Powerhouse Recruiters
Written by Parsons Green
A director reached out for advice on Facebook. She’d love to hear from directors who recruit more than ten consultants a month. The recruits also need to be qualified (meaning a great start order of $600 wholesale) and stay active ($225 wholesale every three months).
It’s very telling that EVERY RESPONSE but one was for people commenting that they need this info.
The one director who responded was Taryn Sneed. Taryn is a Mary Kay “superstar” who currently has three offspring directors and two DIQ. She has been in Mary Kay twelve years and has driven the Cadillac for six. She focuses on being the Queen of sharing. (Having 24 or more recruits in a year). She has a weekly in person meeting and also a virtual meeting. She focuses on having as many faces as possible each month.
She had 50 faces last month and recruited 7. (Her teammate had almost as many and only signed up 3.) She finds it harder to keep consultants active if they signed up for the $35 kit. They are more likely to stay if they signed up with the $100 kit. How much unpaid time is she spending on all these activities?
You can hear Taryn’s advice here https://youtu.be/AkXXle9voww?si=8BFW0TRhpMgu05un and here https://youtu.be/y42nfNvAlQU?si=4tuxGK3CAwJ0OWcI.
If Mary Kay were a quality opportunity, you could quickly and easily teach your recruits to duplicate your success. Mary Kay makes their money when you purchase a starter kit. They make money when you order inventory to maintain your director title. They do not track in any way the amount of product you sell to a customer. If you’re a consultant, wouldn’t you wonder why?
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Lynette Brazda Bickley We need a group for this.
Antionette Toni Joineryes. One where we can ask questions and get them answered
I would have thought that a company like Mary Kay Wagner Rogers Eckman Weaver Louis Miller Hallenbeck Ash’s with over 60 years of experience would already have all the answers to the questions.
Linda Fortenberry Cypriano? Any relation to Pat and/or Somer? That’s not a common name.
“She’d love to hear from directors who recruit more than ten consultants a month. The recruits also need to be qualified (meaning a great start order of $600 wholesale) and stay active ($225 wholesale every three months).”
Alas, such a woman exists only in Pinkbubblandia, where millionaire consultants flit to their 10 appointments a day aboard pink unicorns and the pink lemonade is squoze from actual pink lemons and not Country Time powdered mix.
Taryn sounds like a killer salesperson. Good salespeople can sell anything, including MLM. Some folks are great at this, but it is a rare skill. You’ve probably heard the phrase, “This guy could sell snow to an Eskimo.”
For me, I wonder why people like Taryn are not selling a more lucrative product that does not require so much of their social time. But then again, if she’s able to make money selling something this difficult, it may be a source of pride for her.
Sadly, MLM is pitched as something “anyone” can do. I beg to differ. If you have ever seen a really good salesperson in action, it is inspiring. You quickly see these rare folks can literally sell anything. That is a testimony to them, not the product or the opportunity.
The real question is whether Taryn can keep this up. At some point her reputation will proceed her, and she will run out of vulnerable prospects. But don’t for a minute think this skill is easily reproducible. It’s not.
Oops, “At some point her reputation will precede her…”
Seasoned SDs looking for recruiting advice. Hmmm.
Unfortunately for them, they will simply hear the same, tired methods.
Bless their hearts, they’re looking for something new. Girls, you know how to recruit. You’re just seeing it doesn’t work anymore. The whole thread is evidence MK no longer works. Someone will say “see faces” and I’d bet you $100 they’re trying to. I really wish I didn’t get out of that director group. It looks fun to scroll now.
Unless you have a mom pass a unit down to you, you look like Megan Chapman and were born and raised in Mary Kay, or corporate lets you cheat like Leanna Tate’s entire area.. you•will•not•win.
Period.
I’d love to hear about all the cheating in Lynnea’s area!
Likewise!
KISS, we need to hear your story in the discussion board. Consider starting a thread and sharing it. It’s clear you have interesting tidbits and behind-the-scenes knowledge.
YES YES YES!
I have a personal hypothesis that there are (some/few) people who sell the product and make a little money. We had one of those gals in the town where I used to live. She was a sales director and stepped out of directorship to serve only her customers. She was a mid level car director for 20+ years. But she had a solid customer base and took care of her customers.
Now, I think these folks are the exception, not the rule. But they keep those MK corp gears grinding along.
I sold a lot of product myself. I still have people that text me and want to order random stuff; I break them the news that I no longer “do MK.”
It drove me nuts though – ship here, deliver there, cash, check, ProPay, Venmo, cash app, PayPal?? Direct ship?? Put order together myself?? Some of both?? Do I even have the product?? Schedule her for an appointment so she can see the new product and upsell?? So much mental bandwidth FOR SO LITTLE RETURN! This might go hand in hand with my upcoming ADHD eval. Also people pleasing and keeping the customer happy —
So yes, this entire MLM system is so worn out. No new FB group will help. There’s nothing new under the sun.
There aren’t enough people in the WORLD to recruit 10 consultants a month, who recruit 10 consultants a month , who recruits 10 consultants a month. Since 1960! C’mon. Do the math people!
Of those 10 recruits, they are more than likely women over a certain age that want to buy, or use MK.. Now the recruit pool is even less.
Why can’t the MKhuns see this??