go.  No need to worry about waking someone up at midnight this way!! 
Good luck to you.
Hope to see you around here.

Hey there Christopher,

Welcome!  Denver's great!  I'm in Chicago myself.

Good for you for giving GDI a try.

I tell folks the same thing -- might as well give it a trial run, as that's what it's there for.

I was a skeptic myself, but I figured anything's going to give me a free trial, I might as well check it out.  And now I've made a believer out of myself. 

Cheers to future success!!

Hey there and welcome.   

I'm in Chicago, so not too far from ya.  We can complain about the snow together in a few months here I'm sure. 

Hope to see ya here often!

Hey there.  Not from Alabama, but I have family in Birmingham.  (If you could teach my Granny to use a computer, I'd be most grateful and I bet she'd sign up, too, since she says yes to every telemarketer that calls just to get them off the phone faster! ) 

Awesome to see you've joined us.   

See there, Julie.  When I come to visit you, we can have a big old party. 

(welcome!)

Stephanie, yes, I'm completely with you there!!  The salvation of sitebuilder for people like me:  I don't have the time or patience to learn CSS and FTP.  Basic HTML was enough to drive me off a bridge (and I don't even know how to drive). 

For prospects who aren't interested in the opportunity, my argument is what Stephanie says.

This is why so many people will pay people hundreds or thousands of dollars to build a site FOR THEM.  Convince those people that they can do their own and save the money, and you've made a sale.  Believe me, I'm doing it!

*Add in the cost you're going to pay for your FTP software.

*The time it's going to cost you to learn to build the site yourself (or cost to have someone do it for you).

*Add the cost of hosting, in most cases.  (Even "free hosting" is usually bombarded with ads, which to me, makes it "annoying and unprofessional", not "free".)

*ten email accounts (many only come with one -- mine does)

The only argument I've had against me so far has been the "genericness" of sitebuilder.... and now that THAT HAS IMPROVED, I'm out of objections.

Tatjana,
I think your guide will still be useful, as many things are the same between the old sitebuilder and the new...  Although I agree, I too will have to do a bit of playing around with the new one to see all the differences. 
I am happy they got it updated, and I like the changes so far.  This one does seem to be more "user-friendly" and easier to understand (although I haven't done much with it yet).

Norma,
I have lots using kids, although many of them are my own kids, which I'd feel a little uncomfortable with others customizing and using for their own banners.  For example, I have one of the twins with a msg that says "Our Mommy Thinks We're So Cute, She Got Us Our Own Website.  Where's Yours?"

I like your site.  Especially that picture.

Sorry, but I don't know how to make the calculator work.  It's a javascript, and I know zilch about java... except coffee. 

Stacy, I'm in Tinley Park.  I just attempted to send you a private message, but I believe it vanished  .  Let me know if you get it!! LOL

Stefani, what part of California are you in?  I just recently moved back here from San Francisco.  (And come winter, I'm gonna be wanting to move back. )

Good luck, Stefani.     

I think I'm probably newer than you are, but welcome anyway.

Welcome, Russell.  Do kick back and stay a while.   

Welcome, David. 

There's a TON of info here, and there are also a TON of great people here, so I hope you'll feel at home in no time!  As far as getting started, you'll find more info than you'll ever probably need here, promise!! 

Steve and Logan, thanks for sharing your ads.  They're all awesome! 

That's too bad, but as you seem to realize, it's their loss, not yours.   I'm glad you're able to not be discouraged.  And from the small amount of contact I've had with you and seen of your posts here, I'm thinking you are standing pretty well on your own two feet.   I think one of the great things about the forum is that no one has to feel like they're alone, if they need help, or just want to exchange ideas.  I have been in several mlm businesses where I've felt literally hounded by the person over me, so what I have now is a nice balance, and being able to come here as a choice rather than a requirement of "you must attend this meeting on Tuesday, or we shall shun you from our clique" kind of attitue many marketing companies have is a great thing, too.