Mary Kay sales directors are currently at leadership conference in Orlando. Mary Kay Inc. loooooooves to create classes of people (as do all other MLMs). There are the haves and the have-nots in MK, and in this instance, the haves Read more…

One of the biggest challenges in Mary Kay (or any MLM, for that matter) is getting new people interesting in holding parties. Where do you find these women? You can only hang out in Starbucks or the aisles at Target Read more…

Here’s a nifty little idea that NSD Kristin Sharpe has to get a restaurant to let you set up a table in the area of their entrance or hostess station. October is breast cancer awareness month and domestic violence awareness Read more…

Mary Kay’s “Destination Red” promotion offered a free cruise on Royal Caribbean’s Navigator of the Seas in October. And apparently it was a HUGE success with 3,700 winners, according to NSD Kristin Sharpe. The old line “there has never been Read more…

The concept of “retail sales” should be so easy to define. And yet, in Mary Kay it is one of the biggest lies that is repeatedly told at all levels. You would think that a “retail sale” would be a Read more…

This is a topic that we discuss a lot because it is so important. How often have you heard “my friend makes good money as a sales director in Mary Kay”??? Except it’s almost certainly not true. All the evidence Read more…

Who says the Mary Kay ladies don’t give you any useful training? NSD Kristin Sharpe did this great piece on FaceBook about using raffle tickets at your Mary Kay parties. Okay, it’s not really all that great. You know why Read more…

You have to love those powerful Mary Kay NSD speeches given at Seminar every year, where a timeless and true formula for success is given as the mechanism by which Mary Kay Ash, herself, built this company. There is no Read more…