Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Highly Profitable Home Business Announces New Upgrades



Since working part time from home with Coastal Travel, I have replaced my RN salary. Earned over $100,000 a year while working part time. Traveled extensively, saving as much as $10,000 on one vacation to Bora Bora with my wife. And you want to work from home with us visit our company website at www.flexiblebiz.com/pr1.

God Bless,
Jackie O'Quinn
International Coastal Director
1-888-309-5759

Monday, November 02, 2009

Awake and Thinking about my week



What a week ahead? I have high anticipation for what's to come. It's 12:54 am and I can't seem to sleep so I decided to get up and come into my home office and write this blog post maybe I can get somethings off of my mind. I am planning for this week to be a great week. Not really for anyone particular reason, it has more to do with it being the beginning of the week. I usually like to look at the beginning of the week as a fresh start looking to do better than I did the week before. However, my enthusiasm maybe increased because I have so many things running through my head. For one thing we have some updates that are coming down the pike for our websites. I'm expecting these websites to be even more effective than our current websites. We are looking for our websites to bring more credibility to our company as they look more professional. At the same time we are looking for them to be very clear as they explain our business model; this is increasingly important as our company continues to grow and we are looking to attract more quality people to our distribution channels.

I am also anticipating the end of the year. This is always such a great time for the business development side of my business. For this year this is especially true, I know we are going to be launching some brand new programs going into 2010 which will continue to boost our efforts to grow our distributor base. I am preparing to have a team of new distributors (actually we call them Directors in Coastal Travel) going into 2010. I want to go into the new year with full momentum versus waiting for the new year to start building momentum. When these new programs come out I want our team to hit the ground running. This is also the time of the year when I start formulating my goals and making plans for the next year. This will be a big year for me. I am 30 years old now that is a milestone in and of itself, also we are planning to move to the great state of Georgia, so it's a reason to start fresh and even better than ever. The move doesn't really have a physical effect on my Coastal Travel business since most all of my business is done online, it's more of a psychological effect. Thanks for reading I have been able to get out some of my anticipation and put it in print. To get my next update be sure to subscribe to my blog by entering your email address on the top right hand corner.

All the best,

Jackie O'Quinn
1-888-309-5759
www.FlexibleBiz.com

Monday, October 19, 2009

Results from First Steps To Success


As you know from my last post, I was at First Steps to Success this weekend in Orlando. I am now listening into a conference call from some of the individuals that were there this weekend. I'll recap it here for you.


Rob Larson from Ottowa, CA
His wife attended First Steps to Success to get training in her home business. After he saw the results she was getting he decided he needed to get there. At the time he was working for $10/hour at a burger joint. He had been to jail and was not suppose to cross the Canadian Border due to some issues he had with the Border Security. However, he took the risk because he had seen what happened with his wife. After attending FSTS he decided to step out on faith and started a landscaping business. He had experience in landscaping but had NEVER planned or thought he would start a business. By specifically using the training that he learned he generated $90,000 his first six months in business. Rob said, "Because of the success we are having, we have finanlly been able to pay off our wedding debt!"

Denise Richards from Tampa, FL
Denise and her husband are accountants, 4 years ago they paid $20,000 to attend a conference designed to teach accountants how to close business and get more clients. From that seminar she become one of the top students with a 33% closing ratio. Not to long ago she went to her first FSTS seminar. Using the scripts straight from Dani's Scriptbook she increased her closing ratio to 80% from 33%, got 15 new clients the past 3 months and increased her billing by $35,000. Denise said,"And to think First Steps to Success was far more effective at teaching me to close and I only paid $297 not $20,000. That seminar company, I trained with before called and asked if I would like to take more classes with them and I said NO WAY"

Susan (Sorry didn't catch her last name or location)
Heard about Dani Johnson two years ago when starting a homebusiness. Said she went to the website but never went to FSTS because she couldn't afford it. Two years later she had failed and quit that home business. Moved to a new state and got a job. When she started that job they asked her if she had ever heard of Dani Johnson. She was blown away and told them yes. She decided to get registered for the next First Steps to Success,but failed at her job and quit before that training event. After coming out of First Steps she decided to go back to that job. Her first 3 days back she had a 100 precent closing ratio (she had not closed anyone before that). She quadrupled her income, and now has started another home business. She said, "It blows my mind to think the only reason I didn't succeed with my last home business was because I thought I couldn't afford the training".

Nike Roach from Winston Salem, NC
Nike and his wife owned a traditional massage therapy business but also started a home business (with Coastal Travel). Nike said, "I was very skeptical at first but after attending the website and seeing all the testimonials I knew all those people just couldn't be lying". With the skills Nike, learned at First Steps to Success he grew both of his businesses. Prior to his First Steps training he had already been asked to join the Chamber of Commerce and to be an Ambassador, where his role was to help new business owners and support them as they got started in business. Nike said, "After First Steps by sharing some of the simple strategies with these business owners and recommending they attend First Steps to Success on their own, I was invited to join the Board of Directors of our Chamber of Commerce". Since then they have written articles in the newspaper about Nike. Now when people start a business he is often seen as someone they should contact for the expertise that he has gained. Obviously because of the training he has received at First Steps to Success, Nike's influence in his community has really grown.

Demaisy (I may have misspelled her name) Vasquez (I did not get her location)
She also heard about First Steps to Success when she started her home business. She had no results and was unable to enroll any customers or clients. After attending FSTS. In 9 weeks she enrolled 164 personal clients which has duplicated to a total of 1054 clients. She has paid off $40,000 in debt. She said, "I'm totally blown away, I feel this is a dream and I should wake up". I think she really summed it up well when she shared something Dani Johnson said this weekend:

"There is a price to pay for success, and there is a price to pay for failure. Which one do you want to pay?"

I want to thank everyone who volunteered their time to share on this conference call this evening. I want to thank Mr. Hans Johnson, for hosting the call. If you want to know more about Dani Johnson and her training events then feel free to give me a call at 1-888-309-5759. Or if you want to start working from home either part time or full time so that you can start to recession proof your life and have similar results to the individuals above then. Then visit our company website to get more info >> Company Site

The price for Success is less expensive,

Jackie O'Quinn
International Coastal Director
1-888-309-5759
Company Website

Friday, October 16, 2009

At First Steps To Success


Currently sitting in the Hyatt Hotel in Orlando. I have an appt to call a client back at 2 pm EST. So I figured I would write a quick blog post. After this appt. I'm going to grab a quick nap. I want to make sure that I am well rested before this event gets started. First Steps To Success, is a training event that I would say is the corner stone of our success as a company. Not that it is necessarily required but the individuals that have went have really excelled. People like Tara Hayes from MI, a young women putting herself through college actually attended First StepsTo Success just before she started working with the company and generated $15,000 in herfirst 3 months just working part time around her school schedule.

So I am excited to be here this weekend. Looking forward to what I can learn and apply to my personal business as well as meeting the brand new people that have started working with us. I was going to write some more but I got a phone call from a team member and now I have my appointment coming up with my client. So I need to go take care fo that. Thanks for reading and I will post some more when I get home.

All the best,
Jackie O'Quinn
1-888-309-5759
My Website

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Quote of the Day


"You can either make excuses or you can make money but no one can't make both." -- Author Unknown

Monday, October 12, 2009

The Power of Choice

Originally written by Jackie O'Quinn in 2004

“We are, what we have chosen to be” –Author Unknown


In a Democratic nation we have many choices. The sum of our choices will determine the level of success we will reach. You will hear people say, “One day I am going to have a bigger home” or “I will make more money” or “I will drive a better car.” The question you have to ask yourself if you have said these things is, “Do I really mean it?” If you do, do you have a plan? Will your current plan get you the things that you have said you wanted? If you answered no, to one of the last three questions, then you are only dreaming. You are wishing with no real desire and will likely have no more than you currently have in life. You see we have to make a conscious decision to succeed in life or to just have something more. If you are unhappy with your life then look in the mirror because in all likelihood you have no one else to blame but yourself. Sure, there are circumstances OUT of our control; but how we deal with and overcome those circumstances IS within our control!

We can choose what to wear. We can choose the hairstyle or haircut we want. We choose who our friends are. We choose what jobs to apply for. We decide whether or not to show up at work on time. Does it not stand to reason, that if we have so many choices in life? We can make choices that will allow us to be successful? If you wanted to start a business and didn’t have the money, you can choose to save, beg, borrow, and scrap the money until you have enough to get started. The great thing about Coastal as we know is it didn’t take that much to get started. Let’s face it; if one’s life depended on it 90% of the people in a Democratic nation could come up with at least $5000 within 72 hours. So the real question is how bad do you want it? If you choose to just work your nine to five J.O.B. (Just Over Broke) and choose not to get anymore out of life. Please do me this one favor, don’t be envious or hateful as I become more and more successful just because you have chosen not to.

It amazes me at the number of people who are unhappy in life and are quick to ridicule those that seem to have more; but yet they refuse to make choices that would allow them to get more out of life. If you have chosen to join this amazing business of ours, then congratulations! You are making a choice to get more out of life and to succeed in some way. However, if you are in Coastal and you are making $50,000 to $60,000 a year but continue to say you want to make $100,000. Ask yourself, “Am I making the choice to do that or am I just wishing it?” It is ok to wish and to fantasize about things just make sure that you are honest with yourself and you recognize the difference between wishing and choosing.

If you are just starting with Coastal make a CHOICE right away to be successful. If your business is not doing as well as you would like, that’s great! You can choose to change that! Make a CHOICE to grow your business to where you want it. If you want to make $50,000 in this business then CHOOSE that. If you want to make $100,000 then CHOOSE that. If you want to make $1,000,000 then CHOOSE that. Just remember success is a choice!



Jackie O'Quinn
International Coastal Director
1-888-309-5759
My Website

Wednesday, October 07, 2009

Stacy O'Quinn in DFI/Coastal Travel what does that mean?


If you saw my previous post then you know my brother Stacy O'Quinn, has made the decision to leave the financial services industry and go back to building a home business with DFI. What does that mean? From a business stand point it really means we are all better off. Stacy, bring alot to the table, he is someone who excels in this environment. He is always looking for ways to make improvements. He is a natural leader and one of those people, we can look to as an example on how we can conduct ourselves as home business owners in Coastal Travel.

From a personal standpoint... Holy Cow..

I'm so glad my brother is back. I hated seeing him leave primarily because I felt like a mother hen I guess. I know he has a family to support and I always knew he could easily do that hear as well as reaching all of his other goals. I was very nervous for him stepping out there to do something more unknown. Even when he started going really well I was still nervous. He told me how well he was doing according to the rest of the company and his peers who got started the same time he did. He was number one in his class at the time. He was in the top 10% of his peers for the entire company of Edward Jones, 1500% above the standard they had set for him. That is NOT a typo, I did mean to put two zeros there. However, he told me back then he was only earning about $3,000 to $4,000 a month before his expenses. I knew he was working 3 or 4 times as hard as he did with his Coastal Travel business just to make so much less money.

So when he finally told me he was coming back to Coastal Travel. I new he would come back and continue to have a positive impact on our team. But, I was just glad to have my brother back in business with me. Keep up the good work bro!

Thanks for reading,

Jackie O'Quinn
International Coastal Director
1-888-309-5759
My Website

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Special Announcement from DFI



What is one thing that must happen for you to work from home and do it successfully? Do you want to increase your income from home? Part-time or Full-time?

For the first time ever we have a completely unique experience being sponsored by DFI and it is open to everyone in the home based business world. We will have a very special, unique and open to the public training call this Thursday Night 10pm EST 712-338-8100 Pin 1989# Invite your team if you want them to succeed. Invite your prospects if you want them to join you in DFI and invite the rest of the people you know who have a desire to become more.


Who's going to be on this call? Every single Six Figure Income earner in DFI and many industry wide, oh and our special guest as well. He has volunteered his time out of a busy career to share with each of us what he learned working from home in the Travel Industry that allowed him to start a brand new career in the financial services industry and bring in 8 million dollars in assets under management in less than 2 months.

He also created a 6 Figure income his first year in his home business and has every year he worked from home in the Travel Industry. Learn the details that made him successful and learn how to apply it to your business, job and life!

Thursday Night 10pm EST 712-338-8100 Pin 1989

This will be a history making night come be part of something bigger than us. By the END of the call we have been assured that
this will be talked about all over not just our team but the .net. Let's rock our industry together!!!

Join us if you'd like,

Jackie O'Quinn
1-888-309-5759
My Website

Monday, September 28, 2009

My late birthday present



For my birthday my wife took me to the local casino and we saw a magic show called "Carnival of Wonders". That was on Saturday night. It was a great show and a great time. Some really cool illusions. I think what made the show so good is that it wasn't just magic. It was comedy, dancing, and singing all built around the illusions. My wife is the best, what a great evening we had. Before we went to the show we ate a steak at the steak house in the casino. We had not been there in a while, and I had forgotten how fantastic the place was. She had a 16oz New York strip cooked medium to medium well. I had a filet mignon, 8oz cooked medium with lump crab meat top. It was just fantastic! Not to mention I enjoyed the company of the most beautiful girl in the world... My wife!

Till next time,
Jackie O'Quinn
1-888-309-5759
My Website

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Why I love Coastal Travel

Working from home with Coastal Travel offers one very very clear advantage. That is FREEDOM! Without a doubt it's the single best reason to work from home. Yes the money is great. Having a chance to impacts clients lives with our amazing products is outstanding as well, but nothing really compares to the freedom of being your own boss.

I just returned from nearly a 3 week vacation. The Thursday before Labor Day my wife and I drove down to Georgia from our home here in MI. We were looking for an area that we want to relocate to. We spent 3 days over the weekend just driving around and scoping out towns and suburbs around Atlanta. We had a great time envisioning and discovering new places to live (we want to get out of the cold MI winters). On Sunday, I dropped her off at the airport and she flew back home because she had to get back to her on small business ( a retail store). I left Atlanta, and drove to NC to visit some of my family there in Goldsboro, NC. I spent two weeks there before driving home.

It was during my stay there when I was calling a few clients that I realized how quickly and easily we can take this lifestyle for granted. I had TOTAL FREEDOM while there. I was able to work my Coastal Travel business some but mostly went fishing with my Uncle and my brother. I had a chance to play with my niece and nephew. I saw my mom and my grandma and some of my cousins it was a great time.

When I was driving home (I was very excited to get back and see my wife). I realized how fortunate I am to just be in a position where I get to choose how and when I work. I don't have to ask for a boss' premission or wonder if I have enough vacation time. Now that is freedom, thanks to Coastal Travel!

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Let's not take life for granted

In my last post I had discussed the passing of someone that I had respected in the home business industry. That was on my brain alot last week. This week I have been focusing on the things that we take for granted. Of course, I thought about my family, my wife, my friends, etc. Then yesterday, I took some time out in the afternoon and just went for a walk in our neighborhood and as I am walking I realized; I have totally taken my home business for granted! What a conviction!

I think it has become such a way of life that I just don't think about it. There was a time when I would have thought this was the perfect lifestyle, and it is. But, I realize that it has become normal for me and therefore I have become complacent. I work about 25 hours a week (to be honest usually less) but after 5 years I have taken that as "just my schedule". I don't have to work too hard to generate a six figure income, again I have accepted that as normal. It really is disgusting.

I am incredibly fortunate and I am vowing to continue to recognize this. I am going to start working with a renewed focus. I do not plan to increase my hours worked but I am going to start becoming more productive with my work schedule. In 2010 I want to set a new personal record and earn $250,000. I will be debt free by the end of the year so this will allow me to not only help more people through my home business but also to help many of my favorite charities as well.

Look at the legacy Phil Longnecker left behind. He created jobs for many people in a small town in PA. He helped thousands of individuals to succeed in a home business from his advertising. He created a personal fortune that made certain his family and his young daughter had a secure future even though he is no longer with us. He impacted thousands of children through the thousands of dollars he donated to "Toys for Tots". I will never be able to impact my family and those around me if I just stay comfortable with $100,000 a year from home.

If you have been reading my blog from the beginning then you have followed me from before I knew how to run a successful business to today. Stay tuned, cause we are about to take it to the next level. Those who I am fortunate to be in business with hang on, cause the best is yet to come!

Thanks for reading,
Jackie O'Quinn
My Website

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Cutting Edge Media misses Phil Longnecker

Some tragic news we wanted to make you aware of..

Phil Longnecker was the owner and founder of Cutting Edge Media. Phil built CEM from a 2 man operation to a multimillion dollar international success story. At one time CEM was providing advertising to every major home based business company in the US and to many companies outside the US. Unfortunately Phil passed away Saturday night in a car accident. Phil’s dream was to be the leading advertising agency/lead production company in the Home Based Business industry. Phil, no doubt, met and exceeded that goal and his legacy will live on for years to come. He had a huge heart and always gave back to his community. He treated his employees like family and he treated his clients with honor and respect. Phil set an amazing example as a 2%’er and a business owner.

He had so much love to give and never ceased to give it. On a visit to their company offices a while back Jackie and Renae were told several stories about Phil, the way he looked out for his employees and gave back to the community. One such story was that Phil often considered the employees at CEM his personal friends and an extenstion of his family. From time to time he would host all of the employees and their family at his house. Phil, had a special place in his heart for kids. He didn't want the kids to be bored having a good time. He wanted to make sure the kids enjoyed their time as well, so he would hire a petting zoo to come in and set up at his house (on his manicured lawn) so the kids would have something entertaining to do.

Another time a couple of years ago around Christmas. Phil, came into the offices at CEM and told his sales staff it was time to go shopping. He gave one of them a blank check and told them to go to K-Mart and buy the whole toy department! They did and all of the toys were donated to "Toys For Tots" an organization close to Mr. Longnecker's heart. We will all surely miss him. He loved Cutting Edge Media and was an incredibly smart entrepreneur. In his savvy wisdom Phil had prepared for such an event as this, so Cutting Edge Media will live on as will Phil’s legacy. Cutting Edge Media, as a company will continue to prosper and grow!

To send cards, flowers, charitable donations, etc….in memory of Phil.
In Memory Of Phil Longenecker
1595 S. Mount Joy Street
Elizabethtown, PA 17022

Warm Regards,
MyDFILive Support Team
866-628-4129
Announcements@mydfilive.com

P.S. May God protect his daughter and fill her with peace. Our prayers go out to the family at Cutting Edge Media and Phil’s personal family.

Monday, July 13, 2009

Back home from the honeymoon

Ok so it's been less than 3 weeks (the wife could tell you specifically) and married life is great. It just feels right, it feels complete. Unfortunately I didn't get to update you from the cruise ship as much I would have liked to. Internet was just way to sluggish there. We left Puerto Rico, and went to St. Thomas and Grand Turk. Both were very beautiful islands, we went snorkeling at each island. Grand Turk's snorkeling was far better than St. Thomas'. Overall it was a great honeymoon and a fantastic vacation.

Today is my first day back to work in the home office and I felt like "it was time". I say I'm in my home office but I guess you can say I'm just in the office. We lived in a duplex before we got married. I lived on one side and she lived on the other side. Now we both live on her side and I affectionately call my side the "Office Complex" mostly just as a joke. We are planning to move later in the year out of state so we will probably just keep renting the whole duplex till we move. One side is just a little cramped for both of us.

I have to comment on one more thing as well. Our wedding was amazing! I had very little to do with that but my incredible wife, our friend and wedding planner Jen, and our maid of honor Jenn; all allowed us to have the wedding of a life time. We kept it simple but over all it was incredible.

I have a lot more that I could share but it's time to get to work. I wrote this while I was waiting for my advertising to start rolling in which should be coming in already. So bye for now...

Jackie O'Quinn
International Coastal Director
Since 2004
1-888-309-5759
My Website

Friday, July 03, 2009

Update on the Honeymoon

Life is good, probably doesn't get much better than hanging out on a luxurious cruise ship. Luxury defined by, I couldn't work on this boat if I wanted to, drinks are brought to me whenever I want them, and great food is also available at anytime day or night. Today we were in Puerto Rico, while at the beach I was talking with my wife (still working on getting use to that lol). I was telling her how excited I was for our future, how excited I am for my next chapter in our lives and in our businesses.

I could criticize my mistakes if I chose too, however, if I look at the life that has been provided by our Coastal Vacations/DFI business then quickly realize how fortunate we are. I can not honestly tell you why people choose not to work for themselves. Owning your own business offers so much more in the way of flexibility and rewards. This blog itself was started before I ever even had a successful Coastal Vacations/DFI business. Going from being a Registered Nurse to Entrepreneur was vastly different and vastly more exciting. As an entrepreneur I get to help more people, more permanently, and have a greater impact on their future. I am definitely able to have a greater financial impact on my favorite charities as well.

Tomorrow we will be in St. Thomas. This will be my second time visiting St. Thomas since starting my Coastal Vacations/DFI business. However, it will be my first time snorkeling there. I am excited since St. Thomas is suppose to have fantastic snorkeling. Since our vacation two summers ago to Bora Bora, where we probably snorkeled for probably 3 or 4 hours a day, we have been looking to doing a snorkeling again. I just looked out see that we started out of port. The internet connection isn't very strong on the ship so I am about to log off.

I will give you a quick update on something else also. I think I am going to start a weekly online poker tournament. Online poker is a hobby of mine and I have been thinking about getting together some sort of a weekly tournament with like a $10 buy in. If you want to take part in this, leave me a comment or an email and I will get you the details when we do our very first one in a couple of weeks.

Talk soon,
Jackie O'Quinn
My Website
1-888-309-5759

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

A Coastal Vacations/DFI wedding

It's really like the Coastal Vacations/DFI wedding. I don't mean it's "themed" or anything. I mean that many of the friends that are there will be people flying in from all over the world. People that I have met and come to love as a results of my Coastal Vacations business and DFI. This August it will be 5 years since I have been a Director in Coastal Vactions/DFI. I have seen so much and have been so thankful for the life that I have been able to live. I have lived like a millionaire, I am surely on my way. However, I have lived a very flexible lifestyle. I make my hours, I work when I want (hence why I'm not a millionaire). I have learned so much about myself, about life, and about being and entrepreneur.

This business has given me so much and now it gives me the oppurtunity to marry the most amazing woman I have ever met. Carmen, is not only gorgeous, she is smart, strong willed, supportive, and ambitious in her own right. An interesting tidbit about Carmen and Coastal Vacations. Carmen and my Uncle Pat, were the only two people that were supportive of my Coastal business in the very beginning. In fact, Carmen, has supported everthing that I have ever wanted to do. It is probably one of the things that I love most about her. You can see our wedding website here www.CarmenandJackie.com.

Our wedding is officially this Saturday. Then we are off on our 10 day honeymoon on Monday. We are going on a 10 day cruise to Bermuda, San Juan Puerto Rico, Turks Cacos, and St. Thomas. I will probably find a couple of times to blog from the cruiseship so I will likely keep you update from the high seas. Even this honeymoon, would probably not be possible for me if it was for my Coastal Vacactions/DFI business. First of all our honeymoon will be two weeks long, I don't know that I would have been able to do that if I was still an RN I don't know if I could have gotten that much time off. It definitely would have had to be approved by management for sure. Also, we have a balcony room on this cruise, with airfare and hotel arrangements plus spending money. This could have put me in alot of debt as a nurse. However, with Coastal Vacations/DFI earlier this year I made a Platinum Travel Package sale; with that I earn a profit of $9,705. I paid taxes on it, tithed on it, and set the rest aside for our honeymoon.

Thanks to Coastal Vacations/DFI, I am helping to pay for a wedding, paying for the honeymoon, getting out of debt, and I never had to ask a boss for anything. The next two weeks are going to be spectacular! You can follow along in the next post.

Thanks for reading,

Jackie O'Quinn
International Coastal Director
Since 2004
My Website

Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Coastal Travel is real!

I wanted to post this. I just received the letter below from one of our Coastal Travel members. Working in the travel industry is alot of fun but getting letters like this helps us to know that we are allowing people to take vacations that they may otherwise not be able to take with our current economy. Read this short letter I got from Jessica below:

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Hi Jackie,

I just booked a one week long vacation on 4th of July week using the Coastal pkg.Wow, 3 bedrooms, full kitchen and totally beautiful furnished condo resort at the Sweetwater Lift Lodge in Park City, UT for only $561. Retail is $2200.

Rack rate is $314.29... per nights, now we only pay $10 per person per night. This unit can fit all of us 8 people... .me, my husband, my two boys, my sister, her husband and her two boys. I am so excited to see my sister and her family and create wonderful memories with them.

Thank you for Coastal. We save total of $1639 for just one vacation.

Jessica W. in California

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After reading Jessica's letter, I went and looked up the resort she is staying at. What a beautiful place. You can check it out yourself www.sweetwaterliftlodge.com. One thing that I noticed about this place. They are sold out of 3 bedroom units the week of July 4th on the website. She would not have even been able to book it at $314.29/night because there are none of those units available!

If you haven't started a business with Coastal yet, but you want to do something that can impact people's lives while providing a great flexible income for you and your family. Check out our website here and then give me a call at 1-888-309-5759.

Warm Regards,

Jackie O'Quinn
International Coastal Director
Since 2004
1-888-309-5759

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

The grass may be greener but...

Something I have been thinking about for awhile so I have decided to share this with you. I was actually having a discussion with a friend of mine recently and he said that I should write a blog post on this. So I am taking his advice.



This is about distractions and the way people allow themselves to get distracted. It comes down to a loss of focus and what I believe is misplacing their focus. This most often occurs either after someone has had a period of success or when they get frustrated because success has not come to them as fast as they wanted with their current home business.

So here's what happens people start looking around at other business and it's like the 80/20 rule. They say, "My business is to inexpensive for people to get started so there is no commitment and they don't seem to ever go to work."

Or they say...

"It's too expensive to get started in my business, if it was cheaper then I could get more people started"

So they spend time looking at the 20% they don't have and never realize the 80% they do have. Someone told me once, "The grass may be greener on the other side but, you still have to mow it". When I was first looking at the home based business industry I use to get all excited by each new oppurtunity that came my way. I would look at a new product or company or compensation plan and I would start dreaming of the big paychecks coming in. However, shortly after that reality set in and the truth is I had to go to work to make anything happen. So when I started working I would often look at that particular business I was wanting to build and I would think, "Hey, if this was less expensive I could probably sell more and make more money." ( I am using that as an example) and off I would go getting excited about a totally different business. I would totally lose focus. I even see this happen to people after they have had success in business. I will give you an example of my friend I mentioned earlier. This guy was at one time ( and soon will be again ) a superstar with Coastal Travel. However, after a while he got distracted and decided to give a couple other companies his time and resources. He eventually landed with a company that he was hoping to eventually build up a large residual income stream.

With Coastal Travel, we can make alot of money fast. I don't know of any where you can earn this much money this fast. I know of no other company that pays better. However, with our product we don't charge people for using our products each and over month so there is no traditional residual income. This particular friend was saying, "Look there are people in XYZ company earning $1,000,000 a year in residual income with a customer base of over 300,000".



I responded this way, "With Coastal John (not his real name) if you brought in just 3,000 customers with our middle package you would earn $9,000,000. If you put that towards rental properties you would have a much more solid income stream, that would be a much more stable residual, and much more valuable because you could resell the properties in the future".



The bottom line is, do you want it to be a residual income that you control or one that you are dependent on a company to continue to pay you? There are pros and cons to each for certain. John said that was exactly what he had been realizing that's why he had decided to go back and build a Coastal Travel business. "Bottom line, there is nothing that I am aware of that can pay me any better." he said.


However, I have heard similar conversations before. People just forget what they do have and start focusing on what they don't have. It's funny how that happens. I will give you another example. I helped set a young woman up in her Coastal business once... and her reason for getting started was because she worked with a different company marketing a very low ticket item and she would sale about 5 of these items each month and she told me. If I just sold 5 of your bottom packages in a month, I would earn $5,000 and if I sale just one of your top packages I will earn over $9,000. She was correct the probably was she assumed she could sale just as many of our products which are at a much higher price point than she had previously been accustomed to. She got frustrated when she didn't make money as fast as she initially had expected. Truthfully she would have been better off to stick with the company she had her previous success with and just go to work!

Instead, she thought she saw a way to make more money with Coastal. She could have made more money probably but it would required a new skill set that she had not learned yet. She left a company that she had learned how to make money with only to end up getting frustrated when those same skills didn't allow her to make money with a new company.

This post is really just a cautionary tale. Remember: The grass may be greener on the other side but you still have to mow it!

Monday, April 20, 2009

Coastal Travel and MyDFILive is a scam

Someone told me a long time ago, you will always have your critics and the bigger you become the more critics you will have. However, the most constructive thing you can do is simply answer your critics with brand new success. Last week we had a 3 day Blitz. Below are some of the people who reported having success during our 3 day Blitz. These are only the ones that told us, I wonder how many more are out there having success and not telling anyone?

Stephen Smothers, brand new to the team, just started dialing last Friday. He has 2 brand new people in training in his first week. Participated in the Blitz and works a full time job! Congrats Stephen.

Crystal Weber made her first Premier sale! Congratulations Crystal!

Lorraine Rodman generated $9705 in profit on day 1 of the Blitz!

Mike Cowan broke his personal record for dialing during this blitz!

Jerry and Pam Mercer stepped it up and accomplished twice the number of dials they normally do! Way to go!

Scott Harter is brand new to the business and not only participated in the blitz, but he turned in his numbers and held himself accountable! Way to go!

Cynthia Della Pietro just got started, received her script books on Monday, got leads on Tuesday, participated in the Blitz on Wednesday and closed her VERY first sale!

Jolynn Skarin and Keri Skarin just learned a new skill this week from Dani Johnson’s training and implemented it for the first time. They made a decision to not worry about being perfect, they just focused on results and did an amazing job during this blitz!

Nike Roach and Bonnie Clark presented Coastal to 5500 people at a job fair during the Blitz and as a result have 70 new HOT prospects a piece! Great job exposing your business you 2!!

William Piechocki just finished his boot camp on Tuesday and sent an update to Announcements on his progress! Way to take initiative. A brand new person could just not participate at all, but William is holding himself accountable from DAY 1 in his business!

Lynn Hardy is brand new and participated in the blitz. She has a brand new person getting started as a result of the blitz. She was sick as a dog, but didn’t let ANYTHING stop her! Way to go Lynn!

Jackie O’Quinn made a Platinum sale during this Blitz! (That's $9,705 in profit).

I love this business and thank God everyday for allowing me to do this for a living!

Thanks for reading,
Jackie O'Quinn
1-888-309-5759

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

I earned a residual $10,000 this week!

Email I sent to my database:

Just keeping you up to date. I understand when you are nervous about a new venture it is normal to watch from the sidelines. So let me give you a quick update.

Lorraine from WV, joined Coastal Travel the end of last year. She worked for Rolls Royce as a corporate events planner and really liked the job. However, she worked lots of hours and wanted to find away to have flexibility. She found Coastal Travel online and got started at the Platinum position. Her first month she made $2,000 her second month she earned $4,200. Today she brought me her first Platinum Training sale. Congratulations to Lorraine!

That brings us to Betty from NY. That is a single mom who was very nervous about getting in at the Platinum position but said she did not have anytime to mess around. She needs to earn a serious level of income to get her and her two daughters out of debt. I assured her if she remained coachable and teachable and was willing to do her part, then I promised her that she would succeed and I would help her ever step of the way. I made no promises that it would be easy but she will succeed and it will be lucrative for her.

Betty purchased her Platinum package today using her Discover card at a retail price of $11,000 that netted me a profit of $9,705 (ok so it's not quite $10,000). For those of you keeping track that is a total of $10,705 profit so far for me this month!

Congratulations to Lorraine once again way to go girl! If you are ready to start earning some serious income then do your research, visit my website http://www.jackie.mydfilive.com , and then give me a call at 1-888-309-5759.

Hope you had a great Easter,
Jackie O'Quinn
International Coastal Director
1-888-309-5759

Friday, April 10, 2009

Our conference call DID NOT go according to plan

Below is an email I received last night after our LIVE conference call. The call really was nuts!

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Unbelievable Jackie,

We had a special annoucement call scheduled tonight but something very unexpected happened. Not everyone was able to make it on the call because the line MAXED OUT. Our conference call company would not allow anyone else to get on the line because we had too many people on the call.

If you were one of the unforunate ones that hung up and was unable to call back in because the line was full. Then you can listen to the recording below:
This recording will only be available for the next 24 hours so be sure to listen and take notes.
http://www.mydfilive.com/replay/AF-ABC-ABBCHGIC-CIHBE

Let's succeed together,
MyDFILive.com Support Team

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If you want to join the madness check us out >>> Here

All the best,
Jackie O'Quinn
1-888-309-5759

Monday, February 02, 2009

Earning $500 per hour

Often times people ask, how fast can I make money in Coastal Travel? Let me tell you what happened last Thursday Jan. 29th. As with most days I was receiving requests for more information about Coastal Travel from our advertising companies. I was calling those clients back. One particular client I called at 12 pm EST, his name was Patrick. Patrick is an RN like myself but is currently working full time. He wants to pay off his debts and make enough money he can retire soon. He is getting close to retirement but doesn't have enough money saved to be able to retire. He had been looking for a way to make extra money from home for the past two years. He said he had tried alot of things but never had any success. Once he even spent $5,000 on an online store. He didn't get any support and no training, therefore the store sat online and made no sales at all!

I read our script to Patrick and directed him to my website at http://mydfilive.com/direct.php?id=123456&password=password. After that I scheduled him for one of our Live Conference Calls that started at 1 pm. After the conference call I read another script to him, the last line of that script says, "How do you want to take care of the purchase of your package, Cashier's Check, Money Order, or Credit Card". He thought for a moment and then he said, "I have a Mastercard". I took his payment information and process his payment for his Basic Travel Package. Once I finished, I hung up the phone and sat back into my office chair and noticed the time 1:59 pm EST. That was a new record! I spoke to our new team member at 12 and by 2 I had made $1,000 in profit!

This never gets old! I mean never. It so simple too, just reading a script, taking people through a simple process and then reading another script. John, if you want to be able to make up to $1000 in two hours let me know.

Have a phenomenial week!

Jackie OQuinn
Platinum Director
Since 2004
1-888-309-5759
My Website: http://mydfilive.com/direct.php?id=123456&password=password

P.S Before writing this email I had just gotten off of the phone with Patrick. It seems that he got started so fast he didn't completely understand our marketing plan and how he got paid. He is looking at his accounts and may be purchasing the Premeire package before the end of the week. That would be another profit of $3,000. I love my life and this busines!

Monday, January 05, 2009

Some of our testimonials from 2008 and 2007

As we start a new year of further growth and excitement. I wanted to share this video of some team members who had success in 2007 and 2008.




It will be great to see who will be featured on this video in 2009. If you would like to be on this video in 2009 then visit http://www.jackie.mydfilive.com/goland1/testimonial. Or give me a call at 1-888-309-5759.



Have a great year,

Jackie O'Quinn