“You can spend all day covering a turd in pink frosting and calling it a ‘cupcake.’ At the end of the day, though, it is really still just a turd.” — author unknown What happens when a multi-level-marketing company like Mary Kay Cosmetics has its well-rehearsed mantra that Mary Kay …
One of the several ways Mary Kay Cosmetics rakes in billions of dollars year after year is by convincing newly-signed consultants to buy large quantities of inventory as they start their “businesses.” The tactic often used by Mary Kay’s predatory sales force is called front loading. One MLM attorney’s explanation …
Most people have heard the fable that “if you stick a frog in a boiling pan of water, he’ll try to jump out. But if you stick a frog in a pan of cold water and gradually heat it up, the frog will sit there until he boils to death.” …
“There’s a sucker born every minute.” –P.T. Barnum While Mary Kay predators focus their predatory sales tactics and psychological manipulation almost exclusively on their female prey, on occasion, Mary Kay’s manipulative tactics are geared toward convincing gullible and unsuspecting husbands. While most husbands quickly see the Mary Kay scheme for …
First Name: Rachel State: Massachusetts Experience With Mary Kay: When my twin daughters were born, I found the financial reality of caring for two infants overwhelming. Since graduating college, I’d always had a job. Occasionally, I’d even supplement my income with a second job waiting tables. But my two beautiful …
Like wolves in sheeps’ clothing, Mary Kay Cosmetics and its predatory sales force likes to lure its victims with the motto: God (or Faith) first, family second and career third. As the motto specifically targets an individual’s value system, it is one that is both deceitful, manipulative and treacherous to …
First Name: Erin State: Massachusetts Experience With Mary Kay: Everything started in July of 2011 when I was at a breakfast networking event for my fulltime job as a commercial lender. I was approached by a Mary Kay sales director who said she had seen me across the room and …
To many, that Mary Kay Cosmetics deploys manipulative and predatory sales tactics is a given. However, one must wonder where this comes …
Mary Kay Cosmetics and its sales force often boasts about the number of Mary Kay consultants there are across the nation (or …
“Prospects do not sign because we earn 50% profit. They make their final decision on the emotion that was gathered during someone’s …
