I wanted to post for you a recent testimony that I received from one of my clients who purchased the Platinum package.
"We are renting a mid-size vehicle (unlimited mileage) for 1 week inPhoenix, AZ in August and the original price for the car rental (beforediscount) was $304.21. I used my Coastal car rental card and now we'reonly paying $230.95 for the same car. That's a savings of $73.26. Once Iget a receipt from the Alamo I will send you a copy."
Jen, PA
You can see other testimonials and receipts at http://www.buildcoastalwealth.com/proof.html
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Monday, June 26, 2006
Massive Update
Business...
Last weekend, we had a great weekend at First Steps to Success with Dani Johnson. Bob, Ed, and Karen all have some life changing experiences. I am excited to see their growth in their business and in their personal lives. Congratulations to Karen Uyttenhove who has just recently purchased her Platinum package. She says that she is looking to take advantage of all of her travel discounts especially the cruises and the international condo stays.
Personal...
Last week after returning from First Steps, I restarted my advertising on Wednesday then that evening at about 6 pm I got a call from my Mom who told me that my Nannie had her second stroke in about a 3 week period and that she wasn't doing very well. Also Donnie's dad had his second heart attack in a 3 week period. Mama was very emotional on the phone so I felt that I just had to be home, I immediately went and told Carmen that I had to leave and go home to North Carolina and she agreed. By 9:30 pm I was driving the 14 hour trek to my Mom's house. I spent the weekend there and left Sunday at about noon and drove home. I got in at 5 am this morning and slept till about 2 pm. I will now have to get back to work I have plenty of old leads that I need to catch up with.
Book writing...
I have started my research in the past few weeks on the personal finance book that I mentioned in my last post. I hope to have my research complete and to be well on my way to writing this book by Christmas of this year. I am also trying to learn what I can about marketing, I suspect this will be put out in ebook format. I have joined an educational website that focuses building a list. I have been impressed with the amount of information that is available for such a small cost. For $9.95 a month List and Traffic seems to be the best buy if you are looking to learn how to build an email list that you can market your products and services to over and over again.
Last weekend, we had a great weekend at First Steps to Success with Dani Johnson. Bob, Ed, and Karen all have some life changing experiences. I am excited to see their growth in their business and in their personal lives. Congratulations to Karen Uyttenhove who has just recently purchased her Platinum package. She says that she is looking to take advantage of all of her travel discounts especially the cruises and the international condo stays.
Personal...
Last week after returning from First Steps, I restarted my advertising on Wednesday then that evening at about 6 pm I got a call from my Mom who told me that my Nannie had her second stroke in about a 3 week period and that she wasn't doing very well. Also Donnie's dad had his second heart attack in a 3 week period. Mama was very emotional on the phone so I felt that I just had to be home, I immediately went and told Carmen that I had to leave and go home to North Carolina and she agreed. By 9:30 pm I was driving the 14 hour trek to my Mom's house. I spent the weekend there and left Sunday at about noon and drove home. I got in at 5 am this morning and slept till about 2 pm. I will now have to get back to work I have plenty of old leads that I need to catch up with.
Book writing...
I have started my research in the past few weeks on the personal finance book that I mentioned in my last post. I hope to have my research complete and to be well on my way to writing this book by Christmas of this year. I am also trying to learn what I can about marketing, I suspect this will be put out in ebook format. I have joined an educational website that focuses building a list. I have been impressed with the amount of information that is available for such a small cost. For $9.95 a month List and Traffic seems to be the best buy if you are looking to learn how to build an email list that you can market your products and services to over and over again.
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Out by the fire...
I am blogging tonight in the backyard sitting by a fire that Carmen, Melissa, and I just got done cooking some Johnsonville brats with. The fire is great, there is a cool breeze blowing and the crackling of the fire is definitely relaxing. I am currently just doing some reflecting. I don't have any more advertising coming in as I just finished up with one cycle. We are getting ready to go to Virgina Beach for another Dani Johnson First Steps to Success seminar and we are driving down this time. I think I will spend the rest of the week just wrapping up loose ends and getting packed and ready for another life changing weekend.
I definitely have several clients who are getting started this month. One being Carmen's mom who has decided that she is tired of working two jobs and is ready to take control of her life by starting her own Coastal business. Carmen's parents are going with us to First Steps to Success which is one of the big reasons why we are driving down. Really there were only two stipulations that I would have placed on Carmen's mom before accepting her as a client, the first being that she come in at a higher level than Level 1 in her business, and the other being that she made plans to attend First Steps to Success. Those are the two things that will help insure a new clients' success more than anything else, other than their own determination. Thankfully, I never had to voice this two conditions to Karen, (Carmen's Mom) she immediately decided to come in at the Platinum level (Level III) and saw the benefit of getting plugged into First Steps to Success right away.
Change of subject, I am really tossing around the idea of writing a Personal Finance book. I will most likely write this as an ebook and will probably give it away or at least sell it really cheap. Ultimately I would like to start some sort of premium investing advisor service but this would be a start. I really want to take on a personal mission of financial education which starts with personal responsibility to learn about financial education. If I give the book away or at least sell it at a very reasonable price then I will remove one more excuse for people to learn. Investing is an advanced concept to basic Personal Finance, people have to understand how to properly manage their money before they can consider making investment decisions. I have been inspired by my business coach Dani to help others learn about managing money. I believe by writing a very easy to read and very easy to understand book will be a great start. I also have been considering this more and more as I watch more people earn larger incomes with their home based business. Earning more money does not get you out of debt or help you reach your financial goals. Learning to manage the money you have will help you achieve that. I also have a fear of helping clients earn more money than they ever have, and instead of empowering them to great heights, I simply give them a way to get into greater debts. It would be a shame to have a profitable Coastal Vacations business only to take on more personal debt and that is what I want to try to avoid. Once again one way for me to do this will be to provide a simple educational tool that all of my Coastal clients, team members, or anyone else for that matter, can read and apply to their own lives.
That's it for now... I'll keep you posted.
I definitely have several clients who are getting started this month. One being Carmen's mom who has decided that she is tired of working two jobs and is ready to take control of her life by starting her own Coastal business. Carmen's parents are going with us to First Steps to Success which is one of the big reasons why we are driving down. Really there were only two stipulations that I would have placed on Carmen's mom before accepting her as a client, the first being that she come in at a higher level than Level 1 in her business, and the other being that she made plans to attend First Steps to Success. Those are the two things that will help insure a new clients' success more than anything else, other than their own determination. Thankfully, I never had to voice this two conditions to Karen, (Carmen's Mom) she immediately decided to come in at the Platinum level (Level III) and saw the benefit of getting plugged into First Steps to Success right away.
Change of subject, I am really tossing around the idea of writing a Personal Finance book. I will most likely write this as an ebook and will probably give it away or at least sell it really cheap. Ultimately I would like to start some sort of premium investing advisor service but this would be a start. I really want to take on a personal mission of financial education which starts with personal responsibility to learn about financial education. If I give the book away or at least sell it at a very reasonable price then I will remove one more excuse for people to learn. Investing is an advanced concept to basic Personal Finance, people have to understand how to properly manage their money before they can consider making investment decisions. I have been inspired by my business coach Dani to help others learn about managing money. I believe by writing a very easy to read and very easy to understand book will be a great start. I also have been considering this more and more as I watch more people earn larger incomes with their home based business. Earning more money does not get you out of debt or help you reach your financial goals. Learning to manage the money you have will help you achieve that. I also have a fear of helping clients earn more money than they ever have, and instead of empowering them to great heights, I simply give them a way to get into greater debts. It would be a shame to have a profitable Coastal Vacations business only to take on more personal debt and that is what I want to try to avoid. Once again one way for me to do this will be to provide a simple educational tool that all of my Coastal clients, team members, or anyone else for that matter, can read and apply to their own lives.
That's it for now... I'll keep you posted.
Monday, June 12, 2006
I have started my Poker career!
Every time I go to the casino I tell Carmen, "Baby, today is going to be the start of my Poker career". I have an inner desire to earn a part time income playing Poker. However, typically when I say that Carmen just laughs but, this weekend I came back with a profit of $277.00. I had to put $70 into our casino fund which left me with about $200. I went back to the casino on Sunday afternoon and lost $100 so so far my casino career has lasted about 3 days and I have $100 profit!
I think I am on to something... lol
I think I am on to something... lol
Saturday, June 10, 2006
I love this life
I thank God, for blessing me in such a phenomenal way. Everything just seems to be taking such good shape. Within my organization I am seeing such growth personally and professionally it is really humbling to witness this in others. Just a couple of days ago I was on a live question and answer call with one of my guest and I had 3 different associates on the same call with guest. This happened not once but twice in the same day! Way to go guys!
Don't get me wrong it is a lot of fun to make money and it blows me away to see where this business has taken me to this point at such a young age. Sure I have a long ways to go but, at the same time I have come along way. Now to see many of the associates that I am honored to call teammates also working to successfully build their own businesses is just breathtaking. It is a complete honor and privledge to know that in some way I have played a small part in that.
I personally need to improve my time management in my own business and I will strive to improve on that in the coming week.
Don't get me wrong it is a lot of fun to make money and it blows me away to see where this business has taken me to this point at such a young age. Sure I have a long ways to go but, at the same time I have come along way. Now to see many of the associates that I am honored to call teammates also working to successfully build their own businesses is just breathtaking. It is a complete honor and privledge to know that in some way I have played a small part in that.
I personally need to improve my time management in my own business and I will strive to improve on that in the coming week.
Monday, June 05, 2006
Summer Contest!!
Summer is a time of fun and games, I wanted our organization to get in on that. For the summer through the end of August the following cash and prizes are up for grabs.
$500 Momentum Bonus
To the person who makes their Platinum training sales the closest together. In other words one behind the other.
$250 Cash Bonus
To the person who takes the most people or team members to a Dani Johnson event or the CWB training event in Minn. Must take a minimum of 3 to qualify and the spouse may count as 1.
$250 Cash Bonus
To the person who makes the most qualified 3 ways with me. A qualified 3 way is made after someone attends the Q and A call. Must make a minimum of 5 to qualify for the bonus and the spouse does not count as 1. ( lol )
$500 Momentum Bonus
To the person who makes their Platinum training sales the closest together. In other words one behind the other.
$250 Cash Bonus
To the person who takes the most people or team members to a Dani Johnson event or the CWB training event in Minn. Must take a minimum of 3 to qualify and the spouse may count as 1.
$250 Cash Bonus
To the person who makes the most qualified 3 ways with me. A qualified 3 way is made after someone attends the Q and A call. Must make a minimum of 5 to qualify for the bonus and the spouse does not count as 1. ( lol )
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Month in Review
The month of May continued to fall short of my goal of $30,000. May was wrapped up with a total of $19,905. That was the profit after the wholesale amount of the travel packages was subtracted from my gross total. That brings me to a total of $63,610 after cost of goods for the year. That means I have $186,390 to go in order to reach my annual goal of $250,000 after cost of goods.
This month Ed from Florida started his Coastal business at the Platinum level. Ed, owned his own construction business but was tired and wanted to do something different for a change. Originally wanting to get started at the Premiere level, Ed shared with his wife the Coastal business model who gave her blessing for him to come in at the Platinum level. Ed has a calculated seriousness about him that will serve him well in this business. I fully expect to see him attend a First Steps to Success with Dani Johnson very soon because we will quickly realize the quickest way to success is to increase your skill. I have no doubt he will work his business diligently and consistently and that will lead to success!
Earl from Texas also started his Coastal business at the Premiere level. Earl, works at Home Depot and is determined to get out of there. He has made it clear that he understands the importance of continued education in yourself and your business, that along with his clear expectations of himself will lead him to accomplish his goals.
As previously mentioned Bob from Washington upgraded this month from the Premiere level to the Platinum level. Bob, has clear focus and truly cares about his clients. Bob works with a spirit of diligence and persistence that is what lead to his release at Level II and with out a doubt that will lead to him being a released director at Level III as well.
Creating a Dynasty took place this past weekend. We had 4 team members there including myself. Jamie from Arkansas, Jen from Pennsylvania, and Stacie from North Dakota. These ladies are with out question emerging into leadership roles on this team. They have made it a priority to invest in themselves and their business by attending a seminar with industry wide leaders who are striving to grow their skills. I truly saw these amazing women change before my eyes this weekend.
I am blessed to call myself a part of a team of such amazing people. Individuals who will stop at nothing to improve the lives of themselves and their families. People who take a step forward to start a home business but then take another step to succeed with it. God bless us all so that we may continue to bless others!
This month Ed from Florida started his Coastal business at the Platinum level. Ed, owned his own construction business but was tired and wanted to do something different for a change. Originally wanting to get started at the Premiere level, Ed shared with his wife the Coastal business model who gave her blessing for him to come in at the Platinum level. Ed has a calculated seriousness about him that will serve him well in this business. I fully expect to see him attend a First Steps to Success with Dani Johnson very soon because we will quickly realize the quickest way to success is to increase your skill. I have no doubt he will work his business diligently and consistently and that will lead to success!
Earl from Texas also started his Coastal business at the Premiere level. Earl, works at Home Depot and is determined to get out of there. He has made it clear that he understands the importance of continued education in yourself and your business, that along with his clear expectations of himself will lead him to accomplish his goals.
As previously mentioned Bob from Washington upgraded this month from the Premiere level to the Platinum level. Bob, has clear focus and truly cares about his clients. Bob works with a spirit of diligence and persistence that is what lead to his release at Level II and with out a doubt that will lead to him being a released director at Level III as well.
Creating a Dynasty took place this past weekend. We had 4 team members there including myself. Jamie from Arkansas, Jen from Pennsylvania, and Stacie from North Dakota. These ladies are with out question emerging into leadership roles on this team. They have made it a priority to invest in themselves and their business by attending a seminar with industry wide leaders who are striving to grow their skills. I truly saw these amazing women change before my eyes this weekend.
I am blessed to call myself a part of a team of such amazing people. Individuals who will stop at nothing to improve the lives of themselves and their families. People who take a step forward to start a home business but then take another step to succeed with it. God bless us all so that we may continue to bless others!
Currently Uninsured
What a bunch of BS. When moving I contacted Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina which I had some fantastic health coverage with. Basically I had an 80/20 plan with a $250 deductible, my premium was only $120 a month. Prior to moving to Michigan, I contacted BCBS of NC and they were suppose to send some paperwork to BCBS of MI for a transfer of healthplan. The purpose is that I would maintain health coverage, although at a higher rate in Michigan, without interruption during my move.
A couple of months of moving to Michigan I still had not heard from BCBS of MI so I called them and they had yet to receive the paper work from North Carolina. When I called North Carolina they said to give BCBS of MI a little more time. The next thing I know is I get a letter from BCBS of NC stating that my health coverage has ended. I call both entities back and this is the story, BCBS of NC sent the paperwork and has no idea why BCBS of MI does not have it. BCBS of MI confirms they have no paper work on me but proceeds to tell me that they would have gave me their worst medical plan anyway since it was from a transfer and I would be better off to just reapply. Well that is lovely, they could have told me that a couple of months ago so I would have been uninsured at this time.
Everything happens for a reason and my brother Stacy has been learning about and seeking a Health Savings Account since he has left the Air Force. Now, I am looking for a good Health Savings Account as well. Health Savings accounts are amazing. To sum it up, with a HSA you can save money on premiums by paying a lower premium and by spending less money on health coverage. Also you can set money aside just like in an IRA that is 100% tax deductible and grows with interest tax free as well. You are able to use this tax free money to cover any medical expense that would not go toward your deductible such as vitamins, alternative medicine, and soon this may even include gym memberships. Stay tuned as I will discuss this further in later posts.
A couple of months of moving to Michigan I still had not heard from BCBS of MI so I called them and they had yet to receive the paper work from North Carolina. When I called North Carolina they said to give BCBS of MI a little more time. The next thing I know is I get a letter from BCBS of NC stating that my health coverage has ended. I call both entities back and this is the story, BCBS of NC sent the paperwork and has no idea why BCBS of MI does not have it. BCBS of MI confirms they have no paper work on me but proceeds to tell me that they would have gave me their worst medical plan anyway since it was from a transfer and I would be better off to just reapply. Well that is lovely, they could have told me that a couple of months ago so I would have been uninsured at this time.
Everything happens for a reason and my brother Stacy has been learning about and seeking a Health Savings Account since he has left the Air Force. Now, I am looking for a good Health Savings Account as well. Health Savings accounts are amazing. To sum it up, with a HSA you can save money on premiums by paying a lower premium and by spending less money on health coverage. Also you can set money aside just like in an IRA that is 100% tax deductible and grows with interest tax free as well. You are able to use this tax free money to cover any medical expense that would not go toward your deductible such as vitamins, alternative medicine, and soon this may even include gym memberships. Stay tuned as I will discuss this further in later posts.
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