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Why You Should Start A Coastal Vacations Business This Year

- posted: 01.08.08
http://coastalvacations-blog.com/2007/06/12/why-you-should-start-a-coastal-vacations-business-this-year.aspx

Earning money while working at home is a reality for many, a dream for many more. In fact, home-based businesses have become widely throughout the world for many reasons.

People can stop rushing around to an office environment, spending more and more on gas and travel-related costs (parking, car upkeep, business, clothing, dry cleaning, mending, etc.) Plus the earth’s environment gets less polluted with less automotive waste going into the air.

And there are perks like no boss ordering you around, no daily grind of deadlines, no water cooler gossip. Extra income is a perk that’s most desired, of course. And spending quality time with your family and at home on your own.

But this extra income and these others perks do not come for free. Truth is, a home based business does indeed take some hard work, but the kind of work you want to do. At least many people say it’s not hard work when you are doing what you’ve always wanted.

So it’s time to start thinking about a Coastal Vacations home-based business. The top reasons why you should start a Coastal Vacations business this year are:

1. You get to be your own boss. No one looks over your shoulder.

2. You get freedom to set your own hours, goals, business plans.

3. You can spend more quality time with your family and by yourself yet still be a professional.

4. You can work part time, full time, split shifts or any time: with helpers or not.

5. There is job security working for your self. Say “Goodbye” to unemployment and downsizing.

6. You will gain a sense of pride in a ‘job well done’ with your own business. You will join the ranks of other successful entrepreneurs who have achieved success at something.

7. You can forget about limitations on your earning. With your own business, they do not exist. Earn as much as you want by adjusting your goals and business plans.

8. Improve your self confidence as your business increases and grows.

9. You get a chance to give back by helping others start their own businesses, too.

10. Set goals for retirement and plan for it when you want, not when your age or company policies tell you so.
There’s not a better time to start a Coastal Vacations business. Start counting down to your own home-based business today and put your plans into motion!

All the best,

Dawn Orbeck

dawn@CoastalVacations-Blog.com

810-895-4408

To learn more about the Coastal Vacations Call Center, visit
http://www.CoastalCallGroup.com

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How to Improve Your Coastal Vacations Action Plan

- posted: 01.08.08
http://coastalvacations-blog.com/2007/06/15/how-to-improve-your-coastal-vacations-action-plan.aspx

Being successful with your Coastal Vacations program means you need to do a little more than just focus on selling vacations packages.  To be fulfilled not only with your work at home career, you need to focus on other areas of your life that are important, too, like the following…

1. Count your blessings. This may sound old fashioned, but to get ahead, you need to take a firm look around you and see what you have been blessed with: be it a nice spouse, loving children, a nice home and car(s), a faithful pet, the opportunity to go online in the privacy of your home and earn extra income.

2. Establish well-rounded goals. Take into account your spiritual life, your family life, your own personal desires. In fact, main categories to focus on in your goal-setting are:

• Artistic – what would the creative side of you like to do?
• Attitude- Do you need to make changes in your attitude and adopt a win-win approach to your work, your family, your life?
• Career & Financial – Are you happy where you are right now? Would you like to work from home, earn full time income yet only work part time?
• Education- Do you seek to continue your education, even if informally so that you can learn to run a successful business of your own?
• Family- Do you want to spend more quality time with your loved ones?
• Health – Are you eating right and adding regular exercise into your day?
• Pleasure- Are you taking a time out to travel yourself? Adding some other fun into your plans?
• Service- Do you plan to give back, help others get ahead, too?

These are all questions to ask yourself and mold goals around so that you cover broad areas of your life. The goal is to strive for balance in all areas, not just become a workaholic.

3. Cultivate friendships.
One of the best ways to improve any action plan is to network, interacting with friends that understand you and where you want to go in life. Sharing the good times and the bad, the ups and downs of the business world, the ins and outs of working at home, juggling business with family and more… can make your life richer – for you and your friends.

So network in your industry and with others who work at home. Count your blessings, round out your goals and enjoy friendships and other opportunities that come your way as you improve your Coastal Vacations action plan!

All the best,

Dawn Orbeck

dawn@CoastalVacations-Blog.com

810-895-4408

To learn more about the Coastal Vacations Call Center, visit
http://www.CoastalCallGroup.com

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Organize Your Coastal Vacations Home Office

- posted: 01.08.08
http://coastalvacations-blog.com/2007/06/19/organize-your-coastal-vacations-home-office.aspx

Nothing helps get our business in shape better than doing a little house cleaning around the ol’ home office. Clearing away clutter and shaping up your work environment helps you focus much better on your clients and projects. So here are some helpful tips on how to get your home office in top shape:


Administrative Area and Tasks

Get systems in place to handle everyday and other regular tasks. For example, every business has its money handling tasks like bills to pay, stats to monitor, communications to go through and reply to, etc.

- Set up an organizer in your office area for filing your paper work, financial documents, client project files, note tablets, phone scripts and other assorted work materials.

- Set up places for work tools: pencils, pens, erasers, sticky notes, ruler, tape, stapler, zip drive, backup drive, egg timer for client work, eye drops, computer info to call for help as needed, phonebook, cell phone and charger, etc.

- Set up folders on your computer where you can save emails and other electronic documents about your accounts, clients, project work, websites, etc. Get and stay organized using folders, online and off.


Regular Daily Tasks

Tackle those everyday issues with more ease once you get systems in place here, too, online and off. You can use folders, file cabinets on wheels, drawers, shelves and various other office organizing tools from hardware stores and office supply stores. Shop online for ideas, too.

- Create and use folders in your email account, deleting junk on contact.

- Do the same for postal mail, tossing out trash ruthlessly.

- Delegate regularly via outsourcing, hiring part time help, temporary help or employees. Then follow up regularly to make sure everyone is on task and work gets completed. Keep blueprints of projects along with mind maps showing how the projects are broken down (like with old high school sentence diagramming). The plan and organize your tasks by priority and the workers handling them.

- Learn a little about your niche(s) and industry(ies) of focus everyday. You can check out popular media (newspapers, TV, radio shows), ezine, articles, magazines, trade publications, videos, audio files, etc. Keep folders for these clips, links and copies, both online and off.

- Focus a little on growth everyday and have a folder for this, too, with progress and updates, all password / user name info, etc. Refer to the Small Business Administration for help at SBA.gov.


All the best,

Dawn Orbeck

dawn@CoastalVacations-Blog.com

810-895-4408

To learn more about the Coastal Vacations Call Center, visit
http://www.CoastalCallGroup.com

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Limited Time Coastal Vacations Sale -- Don't Miss Out

- posted: 01.08.08
http://coastalvacations-blog.com/2007/06/21/20070621limitedtimecoastalvacationssale.aspx

Are you ready to save $1000 on your Coastal Vacations and Coastal Vacations Call Center membership package?

I am running a very limited time offer.  From now through JUNE 30, 2007, you will pay just $3995 for the Level 2 Coastal Package PLUS the Call Center.  This is a savings of $1000 off the regular membership fee!

If you would like to look at all the details of the business, just go to: http://5802do.wecloseyoursales.biz/Site/home.asp.

Remember, from now until June 30, 2007, you'll get $1000 off the regular $4995 fee, bringing your cost for a Level 2 membership with Coastal AND the Call Center to just $3995!  (As a bonus, you can offer this same discount to YOUR first two Level 2 sales up until June 30 - since you will be 'passing up' those sales.)

Check out the website above, or contact the Call Center to get all your questions answered.   Call 1-800-378-1169 ID#5802DO (ID# required) to speak to a call center representative.

These special sales only come around once or twice a year - so if you're ready to start making $1000, $3000, or $6500 per sale - get on the phone with the Call Center TODAY!

Dawn Orbeck
Coastal Vacations Call Center



Coastal Vacations Success Tips

- posted: 01.08.08
http://coastalvacations-blog.com/2007/06/22/coastal-vacations-success-tips.aspx

If you’d like to be successful with Coastal Vacations, get your mind geared up for success. And start making attitude adjustments for success. Here are some tips to help...

• Think business first, then learn more about running a business and make basic business and marketing plans. When you stop guessing how to run operations and start working smart plans instead, you can achieve better results for our efforts. Otherwise, you could be following no plan or a poor one, and end up with little to show in return.

•  Learn more about the travel industry and in particular about Coastal Vacations products and packages. Then get out there and take action, armed with your Coastal membership cards, travel vouchers and brochures, etc.  Sell what you know. Those who sit at home and never even bother to use of any of their own products and services don’t have a real idea of how much fun it is to use what they sell. It’s so much easier to share your own personal accounts of your travels, your great discounts and fun once you sell yourself first and enjoy everything you can that you’re selling.

• Get with the program, the Coastal Vacations program. Stop trying to short change the system. Do what you need to do to make your sales. Plan online sales and marketing campaigns to get traffic, leads, prospects and sales by having your website, ads, call center info, autoresponders and everything else in place. A little elbow grease is needed for success. Being lazy doesn’t help make anyone successful.

• Don’t hide out in a cave, or your home. Reach out – offline and online – and network with others. Learn from Coastal Vacations reps who’ve been there, done that and get their tried-and-true tips. Network with work at home moms and dads for tips on how to juggle family life with work. Network at travel events to generate leads and industry contacts. Keep contacts entered into a database like that of Microsoft Outlook and follow up regularly. Set goals and stick with them, like talk to at least four people each day and close one sale.  


• Keep your health, both physical and mental, in mind and exercise a little each day in moderation, with your doctor’s approval. If you’re out of shape, get and stay in shape to emanate success from within.

In short, get and say in tune with success, inside and out. It takes successful work habits to get successful results!


All the best,

Dawn Orbeck

dawn@CoastalVacations-Blog.com

810-895-4408

To learn more about the Coastal Vacations Call Center, visit
http://www.CoastalCallGroup.com

Make Money with Coastal Vacations



Article Writing Tips of the Travel Trade

- posted: 01.08.08
http://coastalvacations-blog.com/2007/06/27/article-writing-tips-of-the-travel-trade.aspx

In the world of online marketing, driving traffic to your travel site is the ultimate goal. There are many ways to do this; however, article writing may be one of the best and fastest ways of achieving website traffic – from both search engines and people.

A well written article will spark the curiosity of consumers, and more often than not, they will visit your website just to see what all the fuss is about. Plus other webmasters will link up when they post your articles with links in the body or byline on their own websites and in their online ezines. An added benefit besides getting links and readers is achieving higher rank among search engine listings, also helping draw more attention and traffic to your site. 

But article writing needs to be good, for both website spiders and human readers. Here are some helpful tips:

1) You can write the articles yourself or hire someone to write them. The important thing to remember is that they need to be clear, concise and relevant to your products and services.

2) You can have a hundred articles on your site; however if they are filled with useless information, you are condemning your website to failure. Instead, a few well written to-the-point articles will do much better. Follow writers’ guidelines found in freelance writing books and magazines like Writer’s Digest to assist you in writing the perfect articles for your website.

3) Using keywords and keyword phrases will allow search engine spiders to find the keywords and display your link. Make sure you use the keywords or phrases enough times so that the spiders will recognize them. This is called keyword density and it is one of the most critical aspects of article writing for advertising. The right amount of keyword density is between ten and fifteen percent. If you use keywords too much, it is called keyword stuffing and the spiders will disregard your article.

4) You can use a press release type article or a review style, as long as you use the right keyword and keyword phrases.

5) The content of your article must be able to capture the reader attention. Having the right keyword will be of little consequence if your readers are not interested in the article content. So the article must also be interesting and well written in order for the reader to continue to your website. It is absolutely critical that the spelling and grammar be correct in your article. There is no better way to fail than having misspelled words and sloppy grammar. Most writing programs today offer spell and word check as well as a grammar check. Use them. 

6) If you plan to submit your articles to ezines and directories, it is very important that you place links in it that will revert back to your website. When a consumer reads your article and wants to find out more information he or she will click the link. If you do not have the links in place, you have defeated the purpose for writing the article to begin with.

So take time to add article writing to your marketing efforts. Write about your business and bring traffic to your site to get successful results!


All the best,

Dawn Orbeck

dawn@CoastalVacations-Blog.com

810-895-4408

To learn more about the Coastal Vacations Call Center, visit
http://www.CoastalCallGroup.com

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Niche Marketing Efforts for Coastal Vacations Packages

- posted: 01.08.08
http://coastalvacations-blog.com/2007/06/29/niche-marketing-efforts-for-coastal-vacations-packages.aspx

There are a lot of niche marketing efforts you can put into action to promote and sell Coastal Vacations packages. You just need to focus on your targeted niche audience and do a few things that work well for others like …

1) Pay per click marketing campaigns send the consumer directly to the website of the marketer using a link placed in the ad. Search popular pay per click plans like Google™ Adwords and Yahoo Marketing. Then review ads already in place for ideas on how to write your own targeted ads.

2) Writing articles that discuss your products and services and have resource boxes attached at the bottom, containing your contact info and website link, has increased in popularity with many online promoters. The articles should focus on keywords or keyword phrases, like items you are selling and their main benefits, for example. Then submitted the completed articles to online directories and publishers to be viewed by anyone using a keyword search.

3) You can promote similarly with press releases. Write or hire someone to write press releases for a great way to advise your products or services to the public. These can also be submitted to online publishers who specialize in press releases for distribution.

4) When you are communicating online, make use of signature (sig) files, especially if you are using email and for forum posts. Add a one-liner or short call to action plus a link to your website; for example, “Sign up for ‘Wendy’s Free Weekly Travel Tips’ at: YourDomain.com today and get a Free Travel Guide!”

5) Find and package products or services from other compatible businesses to offer even better deals. Package luggage, travel guides, travel tip reports, ebooks on destinations and more. 

6) Grow your online presence with a blog, product / service reviews, destination guide pages, travel photos to share and other interactive, full-color web marketing techniques.

7) Set up and use autoresponders to capture leads, set up surveys and for number of different selling plans. Send out an ezine and have issues automatically go out 24/7 to anyone who signs up. Insert training in some autoresponder to teach others about your products and services. Using autoresponders is like having an army or free helpers, round the clock, helping you with your promotions.

If you are trying to grow your business, a simple search on the Internet will yield you all types of niche marketing efforts to assist you in your goals. It is important that you read as many helpful marketing articles on the subject as you can to make informed decisions while you’re growing your business, too. Not all of the marketing techniques will be right for you, using common sense will go a long way in achieving your ultimate goal.


All the best,

Dawn Orbeck

dawn@CoastalVacations-Blog.com

810-895-4408

To learn more about the Coastal Vacations Call Center, visit
http://www.CoastalCallGroup.com

Make Money with Coastal Vacations



Making Money with Autoresponders and Coastal Vacations

- posted: 01.08.08
http://coastalvacations-blog.com/2007/07/03/making-money-with-autoresponders-and-coastal-vacations.aspx

Autoresponders are software programs that enable you to set up messages that can be emailed to others automatically. When you use them with your Coastal Vacations business, they act like an army of travel agents helping you with marketing and sales efforts with your business.  

An auto responder’s main function is to send out responses automatically by email to people who have visited your site and completed a basic form, entering their first name and email address. Or the autorsponder can be activated by sending an email to a special email address you have set up for it.

In response, you can load your autoresponders with messages that contain newsletters or ezine, travel-related ebooks, travel guides, industry reports and any number of other informational products regarding your Coastal Vacations business. And as you keep in mind that your autoresponders are also sales tools, you can sprinkle in ads with links to your website, the number to your call center, links to download your full color brochures and all types of marketing and sales info inside the messages to increase your closing ratio with repeat contact instead of just focusing on a one-time website visit to land a lead and close a sale.

Here are a couple other tips about using autoresponders:

• Autoresponder messages can be sent out in rich text format or HTML, complete with links to full color images and your company logo. They need to include opt in ability and contact information to meet anti-spamming laws today and can include tracking information so you can tell how many people receive and open your messages.

• Autoresponders can be set up so that a customer receives a message at different timed intervals; for example, once every week for six weeks. Therefore, for customers who have purchased at a different time of the same day, they will each receive timed follow up emails once a week for six weeks. This essentially takes away the guess work from follow up by ensuring that every contact with a customer/prospect results in a type of series of autoresponder messages following up with them.

• An autoresponder form is referred to as a squeeze page. Since this squeeze page prompts customers and prospects to leave some of their contact info behind, if this is not done you may be losing hundreds of profitable business relationships because you do not even know your prospect’s name.

So learn more about autoresponders and how to set up their forms to make the best impact on your website visitors. Search for "autoresponders" and  “squeeze page” tips on the Internet, and keep up with them as the Internet evolves so that you business will too!


All the best,

Dawn Orbeck

dawn@CoastalVacations-Blog.com

810-895-4408

To learn more about the Coastal Vacations Call Center, visit
http://www.CoastalCallGroup.com

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Promoting Your Coastal Vacations Business Opportunity with a Blog

- posted: 01.08.08
http://coastalvacations-blog.com/2007/07/06/promoting-your-coastal-vacations-business-with-a-blog.aspx

A business blog is an awesome tool that is growing increasingly popular. The main reason is because you can present information about your products and services without expensive advertising or marketing tools.

For example, by writing a blog about your Coastal Vacations packages, the content stays updated regularly, enticing search engines and people to come to visit you. In return, with online tools in place on your blog like lead capture forms, autoresponder email address hyperlinks in place and call center numbers linked up, you can build up your subscriber list, prospect and customer lists, too.

Other advantages of promoting your Coastal Vacations business opportunity with a business blog are:

Customer Trust - A blog helps to create a sense of trust and loyalty between you and your blog visitors. Blogs boast more personal and real content than sales copy on a web page.


Readership - You’ll be promoting to many, many blog readers. In fact, a reported 50 + million blogs have been online since mid-2006, with more being added daily. And this means that with these bloggers reading other blogs as well as their own, millions of potential shoppers are online 24/7. That’s adds up to one huge income potential for your business!


Interaction - Blogs are great for interacting with your target audience. Start discussions, offer and share product reviews and helpful informative articles with your blog. Ask for comments, too.

Marketing – You can market your Coastal Vacations business opportunity many ways with a blog: with pay-per-click advertising, link building, through article and press release marketing, with classifieds, banner ads, video clips, audio clips and more. The sky’s the limit with online advertising methods today for all budget ranges. So keep a folder going of all the ways you can market your blog, online and off, by searching out more helpful articles online and saving them.

Simple Start and Growth - Your blog design can be as simple as you can design it at first, then grow it to match your business goals. Keep in mind that simpler is good, but don’t put your readers to sleep. Add graphics, photos and fresh content regularly. Keep your posts short and to the point. And be personal with our readers, touching on specific examples with your topics.

Blogging is an awesome way to promote your Coastal Vacations business on the web. Just like anything else, it grows over time and your business can, too, when you stick with it long-term.

All the best,

Dawn Orbeck

dawn@CoastalVacations-Blog.com

810-895-4408

To learn more about the Coastal Vacations Business Opportunity, visit www.CoastalCallGroup.com




Good News! Coastal Vacations Call Center Sale Extended - Save $1000!

- posted: 01.08.08
http://coastalvacations-blog.com/2007/07/06/good-news-coastal-vacations-call-center-sale-extended--save-1000.aspx Hi everyone!

Here is great news! Since so many of you were on vacation and weren't able to take advantage of our Big Coastal Vacations Sale - I've decided to extend it for two more weeks.

Here are the details:

From now through July 20, 2007,you will save $1000 on a Level 2 membership package which INCLUDES the "We Close Your Sales" Call Center! Your cost for a Level 2 package will now be $3995, instead of the regular $4995.

I know some of you are still on the fence, that's fine. I HIGHLY recommend that you do your due diligence - I want you to be VERY EXCITED when you decide to join. I want you to KNOW this is right for you. If you aren't EXCITED and MOTIVATED - then it's not the right time.

That being said...if you are still on the fence and still have questions, I need you to CALL THE CALL CENTER and at least register your interest with them. If they don't know you are interested, I cannot work with you if you have a problem meeting the July 20 deadline. If you need extra time...let us know, but you MUST inform the Call Center that you are seriously interested (even if you change your mind later - it's OK).

The number for the Call Center is 1-800-378-1169 ID#5802DO.

If you need to look at the program more closely, visit my website at:

Coastal Vacations Call Center

Download and review the product and business documents. Review and understand the pay plan HERE . Then CALL THE CALL CENTER or request a call from the link on the website.

That's it! But you have to take action. As they say, if you keep doing what you're doing, you'll keep getting what you've always gotten (or something along those lines.) I can't tell you how exciting it is to have a new venture, learn something new everyday, help others improve their lives, experience personal growth, and earn money while doing it! It's exhilarating!

So, call the Call Center today...or give me a call or email to take advantage of this special offer. You won't likely see this offer again until the end of the year.

I hope to be working with you soon!

Dawn Orbeck
810-895-4408

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