Milwaukee, WI November 22, 2006 — Pyramid Scheme Alert announces that Tracy L. Coenen, CPA, MBA, CFE has been named to the organization’s Board of Advisors. Her consumer education website, PinkTruth.com, which exposes and analyzes the business and recruiting practices Read more…
They look kinda cool, but that doesn’t stop all the inventory-carrying consultants from being screwed. I know, I know. You have plenty of time to sell those old compacts. And who in good conscience can sell a compact today, knowing Read more…
Written by Raisinberry One of the devices used to achieve mind-numbing compliance with all things Mary Kay was the use of the slogan. We were led down a path of little to no resistance because no matter what ugly objection Read more…
Milwaukee, WI November 20 2006 — Tracy L. Coenen, CPA, MBA, CFE, a nationally-recognized fraud examiner and expert witness, has developed a website to educate and inform the public about the Mary Kay Cosmetics business opportunity. Pink Truth (www.pinktruth.com) has Read more…
Mary Kay Cosmetics is always helping its independent sales directors to recruit and retain beauty consultants. Most important, of course, is getting them to purchase inventory and not send it back under the product repurchase option! Here’s a script to Read more…
If you thought $3,600 wholesale was a lot of inventory in Mary Kay, wait until you see this! For many years, Mary Kay Cosmetics had inventory “levels” or packages that started at $600 wholesale and went up to $3,600 wholesale. Read more…
A few years ago, I would have been surprised to find out that Mary Kay was exactly like Amway in certain ways. I knew that they both use the multi-level marketing business models, so there were similarities, but I wouldn’t Read more…
A few years ago, I would have been surprised to find out that Mary Kay was exactly like Amway in certain ways. I knew that they both uses the multi-level marketing business models, so there were similarities, but I wouldn’t Read more…
This is an interesting little piece from the FTCon multi-level marketing companies (MLMs) that sell health and beauty products. I thought it was worth mentioning because if you look at some of the questions they want you to ask about Read more…
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Everytime (sic) I read Pink Truth I wonder if any of you ever actually enjoyed Mary Kay. I'm not sure…
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From the director level all the way up to corporate, it is painfully obvious which directors are buying minimum production…
You are absolutely right about the educational opportunity. But notice, I mentioned this is for strangers. Educating strangers is likely…