I am tired of working for someone else and making them rich. When I can turn my skills of being able to communicate with people into a benefit for them as well as myself.
I would like to know, how many hours a day per week do you really have to put in for this to really work. And what are the advertising strategies that you can use to get your name out there as an consultant. Do I really have to invest so much money at first or can I just gradually stock up my inventory?
Also I would like to know how many people really made more or the same amount as if they were working for a full-time job. I am so excited...God Bless
Letatia Ruff Columbus, OH user llavernruff at domain sbcglobal.net
Letatia Ruff - 08 Dec 2003
I'm a relatively new Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultant. I've now made the decision to get out of the cosmetics game. I bought an $1,800 inventory in which my sales director decided to add lots of section 2 stuff. I have found out now that I will no longer be able to recoup my money on that section 2 stuff. I felt pressured to buy this stuff because everyone just simply must have an inventory.
When I was recruited, my recruiter and sales director gave me the rosey picture of what Mary Kay is not. Anybody can do Mary Kay, you can make good money, yada, yada, yada. I'm a suspicious introvert by nature and did some hard examining before coming to the realization that Mary Kay would not be good for me. Why?
1. Sell, sell, sell...if you don't think you're a people person or would be a good sales person, don't do Mary Kay (this was something that my husband concluded)
2. The dress code...come on now, if this is my own business why do I have to put on a suit
3. The Wednesday night "success" meetings...it's more about who is doing great and who's queen of what for each week. I had just started my business and these chicks made me feel like a hopeless failure. I hadn't even had my debut yet and they were like sell, sell, sell.
4. Warm chatting...I'm not a social chatter by nature and my recruiter found me at a grocery store over Mother's Day cards...she didn't have to do much, just invite me to a party
5. A lot of initial investment...I found that I was investing way more money than I wanted because I thought it would make the whole Mary Kay thing easier...not!
6. Lies, untruths, and sacrifices...there's inherent dishonesty in not only the marketing plan but how MK attracts new recruits. I didn't want to go that way.
7. Total focus on MK...I got so stressed out from worrying about how my debut would turn out that I decided I'd had enough...I didn't like the person I was becoming
8. Giving up your day job...to really work MK you have to call practically everyone you know and sell, sell, sell and then mail, mail, mail. If your director says you need to focus on MK alone and give up your job...run away. I'm a substitute teacher and I would rather keep a consistent income (however paltry) than work a business where you have to keep padding your recruiter's and sales director's commission checks.
I listened to my inner voice screaming inside that this is not right for you, Erin. You are really just schlepping cosmetics and that's all it is. You may meet some great people but then I can do that through the Air Force (my husband's in the Air Force). I felt a lot of unease, MK was tearing me apart inside and putting stress on my marriage. I want to have a life and not the kind that MK would provide.
Good luck to you,
Erin B - 25 May 2005
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