Tune in to 20/20 on ABC on Friday October 2 for a story on the truth behind Mary Kay’s multi-level marketing “opportunity.” MLM is not a business opportunity, it’s a clever scam that has been made to look like a Read more…
The Direct Selling Association (DSA) promotes itself as a trade association that ensures ethics and integrity among the multi-level marketing companies that are members. The real truth about the DSA is in this clip of my appearance on HuffPost Live:
Written by The Scribbler Check out the following scripted line and let’s see if we can break the record for “Most Heads Simultaneously Scratched!” Ready? Aaand, action! “We’re looking for women who aren’t the sales type. As an MK Beauty Read more…
Did your Mary Kay recruiter tell you she’s looking for 6 characteristics in women for her team? Here’s her script, along with the reality behind it. Let’s review the characteristics that recruiters look for in potential Mary Kay victims. I Read more…
Written by The Scribbler (Before reading this article, I highly recommend checking out Lazy Gardens’ article “Mary Kay Ash and the Missing Marriages” as it provides a helpful timeline with regards to Mary Kay Ash’s five husbands). Did a recent Mary Kay inventory $600+ Read more…
Mary is an ex-director who got caught up in the do-it-fast mentality. Her senior wanted to go NIQ, and needed one more director to do it. Mary joined Mary Kay Inc. in 2005, and started with a full inventory. She Read more…
Multi-Level Marketing expert Robert FitzPatrick debunks the myth of earning money in MLMs in his article, The Myth of “Income Opportunity” in Multi-Level Marketing. Multi-level marketing companies live and die by the claim that participants can make money. From some Read more…
When I imploded publicly on this blog 20 years ago, so many reached out to save me! I started writing…
I truly wish this site would have been around when I was in MK (2003-2005). I just missed the start…
I hope you don't mind that I continue to republish it. It still resonates with so many. (P.S. You submitted…
I wrote this piece many, many, years ago, when my wife was deeply enmeshed in the MK MLM. We will…
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