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Prizes

Buying Recognition in Mary Kay

Posted on August 28, 2007

Written by The Scribbler Don’t buy more inventory to finish your “star.” You can buy yourself a prize for much less money. In fact, it’s almost embarrassing how cheap the Mary Kay prizes are. Today let’s take a peek into Read more…

Culture & Manipulation

A Look at Mary Kay, the Woman

Posted on August 28, 2007

Written by Saw the Light Every now and then I read how someone claims to have known Mary Kay, yet still calls her such names as a "greedy old hag" or worse. Now, I don't know everyone's definition of knowing Read more…

Numbers

Zero Profit In Mary Kay? It’s Inevitable.

Posted on August 28, 2007

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…

Sales Directors

God Wants You to Keep Dialing for Dollars

Posted on August 28, 2007

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…

Business BasicsInventory & Selling

Mary Kay and Your Dog: Recovering Sales Tax

Posted on August 28, 2007

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…

Business BasicsInventory & Selling

Sales Tax For Business Women

Posted on August 28, 2007

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…

Sales Directors

How Does a “Million Dollar Director” Do It?

Posted on August 27, 2007

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…

Career LadderNSD

How Allison LaMarr Got to NSD So Quickly

Posted on August 27, 2007

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…

Culture & Manipulation

When and How Did Mary Kay Go Wrong?

Posted on August 27, 2007

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…

Quitting Mary Kay

A Mary Kay Director’s Letter to Her Unit About Resigning

Posted on August 27, 2007

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…

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  1. raindog308 on Somer Continues to Fail ForwardDecember 24, 2025

    ...and less the cost of the included lunch. I wonder what is on the menu.

  2. Claire on Somer Continues to Fail ForwardDecember 24, 2025

    $7000 LESS the cost of renting a meeting room /event space . What a joke!

  3. jurneeka on Somer Continues to Fail ForwardDecember 24, 2025

    Somer can't retire until she runs out of cheap prizes. She must have a closet filled with cases of bling…

  4. Jumped Ship on Somer Continues to Fail ForwardDecember 24, 2025

    Does anyone have an updated list of retiring NSDs?

  5. Popinki on Somer Continues to Fail ForwardDecember 24, 2025

    I wonder how much longer before she decides to jump ship with the rest of the NSDs. Every year gets…

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