Designing Your Life...

Part of learning to become an entrepreneur occurs in stages. Often times the skills that you learn to help you earn your first $10,000 are the exact same skills that will get you to $50,000. The only difference is in order to get to $50,000 you have to develop those skills a little more. I see this occurring in my life all the time. Right after I started working from home, I had heard that you needed to "design your life". Basically this was an exercise I went through where you had to make a list of all the things you wanted to accomplish in your life. This was a comprehensive list covering, travel goals, spiritual goals, family goals, financial goals, etc. Then you were suppose to go down the list of each goal and write 1year, 3 years, 5 years, 10 years, or 20 years. The idea being that you are putting a date to your goals and you are suppose to follow through with those goals and accomplish them.

Now I have done this exercise many times over the years. In fact it was this exercise that gave me the vision that only through starting a business of my own could I earn enough extra income to accomplish even some of my basic goals. More recently, after doing this same exercise again I realized that I have NOT followed through completely on these goals. I got convicted when I wrote down something that has probably been on every list I have ever made like this and I have yet to do it and there is no reason I have not made a plan to get it accomplished. I want to learn to Power Paraglide.

So I decided I'm going to redo this exercise on my own. I'm going to be as complete and details with it as I can and I'm going to keep these goals in front of me and create a plan to follow through with each one of them. I'm going to maximize this exercise to it's fullest. I will constantly update this list and monitor my progress on at least a monthly basis. In my next blog post I will share what my goals are right now. I keep adding knew ones to the list right now. I have a word document and with all of them but in the next few days I will get them added to this blog.

Thanks for reading,
Jackie O'Quinn

It’s a Coastal Travel baby boy

Well I have notified my mother, brother, and a few of my important friends. Heck, I even called my Realtor. Then I was wondering if I had left anyone off of the list.

I realized I had not told you yet. You have been getting my emails about working from home. As you read them you have learned a lot about me and my life. However, I had not even shared that my wife was expecting yet. Well today was the big day the 20 week ultrasound. As the subject line reads we found out that we are expecting a baby Boy. Being a Registered Nurse previously and having even delivered a baby once in my life. I wasn't concerned if we were having a boy or a girl I just wanted a healthy baby. This morning before going to the appointment my Bride Carmen and I prayed and the prayer was, "God just let us have a healthy baby". Well good news the baby is definitely healthy right now and it's a boy.

Thank you for reading and thanks for sharing in this moment with us.

All the best,

Jackie O'Quinn

International Coastal Director

1-888-309-5759

Website: www.jackie.dfilive.com/goland1/baby

Work From Home Change Your Life

**An email I recently sent to my database**

Do you want a real way to make extra income from home? Are you tired of all the hype and scams that are online?

My name is Jackie O'Quinn, and you have probably been getting emails from me because at some point in the past you requested more information about working from home. You may already know that I have been working from home for 8 years and I have earned hundreds of thousands of dollars during that time period. I have a found a business that clearly works but my business may not be for you. This email is not about what I do for a living.

This email is about what you can do? There are legitimate work from home opportunities out there. The key is knowing what to look for and how to avoid a scam. You can be making money in the next 30 days if you know what to look for. So tomorrow night at 9:30 pm EST (Wednesday) I'm going to show you.

I am going to do something I have never done before. I am hosting a conference call and I am not going to talk to you about what I do. Instead, I'm going to share with you what I have learned in finding opportunities that can spit off cash fast. I will show you exactly what I would do if I had to start all over again and lost my current business. I will show you what questions I would ask of a company before starting. I will show you how to be sure that you can succeed before getting started in any opportunity.
This for one night only and it will be available till 12 noon tomorrow. If you want to know, how I would start over and what kind of company I would look for then make sure you click on the link below. Since I'm not selling anything on the call, I am charging a one time fee of $17.95. Click on the link below, once you pay via PayPal I will email you the details for the call.

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DHAE84VL942QJ

Topics to over on the conference call:
- How to know if something is a scam
- How to get your money back if you are scammed
- What types of opportunities will help you make the most money
- What products are the best
- How to know if you will be able to cost effectively get clients
- How to build a large income quickly
- How to build a passive residual income that kicks off cash whether you work or not
- Avoid sneaky MLM comp plans that look good but don't pay
and many many more

Join us by click on this link and registering before Wednesday at 12 noon EST >> https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DHAE84VL942QJ
Register quickly before time runs out!
I promise I will do my best to help you succeed!

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

Jackie O’Quinn: Letter to Daddy

 

Below was an assignment that myself and some of my team members completed. The assignment was simple, to write a letter 5 years from now to someone that you love, who is living or not. Write the letter in present tense the way that you picture your life 5 years from now. This was a good assignment for me and I could have kept writing and writing to be honest. I want to thank Tyler Atkins, who first taught me how to do this exercise.

 

Daddy,

Since you went to heaven, I have always wondered if I have made you proud. It was something I unknowingly struggled with. I know it wasn’t your fault when you left us suddenly Oct. 31^st when I was just 9 years old. But for some reason growing up through my teenage years and even into young adulthood I wanted to hear you say , “I’m proud of you son”. Today Daddy, I know that you would have been proud me and its not because of the successful accomplishments that I have achieved although I can’t wait to tell you about that as well. Today, I know you would be proud of me because I have maintained a high level of ethics. I have honored you and mama the best way that I could through the way that I have lived my life. In all personal and business relationships I have worked to carry a spirit of integrity. I’m certain, I have made mistakes but have done my best to always correct or honor any mistake that I have made. I only had you for 9 years of my life but those were the most important years, the first years of developing me into the person I would become. Today I’m 37 it’s 2017, I have a lot to catch you up on and I know I’m going to miss a lot but I will do my best.

First I have married the most incredible woman on the planet. Her name is Carmen. She is beautiful and has loved me more than I could have ever asked for. You would love her I have no doubt. When we got married, I remember walking down the aisle thinking “Dear God in heaven, please let my daddy see this”. It really was one of the moments that I missed you the most. The day before at rehearsals I remember as I was walking Mrs. Johnson, who officiated our wedding, down the aisle she looked at me and said, “You know your mama shared something me. She said your Daddy, always wanted to be a millionaire, he wanted to be an entrepreneur”. With conviction and urgency in her voice as we slowly walked down the aisle just as we would the next day for the wedding, “Jackie you are doing that, you are an entrepreneur and you will be a millionaire.” I just remember my eyes filling with tears probably like they are doing now. I had never known that side of you, although I did remember how hard you worked to provide for our family. You would have been an entrepreneur daddy. Papa and Grandma, had that country store, you know the one where you use to like to shoot pool. Well they sold it to Uncle Pat, he turned it down at first because he said he felt like it would have been offered to you first if you had been alive and he felt like he was taking something away from you. Uncle Pat, still owns that store today. You would have been a great entrepreneur Dad. By the way, Uncle Pat has done very well. In fact outside of Stacy he is the one person who I have been fishing with the most since you were gone.

Also Daddy, we have had two kids which means that you have two grandkids besides Alexis, and Edgar. One boy and one girl, we were going to name our son after you but Stacy beat us to it. However, we have started a non-profit foundation in your name. I will tell you more about that later. We have bought a home and paid cash for it. This isn’t our dream home yet but it’s a great home. I’m writing this to you from our back patio beside the pool. Our current home has 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. It’s about 2500 square feet with a great office suite and master bedroom. I work from home so the office space is one of my favorite areas. Also Carmen loves the master bedroom. We both love the kitchen, I know you always liked cooking and Carmen is an amazing cook. I feel so lucky to have her and especially around dinner time. Dad, this home is paid for we have no mortgage and we are 100% totally debt free including the rental property that we own. I will tell you more about that too. Back to the our Foundation that is in your name, we started this with the purpose of helping single parents who are taking care of kids with terminal illnesses. We fund wishes for terminal kids similar to the “Make-a-wish” foundation. I have a heart for single moms and dads because obviously after you had to leave mama was left taking care of Stacy and I when we were just 9 years old. Obviously I believe she did a great job overall, but I do remember the struggles. I remember when we had to make a choice between a Christmas present and a Christmas tree. Now compound that with a parent taking care of a child with a terminal illness. God prepared me for this role when I became a nurse. I was a Cancer nurse but I always felt that I just could not take care of kids with Cancer. Emotionally I thought it would be too difficult. I wanted a way to help those parents, have more good memories with their children and a way to bring happiness to those kids during such a difficult time in their life.

It’s been a good life Daddy. Through the work that I do, I feel like we change people’s lives literally every day. Our products are in the travel industry and we give people a way to travel and vacation with their family when many of them may not have been able to before owning our products. We give families ways to travel more often while taking much better vacations. Vacationing has become affordable for almost any one, families are using our products to travel with their kids to places I could have only dreamed of as a kid. Since we lost you, the one thing I have always had are my memories of you. Now I am helping other kids create forever memories with their parents. Also our company has an income from home program and I have been instrumental in training many other moms and dads and helping them to create an extra income. This has been more rewarding than my time a nurse. Think about it, we are giving parents a way to financially provide security for their kids. We are helping them to get out of debt, and to save up for college funds. I am witness this is change in countless families not just because of the work I am doing personally but because of the work others are doing throughout our company. Daddy I feel so fortunate to have found a way to teach people literally step by step how to earn an extra income. There are no gimmicks, no hype, just a step by step process. I can show people where I advertise, what scripts to read, how to order the product, how to get further training when needed, literally everything they would need to start making a small or a large income from home. I just wish you could be at our next training event and meet the stay at home moms and dads or the full time working moms and dads that have become incredible part time entrepreneurs and some are becoming full time entrepreneurs. I have vacationed with these people, I have met their kids, and we have served communities through volunteer work together. Some of the greatest people, I have ever met in my life, and I wish they had met you and that you had met them.

Dad one of these days I will be called to meet Jesus just like you did, when that time comes I want you to know that you have left a legacy in me and I will continue your legacy beyond just me. Our kids and our family will be changed generationally going forward. My kids and my grandkids will be humble but accomplished men and women. They are not starting where you did or even I did. The Bilble, talks about leaving an inheritance for your kids and I am in the middle of building that legacy as I write this right now. Our legacy will be one of integrity, and one of financial wisdom. I have already started the kids with skills in basic money management. They are always allowed in my office if they are quiet when I’m on the phone. I often see them pretending that they are on the phone the same time I am. They are just playing but I know they are already watching my communication. I will be teaching them how to read scripts as soon as they can read. I will have them on real estate closings with me as we continue to develop our real estate businesses. I want them to grow up around business. I am grooming them to take over this legacy and create it into their own. We now have 3 rental properties bought and paid for. We are looking to pick up 3 more this year. The reality is I no longer have to work to provide for my family, I could be retired now at 37. I have enough income coming in from real estate and other business investments to provide for us. The only reason I work now is to provide a legacy for my kids and to provide more through our foundation. My goal is to continue to change our world by helping as many people as possible. Overall life is good, I have traveled to the most exotic places, smoked the finest cigars money could buy, lived in some nice homes, ate some of the best food on the planet, and now every day I work not just looking to attain more I have all that I could want, now I have a new generation to raise in our home and I have a world to help change for my kids and my grandkids.

I love you daddy, will see you again one day.

Your son,

Jackie

How can I succeed by knowing almost nothing

A video from my recent trip to Nicaragua.

The above video is mostly unrelated to this post, I just uploaded so I figured I would add it to this blog post. However, in some ways it is related because I struggle with the most basic technical stuff online. I barely can manage Facebook. I still don’t have the new “timeline” Facebook page or whatever it’s called. The heading on this blog says “Follow Jackie O’Quinn as he goes from struggling internet marketer to millionaire entrepreneur”. The fact is I started this blog long before I was ever even making a dime online. My first attempts at making money was in the internet marketing world. I have bought several courses on the subject, have a few friends that are making it work, however I still struggle to make this work at the most basic level. When I go to training events or any place where there are lots of people around that know my track record in business. I often get asked questions like how do you find clients. How have you made so much income working part time, most of your career. You know I have decided that most people overcomplicate and overthink success. What I have done, has been super super easy. I often feel like I have found the “secret money fountain”. That is no exaggeration.

I’ll even give you an example, this weekend I was in Los Angeles listening to Mrs. Dani Johnson, at a training event called First Steps to Success. Picture this, I’m on the front row, my beautiful Bride is beside me and we are both taking notes. I can’t remember if I turned my ringer off on my cell phone and I’m thinking how embarrassing that could be if it started ringing and I’m on the front row. So I slowly reach into my pocket pull out my phone and turn the ringer to silent. I notice I have an email and curiosity drives me to click on the button to see if it’s anything important. Low and behold, I have an email from a new client in the Netherlands who told me she just wired me the money for our company’s Platinum Travel Package. Now, that meant that I had just earned a profit of almost $10,000 with her purchase. I almost jumped right out of my seat! I composed myself, kept a poker face, and just let out a smile, while I thought to myself, “What an incredible life I get to live!”

It did take me a little while to find the right formula for success in business. However, I found that formula only after a lot of frustration. Once I figured it out, it has become super easy and I just keep cranking the same formula over and over again. I recently decided that it would be cool to create a little side project where I would create a small video course and essentially give it away for free. The idea is to just give back in a way that a brand new person could watch this free video course and save themselves a lot of time and headaches and start making money sooner by avoiding some of the costly mistakes that I made. However, that is my next problem… lol. I have no idea how to market this. It took me almost an hour to set up an aweber account, survey, and a Facebook ad. Then my Facebook ad was disapproved and I’m not sure why. So I decided to go to Google adwords and attempt to run the ad there… ugh it still didn’t work. I know you have to be wondering how in the world do I make money if I know nothing about marketing? Well the answer is simple. I have outsourced it for cheap… It looks like I may have to do the same thing if I want to get this course out there. Through it all I have found a great name for myself “The know nothing entrepreneur”. It’s times like these I realize how much I really don’t know and it you don’t need to know much to be able to earn $100,000 or more part time… That should give you hope.

 

Thanks for reading,

Jackie O’Quinn

My Website: http://www.jackie.dfilive.com/goland1

Why did I leave nursing?

Last week I sent out an email with an interview with Mrs. Hilary from CA. If you missed it you can listen to it here >> http://www.byoaudio.com/play/WcsJsSZr

I have often been asked why would I leave nursing? Well because with Coastal Travel, I found a way be able to be a better provider for my bride, and to help people in a way that was more substantial than just helping them cope with an illness.

Read Hilary's letter for yourself:

Dear Stacy and Jackie,
 
I wanted to send a quick email humbly thanking both of you for all times you guys have spent your time encouraging me in this business. Since Monday I have brought in $20,605!! Not quite a truck day but I will gladly take a truck week.

Jackie back in September we had a phone conversation and you said something that hit home.  Something along the lines of the people who fail are the ones who quit….and Stacy you have listened to me cry (the ugly cry), you gave me the privilege of listening to you close and numerous conversations  encouraging me with a little butt chewing!!!

Truly guys this week would have NEVER been possible without you both.
 
My life, my children’s lives and grandchildren life will Never be the same because you guys have hung in with the business, given hours of your time training and pouring into this team. You guys are changing this world everyday you step into your offices and choose to work another day…never forget that!
 
I love you both!!!
 
May God our Father Bless you both-enlarge your boarders and be with you in all that you do.
 
Hilary Snyder

 

When I read letters like that, I realize all those years ago I made the right decision!

Have a great day,
Jackie O'Quinn
International  Coastal Director
1-888-309-5759

My Website >> www.jackie.dfilive.com/goland1/hilary

We are saving over $500.00 with our Coastal Travel package

This Sunday morning we are on vacation in Orlando for the week leading up to First Steps to Success next weekend. We decided to come to Orlando a week early. We have rented a condo at the Wyndham Cypress Palms. We arrived yesterday and are settled in by now, and my wife did me the pleasure of getting up and cooking some breakfast for me. She is the best cook I know. As I type this there is the smell of bacon in the condo.

The weather outside is Sunny and 68 degrees, the high today will be 79 degrees. It’s a fitting end to what was a great week last week. I can’t tell you any one thing that made last week great it was a combination of new team members getting started, package sales, and just an over all satisfaction with the work that I get to do from home. I feel like I get to do something that makes a real difference in individual lives. I’m not meaninglessly punching some time clock just to make sure I get a paycheck. I do a work that I do make an above average wage for but people and businesses depend on me and this week just experiencing it at one point I felt almost euphoric. This week was Mary’s second week advertising. We are working on starting Bruce’s advertising next week. Terry, Sarah, and Robert all started their training this week. It must sound odd for someone to say their work makes them “euphoric” but I can’t think of a better word. At one point after several appointments back to back with new trainees starting I stopped leaned back in my office chair and just thought “This is amazing, I am so lucky to do what I do”.

Yesterday we took off and came to the Wyndham, here in Orlando we could have gotten this room for 199.00 for the week! Because I procrastinated and paid for it late we got the room for $370.00 for the week using our Coastal package. This is a gorgeous resort, with two pools, grills, and several family play areas. Carmen, is taking a shower and then we are going to start exploring a little bit. Our unit is fabulous, I was impressed the moment I walked in. The pictures online didn’t do it justice. We have a full kitchen, oversized dinette table (that’s where I’m typing now), full living room that can comfortably seat 6 people. King bed in the bedroom, jetted tub and full vanity in the bathroom separated from another sink and shower by a door. One of my favorite features is the fully screened in balcony off of the living room. This unit online goes for $126.00 a night and again we got the whole week for $370.00. We will probably be hitting up some theme parks later in the week but today we are going to relax, explore the resort, and maybe explore the town close to the resort. Thanks for reading I will hopefully be able to get a video of our resort up later. If I do I will let you know. If you want to know how you can save money just like we have on your next vacation visit >> www.jackie.mydfilive.com/goland6/wyndham

 

I hope you are having a great day,

Jackie O’Quinn

International Coastal Director

Since 2004

1-888-309-5759

Coastal Travel on the Radio

 

Dianne McGuigan, from Ontario started her Coastal business last May, went from extremely broke to earning over $100,000 by this past December! She was recently featured on Mrs. Dani Johnson's nationally syndicated radio show because of her success with Coastal Travel take a listen >>

http://www.danijohnson.com/2012/broke-banking-6-figures-6-months-dianne-mcguigan/?fb_comment_id=fbc_5007084500956_723321_5007085046956

Hope you are inspired,

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

Would you like to work with Coastal Travel? >> www.FlexibleBiz.com/DianneMcGuigan

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:

Hello Jackie,

Are you stressed out?

Are you tired of feeling like you are working too much and spending too little time at home with your kids?

If so then you need to hear how one woman brought her life back into balance. This call was recorded live last night and it was extremely insightful. On this call there is an interview with Mrs. Hilary Snyder. Mrs. Snyder, is an overcomer without question. Make sure you have pen and paper handy and be prepared to take notes.

Click on the link below:
http://www.byoaudio.com/play/W1L9wKcL

Have a great day,
DFILive.com Support Team
DFIFeedback@gmail.com

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.