Written by Raisinberry Imagine my discomfort, seated among a number of friends and other invitees, complying with social distancing, to hear a “reformed” MLMer, telling his story about his direct selling experience. He sounded positive, like he was fishing for Read more…
From one of my favorite Reddit subs: anti-MLM. Apparently if you want to get rid of your inventory after you quit Mary Kay, she’s “struggling.” This future national says the quitter doesn’t think she’s right for MK, but you and Read more…
Here’s some hate mail that’s a little bit different. It’s about Primerica, the MLM that sells life insurance and investments. My blog for my company has a couple of articles about Primerica that have been popular over the years (apparently Read more…
Pink Truth appears to be enriching the lives of women all around the world! This one is from a sales director in Germany. Wie krank und verbittert muss man sein, wenn man erkennt, dass man unfähig ist Erfolg zu haben! Read more…
This comment was submitted by a woman who says she is a Mary Kay consultant in the Netherlands. Her arguments against the Pink Truth are really no different than those we hear from consultants based in the United States. W.O.W…. Read more…
Written by Suzy Q So, we taped hours and hours of painful, humiliating, humbling information about our experiences in Mary Kay, and ABC diluted it down to about 12 minutes. However, it made an impact and I was pleased to Read more…
Mary Kay Cosmetics was hoping that ABC’s 20/20 would share their version of the story: that lots of products are sold, lots of money is made, and Mary Kay enriches women’s lives. Unfortunately for them, Rebecca Jarvis dug into the Read more…
Written by The Scribbler It didn’t take long for the comments section of the Hungry for Answers: One Mary Kay Consultant’s Journey video to fire up shortly after having sent my explanatory e-mail to “Vince.” The excitement began when “Vince” Read more…
Written by The Scribbler Some time ago I’d created a YouTube video titled, Hungry For Answers: One Mary Kay Consultant’s Journey . Simple and crude in execution (hey, even Spielberg had to start somewhere, right?), it served and continues to Read more…
This week’s official release of Harper’s Magazine story “The Pink Pyramid Scheme: How Mary Kay Cosmetics Preys on Desperate Housewives,” along with the NPR’s On Point with Tom Ashbrook episode entitled Investigating Mary Kay has brought out the haters. I Read more…
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A 4th grader could recognize that these are crappy prizes. That’s a ton of money to spend only to be…
When I was a director, I told my consultants to only order what they sold. Perhaps order a full size…
Notice the wording -- "...beauty consultant who sells..." and "unit quantity sold." In the past, these challenges have used words…
Companies normally provide incentives to their customers to purchase their products. Oh wait...
These contests are ridiculous. Anyone who believes these units actually sold these totals are seeing planes and living on fantasy…