How I Almost Got Into a Fight with my MIT Buddy, ‘Cause He “Dissed” My Business

Written by Ferny Ceballos | Filed under Attraction Marketing

Now networkers, especially those of us who have attempted to build offline, are no strangers to rejection and negative friends, family and others who don’t like our industry very much.

Now you’d think because of my background as engineer and MIT graduate, my friends and family would give me the benefit of the doubt and trust my judgement when I got into this industry.

But alas, like probably many folks you know, they all thought they knew better and they definitely let me know it.

After some of these heated conversations and arguments, I can’t begin to describe how stupid I felt sometimes for even wanting to build a network marketing business and how stupid I felt for getting involved in this industry.

They would tell me, “Ferny! You’re an MIT graduate! You work on top secret space stuff for the government! What the hell are you doing selling vitamins?!?”

In my head, I wanted to yell back at them, “I WANT MY FREEDOM, DAMMIT!!”

However, early on usually after one of these encounters, I would feel defeated and stupid. Sometimes walking away with tears in my eyes.

And then, I would catch myself and tell myself, “You’re doing the right thing.” Shake off the negative crap and continue forward…wounded…but moving forward.

From 2005—2008, not only did I deal with negativity and had actually destroyed myself financially trying to build my business – having gone into foreclosure and was over $60,000 in debt – spending endlessly on tools, courses and shiny objects, which produced zero ROI. But even financial ruin was not going to deter me.

The year of 2009, was a turning point and I started digging myself out of that financial mess.

How I did it, I will share in a little bit…

But I was on my way and things were working. I was recruiting people with ease into my opportunity, hitting the 6-figure mark in my company and built a multi-six figure brand online.

Things were looking up…

The Problem with Prospecting & Recruiting with Social Media

Written by Ferny Ceballos | Filed under Attraction Marketing

This October will mark 10 years (2005) since I entered the industry and my life took a crazy detour into the world of entrepreneurship, deep personal development and experiencing more negativity than any human should have to endure.

The good news is that my story in this industry has a happy ending.

I quit job as an engineer 2 1/2 years after joining the industry in 2008, became a 6-figure earner in direct sales by 2009, built a 7-figure internet company by 2012 and I am now the co-owner of an online direct sales company, which I first joined as an affiliate back in 2006.

My journey however was not without many fumbles, embarrassing moments and more prospecting faux pas than I care to share and I hope my friends, family & strangers I attempted to prospect have long forgotten the things I did. LOL

But here’s a few, so you have an idea…