Allison LaMarr’s not-so-benevolent “Sharpen Your Edge” sessions that she calls “training” are really draining pocketbooks of Mary Kay sales directors and consultants. If Allison wants to go out and charge people money to be around her, and Mary Kay sales Read more…
Primerica Financial Services is a multi-level marketing company offering financial services such as life insurance, investments, and the like. Online Scams did an excellent post which summarized Primerica. The problem with the company is that most of the representatives have Read more…
Written by Raisinberry The lack of response by corporate to all that is brought out on Pink Truth is a sure indicator that they have no intentions of changing their ways. If integrity governed Mary Kay Cosmetics, they would first Read more…
This was a comment on one of our blog entries, from a sales director who has been with Mary Kay for 13 years. This is what it feels like when you’re no longer willing to load up women with inventory Read more…
How about the latest love checks??? Here are the Mary Kay national sales director incomes through January 2007(7 month total). The top dogs have made: PEARL Jan Harris………………………………$277,342.08 Nan Stroud …………………………….244,167.64 Cheryl Warfield………………………..235,334.29
Finally there is an email circulating amongst Mary Kay sales directors with which I agree! I have heard plenty about “The Secret” and women using this as part of Mary Kay events and meetings. I am not in agreement with Read more…
The FTC has issued some guidance to help people evaluate MLMs. Look at these and ask yourself how many of these really do point to your MLM.
Eric Scheibeler, a former high level distributor for Amway, details his experience with the push to attend company events, in his book Merchants of Deception:
I don’t know who started the rumor that Mary Kay’s classic basic skin care was being discontinued, but Darrell Overcash denied it in February 2007. The rumors persist, however, that the classic line will be replaced with the botanical line Read more…
A December 2006 seminar by the Direct Selling Association included this breakout session on bloggers who oppose multi-level marketing:
OK - so two days ago I heard about a 2016 Herbalife Documentary called "Betting on Zero"- How can Herbalife…
"Without your debt and sacrifice, they’re just women in tacky suits." Nah. Even the tacky suits come from the consultants.
But I thought this product "sells itself" and just "flies off the shelves". Should be no problem to reach that…
Somer is diabolical, for sure. But I wonder if she had career plans that didn’t involve taking over her MIL’s…
That fact was pretty eye-opening to me as I understood more about MLMs years ago. You, the "team member," throw…