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Hey, my name's Becca, I'm 27 and I live in Los Angeles.
I just wanted to give you and idea of
who I am and how I got here...
So here goes...
Ever since I was little...I've been fighting against "THE BOX."
It drove my parents up the wall...
Why couldn't I just be "normal"
and do and be what everyone else was doing and being?
Call me crazy...
but I've always just had in my head that it was MY life....
and I didn't want to do or be just like everyone else.
And come hell or high water...
I was never crawling inside "The Box."
My parents sent me to Catholic school
where they slapped me into a uniform...
and told me I had to dress like everyone else.
I found every loophole in the handbook...
And broke as many rules as possible!!!
I watched as all my friends decided where
they were going to go to college.
Funny...not one of them ever questioned going to college.
I mean why would you right?
It's what you do...
Spend the first half of your life going to school...
and the second half...
you spend in that GREAT job that you worked so hard to get.
Go to school and get a good job...
and that's all life is about.
Why no one thought to question that plan is beyond me.
So as all my friends where going along with the "program"
I was deciding how I was gong to tell my parents how WACK
I thought that program was and that I wanted no part of it.
I think my dad said something like...
"If you want to throw your life away...
go right ahead but don't ask us to be a part of it."
Yeah...that's sounds about right so left home when I was 17.
To my family and friends...
I was just a defiant wild child
who just wanted to rebel for the hell of it.
Truth is...
It wasn't about rebelling or wanting to defy them...
it wasn't about them...AT ALL.
Since as far back as I can remember I've known...
(beyond a shadow of a doubt)
I was supposed to do something different with my life.
I didn't have a clue what but I was convinced
that when it showed up...I would know.
And that's exactly what happened.
You see I was up late one night searching around the Internet...
I wasn't totally sure what I was looking for..
(I'm sure most of you can relate)
Anyway...I had been dabbling in Network Marketing for a while
and guess what...
Yep...I totally sucked at it!
They had me calling leads...
and I was so bad at it that I would actually hang up on them...
To save them the trouble
Yeah...it wasn't pretty.
But I saw this industry as my only way to truly be able
to make money and live by my own rules.
I knew calling leads wasn't happening for me.
I knew that the real money was going to be online.
Problem was...
the only thing I knew how to do online at the time was shop.
So it really didn't seem like such a great option---
but I was going to check it out anyway.
Ok..so there I was searching away...
and I landed on this website, it wasn't fancy...
Just some simple text....
and opt in form for a newsletter...
and a buy now for some book.
I hadn't even read the whole site
but every fiber of my being was saying...
"Buy the book, Becca"
It was weird....I
just knew something was about to happen.
I know...sounds cookey..but it's the truth.
So I bought the book.
The next thing I knew I got a call from this guy in Jersey.
Apparently he was the author of the book I bought
(at this point I hadn't even gotten it in the mail yet)
I had no idea who this guy was but I thought it was pretty cool
that he called. So when I hung up with him...
I did a Google search and HOLY CRAP...
I had just been chit chatting with an industry legend.
When I got his book...
I sat down and read it cover to cover...
my jaw was on the ground and
light bulbs were going off left and right.
The next thing I knew I was being privately coached by a master...
Being groomed for success.
Working first on my Mind and then Marketing.
This was the first time I was ever exposed to
REAL marketing concepts...
and I started to become obsessed...
now I wanted to take these concepts out onto the Internet.
I made a decision that I was going to figure out the whole
online social marketing stuff...
I didn't have a freaking clue what I was doing...
I had no tech skills and at the time...
I didn't even know what links or html were.
NOT A CLUE!!!!!!!!!!
And little by little I started to teach myself...
and soon after I just "got it" and the
Internet became my playground.
I started working very closely with Diane Hochman.
If you don't know who she is....you need to!!!!
Talk about an amazing teacher.
Anyway...the way we clicked was unreal...
put our 2 minds together and watch out.
I'm not slick or fancy in anyway...I mean come on...
have you heard me talk or watched my videos...
DEFINITELY NOT SLICK
yet I make more money than 97% of people online.
I'm just a girl who never went to college...
never had a real job...
had no marketing experience...
and had an internet career that consisted of bargain shopping.
What I did have though was BELIEF
and more drive than an 18 wheeler:)
But I love this stuff, I found my passion...
I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be...
doing exactly what I'm supposed to be doing.
I was given a shot that most people only dream about...
and I believe that I was given this shot so that I could turn
around and give the same shot to tons of other people who
are JUST LIKE ME!!!
People who know in their heart of hearts that they
were meant for something more than what has been
laid out for them.
People who have been searching for a way to be free.
All this Internet stuff isn't hard...
and yes I can teach it all to you
Social Network Marketing Training
but believe me when I say that it all starts with the way you think...
You will only be to the extent that you believe that you are...
and you'll only do to the extent that you believe you can do.
Reprogram Your Subconscious Mind
In order to attract all the people you need
to help you grow your business...
you MUST become the ATTRACTION!!
Become The Attraction
Social Marketing and Web 2.0 has given you the platform
(in a major way)
If there is anything I can do for you please give me a shout!!!!
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