Mary Kay plants fluff pieces with the media to hype the company. Mary Kay’s public relations department sends out press releases and contacts reporters in hopes of getting television and print media coverage. This, of course, fuels the constant push Read more…
An email from a Mary Kay lady who knows all the catch phrases…. I know I shouldn’t bother, because you probably get tons of emails like the one I am writing but what can I say…it’s my personality to defend Read more…
Can you relate to her struggles as a Mary Kay sales director? Is this you? I know so many pieces of this story resonate with nearly all the sales directors in Mary Kay… This woman had the strength to quit Read more…
The lies that multi-level marketing recruiters use to con people into signing up for their scams change little from company to company. I bet all of us have heard most of these lies at one time or another in our Read more…
Written by C.W. I’m sitting here today in utter disbelief that I wasted nearly 2 years of my life pursuing something that was not only impossible, but ridiculous: being rich from my Mary Kay business. Don’t get me wrong, I Read more…
Written by WorkedPink She came into town, tall and beautiful with a look, demeanor, and “way” that many of us could just hope to ever possess. She was a Mary Kay Consultant, a business owner. Her makeup was always flawless, Read more…
I wanted to take a trip down memory lane. Ten years ago, a damning article was written about Mary Kay in Harper’s magazine called The Pink Pyramid Scheme. If you’ve never read it, you should. Did it make an impact Read more…
We’ve heard these things before. A million and one ways to justify recruiting another Mary Kay consultant’s customer. Is it technically stealing? Probably not. After all, the NSDs will teach you how to bend the rules far enough that you Read more…
Written by SuzyQ Let’s talk about the prizes. Oh, the prizes. When Mary Kay directors and NSDs offer a major prize there are a couple of contingencies working here… First and foremost, your director can’t afford much, so the prizes Read more…
Even those in the upper ranks of Mary Kay can’t see what complete failures they are in this “business model” (not really a business!) that sets you up to fail. Last year, Cindy Machado, a long-time Mary Kay sales director Read more…
The business model of MK is pushing a cart with square wheels. The cart isn't designed well because it has…
Virtual open houses, virtual parties, virtual appointments, virtual facials… By golly, it’s a virtual business making virtual profits.
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If it's not working, just keep doing the same stuff but MORE and HARDER ... that's not advice you will…
The IBCs are told to “build relationships.” Lady, I don’t want a relationship with you, just quality skincare and makeup…