Written by The Scribbler I used to work with a bubbly, perky 20-something in our church nursery. She and I laughed together, chit-chatted together, and I thought it could be the beginnings of a terrific friendship. She invited me out Read more…
Written by Raisinberry How did we get you into Mary Kay? It was interviewing manipulation. You were probably reasonably happy when you came to our meeting, career coffee or guest event. But we are on a mission. And that mission Read more…
This is from retired Mary Kay nsd Linda Toupin. People are just numbers. And the best numbers they can be? The ones that have dollar signs in front of them! Linda bases this “Value of One” handout on a director Read more…
If you have every participated in a Mary Kay “interview”, you’re going to see some common threads in this story from a potential MK victim. We’ve all seen these tactics used before. Sadly, exposing them over and over on Pink Read more…
A concerned friend of a Mary Kay consultant requests advice from the Pink Truth community: A former close friend of mine is a relatively new MK clone. This was after having tried other MLM schemes that crashed and burned. I Read more…
Written by Lazy Gardens Did Mary Kay Ash say, “Nothing happens until someone sells something”? Or did she say, “Nothing happens until someone recruits someone.”? She said nothing happens until you sell something. Yet the company focus for decades has Read more…
Written by A Former Director Sell. Book. Recruit. Working full circle has never been easier! So that’s all there is to it, huh? Sell. Book. Recruit? *clunking head with V8 bottle* As a director, I’ve taught this “working full circle” Read more…
The tactics used by Mary Kay ladies to recruit women into the scam know no bounds. Here we have a MK director who is trying to recruit a newly widowed woman who is “having a hard time making ends meet.” Read more…
Mary Kay directors and consultants use all sorts of different tactics to recruit women into the scam. One of them is the “membership” idea. Remember, all we have to do is get them to sign up. Then we have a Read more…
Jamie Taylor is trying so hard to become a Mary Kay NSD. Currently she needs 20 total first and second line sales directors who each have at least 24 people in each unit. Later this year that changes to a Read more…
You misspelled "preying." ;-)
Not just "paying," but "praying" for it, too...
I knew a director who was consistently in the top 5 of personal sales. She had BOXES of products in…
Cue "The Great Pretender" by Freddie Mercury. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLRjFWDGs1g&t=1s
1. This is happening. It's the rule, not the exception. It's the only way to make any significant money in…