Mary Beltrano, makes a $4852.50 donation to over 250 Orphans

If you have been getting my emails this month. Then you know that I have had my best year this year earning well over $150,000 so far this year with Coastal Travel. When I was a Nurse, I hated seeing people's struggle but never having a way to help them because I had my own financial turmoil I was in. That definitely isn't the case anymore. I recently heard about a group of young boys in an orphanage in India, they are in need of some financial assistance.

I read about this here on Mr. Jeff Usner's blog >> www.JeffUsner.com

So I made a decision that I would donate 50% of all of my gross profits to this cause throughout the month of December. I told you this as a form of accountability and encouragement. I have definitely received that encouragement from many readers. So I want to send this short audio to you that was recorded this morning.

Listen now >> http://www.mydfilive.com/replay/EI-ABC-AJBJFJHG-HHABA

This is Mary from ON. She just purchased her Platinum Package yesterday and that means that she also helped me to donate $4852.50 to some young boys that have lost their parents on the other side of the world. You know there is absolutely nothing extraordinary about me. I grew up a fatherless child in a less than middleclass childhood. I ended working on a farm with a man my mother met when I was 11. I left that tobacco farm in North Carolina and put myself through Nursing school. I struggle to get a 2 year degree but I finally did graduate after 3 attempts. I worked as an Oncology Nurse for a couple of years before discovering Dani Johnson and starting a business with Coastal Travel. My first year I earned $70,000 working part time and left nursing behind after that.

I recently had a businessman ask me what made me different than anyone else out there. I told him I didn't think anything made me different. He responded by saying of course you are different not everyone who starts a business has your level of success. I pondered that and knew he was correct but the only answer I could come up with was this.

" I think I am less intelligent than most except I know it. So I knew I had to find simple business model. I expected to work diligently and I have never attempted to reinvent the wheel. I still build my business almost exactly the way I did in the beginning. I still use the same training, I read the same scripts, and use very similar websites. "

Whether you ever decide to start your own business with Coastal Travel or not I thank you for reading this email. If you know anyone who wants to save money on travel or grow an existing business using our travel incentives then by all means please refer them to me this month. 50% of their purchase profits will go directly to these children in India.

Have a great day,

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

Hilary Snyder, is a successful Coastal Travel Director

This email just got sent to me from DFI. Check it out:

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Is it really all about the best compensation structure?

When you are looking into starting a business in a down economy it is important to understand how you are going to get paid. Compensation for you work is something you should understand right away from the start. Now if you are starting your own business from scratch that will definitely has it’s own challenges but you should understand how you are going to be paid. If you are starting a franchise or working with anyone of a number of reputable online business plans then you must understand how you will compensated for your work as you start building your business. There are a some things that you at least want to be aware of before you start your search.

First, be wary of compensation plans that tout phrases like “7 ways to get paid” The number seven isn’t a magical number I’m just using it for an example. Often times you will see companies online that will tout multiple income streams and how they will pay you 7 different ways or 6 different ways or 8 different ways for the work that you do once. Well more often than not what this really means is there are 7 ways the company can prevent you from getting paid for your work. Let’s say for example that a company says they pay out 50% of their profits to their distributors. This is probably reasonable and fair. However, it’s not as simple as just bring in customer A and earn X. Instead it will be bring in customer A and earn 25%. Another 5% will be a training bonus that may go to you or someone else. Another 10% could go into some sort of a monthly distributor fund. Another 10% could go into a car bonus or housing bonus. Now I am not saying this is necessarily a bad thing. You will want to recognize that to take advantage of the full compensation that the company makes available you will probably have to do more than just bring in a few customers.

Also be aware of the disadvantage of the multiple levels of compensation that many home based businesses offer. I could go on and on this one but I probably should save this for Part B. of this post. Stay tuned.

Thanks for reading,

Jackie O’Quinn

Phone: 1-888-309-5759

Tip 3: Starting a business in a down economy

This is the third blog post and tip number 3 for starting a business in a down economy. In the first tip we discussed how to avoid a common mistake when choosing a business to start. In tip 2, we talked about what industries to look for in a down economy. Today we are going to expand alittle further into starting a business in a down economy and how to succeed with it. So here is tip number 3, recognize that you have a market advantage over other businesses in a down economy. In theory, the longer someone has been in business the more money they should have saved up and the more finanically secure their business should be. However, since most of us don't have functioning crystal balls a common mistake is that businesses over leverage themselves out of impatience to grow quickly. During an economic slow down, these businesses are often crushed by the weight of there own success. It's the same reason during the housing boom so many growing real estate investment companies fell. They grew buy taking out large mortgages to buy cashflow properties but when the economy starting going down hill many of their tenants could no longer afford rent. This created a chain effect, the real estate companies started losing tenants and then started losing rental income. With limited cashflow the real estate companies couldn't afford the notes on their properties and then they started listing properties for sale and when the properties didn't sale they started forclosing. Many of these companies ended up in bankruptcy and are no longer in business today. However, there are always two sides to every coin. During this same time period there were other Real Estate companies that were probably smaller but didn't have nearly as much debt. They also started losing tenants when the economy started crashing but they had a stronger cashflow because they had less debt. This puts the smaller company in a position with loss of cashflow but not getting squeezed by their huge debt payments. These companies have been able to weather the economic storm and are probably buying new properties at discounted prices while their larger competitor has been put out of business.

This was a very simple example of how a more established company could be disadvantaged during economic slow downs. Another example is during the "good times" most companies do not pay attention to their overhead as careful as they should. They often take on alot of employees and expand their overhead. If they do not shrink this overhead fast enough during economic slow downs, and most don't, then their finances will become an anchor weighing them down during economic turmoil. This works in your favor and you want to recognize that. Starting out with low or no overhead in a down economy makes you flexible to changing market conditions and allows you to profit easier than the company with high overhead. This is extremely important to you when starting a business in a down economy.

Thanks for reading,
Jackie O'Quinn
1-888-390-5759

An email I just sent to my database...

Below is a copy of an email I just sent to my database of about 15,000 prospective clients

Subject: Coastal Travel beat Expedia and Hotels.com
Check it out for yourself, we are saving our clients 1000's of dollars per year in travel. We have finally made vacationing affordable for anyone!

video proof >>

The past 7 and a half years working with Coastal Travel, I have earned 100s of 1000s of dollars, so far this month we are almost at $10,000 already. I am often asked, why does your business do so well in this slow economy. I think the video pretty much sums it up. We allow people to continue to create family members, to take well deserved vacations for pennies on the dollar. Now more than ever people are looking to save money when traveling and Coastal Travel meets that need.

Hope you enjoyed the video,

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

Tip 2: How to start a business in a down economy

Song of the Day -- Fast Car



Today I am going to discuss how to start a business in a down economy. This is the second tip, the first tip was given in the previous post. So lets just started

Tip #2 Choose the industry you are going to work in carefully. I don't specifically tell you what industry to choose because you have alot of options available to you. I also am not going to tell you what industry not to work in. Instead I am going to give you some guidelines to follow when looking for an industry to start a business during these tough economic times.

I would recommend that first you look at industries that don't just do well in poor economic times but instead look for industries that usually do fairly well in good times and bad times. For example take nutrition and wellness that is a very large industry that is very consistent and has always at least held it's own during good economic cycles and bad economic cycles. It's not a sexy industry, it never makes big news headlines and therefore most people are shocked when they find out that it's a billion dollar industry. It makes since though. During good economic times people want to lose weight and get healthy, during bad economic times, people still need to lose weight and get healthy. So if you wanted to start say a health foods store and that was something you had an interest in. You would have as good of a chance at making that succeed in a good economy and/or a down economy. Meaning the economy would play less of a factor in that type of business compared to other businesses.

If you are learning how to start a business in a down economy, then you want to consider industries that are resilient historically. For example take the industry of travel. It's the largest industry in the world at over 7 trillion dollars world wide. During good times people want to celebrate and take a great vacation. During crappy economic times they want to take a break from it all and take a vacation. It's a perfect contradiction in our human psyche however, it's one that you can profit from. Travel is more of a "sexy" industry but you have to be strategic in the type of business you choose. For example, it may not be a good idea to just go open a travel agency in a world with travelocity and expedia. However, if you have a business that offers a unique marketing strategy and gives you an advantage over expedia then you may have a winner. I know alot about this because our business is in travel and we have a unique strategy where we do not compete with travelocity or expedia or any other traditional travel outlet. In fact this year 2011 in a "down economy" we are having our most profitable year ever.

When choosing an industry to start your business avoid industries that have been part of a bubble. For example real estate, if you are going to start a business in real estate today then you better know what you are doing. Ironically enough prior to this last economic down turn, real estate would have been an industry I would have look upon favorably in past economic cycles. Real estate historically had done well in good and bad economies however, during this last economic cycle a bubble was created in real estate. If you start a business in any industry that has "bubbled and burst" then you are going to be fighting an up hill battle. Sure it could be done, I am just saying the odds are stacked against you.

Stay tuned for Tip #3

All the best,

Jackie O'Quinn

1-888-309-5759



How to start a home business in a down economy

Here are some simple tips for starting a home business in a down economy. First you must realize that your personal economy is not the same as everyone else's bad economy. Therefore, your business economy is not the same as everyone else's business economy. You and your new business venture are a small part of a much larger picture. In that big picture some people are doing worse and some people are doing better. You can be one of those people that are doing better than most.

Some business are doing bad in a down economy and some businesses are doing good. Like our business this year. We are having our very best year EVER in 7 and a half years. Below are a few simple tips to help you succeed in starting a home business in a down economy.

Tip 1: Don't start a business out of a hobby. There is this prevailing wisdom out there that says find something that you love and you will never have to work again. Which I believe is true but most people look at it all wrong. Most people take that to believe let me find my favorite hobby and see how I can make it profitable? That usually has disastrous consequences. First, most hobbies are not able to be turned into a successful business model. Second, if they can become a successful business they become work and are NO fun after a while. "Find something that you love to do and you will never have to work again" obviously doesn't mean that you are going to be able to quit working. It just simply means you will like the work that you are doing. So when you are starting a business in a down economy this is paramount. Wrap your purpose in work around what you love.

You can do this with just about any business model. If you are starting a business on basket weaving and you don't particularly like basket weaving you just happen to be good at it. Then you realize that by building this business using a skill that you have learned you are able to spend more time on the "hobby" that you are passionate about. If you are like me and you like fishing then by making basket weaving successful it gives you more time to go fishing. If you are the type of person that is passion about charity work and you like to donate money or time to feeding the homeless for example. By building your basket weaving business you have more free time and more money to donate to the homeless. When you realize that it's the business that is giving you these options naturally you will create a passion for your basket weaving business. It's important to make these links with whatever you start because just like in a "job" there will be days when you may not want to go in and basket weave, but then you have the reminder what basket weaving will allow you to do that having a "job" never would. It increases your determination to make that new business work even in a down economy.

Stay tuned for the next post for Tip 2:

Working from home is really about lifestyle

Why start a business from home?

Well most people look into working from for very obvious reason. Usually they are looking for a way to make some extra money. Working from home, is one of the very few ways you can do that. While still maintaining a full time job and meeting your obligations with your spouse and kids. When you consider that starting a business from home can be the simplest way to start a business, it can offer some of the highest profits, and can allow for exponential growth oppurtunities as well as passive income streams. When you consider all of that you may wonder, why would anyone consider starting any other type of business?

When starting a business from home, you are often able to follow a business plan/marketing plan that others have been successful with. Each industry and company in the industry, often times has found ways marketing and advertising that work. All you have to do is simply follow a path that someone else has set out for you. You don't have create large and risky advertising campaigns, you don't have to build brands, no need to worry about having a crack legal team, no research and development team is need. Usually it's best to partner with other companies that have already figured that out. So you are marketing products developed by another company, using their advertising strategies, often getting their training for free or low cost. You can often get started at most for a few thousand dollars but have a real shot at earning 10s of 1000s of dollars even 100s of 1000s of dollars.

Now throw in the fact that often times companies will pay you royalties to maintain customers or even large training bonuses for helping them to expand their distribution by helping to introduce and train new people who want to market a company's products. Therefore you can expand your income exponentially and passively. Take a vacation, go to your kids football game, take time off and volunteer, and you will still have the potential of earning revenue.

I can not tell you why, everyone doesn't start a business from home. But I can definitely tell you why they should. It creates an amazing lifestyle. Even a part time business can give you financial piece of mind and security. A part time business can, give you extra money for retirement, for vacationing, for your kids college fund, and maybe parlay  that into a full time income if you want. As a full time income or primary income (primary income is a better term because even now I'm not full time) you can break the chains of that 9 to 5. No traffic or highway commute. No asking premission to take time off when the kids are sick. No asking premission to take vacation. You can travel, work from anywhere and still build a great income. Right this very moment, I am writing this blog from my laptop and my back patio, one of my favorite places to work. So far this month I have earned $7,000 with possibly another $9,000 coming before the end of the month. I'm not the only one, I have recently heard about others although I don't have any way to verify this. I can't see what money they deposit in their account, but I have heard them report on conference calls, at live training events the income they have earned recently. Here is a couple of examples.

Zac Mulder, in the past 5 weeks at 19 years old earned $10,300

Meggan Pratt, stay at home wife, earned $14,000 in the last 30 days

Wade Guftasen (I'm not sure I have his name spelled right) earned $3,200 in the last month after getting laid off from a job he had for 20 years.

Starting a business from home, is about freedom, it's about lifestyle, it's about security. I can't for the life of me figure out why, especially now in today's current uncertain economic environment, everyone doesn't have at least a part time business from home.

Thanks for reading,

Jackie O'Quinn
International Coastal Director
(Since 2004)

Website: www.flexiblebiz.com

The things that keep you awake

Or I should say the things that can wake you up at night. I woke up this am at 5:00. I don't usually get up till 8 am. I have not been back to sleep instead I have been wide awake. I have alot of stuff on my mind that excites me and I don't know exactly what to do about it. As I reflect back on my life, I wasn't born super intelligent, I wasn't born into wealth or a family that understood laws of money. In alot of ways, the deck was stack against me. However, some how I have managed to rise up, go to college and get a degree (2 year nursing degree that took me 3 attempts because I flunked out twice), start several businesses, become totally debt free, create an income of $100,000 plus per year and own assets that are kicking out cash flow to me each and every month.

Now this doesn't make me special in anyway at all. In fact, I think most people if they followed my plan to success would find it to be strikingly simple. Therefore, I have often considered writing  a book, creating some sort of course that can give a step by step plan to get out of debt, start a business, or at least create some passive streams of income once you are out of debt which will lead to financial freedom for anyone who was following this plan. I just haven't known how to do this. I have tossed around a couple of different ideas. I think I have settled on creating an email based course combined with audio and some video. The first part of this and probably the most important part is all about getting out of debt, later will lead to increasing your income, and into creating massive passive income through multiple streams of income.

All of this isn't my organic material as if somehow I have broken the code to financial success single handily. There are various places and resources as well as trainings that have helped me along the way. Through this course, I will give you that information and those resources. In parts I will simply commentate the participants through other trainings and in parts I will be training on areas that I have a strong knowledge on. Make no mistake about it though. I would prefer to send you to the source of the information that I learned from so that you can learn from it yourself first hand. My intention is not to always be the teacher, that would simply make me a replicator and I would fear watering down information. I want you to learn directly from the source as much as possible.

I don't know how long it will take me to put this together and I don't know exactly where to start so I am going to just start somewhere and give it my best shot. This is a passion of mine, but it is by no means my primary business nor do I want it to be. Therefore, I will focus on creating this course (don't know what to call it yet) in my extracurricular time. I just know that I have to start this sooner than later. With economic turmoil abound in the land. There are more people than ever that are desperate and ready to take control their finances, and I know that I can direct them down a path to do that, without question. This has created an urgency in me.

Until next time,
Jackie

Dani Johnson, on Fox News!

I told you yesterday I would post the video as soon as I had it for our company's trainer Dani Johnson. Here it is, today Dani was interviewed on Fox News in regards to her new book. In this interview you will not see the Dani Johnson I have learned from over the years. You will see a different side of her. She has been doing trainings for years teaching us how to succeed working for ourselves from home. She gives specific no frills strategies that have allowed me to go from a broke, Registered Nurse, with no business experience; to owning my own travel business and in a down economy when most people are failing I am earning over $100,000 per year.

It doesn't stop there. As she said in her Fox News interview Mrs. Dani Johnson is about you gaining wealth not just making more money. Those two concepts are not the same. Not everyone who makes a lot of money attains wealth. By my own admission, it took me much  longer to learn how to attain wealth than it did to make alot of money. In fact believe it or not it was MUCH MUCH easier for me to learn how to work part time and earn $100,000 a year than it was to learn how to start amassing wealth and to build a secure financial future.

All I have to say is thank you to Mrs. Dani Johnson. Go ahead and watch the video now.



If you want to work with Dani Johnson, and work with a company that has a track record of using her training exclusively to help people pay off debt while simultaneously increasing their income working part time from home. Then you may get more info and apply for an interview by filling out this form >> www.jackie.dfilive.com/goland1/foxnews

Thanks for reading,
Jackie O'Quinn

WindyCity LIVE (Dani Johnson)

The marketing company I work with has used Dani Johnson exclusively as our company trainer for several years. Since I have personally been working with Dani Johnson in my internet business I have earned hundreds of thousands of dollars over the past 6 years. We are totally debt free and my bride Carmen O'Quinn, and I are working diligently to leave a positive impact on our society by using our time, talents, and financial resources we have accumulated since Dani Johnson's training.

What it for yourself here



Be Blessed,
Jackie O'Quinn

Our company is looking for applicants >> http://www.jackie.dfilive.com/goland1/windycity

P.S. Dani is going to be on Fox and Friends tomorrow check your local Fox affiliate or check back here tomorrow for a video.

The day the dollar dies...

So I'm sitting at home right now this a raging sunburn. We got home a couple of hours ago from our mountain getaway. We had a great time. Yesterday we went tubing that was a great time. It was the first time I have ever done that. I would highly recommend it if you have not done it and you like the outdoors. However, that is also where I picked up this souvenir sunburn, which I could do without. I came home and in mail I had an update from one of my investment researchers. I hire these guys to do various research for me. The title of the research was the day the dollar dies. Having known nothing about economics a few years ago I have really come up to speed fast. It is more clear to me than ever that we are headed toward very very rocky times for those of us in the good Ol US of A.

Our government for the past decade has been quickly devaluing our currency through their policies. So the question remains how bad is it going to get and how do you take advantage of the looming dollar crisis. I have been positioning myself just for that. I have started investing in mining stocks as a hedge. This is really a double hedge. The companies I am investing in are undervalued companies already that happen to be in the Gold mining sector. So my money grows one of two ways. When the market realizes their value and the appreciate in stock price. Also as the dollar weakens gold prices go up and consequently over time the share price of gold and silver mining companies go up as well.

Now historically this sector has been very volatile. However, I don't know of a better long term investing strategy during uncertain economic times such as the ones we are approaching over the next 5 years or so. You can follow along with my gold mining investing. With the government ending what is known as Quantitative Easing 2, I expect prices to drop over the next 2 to 3 months in this sector which will present more buying opportunities.

Thanks for reading,
J.O.

Vacation in Blue Ridge, GA

Well we have rented a luxury home up in Blue Ridge, GA. It's beautiful  up here. Right now I'm blogging from the deck overlooking the Toccoa River. A river we will be tubing down alittle later this morning. I have been meaning to make a blog post sooner but we have been having so much fun I have just now decided to stop long enough to put my thoughts on the digital world. I have been posting pictures like crazy on Facebook. If we are not friends on facebook make sure you connect with me, friend me on facebook.

This home is gorgeous and well designed. It's 5 bedrooms and 4 baths, about 5000 square feet with a private out door pool area (this is one of my favorite features). This outdoor area has a full bathroom with shower. The whole thing is bricked in, with underground pool and water slide, my niece, nephew, and mother in law have enjoyed the slide. It has an oversided fireplace, which has been enjoyable with some nice cigars in the evening. There is a very large gazebo area which could comfortably hold 10 people eating. There is a full outdoor kitchen with microwave, sink, fridge, bar, cabinet space. Also you can't forget the grill. We will be making some beer butt chickens on that grill later tonight.

Overall it has been a great time to celebrate a holiday to remember those men and women who have died so that I could live the life I live and vacation the way that we vacation. One of the more exciting parts of this vacation is that it has been a working vacation for me. Meaning that I have kept a few appts and attended a few conference calls. That little extra work turned this vacation into a Paycation. I have earned a few thousand dollars while hanging out up here in the mountains! I have a few more topics I could discuss about work but no need to spend too much time discussing work on my day of rest! Will talk soon...

God bless,
J.O.

I may have to make this blog private

I have seriously considered making this blog private. I have never intentionally did any real marketing or SEO to make this blog rank well in search engines. From the very beginning it really has been a collection of my personal thoughts, ramblings, and a bit of a journal about what is going on with my life and business ventures. I have considered making this blog private just so my friends could read it but not necessarily so the general public could easily browse accross it. I am involved with a couple different business ventures with my primary business venture being in the travel industry.

I don't want my various potential clients coming accross this blog which has severed more like a journal than anything else as a result I could potential credibility if they read any one post out of context not understanding what the primary purpose of this blog is. However, for my friends and family who have been literally my best supporters. I will keep writing here and updating on whats going on with my life. My focus in life has been about wanting to help as many people as I can to take control of there finances. In today's economic environment I am have been feeling an urgency to really start getting more of this info out that I am learning and using daily to take advantage of this current environment. If you are making the right choices there are plenty of oppurtunities available right now.

I will keep writing and posting. I will probably eventually take this blog private or at least make it more obscure in the search engines. I want those reading this to enjoy learning with me and to let's increase our profitablity together!

J.O.

The College Conspiracy

I have a friend of mine who knows that I own my own marketing company and that I work from home. He recently sent me a link via Facebook. It was very interesting to say the least. The title of the video is "The College Conspiracy". You can look it up on Youtube, but what a fascinating watch. There are plenty of points to disagree with on the video but the main point was that college degrees are too expensive to get these days and are not nearly as valuable as they once were.

The video did a good job of explaining really my opinions on this topic. I have long told my wife I would never encourage our children to get a college degree unless they decided to go into a career field that absolutely required it. I would love for my kids to go into business. It could be one of my business ventures or one of their own. My focus would be to find out the kind of life they would want for themselves and their families and then finding a career path that could lead them to that kind of lifestyle.

I understand that not everyone wants to own a business, and my kids may not want to own a business either. That will be fine with me as long as they are choosing a career field that will allow them to live the type of lifestyle they will want to have for themselves. Before I started working from home, I was a Registered Nurse. No one asked me in Nursing school, "Do you know the kind of life most nurses live? Is that the life you want to live for yourself?"

If I had been asked that, I have no idea what I would have said. I had never really contemplated it. In some ways starting an online business, happened almost by accident for me. However, today I live a lifestyle above what would be possible on a Nursing salary. For example, I am debt free today. Yet I have several causes that I am passionate about and like to donate money to. I like to travel and vacation and have been able to travel to places all over the world. I travel often, at least about 6 weeks out of the year. I enjoy fine dining and taking my bride to resteraunts like Ruth's Chris. This is just a couple of examples. Sure I know of nurses that travel alot, but not up to 6 weeks a year for pleasure. I know nurses who eat at nice resteraunts but they aren't debt free. Personally, I dont' know of anyone who is a nurse and has the ability to create a lifestyle for themself that I have been able to create from my online business.

More importantly I don't know of any nurse whose job will allow them to do work once but get paid on it over and over again through passive income streams or royalty incomes. However, since starting an online business that is exactly what I have been able to create. To top it all off it costs me less in time and money to start and profit from than most people spend getting a four year degree!

Thanks for reading my rants,

Jackie O'Quinn
International Coastal Director
(since 2004)
1-888-309-5759

P.S. If you want to training to start an online business, you can apply here >> www.flexiblebiz.com/goland1/college

Email to my Father In Law

I have probably the best Father In Law on the planet. Robert Uyttenhove, is a great man. However, he does love to forward me email on a daily basis. Truthfully I don't usually read them however, this morning I did. Below is my response to this well intended forward I got from him. I think the reason stuff like this even gets forward is just because, as average Americans we don't totally understand the dynamics of some political issues and then our Politicians use that against us when creating or writing public policy.

My response to his email (you can read the email below my response)

This is good but its important to understand both sides of this coin. The argument to buy American to save jobs is a noble argument. But the greater issue has to do with why jobs aren't being produced here or why are those companies of which many are American, owned move facilities overseas. It ususally is not made off of the hourly wage difference. Take the CEO of Intel who recently said.




I would love to open a new manufacturing facility in California but it will cost us about $1 Billion dollars more to be located in California. That is not because of workers wage that is just because of higher government fees and taxes on our business model in the US. The Billion dollar cost will have to be paid before that new plant produces one Intel product.

quoted from memory


So the solution. In order to sale more products in the USA companies need to be more competative. Our government needs to allow these companies to be more competative. However as Americans we demand for such services as 113 weeks of unemployement, Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Our government can't afford this, there isn't enough tax revenue coming in so they raise taxes on business because its easier to do than raise the tax on the people on main street. Then companies do one of two things they raise prices now to help compensate, but the unintended consequence is products from outside of the US are cheaper and therefore many American buy on price. Or they move overseas so they can operate on a more even playing field marketing to the US as their other International competitors.



Simply paying more for American although noble as it sounds is NOT the solution. That just allows the government to continue to raise taxes and fees on businesses. Businesses then raise their prices even further to compensate for this.



Instead if government allowed for businesses to grow and didn't not charge as much in business taxes and fees. Businesses can stay right here in the good ol USA, sale their products at a competative price with overseas competitors. Create more jobs, more jobs create more revenue in the form of taxes which will increase the governments income to better afford things like Unemployeement insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.

The email as it was forwarded:

Did you all see that Diane Sawyer has a special report coming up this week on this very subject. They removed


ALL items from a typical, middleclass family's home, that were not made in the USA.

There was hardly anything left besides the kitchen sink. Literally. During the special they are going to show truckloads

of items USA made being brought in to replace everything. And will be talking about how to find these items and the

difference in price etc. It was interesting that Diane said that if every American spent just $64 (more than normal) on USA

made items this year, it would create something like 200,000 new jobs.



Made ME think! Check the canned food too

I WAS BUYING FOOD THE OTHER DAY AT WALMART.

ON THE LABEL OF SOME PRODUCTS IT SAID 'FROM CHINA'.



FOR EXAMPLE THE "OUR FAMILY" BRAND OF THE MANDARIN ORANGES SAYS RIGHT ON THE CAN 'FROM CHINA'.



I WAS SHOCKED!! SO FOR A FEW MORE CENTS I BOUGHT THE LIBERTY GOLD BRAND OR THE DOLE SINCE IT'S FROM CALIF.



TAKES FOREVER JUST TO BUY FOOD AND DO LABEL READING ! !



Are we Americans as dumb as we appear --- or --- is it that we just do not think? While the Chinese, knowingly and

intentionally, export inferior and even toxic products and dangerous toys and goods to be sold in American markets.



Yet 70% of Americans believe that the trading privileges afforded to the Chinese should be suspended.



Well, duh..why do you need the government to suspend trading privileges?



SIMPLY DO IT YOURSELF, AMERICA!!



Simply look on the bottom of every product you buy, and if it says 'Made in China' or 'PRC' (and that now includes

Hong Kong ), simply choose another product, or none at all. You will be amazed at how dependent you are on Chinese

products, and you will be equally amazed at what you can do without.



Who needs plastic eggs to celebrate Easter? If you must have eggs, use real ones and benefit some American farmer. Easter

is just an example, the point is do not wait for the government to act.



Just go ahead and assume control on your own.



THINK ABOUT THIS: If 200 million Americans refuse to buy just $20 each of Chinese goods, that's a billion dollar trade

imbalance resolved in our favor...fast!!



The downside? Some American businesses will feel a temporary pinch from having foreign stockpiles of inventory.

Wahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!



The solution? Let's give them fair warning and send our own message. Most of the people who have been reading about this

matter are planning on implementing this on March. 4th and continue it until April.

4th That is only one month of trading losses, but it will hit the Chinese for 1/12th of the total, or 8%, of their American exports.

Then they will at least have to ask themselves if the benefits of their arrogance and lawlessness were worth it.



Remember, March. 4th to April. 4th



START NOW.



Send this to everybody you know. Let's show them that we are Americans and NOBODY can take us for granted.



If we can't live without cheap Chinese goods for one month out of our lives, WE DESERVE WHAT WE GET!



Pass it on!!!

(No I didn't pass it on, simply because its missleading and doesn't get to the heart of the issue)

I'm almost a millionaire with Coastal Travel!

DFIlive.com, continues to grow and I won my DFI Award Ring. I can't thank God enough for placing me in this business. Since my wife and I become totally debt free the end of last year. I now can see how fast we are saving and investing money. It's utterly mind blowing. At this pace without business growing anymore we should have a million dollar net worth (not including business assests) in 5 years. However, with just alittle improvement in business we could achieve that in as little as 3 years.

Not too bad for someone who grew up in a single wide trailer that his parents didn't even own. You can read more about where I started and my life before Coastal in this blog post from 2005 >> http://jackieoquinn.blogspot.com/2005/01/my-biography.html

Below is a copy of the latest email I just received from DFI. It shows my progress so far on the leaderboard and last months achievements. I recognize the names of most of the people on that leaderboard, I have met so many amazing people since being in Coastal Travel. I often wonder where we would all be if it weren't for Coastal Travel.

_______________________________________________

Hello Jackie,




We have been watching and recognizing the top DFI team builders since Feb. 2010. As you build your Coastal business you will be recognized on this leaderboard. Top leaders bringing in at least 30 brand new members and above have the privilege of earning the right to wear a very prestigious DFI Award Ring. You can see pictures of this ring and get more details at www.DFIAwardRing.com .



Lets start off by recognizing top team builders for the Month of Feb. 2011.



Diana Repko -- 7 ( Great job ! )

Jackie O'Quinn -- 7 ( Great job ! )

Stacy O'Quinn -- 5

Tim and Sue West -- 4

Tara Hayes -- 4



Diana, Jackie, Stacy, Tim, Sue, and Tara great job to each one of you and thank you for leading by example. You set a great example throughout the month of Feb. !



Now for the complete Leaderboard since Feb. 2010. if your name is listed on this leaderboard even for bringing in one team member then you are an active part of our team and we thank you. Together we are working to help others achieve more in their life! We are working to build a group of entrepreneurs who want to make a real difference in our world. Each of us need all of us and all of us need each of us!







Tim and Sue West 54 ( Award ring , 6 more to your first diamond award)

Cadie Kalmes 48 (Award ring)

Stacy O'Quinn 46 (Award ring)

Jackie O'Quinn 37 (Award ring)

Michelle Tascoe 36 (Award ring)

Angela Lasher 34 (Award ring)

Deon Danner 28

Natalie White 28

Jessica Fletcher 26

Tara Hayes 21

Jessica Wendelboe 17

Renae Heikkila 17

Richard Birney Smith 17

Hilary Snyder 15

Lynn Kessler-Fallon 15

Tanya Peck 13

Nike Roach 12

Eddie Indouze 11

Crystal Maguire 10

Rojan Alexander 10

Diana Repko 9

Staci Smith 9

Keri Skarin 8

Rob Larson 8

Connie and DJ Castro 7

Max Melonuk 7

Heather Maidment 6

Lisa Sierocki 6

Andrea DeRego 5

Barbara Trudgian 5

Elizabeth Still 5

Jennifer Baker 5

Mary and Diana Letourneau 5

Sue Caylor 5

Brad Colmenares 4

Courtney Cunningham 4

Jolynn Skarin 4

Judy Poague 4

Bill and Sandy Leddon 3

Carol Bliz 3

David DeRego 3

Geanean Roberts 3

Jacqueline McQuaide 3

Jean-Francois Gemme 3

Matt Pinter 3

Melanie Stevenson 3

Naomi Knight 3

Nate Anderson 3

Rand and Judy Baker 3

Rosie Feasby 3

Sandra Hardy 3

Stephanie Johnson 3

Thomas Parrilla 3

Carolyn Mauer 2

Collette Foster 2

Emund Odai 2

Gloria King 2

Heather Wallace 2

Linda Allen 2

Mary Gamble 2

Mary Wight 2

Melody Futrell 2

Ryan Johnson 2

Stacie Blackstead 2

Kenny Wilkinson 2

Angela McRorey 1

Anna Diaz 1

Cynthia Chamberlain 1

Daniel Goff 1

David Bayer 1

Deborah Mims 1

Edward Miller 1

Emmanuel 1

Eric Ledwith 1

Jay Jackson 1

Jena Vasquez 1

Judy Girardi 1

Kathy Allen 1

Linda Siddons 1

Lisa Conway 1

Marietta Vermooten 1

Melanie Carter 1

Veronica Lane 1

Yen Tsutsumi 1

Jennifer Nalls 1

Robbie Morrison 1

Kathie Babka 1

Tara Hills 1

Mark Bohde 1



We have a mission of creating 100 brand new Millionaires in the next 10 years. Each of you are apart of this mission!



To your success,

DFILive Support Team

DFIFeedback@gmail.com

1-866-628-4129



__________________________________________________

Thank you DFI, and thanks to all of our leaders who volunteer their time to make sure that we all are able to have the opportunity to build a successful business from home.

Thanks for reading,
Jackie O'Quinn

My Website >> www.flexiblebiz.com/goland1/leaderboard

Email from Mike and my response

Sent: Mon, February 28, 2011 8:14:31 PM


Subject: Re: Mike read this before 10 pm EST

Listen I would love to make that kind of money staying home. But it just don't sound like it that easy I'm a full time business owner and always working to make a living and its hard too. So if it was that easy then I would do it. Nothing is for free today in this country and to make like you said that kind of money just seems like a bluff to me. Like I said I would love to but I prob have a better chance to win the lotto.

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

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My Response

Hello Mike,


I appreciate your response. You are right in that it is a business and all business require work. However, let me reference a brief story from my grandfather in late 2004. Just a few months after me starting with Coastal.

My grandfather had been diagnosed with esophageal cancer and I knew that this could lead to his death. While he was still relatively healthy one Wednesday morning I was visiting him at his house. Now a little background on my grand father. He was a self made business man. He started out when he married my grandmother they had dirt floors. He was a manual laborer on a farm, eventually got an entry level position with Mayflower moving company. Moved his way up to clerk with Mayflower and always saved money. One day he saw a mom and pop moving company called Faircloth moving company and he bought it. He worked that company for several years until he retired in his fifties but then he started another business later.

On my visit I thought it was time to learn from my granfather's wisdom knowing he may not be able to share that with me much longer. Being a Cancer Nurse prior to my Coastal career I knew patients always had alot of wisdom to share if you asked and listened. So that is what I decided to do. Here is that conversation as best as I can remember.

Jackie:  Papa, if you would tell me anything about business that you feel I should know what would it be.


He contemplated as if he knew this was a serious question and he wanted to give a good response.

Papa:  I can tell you two things. First find a business that pays you the most for your efforts and don't feel guilty about how much money other people DON'T make.


Jackie:  What do you mean?


Papa:  Well let me give you an example. Jackie, you know me and your grandma started out very poor. I remember thinking life would never be any different for us. Back then I just wanted to land a decent job, so I got that job at Mayflower and I was proud of that. I learned that business inside and out. So one day I saw a moving company for sale in the paper and I decided to use my saving and buy it. That was in the 60s and we thought we really had something. We brought in gross revenues of $300,000 a year but would only profit about $30,000 which was still good money back then but it was incredibly hard work. I was never home and me and one of my sons were driving all over the country moving people and businesses. You were always paying out far more than you could ever keep. It felt crazy but it was all I knew and I just assumed that is how business was. Then when I was in my early fifties I told your grandma we had plenty of money in savings and I was out of the moving business so I retired. Now this is the lesson I want you to learn Jackie.

One day I was bored of being at home, I saw a small convience store for sale out in Dudley. I had never ran a convienent store and knew nothing about it but figured if I broke even at least it would give me something to do each day. It was cheap so I bought it. Jackie, I worked a lot of hours at that convienent store. I loved every minute of it. I had the men that would come in the morning and talk with me and then I had the men in the evening that would come in, it was like people were always visiting me. I worked alot of hours there but it was very easy work. Jackie, I was shocked at how much money you could make in the convienent store business. If I would have known how much money you could make for the effort that you put in, I would have owned a convienent store my entire life!


alittle nervous to ask what I was thinking but I had to know


Jackie:  Well Papa, how much money did you make?


Papa:  (with his eyebrows raised) Jackie in the late 70s and 80s I did an average net profit of $108,000 a year and never worked even close to what I did with the moving business. All businesses are NOT created equal. Find the one that will pay you the most and work it hard. This new thing you are doing from home it sounds like that could be a good business. (he was talking about Coastal, I had shared alittle of it with him and some of the money I was starting to make).


I had to go back to his second piece of advice

Jackie:  Papa you said, also something about never feel bad about how much money someone else is NOT making what did you mean by that?

Papa:  I'll give you a good example. In the convienent store business, I did put in long hours 60 sometimes 70 a week but I loved every minute of it. I was also beginning to feel like I was getting rich. I have always lived pretty modest and I had plenty of money. However, I started to feel guilty about my bookkeeper and my stock guy. I had only one main employee he was a great guy, and I only paid him $10,000 a year back then. I had a bookkeeper and I paid her about $7 an hour back then. I went through a time where I thought I should be paying them more. They had needs in their lives, I heard them complain about not having money and I was making plenty of it. Jackie, I thought more about that. I asked myself what would really change for them if I paid them more money. Would they work any harder? Would they be more efficient? Would that solve their financial problems?

Then I realized, both of the people were better off than I was when I started my young adult life. What is keeping them from doing more with what they got? How come my bookkeeper doesn't grow her business? Both of these people had options in their life that was better than me just giving them more money. More money would not solve their problems. Jackie, you can not feel guilty nor is it your responsibility to look out for the well being of people who make choices not to do more with what is already in front of them. But you need to find a business that will pay you the most for the effort that you put in.


All businesses are NOT created equal....

(My grandfather did eventually pass away full of dignity as an honorable patriach. I wish he could see me now. More importantly I wish he could see people like Stacy in NC, Rob and Meggan in Ontario, Andrea in TX, Tara and Gavin in Ontario, Stephen in FL, Selene in FL, Bob in WA, and so many more that have successful businesses today mainly because of the advice that he gave me and I have followed it whole heartedly. )


Mike, I wish you the best with your business. If you want to do some serious research and check us out feel free to give me a call I will be glad to schedule an interview with you. 1-888-309-5759.

All the best,
Jackie O'Quinn

Dani Johnson on The View

Dani Johnson Home Business Coach and founder of 5 separate companies will be appearing on The View with Barbara Walters March 4th and Good Morning America March 3rd. Dani Johnson has taught tens of thousands on how to create a legitimate home business and to do it very well. This is an incredible opportunity for Dani Johnson to be able to share her own story of going from homeless to Millionaire in just two years (by the way that was with a home business). Dani Johnson not only created a lucrative home business for herself but she has helped 10,000’s over the years to be able to do the same and you can’t argue with the results.




I’m one of them personally. Before Dani’s business training I was Registered Nurse in debt and living paycheck to paycheck, totally stressed out. Today through her specific training I learned how to generate $15,000 my first month out of one of her training seminars. It was the most insane feeling on the planet and I knew my life would never be the same. That year working part time I earned $70,000 with my Coastal business, only earning $32,000 as an RN. Obviously at the end of that year I left nursing for a much more fulfilling carreer with Coastal. My second year with our company I earned $120,000 but it didn't stop there...



Over the last several years I’ve had the pleasure of teaching 100’s of people exactly how to apply what Dani has taught me. Our company is amazing allowing us to telecommute and generate this kind of income. But I don’t share this experience to impress you but to impress upon you that Dani Johnson’s home business training, with the right company, can help you make an incredible income and be able to have a rewarding career at the same time.



To learn more don’t miss The View with Barbara Walters on March 4th and Good Morning America on March 3rd. Both The View with Barbara Walters and Good Morning America are great conversational shows should be Awesome.



Thanks for reading,


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



Website: http://www.flexiblebiz.com/theview

Dani Johnson on Oprah Winfrey!

Today on Oprah, our Company's trainer Dani Johnson will be featured in a segment.




Obviously if you have reviewed through our website. Then you have realized there is NO better way to create a real income fast from home. Sometimes, people will say. I get the products great, I can see how the profit margins are spectacular. It makes sense that you could make money fast if you can find clients.



So how do you find clients?



It's a great question, the way we find our clients with through advertising companies that we work with like www.SnapResponse.com and with the techniques that are taught by our Corporate trainer Dani Johnson.



Everyone in our company that has went on to earn $100,000 or more per year has learned directly from Mrs. Dani Johnson. We have always been both humbled and proud to work with her. Proud of who she is, what she represents, and where she comes from. Humbled, by the sheer speed at which we have been able to change our lives with Coastal because of her training!



Today we will be rooting her own at 4 pm EST on the Oprah Winfrey Show. GO DANI GO!!!



To your success,



Jackie O'Quinn

International Coastal Director

Since 2004

1-888-309-5759



Website www.FlexibleBiz.com/goland1/danijohnson

Dani Johnson, helped them make over $1,000 last week!

One of my favorite things about working from home is watching others who also enjoy the work from home lifestyle. These are just some of the people that I am aware of from last week. All of these people made money last week. This is cash in hand!

Where else can stay at home moms and dads earn this kind of income on a weekly basis. This list is not conclusive, these are just some of the people that I have talked to or heard share on a conference call so obviously there are others that I didn't hear about.

All of these people below, have one thing in common. They are went to First Step to Success with Dani Johnson after starting their Coastal Travel business. Dani Johnson, is our company trainer, who confidently is going to be on the Oprah Winfrey show this coming Thursday!

Congrats to…

Jolynn Skarin– $9,705
Stacy O’Quinn– $8,000
Angela Lasher– $4,200
Hilary Snyder– $3,200
Jackie O’Quinn– $3,200
Jennifer Baker– $3,200
Cadie Kalmes– $1,000
Lynne Fallon– $1,000
Meggan Larson– $1,000
Jessica Wendelboe– $1,000
Natalie White -- $3,200

Every single one of these men and women has very different backgrounds, but they have one thing in common. They are all incredible leaders in DFI Coastal Travel and they have all graduated from First Steps to Success with Dani Johnson. Dani Johnson’s Home Business training is proven to create results.

Thanks for reading,

Jackie O'Quinn
International Coastal Director
(Since 2004)
1-888-309-5759
www.FlexibleBiz.com  << apply here for work from home position

Who is Dani Johnson?

Dani Johnson, is America's favorite Secret Millionaire. That is how most people will know here anyway. However, I found out about her in the fall of 2005, before Dani Johnson become the Secret Millionaire. Back then she was a sought after business coach. I was first made aware of her at a time in my life when I had started a small business out of my house. I was working with a marketing company as an independent rep. I didn't know what I was doing and had never worked for myself before. At the time I had a full time job as a Registered Nurse. I loved nursing, and breaking the stereotypes of men in the nursing field. But, I was in DEBT, and wanted control of my life back. Therefore I found a position available to establish myself as a marketing rep for a travel company. I had heard this company had a track record of helping their reps earn as much as $100,000 per year while only working part time. So I got invested and went to work. It was not long after that, I was told about Dani Johnson (the Secret Millionaire). I went to her website and heard her story. She had went from $2.03 to her name homeless to earning over $1 million dollars in two years all starting from a payphone booth. I had been in business only for a couple of months when I heard about her. I had made alittle money but not nearly what I was wanting to earn.

I hopped on a plane and flew to Los Angeles to see Dani Johnson long before she was the Secret Millionaire on ABC. That was in September of 2005. After applying the principles in that training seminar I generated $15,000 in my first 30 days. It took me 5 or 6 months to make that as an RN. My first year working part time we earned $70,000 which was double what I made as a nurse. I left my nursing career behind, earned $120,000 in my second year and haved earned hundreds of thousands since then.

That's not even the best part... With Dani Johnson's training our company formed a marketing team known as Decide Freedom International with the primary focus of using Dani Johnson's training and her Secret Millionaire principles to train new reps. in our company. Our company is the ONLY company that has made Dani Johnson, our primary corporate trainer. We have used her training successfully for over 5 years. There is no other company, that has our track record of using Dani's Secret Millionaire principles to create more stay at home Mom's and Dad's that have went on to earn in excess of $100,000 per year part time.

Here are just a couple of examples. Shawn in California, after attending Dani Johnson's training earned over $50,000 in his first 100 days.

Stacy in North Carolina, earned $15,000 in his first month out of Dani's training seminar.

Andrea in Texas, earned $60,000 part time from January to May after attending Dani Johnson's training event.

Rob and Meggan Larson in Ontario, generated over $22,400 in their first 2 weeks with our company because of applying the principles taught by the Secret Millionaire Dani Johnson.

If you want to increase your income, get out of debt, and live a lifestyle that will allow you to donate tens of thousands of dollars to some of your favorite causes then you may apply to work with our company. To be completely honest, we are slammed right now due to the recent publicity and don't have many positions left to fill. I have two positions available to train new reps you can call me directly at 1-888-309-5759 to request an interview. If you don't sound professional and enthusiastic to land a position with our company then you are NOT likely to get an interview.

To your success,

Jackie O'Quinn
International Coastal Director
(Since 2005)
1-888-309-5759

Dani Johnson is on Secret Millionaire

I have had family and friends ask me several times. Why do I think Coastal is such a good business or why do I think I have been able to succeed with it? I can give plenty of answers to this question. Many times I start by discussing the obvious things like, the travel packages are unique products, they offer great value to the consumer, and we are paid handsomely when people buys something many already want, discount travel.

But that's not the full story, in fact its not even the most important part. I would never have succeeded with Coastal had in not been for a very special lady I discovered several years ago early in my business. Her name is Dani Johnson, she is a home business Coach who literally went from homeless to earning her first $1,000,000 in two years. She does training events called First Steps to Success.

It was through her training that I had my first 5 figure month and went on to earning $190,000 my first two years in business working PART TIME. Dani Johnson, is now the only home business coach recommended by DFI for Coastal businesses. She has been instrucmental in ALL of our leader's success. This woman is for real, she practice what she preaches and she is what she teaches.

We just found out she is going to be featured on a new TV show coming on ABC called The Secret Millionaire. Check it out, she is the lady with the long blonde hair.



To your success,

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

Website: http://www.flexiblebiz.com/goland1/secretmillionaire