Explaining a concept called “zero profit condition” and applying it to Mary Kay to show you how it’s next to impossible to build a viable retail selling business. In an article on Slate, Austan Goolsbee explains why most real-estate agents Read more…

From: MPNSD To: MPNSD Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 5:33 AM Subject: Morning Moto Good Morning and God’s Greatest Blessings to each of you! I don’t know about you, but I was challenged to sleep last night because my spirit Read more…

Written by MommyMindi Problems recovering your sales tax from Mary Kay? Your dog may soon become your newest “customer.” If there is one thing that I learned during my stint with Mary Kay, it’s this: your dog will be one Read more…

Written by MommyMindi Why you should handle your own sales tax instead of letting Mary Kay do it for you… The sheer stupidity of some Kaybots never ceases to amaze me. Getting a large tax refund is never a good Read more…

Written by ShabbyInPink In 2005, Mary Kay Cosmetics sales director Auri Hatheway had the #25 Unit in the Emerald Seminar. By Seminar 2006, she was #1 with over one million dollars in retail sales (well, really orders, but you get Read more…

Allison LaMarr now holds the title for “quickest to Mary Kay national sales director.” She did it in about 2 1/2 years. How? Here’s my opinion. Allison will tell you that the way she got to niq is through consistent Read more…

I am often asked, “Do you think Mary Kay (the company) is today what Mary Kay Ash envisioned it to be?” When you look at the era in which the company was established, the 1960’s, I think it’s clear that Read more…

This letter was from one of our readers to her unit, regarding her resignation from Mary Kay. She was a long-time director, so this may have been quite unexpected. I admire her courage in telling her unit exactly what has Read more…

You’ve got her exactly where you want her. Cornered. And she can’t escape from your magical Mary Kay powers. If she’s like most other victims you’ve approached in public and tried to strong-arm into a facial, she’s saying no. But Read more…

Part two of warm chatter training is all about “tools.” These are otherwise known as convenient excuses to strike up a conversation. Fake, fake, fake. WARM CHATTER TRAINING Part Two: Tools to Use