I am consistently amused by these types of documents that Mary Kay sales directors use to convince women that they need inventory. No one is “holding a gun to their head….” True, the new recruits have a choice. But over and over they are told the only way to succeed …
The magic number in Mary Kay for a “qualified” recruit is a $600 wholesale order. But the larger the initial order, the better off the sales director is. For many years, an initial order of $3,600 has been the ultimate goal. I was in Mary Kay more than 20 years …
What do you do when you’ve run out of people to bother about Mary Kay? This is the reason so little of the products that are ordered from MK actually end up in the hands of a real consumer. Because it’s so hard to find people ready and willing to …
Written by JTA After I left my role as “NSD to be,” I observed some very interesting and disturbing things with my Mary Kay offspring. They were doing fake orders (i.e. ordering products they don’t need and won’t sell) to make production. I’m sure it happened before then, and I …
Written by Raisinberry If you have been in Mary Kay for any length of time you are aware of a typical meeting involving a “scoreboard line up” of top sellers in your unit. The count up begins for what was sold, and generally anybody over $300 gets to come down …
Written by Rebecca I was at Seminar and it was my third time in DIQ. (I would go through one more time before I hung up my heels.) I was on my way to the director’s meeting. My husband and I had just gotten off the plane, and I ditched …
Google “30 faces in 30 days” and you will see a ton of pages from Mary Kay sales directors promoting this as a way to jump start your MK business. It’s so easy to do! That’s how you sell the product! Well of course having 30 women show up for …
Written by Raisinberry A revelation of the real business plan of Mary Kay Cosmetics… The fact that Mary Kay takes pains to invent the term “dual marketing” to disguise the business model tells you that even Mary Kay is embarrassed about being a multi-level “direct seller.” Multi-levels and pyramid marketing …
At the beginning of every seminar year (July 1), Mary Kay rolls out new promotions. You’ll notice that the promotions are never about what you SELL, but only about what you ORDER from Mary Kay Inc. The sales directors will tell you that’s because corporate can’t possibly track actual sales …
If women in Mary Kay told the truth about the “opportunity,” they’d never recruit anyone. The truth is that it’s not about selling products, it’s about recruiting. Very little of the products that are ordered are actually sold to customers. The real opportunity is in recruiting, and even there, most …
