How Many Contacts Does It Take?
Written by Parsons Green
Have you ever wondered how many times a Mary Kay lady has to bother a potential victim before she buys? We got a glimpse into this when a consultant asked for help in a Mary Kay support group on Facebook. Veronica Velasco is not getting results from her teacher appreciation day. She has $3600 in inventory. Can anyone help?
Shannon Pinkley suggests the 21 booking challenge. You split your leads into 3 groups and text or call three times over 3 weeks.
Lona makes a personalized clip art picture of each lead and texts or calls them 6 to 15 times. Can you imagine being texted by your Mary Kay consultant FIFTEEN TIMES to try to get you to order????
Larry is a teacher and doesn’t have a recommendation on number of contacts but suggests waiting til the school year is over before the hard sell. And Brittany says some of those contacts will never buy anything.
Sonya aims for 5.
Terese’s goal is 7.
Terri says that 5-12 ideal. 80% of all sales are made on those attempts. She does not cite a source.
So we have these consultants and directors all suggesting that you need to reach out to people repeatedly over a short period of time. Essentially, you keep harassing them until they buy. Because surely, all they need is for you to contact them more. That must be the thing, right?
No.
It’s 2025. No one is ignoring or missing your calls. Mary Kay consultant, you are blocked. No one wants this garbage. Consultants are stuck with product they already paid for, and it will continue to rot in basements, garages, and storage sheds.
To all you Mary Kay ladies running around saying “we make 50% profit on our sales”…. I want to ask you:
What’s 50% profit on zero sales?
Visit the
I thought this stuff “sells itself”?!
Seriously though, this amount of texting and phone calls is harassment and there is no way in hell I am going to buy your MLM overpriced garbage. Your excessive inventory is your problem- leave me alone.
“Veronica Velasco is not getting results from her teacher appreciation day. She has $3600 in inventory. Can anyone help?”
Sure. Return it, block your director on all the things, and shake the pink dust from your feet. Simple.
I can imagine blocking her after the first two attempts and filing a restraining order after the fifth attempt if she evades my blocks … “Lona makes a personalized clip art picture of each lead and texts or calls them 6 to 15 times. Can you imagine being texted by your Mary Kay consultant FIFTEEN TIMES to try to get you to order????”
Honestly. I can’t stand when even things I signed up for text me that often.
There’s a reason I have several spam only emails. I don’t want my inbox flooded with MLM crap.
This is painful to read. The amount of hate I’d get back made me lose sleep. When I texted people, I’d bring up something we talked about at whatever event. Women actually appreciated that and it made me feel less icky. At the end of the day.. it’s just icky. I want to be people’s friend without MK strings. Gotta stop lying and saying you’re serving women because we all know we’re pissssssssed when they don’t buy anything. Who cares how much fun they had. Unless you have a rich man, you’ll do what you have to do to get that sale and hate them for not buying skincare.
Hang it up hunny. Don’t get desperate. Stop while you’re ahead.
Our canned response: “Wrinkles to ya’!” You’re right. The word is “icky.” Welcome to the crew!
“Piccollege?” Sounds creepy. “Collage,” I believe was intended.
As an aside – I saw multiple articles that retail in general, overall is down between 30-40% – in just the past few months. Could there be a correlation?
Pic Collage is an app on your phone that you can use to create cute invitations and graphics. Not sure it’s all one word, though, lol.
My point is she spelled it “college.”
And this is what happens when I stare at Excel sheets all dang day then come over here and try to be smart. *face palm*
Poor Larry! Things are so tough he hasn’t exfoliated in over a month…
I find that equal parts funny and sad.
I did the 21 day booking challenge for 2 years straight..:let’s just say I never made it to director
Sparkle Berry was a nice shade of lip gloss! 🙂
I also did the 21 Day Challenge ad nauseum. I was a director for a couple of months, but the guilt I carried from “cheating” was unbearable so I couldn’t “retain” the title. What I didn’t realize (at the time) was what I considered “cheating” was normal behavior (adding fake consultants, paying for orders, etc.)
Welcome to pink truth! Be sure to go on the discussion board. It’s great 😀
The discussion board is better than any social media I have! The tea is so sweet!
I love all the new people arriving!! Welcome to all!