Homebased Business Success Tip #2 is to make sure you choose a homebased business with mass appeal. There are a lot of internet marketing gurus out there that says to be sure to work in a niche market. Now this directly contradicts what I am saying about working with a homebased business that has mass appeal. A niche market is a smaller market inside of a larger one for example Travel is a larger market; Cruising is a smaller niche market inside of travel. The reason internet marketing gurus often say to work in a niche market is because niche markets are less competitive and easier to compete in the internet marketing arena where competition is fierce. Now I am not saying that money can not be made in niche markets but, please remember you are reading the blog of a future Business Tycoon. These homebased business success tips are not geared towards someone looking to make a few thousand each month. These homebased business success tips are designed for those looking to make $100s of $1000s of dollars each month.
I propose to you that working in a niche market can also limit your income to some degree by losing a big part of the industry by only selecting to work in one niche. However, if your homebased business is like mine and is not dependent on traditional internet marketing techniques then you want to have a product or service that is desired or needed by the largest group of people possible. Take my industry of travel for example, travel is a 5.4 trillion dollar industry and growing at a rate of 23% annually. When working in such a massive market it is not difficult to find people who are interested in your product or service. Therefore you are more likely to make money when your business appeals to more people.
Homebased business success tip #2 be sure to find a business that has mass appeal!
Go back and read Homebased business success tip #1
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Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Homebased Business Income this month...
Just wanted to leave a quick post about my homebased business income this month. This month my homebased business income has only reach $6,400. This for some reason has been my glass ceiling it has seemed. That is the number that I have ended most months with, for that past 8 months. One of the reasons I am excited about this coming year is because I expect to be consistently reach $10,000/monthly by next quarter with my homebased business income. I can't complain to much about this month though. I have had at least 2 weeks off this month. So basically I have earned over $6,000 just for working two weeks. So I am not complaining by any means.
Most people would consider this performance spectacular but please keep in mind that you are reading the blog of a future "Business Tycoon". I have an ultimate goal of earning a homebased business income of $100,000 monthly. (I hope to teach several others to do the same) Now that is just with Coastal Vacations. I will also be diversifying myself with real estate, book sales, online advertising, other investments, and any other income stream I can develop. Stay tuned to my blog as I plan to discuss this the whole time I am working towards those goals. Feel free to give me ideas and suggestion of how I can continue to increase my homebased business income. Heck, feel free to share with me your homebased business or small business. I love reading about and meeting other entrepreneurs. If you don't want to share anything about your life then just continue reading about mine.
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Most people would consider this performance spectacular but please keep in mind that you are reading the blog of a future "Business Tycoon". I have an ultimate goal of earning a homebased business income of $100,000 monthly. (I hope to teach several others to do the same) Now that is just with Coastal Vacations. I will also be diversifying myself with real estate, book sales, online advertising, other investments, and any other income stream I can develop. Stay tuned to my blog as I plan to discuss this the whole time I am working towards those goals. Feel free to give me ideas and suggestion of how I can continue to increase my homebased business income. Heck, feel free to share with me your homebased business or small business. I love reading about and meeting other entrepreneurs. If you don't want to share anything about your life then just continue reading about mine.
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Monday, November 28, 2005
Back to work...
Today, I officially started back to work. I called my advertising company and ordered some leads that should start coming in within the next couple of days. I am very excited about taking my homebased business into the new year. Today Stacy called and told me that she already bought her ticket to Dani's seminar in January. I suspect that Dan, Billie, Virgil, Jen, Tony, and Joshzan may all be going as well. Those are the only team members that I know have specifically expressed an interest in going. January is still over a month away so there may be others going as well, at least, for their sake I hope so! If you have a homebased business and it's not related to Coastal Vacations. I would still encourage you to take a look at Dani Johnson. I am certain that she offers the best entrepreneurial training available anywhere. You do not have to take my word for it, you can take a look for yourself here.
I had an author contact me today. He came across my blog a couple of days ago. He was interested in it and asked if I would be willing to read his latest book and writing a review of it. Of course, I am always glad to help someone out, especially another young entrepreneur. I should receive his book, sometime in the next week I would think. Be on the look out for that review coming soon!
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I had an author contact me today. He came across my blog a couple of days ago. He was interested in it and asked if I would be willing to read his latest book and writing a review of it. Of course, I am always glad to help someone out, especially another young entrepreneur. I should receive his book, sometime in the next week I would think. Be on the look out for that review coming soon!
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Sunday, November 27, 2005
Jarhead
The second movie we watched this evening was Jarhead. Now this was one movie that whose trailer was very deceiving. If you were looking for an action packed war movie Jarhead is not it. It was a great movie from almost a documentary point of view. This movie may have been very true to life but there was no intricate plot. In Jarhead you are simply following a young Marine from bootcamp through sniper school and into the first Gulf war. This young Jarhead (slang for Marine) never did see any action, so neither did we. This movie was very slow. This movie was only "ok" nothing extra. I would encourage you to watch Jarhead when it comes out on video.
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Derailed
Back from the movies... I figured I would post a review for you. Derailed, was far better than I had expected. I will tell you that I felt like walking out shortly after the movie got started. There was a rape scene that was disturbing to me. I am an emotional guy so that scene will probably not bother many people. Derailed was an engaging movie with a twist that made an "ok" movie "great"! I even thought the ending was something to look forward to if only you had seen it coming. Derailed follows the main character, a middle aged man who is an imperfect person he attempts to have an affair but, ends up on a trail of deceit and tragedy. His flaw of infidelity, almost cost not just his life ,but the life of his seriously ill daughter and unsuspecting wife.
Derailed, with it's "R" rating is definitely not for kids. If you are looking for a new flick to watch this weekend this one definitely gets my recommendation.
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Derailed, with it's "R" rating is definitely not for kids. If you are looking for a new flick to watch this weekend this one definitely gets my recommendation.
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Sunday morning
Good morning, ok actually it's Sunday afternoon, I slept in this morning. I am waiting on Carmen to get back, she took Gabby (her dog and only child) to the groomer. Tomorrow I start back to work. It's the end of my two week vacation. Now that the holidays and the cruise is over I am excited to get back to work. I am looking forward to this coming year it will be my best year yet. I am going to take as many people along with me for the ride, as I can.
Today my plans are simple. We are going to watch a movie or two. I want to go see Jarhead and Carmen wants to see Derailed or Walk the Line. So we will probably see Jarhead and one other one. Carmen is back and is rushing me to lets go see a movie before it's time to pick Gabby up from the groomer at 3:30 pm. Ugh, the pressure of being an emerging business tycoon (lol). Maybe this evening, I will post a review of the movies we watched. I can also post a review of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire which we watched last night, that was a good one. I guess we are catching up on some movie watching this weekend, which is fine with me I love watching movies. Bye for now...
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Today my plans are simple. We are going to watch a movie or two. I want to go see Jarhead and Carmen wants to see Derailed or Walk the Line. So we will probably see Jarhead and one other one. Carmen is back and is rushing me to lets go see a movie before it's time to pick Gabby up from the groomer at 3:30 pm. Ugh, the pressure of being an emerging business tycoon (lol). Maybe this evening, I will post a review of the movies we watched. I can also post a review of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire which we watched last night, that was a good one. I guess we are catching up on some movie watching this weekend, which is fine with me I love watching movies. Bye for now...
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Thursday, November 24, 2005
Times to be thankful
I just like many of you have, plenty of things to be thankful for. I could fill this blog post with many different things to be thankful for. Thankful for my health, my homebased business, my friends, my family ect. However, I really want to take a different approach to being thankful. I want to thank God for experiences from my past that have helped to mold me for the better however, at the time of the experience I could find nothing positive about it. Although, it's easy to thank God for all of the positive things in life, it's the valleys that make us stronger that we often forget to thank God for.
For example my dad's death. If you have been reading my blog since the beginning or if you have went back to the beginning then you obviously know that was a very difficult time for me. To be honest with you I still think about my daddy just about every week of my life. That was one of the most tragic things that could have ever occurred to me at 9 years old. I never thought that I would get over that and I am not certain that I ever truly have. That experience although negative at the time; it has had some of the most positive effects on my life. My dad's death taught me at an early age that we are never promised a tomorrow. Such a simple phrase but most people will live a lifetime and never quite understand what it means not to be promised a tomorrow. Knowing that seeing the sun rise another day is always a priveledge has often driven me not to put off things that can be done another day. Things such as starting a business, taking a vacation, investing, looking for love, and remembering to balance needs of today with needs of tomorrow. For example, I have always tried to find a happy medium between saving every penny for a retirement that may never come, and spending every dime today and missing out on a retirement that may come. I work hard to achieve the life I have always wanted but, I make sure I take time out to have fun, or to travel. If I don't take that time out now I may not have the opportunity to take it later.
Another example, would be when I failed out of nursing school. It happened twice and nothing that I am proud of. However, it happened and thus affected my life because of it. I am thankful for that experience because it taught me to gain focus and to refocus my efforts in life towards my goals. I learned not to give up. I had to swallow my pride and reapply to school each time. I had to overcome feelings of failure, face my own weaknesses and move forward. I had to grow up and gain maturity about my goals. I had to make decisions about my life, I sacrificed a life of going out with friends and even a girlfriend or two so that I could stay focused on my goals of graduation. In fact I met Carmen towards the end of my degree and our friendship progressed partly because I was online chatting during free time because I didn't have any other social life. My social life had suffered greatly at that time because I could not balance a social life with school. At the time it was a very negative experience but I thank God for what I have learned from that experience. I also thank God for Carmen as she came from that experience as well.
I challenge you this Thanksgiving day to look back upon your life at the valleys that you have experienced. Is there anything about that experience you can look back on and thank God for. Has it affected your life in a positive way or have you learned a positive lesson from it. If you can, I ask that you leave a comment to that effect so that others reading my be inspired by the valley's that you have overcome in your life. Make yours a great holiday.
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For example my dad's death. If you have been reading my blog since the beginning or if you have went back to the beginning then you obviously know that was a very difficult time for me. To be honest with you I still think about my daddy just about every week of my life. That was one of the most tragic things that could have ever occurred to me at 9 years old. I never thought that I would get over that and I am not certain that I ever truly have. That experience although negative at the time; it has had some of the most positive effects on my life. My dad's death taught me at an early age that we are never promised a tomorrow. Such a simple phrase but most people will live a lifetime and never quite understand what it means not to be promised a tomorrow. Knowing that seeing the sun rise another day is always a priveledge has often driven me not to put off things that can be done another day. Things such as starting a business, taking a vacation, investing, looking for love, and remembering to balance needs of today with needs of tomorrow. For example, I have always tried to find a happy medium between saving every penny for a retirement that may never come, and spending every dime today and missing out on a retirement that may come. I work hard to achieve the life I have always wanted but, I make sure I take time out to have fun, or to travel. If I don't take that time out now I may not have the opportunity to take it later.
Another example, would be when I failed out of nursing school. It happened twice and nothing that I am proud of. However, it happened and thus affected my life because of it. I am thankful for that experience because it taught me to gain focus and to refocus my efforts in life towards my goals. I learned not to give up. I had to swallow my pride and reapply to school each time. I had to overcome feelings of failure, face my own weaknesses and move forward. I had to grow up and gain maturity about my goals. I had to make decisions about my life, I sacrificed a life of going out with friends and even a girlfriend or two so that I could stay focused on my goals of graduation. In fact I met Carmen towards the end of my degree and our friendship progressed partly because I was online chatting during free time because I didn't have any other social life. My social life had suffered greatly at that time because I could not balance a social life with school. At the time it was a very negative experience but I thank God for what I have learned from that experience. I also thank God for Carmen as she came from that experience as well.
I challenge you this Thanksgiving day to look back upon your life at the valleys that you have experienced. Is there anything about that experience you can look back on and thank God for. Has it affected your life in a positive way or have you learned a positive lesson from it. If you can, I ask that you leave a comment to that effect so that others reading my be inspired by the valley's that you have overcome in your life. Make yours a great holiday.
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Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Carmen is number 1 in the entire country
Carmen, found out yesterday that her store was the top producing store in North America. That's a really big deal. She hasn't been in business for a full year yet. She works her butt off and works a ton of hours and she absolutely deserves it. They are going to do a feature article on her in the "Filterqueen News" which is a company publication. They called her yesterday for a 30 minute interview. She was very excited. Way to go Carmen! Heck, if Eric keeps referring people to her she might be the top producer in the whole world.
Also tithed today on the $2,000 that I earned on my cruise. I donated $200.00 to https://www.applyweb.com/contribute/air1/. I am all about levering my time and my income so why not leverage my tithe as well. My business coach Dani Johnson is matching my donation so that will be a $400.00 total donation to feed the hungry.
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Also tithed today on the $2,000 that I earned on my cruise. I donated $200.00 to https://www.applyweb.com/contribute/air1/. I am all about levering my time and my income so why not leverage my tithe as well. My business coach Dani Johnson is matching my donation so that will be a $400.00 total donation to feed the hungry.
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Monday, November 21, 2005
Homebased Business Success Tip #1
As I said in an earlier post I am going to start a series of posts about Homebased Business Success Tips. These are short posts with home based business tips that are designed to help you find and succeed with the correct home based business.
Homebased Business Success Tip #1:
Be sure to look for a homebased business that you find enjoyable. Some people will determine they want to work into a homebased business only because they think the pay plan is great or they can make a lot of money. However, I have learned from experience if you do not like the industry, the service, or product of your homebased business you will not like what you have to do from day to day. I learned this with one of my first home based business ventures which was Mary Kay. Mary Kay is a great homebased business. I was part of an organization that had great training and coaching but I hated dealing with cosmetics. I tried to convince myself that because I was a male nurse and had many females working around me that I had a huge group of women who could become clients.
Although it was true I did have a lot of women that could become clients. I did start out working pretty consistent but very quickly became completely bored. There was nothing about make up that interested me. I didn't want to do home parties I didn't want to do facials. It just was not me. Therefore, that business venture failed! I never felt I was scammed the reason I did not succeed was because of me. That homebased business was just not for me. Homebased business success is always dependent on you, so be sure that you find a business that you can enjoy.
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Homebased Business Success Tip #1:
Be sure to look for a homebased business that you find enjoyable. Some people will determine they want to work into a homebased business only because they think the pay plan is great or they can make a lot of money. However, I have learned from experience if you do not like the industry, the service, or product of your homebased business you will not like what you have to do from day to day. I learned this with one of my first home based business ventures which was Mary Kay. Mary Kay is a great homebased business. I was part of an organization that had great training and coaching but I hated dealing with cosmetics. I tried to convince myself that because I was a male nurse and had many females working around me that I had a huge group of women who could become clients.
Although it was true I did have a lot of women that could become clients. I did start out working pretty consistent but very quickly became completely bored. There was nothing about make up that interested me. I didn't want to do home parties I didn't want to do facials. It just was not me. Therefore, that business venture failed! I never felt I was scammed the reason I did not succeed was because of me. That homebased business was just not for me. Homebased business success is always dependent on you, so be sure that you find a business that you can enjoy.
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Home safe and sound (kind of)
Back home safe and sound... kind of. I am back in Michigan and will probably be here for another two weeks. Getting off of the ship was pretty uneventful as well as our flight home. Now it's time to look forward for out next vacation. Carmen, is planning a trip for us to Tahiti next year in December. That will be a way for us to celebrate a great year in our businesses. Carmen is looking to open her second store next year and I am planning to have a $250,000 profit year in my home based business. I just spent a good while writing this post and somehow I deleted it. So I am retyping it now. I have to run for now I have some home based business things to take care of. I will be back later to tell you more about how my gambling experiment went!
Saturday, November 19, 2005
Sailing home...
I read your comments, thanks for that little present Renae! I love Dani, she will help me and our team become millionaires with this home based business. Eric, you are absolutely right and I am working on that Kadrillionaire thing. There is not a waking hour that I am not thinking of a way to leverage myself and my income again. The amazing thing Eric, I believe anyone with average intelligence can do the exact same things. Especially you, as soon as you stop thinking and actually start doing you will begin to become wealthy beyond your wildest dreams. When I met you in Orlando I was impressed with how much of myself I saw in you. You even have that problem with procrastination just like I do! OK, so I have big fat lazy streak I will admit that. I over come that procrastination issue by developing deadlines and goals for myself. We have even chosen girlfriends who are very similar, both being very driven and entrepreneurial spirited. We even met both of our girlfriends online; how crazy is that! In short, I suspect you too will be a Kadrillionaire one of these days as well.
Ok, back to cruising. I woke up yesterday morning expecting to be in Costa Maya. I felt the boat was still rocking just a little bit so I assumed we weren't in port yet. Then Carmen leaned over and told me that we were not going to Costa Maya. Evidently, the water was too rough. There was a tropical depression forming off the Coast of Costa Maya and the water was too rough to safely dock the ship. So we are spending two days aboard this floating resort heading back to Tampa. Yep it's a tough life, but somebody has got to do it.
Speaking of a tough life, I was just chatting with the guy beside me here in the library. His name is Nathan, I had met him playing Craps. Nathan and I had lost some money to together and won some. This was the first time we actually had spoke other than giving high fives at the craps table when someone had a good roll. He was just telling me that he recently retired this past year from Morgan Stanley and it was the best decision he has ever made. He looks young to be retired but; he said he had been there for 35 years and they gave him an opportunity to retire early and he jumped on it. He said retirement has been great he has a lot of free time and he can travel whenever he wants. Nathan, seems to be a nice guy and I don't mean any offense. But, thank God, I will never have to wait until retirement to start enjoying life. I will not be punching a time clock from 9 to 5 for 35 years making someone else rich. Heck, I am 26 years old and am successfully self employed in a business that I can literally take anywhere. This cruise has actually been the most challenging place I have ever worked my business and I received an email and a receipt earlier where April in NJ upgraded to Level II while I have been away. Way to go April!! Now I want to ask you reader, what other home based business can a 26 year old on a 7 day Western Caribbean Cruise earn $2,000!? I made money while on vacation!
Just to catch you up to speed on my gambling exploits. Yesterday, was dismal at first. I quickly lost $200.00 on Craps and Blackjack; late last night I lost another $100.00 in about 15 minutes at the Craps table. I decided to take my last hundred that I was going to use for the evening to the Blackjack table. I ended up leaving the table with $400.00 so I guess that made up for my earlier loses during the day. So far on this trip I brought $1,000 for gambling, shopping, ect. I have paid most of my expenses so far on the cruise and I still have $900.00 to take home. EXCEPT, this is our last day at sea and the casino is open all day and all evening. So my project for today is to take $400.00 back to the casino and turn it into $1,000 at the Blackjack table with a specific betting strategy that I have been using with good success. I haven't played much Blackjack on this cruise quite honestly because I was having a lot of fun just playing Craps. I have more control over my personal play when playing Blackjack so my chances of reaching $1,000 is greater. I will keep you posted on this live experiment.
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Ok, back to cruising. I woke up yesterday morning expecting to be in Costa Maya. I felt the boat was still rocking just a little bit so I assumed we weren't in port yet. Then Carmen leaned over and told me that we were not going to Costa Maya. Evidently, the water was too rough. There was a tropical depression forming off the Coast of Costa Maya and the water was too rough to safely dock the ship. So we are spending two days aboard this floating resort heading back to Tampa. Yep it's a tough life, but somebody has got to do it.
Speaking of a tough life, I was just chatting with the guy beside me here in the library. His name is Nathan, I had met him playing Craps. Nathan and I had lost some money to together and won some. This was the first time we actually had spoke other than giving high fives at the craps table when someone had a good roll. He was just telling me that he recently retired this past year from Morgan Stanley and it was the best decision he has ever made. He looks young to be retired but; he said he had been there for 35 years and they gave him an opportunity to retire early and he jumped on it. He said retirement has been great he has a lot of free time and he can travel whenever he wants. Nathan, seems to be a nice guy and I don't mean any offense. But, thank God, I will never have to wait until retirement to start enjoying life. I will not be punching a time clock from 9 to 5 for 35 years making someone else rich. Heck, I am 26 years old and am successfully self employed in a business that I can literally take anywhere. This cruise has actually been the most challenging place I have ever worked my business and I received an email and a receipt earlier where April in NJ upgraded to Level II while I have been away. Way to go April!! Now I want to ask you reader, what other home based business can a 26 year old on a 7 day Western Caribbean Cruise earn $2,000!? I made money while on vacation!
Just to catch you up to speed on my gambling exploits. Yesterday, was dismal at first. I quickly lost $200.00 on Craps and Blackjack; late last night I lost another $100.00 in about 15 minutes at the Craps table. I decided to take my last hundred that I was going to use for the evening to the Blackjack table. I ended up leaving the table with $400.00 so I guess that made up for my earlier loses during the day. So far on this trip I brought $1,000 for gambling, shopping, ect. I have paid most of my expenses so far on the cruise and I still have $900.00 to take home. EXCEPT, this is our last day at sea and the casino is open all day and all evening. So my project for today is to take $400.00 back to the casino and turn it into $1,000 at the Blackjack table with a specific betting strategy that I have been using with good success. I haven't played much Blackjack on this cruise quite honestly because I was having a lot of fun just playing Craps. I have more control over my personal play when playing Blackjack so my chances of reaching $1,000 is greater. I will keep you posted on this live experiment.
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Thursday, November 17, 2005
4th or 5th day at sea
Ok, I am losing count. All I know is we have only one more stop and that is in Costa Maya tomorrow, then one sea day before ending in Tampa. This has just been an unbelievably great time. I didn't get a chance to post about our 7 day Caribbean Cruise yesterday so let me bring you up to speed. Last evening I was back at the Craps table and lost another $200.00. Oh well, easy come easy go. I may be back there this evening.
Yesterday in Cozumel we went snubing. Snuba is a combination of Scuba diving and Snorkeling. The way it works is you have goggles, fins, and a regulator just like with Scuba except your tank is not attached you your back. Instead, your air tank is floating on an inflatable raft on the surface and it is attached to your regulator with a 25 foot hose. So obviously that is only as deep as you can go. I have to tell you that other than snorkeling that is the closest to scuba diving I have ever gotten. Now, I am excited to learn to scuba dive. It was just the neatest thing the waters were crystal blue and pristine. Prior to diving we took a short lesson with an instructor, he stayed with us during our dive he was scuba diving around us. His name was Victor; Victor did a great job pointing out wildlife while making sure we were comfortable and safe. While down there we saw lobsters, eels, coral, all sorts of fish. It was just a mind blowing experience. I envied Victor, as he swam around unattached to an sort of hose. He had complete freedom of movement with his scuba tank. I remember thinking, "I want one of them". Afterwards all I could do was say, "Wow".
Today, we were in Belize. That is a very poor country. Belize is not an island, it is part of the main land of South America. It is the only English speaking country in South America. The minimum wage in Belize is $1.10 US while gasoline costs $5.00 US. I saw very few "nice" homes. In fact I saw less than 5 of them. Most of the homes had no doors, many had no windows. However, all of the people were very nice and friendly. Poverty is really a way of life for them I am sure. Most were dressed very neat and clean. Of course no designer brands or nothing like that, just neat and clean.
The excursion that we went on was cave tubing. That is a must if you are ever in Belize. It was a true adventure! We went for a 45 minute hike through a dense rainforest. The vegetation was some of the most beautiful that I have ever seen. On our hike we walked through a dry cave, our tour guide told us one of the candle light dinner scenes that was in the first season of "Temptation Island" was filmed inside that cave. At the end of the hike we got inside of large innertubes (actual tire innertubes) and went tubing down the Sunbin River in the middle of the rain forest. The water was chilly but not too cold. Shortly after getting in our tubes we entered a rather large cave. It was pitch black in there, we had head lamps but they did us very little good. The entire tubing part lasted about 35 minutes, 25 minutes of that was inside the cave. The river runs right through the cave and we floated all the way through. That was just an amazing adventure. Swimming with the stingrays was fun, snuba was the most exciting thing I have done to date, but you just can't go tubing down a river, through a cave, in the middle of a rainforest just anywhere. What a unique adventure.
We have no excursions planned for Costa Maya. That will probably just be a lazy day and a chance for Carmen to catch up on some shopping in the Carribean. If you have any questions, just post a comment at the end of this blog and I will reply back.
Yesterday in Cozumel we went snubing. Snuba is a combination of Scuba diving and Snorkeling. The way it works is you have goggles, fins, and a regulator just like with Scuba except your tank is not attached you your back. Instead, your air tank is floating on an inflatable raft on the surface and it is attached to your regulator with a 25 foot hose. So obviously that is only as deep as you can go. I have to tell you that other than snorkeling that is the closest to scuba diving I have ever gotten. Now, I am excited to learn to scuba dive. It was just the neatest thing the waters were crystal blue and pristine. Prior to diving we took a short lesson with an instructor, he stayed with us during our dive he was scuba diving around us. His name was Victor; Victor did a great job pointing out wildlife while making sure we were comfortable and safe. While down there we saw lobsters, eels, coral, all sorts of fish. It was just a mind blowing experience. I envied Victor, as he swam around unattached to an sort of hose. He had complete freedom of movement with his scuba tank. I remember thinking, "I want one of them". Afterwards all I could do was say, "Wow".
Today, we were in Belize. That is a very poor country. Belize is not an island, it is part of the main land of South America. It is the only English speaking country in South America. The minimum wage in Belize is $1.10 US while gasoline costs $5.00 US. I saw very few "nice" homes. In fact I saw less than 5 of them. Most of the homes had no doors, many had no windows. However, all of the people were very nice and friendly. Poverty is really a way of life for them I am sure. Most were dressed very neat and clean. Of course no designer brands or nothing like that, just neat and clean.
The excursion that we went on was cave tubing. That is a must if you are ever in Belize. It was a true adventure! We went for a 45 minute hike through a dense rainforest. The vegetation was some of the most beautiful that I have ever seen. On our hike we walked through a dry cave, our tour guide told us one of the candle light dinner scenes that was in the first season of "Temptation Island" was filmed inside that cave. At the end of the hike we got inside of large innertubes (actual tire innertubes) and went tubing down the Sunbin River in the middle of the rain forest. The water was chilly but not too cold. Shortly after getting in our tubes we entered a rather large cave. It was pitch black in there, we had head lamps but they did us very little good. The entire tubing part lasted about 35 minutes, 25 minutes of that was inside the cave. The river runs right through the cave and we floated all the way through. That was just an amazing adventure. Swimming with the stingrays was fun, snuba was the most exciting thing I have done to date, but you just can't go tubing down a river, through a cave, in the middle of a rainforest just anywhere. What a unique adventure.
We have no excursions planned for Costa Maya. That will probably just be a lazy day and a chance for Carmen to catch up on some shopping in the Carribean. If you have any questions, just post a comment at the end of this blog and I will reply back.
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Caribbean Cruise Day 2: sailing away from Cozumel
Wow, this 7 day Caribbean Cruise may very well be my best one yet. I have been on three so far. First, let me start by saying that I left the library after blogging yesterday and went back to the casino and won another $100.00. I took a break and we had dinner, last evening was the Captain's Gala, it was one of two formal nights aboard the ship. We had a great menu consisting of Prime Rib and Lobster tails. I ate two Lobster tails almost disappointingly the first one wasn't so great and the second was mediocre at best. However, as usual the service was great and the entertainment that was offered was a lot of fun as well. Our wait staff performed a couple of song and dances for us. All in all, it was just a fun time.
Last evening we went to one of the Vegas style shows that was performed for our viewing pleasure. That show was titled "Generations" it was themed with generational songs and dances starting back in the 1940's up until the 80's. It was complete with professional dancers, colorful customes that emphasized the error they represented, laser lighting, and pyrotechnics.
After the show, I made my way back to the casino. Carmen lost fifty dollars. I ended up winning $522.00, playing craps. It was easy money, not quite as easy as Coastal but it was still a lot of fun. I learned to play craps while on our last 7 day Caribbean Cruise. Last night that table was just hot. I will get back there tonight and see if I can make anything else happen at that table.
Today, our port was in Grand Cayman. This was my second time visiting Grand Cayman, the last time was last year it was a few months after hurricane Ivan. That island has been doing a lot of repairing and it shows. On one of the excursions we had a once in a life time opportunity to go out about 30 minutes by boat and swim on a sandbar with some very large stingrays. THAT WAS AWESOME! I had actually done that once before as well but it was so much fun we wanted to do it again. Stingrays are very gentle, the water was only about 4 feet deep we had snorkeling equipment, we were just swimming around in the Caribbean crystal blue sea with about 40 beautiful stingrays. They would swim right up to you, you could pet them or touch them as they swam by. One of the tour guides even picked one up out of the water so we could take pictures with them. This is the kind of stuff that memories are made of. Afterwards, we took a tour of the island. Once that was complete Carmen's mom and her aunt went shopping but we came back to the boat and showered then, took a nap before dinner this evening.
This evening for dinner I took Carmen, her mother, and her aunt to the "Supper Club". I had read about the supper club but I didn't really know what to expect. The main dining room was already so fabulous (at least I thought it was). The supper club did require an extra charge of a nominal fee ($30 per person). I did not think that was nominal until after we experienced it. Formal attire was required. We had 6 star service without a doubt. A complete 6 course meal. I had sushi as an appetizer, some of the best I have ever had. Then a salad, on to a Prime Filet Mignon, I have never had a better steak in my life. Desert was some sort of scrumptious cheesecake. My words of describing this are just not doing justice this was a complete two and a half hour experience, with a complete wait staff. Four of which waited on us and a world renown chef whose presentation was breath taking and the food tasted as well as it was presented. Without a doubt Carmen and I will visit the supper club at least once more while aboard this cruise. Back in the states that meal would have cost at least $100.00 a piece. I will gladly pay $30 for that once more.
Tomorrow we will port in Cozumel, stay tuned to learn more about our 7 day Caribbean Cruise. Currently, I am off to the Craps table; wish me luck!
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Last evening we went to one of the Vegas style shows that was performed for our viewing pleasure. That show was titled "Generations" it was themed with generational songs and dances starting back in the 1940's up until the 80's. It was complete with professional dancers, colorful customes that emphasized the error they represented, laser lighting, and pyrotechnics.
After the show, I made my way back to the casino. Carmen lost fifty dollars. I ended up winning $522.00, playing craps. It was easy money, not quite as easy as Coastal but it was still a lot of fun. I learned to play craps while on our last 7 day Caribbean Cruise. Last night that table was just hot. I will get back there tonight and see if I can make anything else happen at that table.
Today, our port was in Grand Cayman. This was my second time visiting Grand Cayman, the last time was last year it was a few months after hurricane Ivan. That island has been doing a lot of repairing and it shows. On one of the excursions we had a once in a life time opportunity to go out about 30 minutes by boat and swim on a sandbar with some very large stingrays. THAT WAS AWESOME! I had actually done that once before as well but it was so much fun we wanted to do it again. Stingrays are very gentle, the water was only about 4 feet deep we had snorkeling equipment, we were just swimming around in the Caribbean crystal blue sea with about 40 beautiful stingrays. They would swim right up to you, you could pet them or touch them as they swam by. One of the tour guides even picked one up out of the water so we could take pictures with them. This is the kind of stuff that memories are made of. Afterwards, we took a tour of the island. Once that was complete Carmen's mom and her aunt went shopping but we came back to the boat and showered then, took a nap before dinner this evening.
This evening for dinner I took Carmen, her mother, and her aunt to the "Supper Club". I had read about the supper club but I didn't really know what to expect. The main dining room was already so fabulous (at least I thought it was). The supper club did require an extra charge of a nominal fee ($30 per person). I did not think that was nominal until after we experienced it. Formal attire was required. We had 6 star service without a doubt. A complete 6 course meal. I had sushi as an appetizer, some of the best I have ever had. Then a salad, on to a Prime Filet Mignon, I have never had a better steak in my life. Desert was some sort of scrumptious cheesecake. My words of describing this are just not doing justice this was a complete two and a half hour experience, with a complete wait staff. Four of which waited on us and a world renown chef whose presentation was breath taking and the food tasted as well as it was presented. Without a doubt Carmen and I will visit the supper club at least once more while aboard this cruise. Back in the states that meal would have cost at least $100.00 a piece. I will gladly pay $30 for that once more.
Tomorrow we will port in Cozumel, stay tuned to learn more about our 7 day Caribbean Cruise. Currently, I am off to the Craps table; wish me luck!
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Monday, November 14, 2005
First Day at Sea
Hello,
I am currently posting from the cruise ship Carnival Miracle. This is a sea day for us and tomorrow morning we will be arriving in Cozumel, Mexico. Our cruise director told us this morning that we will be one of the first ships back to Cozumel after hurricane Wilma (I think that was the name of it). We were so excited yesterday as we were boarding the ship. I have waited for this ever since we got off of the boat last year. I love traveling and I always like to be planning a vacation; that way I always have something to look forward to and to work towards. Life is too short not to be able to play and enjoy ourselves. It is my belief that God did not put us on this earth to simply become programmable robots working 9 to 5, getting home and eating supper, watch TV for 3 hours, and going to bed. Enough about that, I could get on a soap box about that.
Let's get back to this cruise that my home based business has afforded me. Last evening we ate in the fine dining room and I had a four course meal including; delicately smoked salmon as an appetizer, fresh greens and tomato salad with cucumbers, for my main course I enjoyed golden crusted coconut tiger shrimp with sweet and sour sauce (delicious), and for desert chocolate mocha champagne cake which was as beautiful as it was delicious. After dinner we went to an after dinner comedy show, which was pretty good. I have heard better but this guy was funny. By that time it was about 11:00 to 11:30 and Carmen and I went to the casino. I consider playing some craps but decided against it instead I sat down beside Carmen and we played video blackjack she lost about $40 I lost $80. Afterwards we went off to bed. In case you have never been on a cruise, most of these ships are literally floating resorts.
This morning we used room service as our wake up call and they delivered smoked salmon (yes I like that stuff) and coffee, for me. Carmen, enjoyed toast and chocolate milk. Afterwards, she went to the spa and purchased a hot stone massage 100 minutes for $175. This afternoon she is also getting her haircut there and I have no idea what she is paying for that. She is an amazing women, she works hard, and she deserves it. I went to a workshop talking about all of our excursions that we could purchase at each port. I will tell you more about that as they come available. I also made a stop by the casino and won a $100 before walking out. I will leave here and go tan on the deck and enjoy the rest of the afternoon. This afternoon is the Captain's Galla, which means we will be dressed formal with men in tuxs or coat and tie and women in gowns. This evening the menu includes Lobster and Prime Rib. (YUMMY).
That's it for now I don't want this to get too long and boring. Readers as you read this please leave comments. Feel free to ask questions about my cruise or let me know what you would really like to hear more about and I will focus my blog post around your request.
I am currently posting from the cruise ship Carnival Miracle. This is a sea day for us and tomorrow morning we will be arriving in Cozumel, Mexico. Our cruise director told us this morning that we will be one of the first ships back to Cozumel after hurricane Wilma (I think that was the name of it). We were so excited yesterday as we were boarding the ship. I have waited for this ever since we got off of the boat last year. I love traveling and I always like to be planning a vacation; that way I always have something to look forward to and to work towards. Life is too short not to be able to play and enjoy ourselves. It is my belief that God did not put us on this earth to simply become programmable robots working 9 to 5, getting home and eating supper, watch TV for 3 hours, and going to bed. Enough about that, I could get on a soap box about that.
Let's get back to this cruise that my home based business has afforded me. Last evening we ate in the fine dining room and I had a four course meal including; delicately smoked salmon as an appetizer, fresh greens and tomato salad with cucumbers, for my main course I enjoyed golden crusted coconut tiger shrimp with sweet and sour sauce (delicious), and for desert chocolate mocha champagne cake which was as beautiful as it was delicious. After dinner we went to an after dinner comedy show, which was pretty good. I have heard better but this guy was funny. By that time it was about 11:00 to 11:30 and Carmen and I went to the casino. I consider playing some craps but decided against it instead I sat down beside Carmen and we played video blackjack she lost about $40 I lost $80. Afterwards we went off to bed. In case you have never been on a cruise, most of these ships are literally floating resorts.
This morning we used room service as our wake up call and they delivered smoked salmon (yes I like that stuff) and coffee, for me. Carmen, enjoyed toast and chocolate milk. Afterwards, she went to the spa and purchased a hot stone massage 100 minutes for $175. This afternoon she is also getting her haircut there and I have no idea what she is paying for that. She is an amazing women, she works hard, and she deserves it. I went to a workshop talking about all of our excursions that we could purchase at each port. I will tell you more about that as they come available. I also made a stop by the casino and won a $100 before walking out. I will leave here and go tan on the deck and enjoy the rest of the afternoon. This afternoon is the Captain's Galla, which means we will be dressed formal with men in tuxs or coat and tie and women in gowns. This evening the menu includes Lobster and Prime Rib. (YUMMY).
That's it for now I don't want this to get too long and boring. Readers as you read this please leave comments. Feel free to ask questions about my cruise or let me know what you would really like to hear more about and I will focus my blog post around your request.
Friday, November 11, 2005
Just a late night post...
I love message boards I was trying to find a good home based business message board. I have come to the conclusion that there really aren't any. The problem with most message boards that fill that niche is that they end up being free classified sites instead. I mean there is no real discussion it is mostly just people trying to advertise there home based business opportunity. I am looking for sites that discuss techniques, lifestyles, or just individuals hanging out with like minded people from other home based business opportunities. I guess that really isn't possible. At least it does not currently occur on the internet. In my frustration, I decided to come back to my blog and make a post.
I was in a hurry earlier so my post was very short. I did want to mention that Stacy's premiere payment did clear my account today so I will get a money order and have someone order her package on Monday since the Post Office is closed today for Veteran's day. I also tithed to the Samaritan's Purse again, that was another $300.00 for them. After, I return from my cruise, I plan to keep my home based business on hyper drive and I should be able to give much more. I love my life. I know I say that all the time but, I really do. I am fortunate to have my very own home based business. It was funny I spoke with Lynn McAllister, tonight I told her that I will likely round out the year with $60,000 to $80,000. She had to point out to me that, that was not too bad of an income. I was actually a little disappointed because I expected to get to $120,000 this year. However, I realize my focus has been off throughout this year. I am pulling it together now and with Dani's coaching I will earn $250,000 in 2006 with my home based business. As Bob Becker, would say "Onward and Upward".
I was in a hurry earlier so my post was very short. I did want to mention that Stacy's premiere payment did clear my account today so I will get a money order and have someone order her package on Monday since the Post Office is closed today for Veteran's day. I also tithed to the Samaritan's Purse again, that was another $300.00 for them. After, I return from my cruise, I plan to keep my home based business on hyper drive and I should be able to give much more. I love my life. I know I say that all the time but, I really do. I am fortunate to have my very own home based business. It was funny I spoke with Lynn McAllister, tonight I told her that I will likely round out the year with $60,000 to $80,000. She had to point out to me that, that was not too bad of an income. I was actually a little disappointed because I expected to get to $120,000 this year. However, I realize my focus has been off throughout this year. I am pulling it together now and with Dani's coaching I will earn $250,000 in 2006 with my home based business. As Bob Becker, would say "Onward and Upward".
Thursday, November 10, 2005
Another day down till our cruise
We have a couple more days to go before we leave for our cruise. 7 days of Caribbean sun with stops in Belize, Cozumel, Grand Cayman, and Costa Maya. It's a tough life but someone has to do it. I will be posting to my blog almost daily so you will be able to keep up with all of the happenings on my Western Caribbean Cruise. This is my 3rd cruise and I can't wait. We will be sailing on Carnival's "Miracle". Subscribe and get updated when I post to my blog.
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
How to succeed with a home business?
After looking around on the internet and reading many other home business blogs and discussion forms. I have realized that I know something that many others have yet to discover. I have learned to be successful with a home business. So I have decided to start posting sporadic post with tips, tricks, and hints that I have learned that have made me successful thus far with my home business.
If you are one of those random visitors to my blog that have yet to subscribe then I would encourage you to do so now. I don't want you to miss one of those nuggets of wisdom that I will pass along in the post that I will name "Home Business Success Tips". So far I am not super wealthy or thing like that however, I have learned to run and build a home business that has brought me an income of $6,000/month working part time. Everything I have learned is simple and even duplicatable.
If you are simply a casual reader of my blog; who has been wanting to start a home business. It is my goal to teach you step by step first how to find the right home business and then how to succeed with it. Please understand this is not an attempt to encourage you to join my home business. I have a multimillion dollar advertising company that helps me with that already. By the way, I will teach how to have a multimillion dollar advertising company, advertise for you on a shoestring budget.
Please feel to leave comments on my blog and I will try to address any questions that you may have. You may also email any questions or comments that you have and I will address those as well.
If you are one of those random visitors to my blog that have yet to subscribe then I would encourage you to do so now. I don't want you to miss one of those nuggets of wisdom that I will pass along in the post that I will name "Home Business Success Tips". So far I am not super wealthy or thing like that however, I have learned to run and build a home business that has brought me an income of $6,000/month working part time. Everything I have learned is simple and even duplicatable.
If you are simply a casual reader of my blog; who has been wanting to start a home business. It is my goal to teach you step by step first how to find the right home business and then how to succeed with it. Please understand this is not an attempt to encourage you to join my home business. I have a multimillion dollar advertising company that helps me with that already. By the way, I will teach how to have a multimillion dollar advertising company, advertise for you on a shoestring budget.
Please feel to leave comments on my blog and I will try to address any questions that you may have. You may also email any questions or comments that you have and I will address those as well.
Tuesday, November 08, 2005
I have to give God his
I just had a payment clear my bank account from April in NJ. Congratulations April, I look forward to helping you succeed with your Coastal Vacations business. April is truly motivated she has already been on many of our live team support and training calls. A big congratulations goes out to Tony in Florida who brought me his first Premiere Training sale last night. Way to go Tony! Also congrats to Stacy from ND! Stacy just got started at the Premiere Level which shows that is ready to change her life as quick as possible by starting out at the highest level she could. I truly have a great team. These people are serious about their home businesses and I could not be blessed anymore than to be working with them all. So far this month with this home business I have earned $4,200 profit after purchasing the travel packages at wholesale.
I just left the Samaritan's Purse website. April's payment of $1,295 cleared my account today so I went to the Post Office and ordered her travel package and then I went to the Sumaritan's Purse website and tithed my 10% to God. So that was $100.00 for Sarmaritan's Purse. As soon as Stacy's Premiere Payment of $3,995 clears my account I will tithe that as well. Tithing is something that I have been really slack on and am quite frankly I am ashamed of it. God has blessed me with this most amazing home business and I have repaid him back by stealing his portion 10%. One of the personal issues that I dealt with when I was at Dani Johnson's last seminar was giving God his part especially since he gives me so much. To be quite honest I am giving God more than 10% especially after you take into account my many many tax advantages I have from owning a home business. It does not really matter because I will not be able to out give God.
Friday, November 04, 2005
A recent statistic...
I heard a recent statistic that was mind blowing:
"33.3 million people own a home based business. Less than 1/10th of 1 precent of them are earning any money at all. While currently over 10% of the Coastal Synergy Group are earning over $100,000 a year."
That is incredible. You can find out more about the Coastal Synergy Group at http://jackie.csglifestyles.com/.
Thursday, November 03, 2005
This cruise is getting expensive!
Carmen and I have this amazingly wonderful 7 day Western Caribbean Cruise planned. We are going with a group and we leave on the 13th and come back on the 20th. We will be stopping at Coasta Maya, Cozumel, Grand Cayman, and Belize. I am very excited about it but I have to tell you this freaking cruise is getting very expensive. Not only is it costing over $1,000 for each of us (we have a room with a balcony), I am also missing Dani Johnson's "Creating a Dynasty Seminar", and she is doing a private conference call for the Coastal Wealth Builders the week I am gone.
There is no telling what that seminar and that coference call would do for my business. Her "Creating a Dynasty Seminar" is an advanced 3 day event you have to be a graduate of her "First Steps to Success" before you can attend "Creating a dynasty". She only has her dynasty seminar once a quarter so now I will have to wait until the Spring for the next one. I love Carmen and we will have a lot of fun on our cruise but, this is one expensive vacation.
You know to make matters worse I didn't even take advantage of my travel package for the cruise because I didn't realize the cruise card, that can give us up to 50% on cruises, can be used for group travel. It's really my fault I should have looked into that. This travel package is really so massive I find a new savings everytime I look at it. I don't mean little savings either, I am talking savings of several hundred dollars. Don't worry, I will know next time!
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
Business is Business
I have conducted 6 interviews so far today, including one from a guy who was a bodyguard. He was telling me about working with different CEOs of companies and for different people in the entertainment business. That was an interesting interview to say the least. He seemed to think that his last client was a bit paranoid in fact he said that assignment had been terminated due to the fact that the client wanted more security than one person could give so he actually hired a small firm. However, my interviewee said that not once in the several months of protecting this guy nor his family had he witnessed any credible threats. This gentleman is looking into Coastal because he wants to do something that is a little safer, I guess being a bodyshield wouldn't be the safest profession one could have. This gentleman was very personable he could be great with Coastal, once he completes our four step process we will see if he is truly someone I am looking to work with.
One of my interviewees today called me back and said that she wanted something that wasn't so time consuming. I just responded OK and let her hang up. I wanted to be like "hello" I don't work very hard as it is and I am still able to earn $1,000s each month. I really don't think she read the information too thoroughly but that was ultimately her decision. I had too many other people to follow up with I didn't have time to worry about her. I am looking for people who are serious about their future and are willing to do their research thoroughly.
Since, I didn't mention it yesterday I better mention it today, yesterday was my 3rd anniversary with Carmen. She is truly and an amazing women and an accomplished entrepreneur in her own right. In fact to be honest with you her business is earning more than mine currently is. However, we both know that I will definitely end up earning more. She had a traditional direct marketing company with lots of overhead and plenty of headaches. The most that she will ever profit most likely in that business will be $300,000 in a year. She is working up to that and will likely hit that in the next 3 yrs. However, with Coastal my goal is to hit $100,000/month that is 1.2million a year. I believe it will take me at least 5 years to reach that.
Another exciting thing about my business vs. her's is that in order for me to reach my goal I will help many many people generate a multiple six figure income. Not only do I get to earn a lot but I enable many others to earn a great income as well. Hopefully, someone will earn more than I do. By that time I will know that I have truly accomplished my task as a successful Coastal Director.
One of my interviewees today called me back and said that she wanted something that wasn't so time consuming. I just responded OK and let her hang up. I wanted to be like "hello" I don't work very hard as it is and I am still able to earn $1,000s each month. I really don't think she read the information too thoroughly but that was ultimately her decision. I had too many other people to follow up with I didn't have time to worry about her. I am looking for people who are serious about their future and are willing to do their research thoroughly.
Since, I didn't mention it yesterday I better mention it today, yesterday was my 3rd anniversary with Carmen. She is truly and an amazing women and an accomplished entrepreneur in her own right. In fact to be honest with you her business is earning more than mine currently is. However, we both know that I will definitely end up earning more. She had a traditional direct marketing company with lots of overhead and plenty of headaches. The most that she will ever profit most likely in that business will be $300,000 in a year. She is working up to that and will likely hit that in the next 3 yrs. However, with Coastal my goal is to hit $100,000/month that is 1.2million a year. I believe it will take me at least 5 years to reach that.
Another exciting thing about my business vs. her's is that in order for me to reach my goal I will help many many people generate a multiple six figure income. Not only do I get to earn a lot but I enable many others to earn a great income as well. Hopefully, someone will earn more than I do. By that time I will know that I have truly accomplished my task as a successful Coastal Director.
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