Reach for a Million Dreams A Fern Year-ender

The mother of all invention is necessity. In 2003, a new invention sparked a new opportunity to prosper and improve one’s lifestyle when Tommanny Tan together with some partners, all business practitioners, established Fern, Inc., a network marketing and direct-selling company.

“The future of direct-selling in the Philippines is great because whenever people lose their jobs or whenever there’s a financial crisis there are less opportunities around and the first opportunity to go away is employment. Direct-selling is an opportunity open to everybody, as long as one becomes a member who learns the business; then one has the chance to prosper,” enthused Tan. “Being a member of Fern gives that opportunity to earn something extraordinary. We have a low membership fee which you can get equivalent products for this membership fee but the income is unlimited,” he added.

Fern claims that they’re the only direct-selling/networking company that sells its products in traditional outlets such as Watsons, Rose Pharmacy and 7-11. It currently has two products: Fern C, the non-acidic Vitamin C supplement and Fern Slim, the weight management product.

At present, the industry has about close to a million members and has mounted its own Network Development Program sketched by member (Training and Development Consultant) Patrick Zuñiga, which is considered as the backbone of Fern, to further advance knowledge in business networking development and enhance entrepreneurial skills. For six years, the company remained steady with a solid vision that is sharing prosperity through entrepreneurship. Hence, Fern holds a yearly celebration of prosperity and to recognize top performers. This year, the management opted to hold the party in Cebu as “we wanted to bring the party to Cebu because in the past two years, our Cebu, Davao, Bohol members and in the surrounding areas, would fly to Manila just for the occasion. The Cebu market is growing but we know that it can grow some more that’s why we wanted to bring it to Cebu so that we could help the members in Cebu grow,” explained Tan.

The Grand Ballroom of Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & Casino was the venue where the dreamers’ granted dreams were told. The testimonials of Fern members, who “reached for their dreams”, Henry Bausa, Felix Tamisin, Patrick Zuñiga, Letty Ochoa, Richard Lim, Atty. Salvador Fabregas, among others, were heard by attendees.

One of the country’s top comedian/impersonator John Santos set a jolly atmosphere to the gathering with his antics and his impersonation of Kris Aquino. More so, great prizes, including a P50,000 cash prize, were given away to lucky members via electronic raffle as the owners’ way of showing their appreciation to the members. Of course, the highlight of the event was the awarding of the Top Fernchise-C (for Franchisee), Network Builder, Dynamic New Distributor, Millionaire Round Table and President’s Circle awardees

Vision Driven 2010

“For 2010, we will have more global products to launch. For 2010, we set our vision on the vision. The prosperity of our members is the most important thing for us so that’s why we are proud to proclaim that we are the least profitable networking company in the Philippines because majority of our revenue goes back to our members. We are promoting our products through the tri-media – this goes a long way in helping our members in their business,” Tan concluded.