A 1997 article from Forbes magazine does an excellent job of explaining the pyramid that is multi-level marketing. And I don’t think anyone is going to accuse Forbes of being “bitter ex-MK consultants who coudn’t make it” or “anti-MLM zealots Read more…
Last week, the Columbia Business Times featured a Mary Kay sales director in its “People You Should Know” section. And the truth comes out! Mary Kay comes before her children. Here’s what was printed: COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: Other than Mary Kay, Read more…
How often do we hear that Mary Kay is all about the wonderful product? “You and sell it and you can make a profit!” Yeah, well if you’re like 99% of the other women in Mary Kay, you won’t sell Read more…
Written by ContourTHIS Woo-hoo! I had more than $600 in sales last week! And I’m not even counting taxes collected – like SOME people I know. I had 11 sales in 7 days averaging about $56 retail. My director says Read more…
A couple of years ago, I did this exercise on Pink Truth, examining who was really selling these cosmetics. One of our members did a similar thing on the discussion board yesterday, so I thought it was a perfect time Read more…
A Mary Kay consultant's letter to her sale director, looking for some real information on Mary Kay. Hi Sales Director: What I have to tell you in these next few paragraphs has no bearing on what I think of Read more…
Written by Rachel On the discussion board last week, our friend Woodchuck77 told us: I got a message from a so-called "friend" saying: "Most people out there have no goals or dreams. Mary Kay teaches us to have goals and Read more…
Written by Rachel A few weeks ago, Pink Truth discussion board members were asked to do a T.V. interview for a really cool show and tell the world what’s wrong with Mary Kay and MLM. This is something many of Read more…
I hate these kinds of suggestions. “All you have to do is…” “If you just found 10 women who….” “It only takes….”
Written by BerrySparkle We are told as we move up the career path from Independent Beauty Consultant to Sr. Consultant, to star Recruiter,to Team Leader, etc. “Be too dumb to doubt”. So the saying goes. Thus begins the journey as Read more…
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My understanding is that once an nsd retires, MK buys an annuity for them that pays out the prescribed monthly…
Sadly yes. When things go wrong for you in MK Miss Negative Nelly/Lazy Looser(TM) is dropped like a hot dog…
I have no idea what the actual demand for sales outside the pyramid is but it doesn't look much from…
"We all make bad decisions or live in seasons of bad decisions." This is true but these women made fortunes…
Yep. Guess she doesn't have a high enough deserve level, didn't work her business, didnt plan her work and work…