Even If Most People Are Lazy, It Doesn’t Make MK Great
So often we get comments from Mary Kay consultants pointing out that you have to work to make Mary Kay, or any venture, successful. They argue frequently that most people are lazy or give up.
It does seem true that most people do the bare minimums to get by. They are content to put in their hours at their job and go home. There is a small percentage of the population that excels. They don’t give up. They persist where others would throw in the towel.
And this is true in sales positions like Mary Kay, even more than regular positions. No one ever said sales was the easiest thing to do. It takes a special personality, I think, to plug ahead and shrug off the rejection, to do the actions necessary to make connections and make the sale.
But from all the information I’ve gleaned over the years, MLM still seems to be a losing proposition for the majority of people. I’ve seen people work their tails off in various MLM companies with very little success. Yet I’ve seen this same effort put forth by others in what I would call “real” sales positions and do very well, thank you. And they don’t necessarily have to believe whole-heartedly in their product either. Lots of people in sales work for companies whose product they don’t necessarily think is the best out there, but they are doing their job to promote it.
So while most people may be lazy, it doesn’t follow that MK, or other MLMs, are necessarily a good idea.
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Well I am no expert however recently I witnessed a woman begin her journey into the pink fog. She is a very sweet but timid, woman who speaks broken english. Her lack of skills speaking english have prohibited her from having the confidence to get a so called real job. She was invited to a pink studio and there she was embraced by the woman selling MK. They gave her a facial and coerced her into signing up as a consultant. Its been two weeks of intense training in not only MK products but in self belief, dressing professionally, public speaking, sales techniques and motivation. All I can say is MK has 100% turned this timid woman, with no self confidence 180 degrees. This woman has blossomed into a confident, motivated, sales machine. I have been in sales my entire life at 2 fortune 100 companies and have managed over 100 sales people selling over 5 billion dollers worth of products and I can honestly say I have never seen better training. What happens from here I dont know but if nothing else my wife’s Mary Kay experience thus far is nothing less than fabulous.
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John,
Glad to hear that for her sake… there is nothing better than gaining confidence in oneself! … Just do not let her become to caught up and feel she “owes” any of the woman anything! NO INVENTORY unless orders and cash is in her hands! =)
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John,
I too am glad your wife has had positive influences. I am wondering how long she has been in now? Please be careful that she doesn’t order more than what she sells! Products change so quickly that you are stuck with stuff on your shelves that aren’t in the books anymore, and thus, very difficult to sell. Even product packaging changes fairly quickly, then, bam-o, you’ve got all old stuff! Feel free to look around in the forum for ideas and pitfalls to avoid! Best of luck to the Mrs. !
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My ordeal with “You Want Pink Cosmetics” has ended and I finally did get my money but not without many, many emails and a very long lengthy phone call with first one of her people and when he couldn’t handle things I finally talked to the Owner herself. I still say I didn’t get all the money I was entitled to but I settled with them and then reported the company to the Better Business Bureau in Florida. If you are smart you won’t liquidate with this company!! A better solution and company to deal with is: Touch of Pink Cosmetics in Ottawa, Il. They were efficient, quick to pay out and I met the owner personally when I delivered my products directly to her home as She lives an hour away from me. Amy was very nice and I would recommend her to any former MK Consultant who needs to recoup at least some of the money she has sunk into MK products.
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