Perhaps Mary Kay Cosmetics is one of the foremost names in color cosmetics, from the house of the legendary Mary Kay, a highly regarded beauty care expert. The company has a world wide operation base and its corporate headquarters are situated in Dallas, Texas. Ever wondered why Mary Kay Cosmetics is enthused about its worldwide business operations?
Mary Kay cosmetics are not just an ordinary cosmetics manufacturing company, unlike many of other bigger brand names. On the other hand, it is a conglomeration of different services from different products to independent consultant services. No wonder, this firm is unique in its structure as it offers affordable business opportunities to even those people who do not have enough money.
A brief corporate history of the company shows us that it relates its corporate culture to its success through "independent consultants- product selling" liaison and partnership. It relies heavily on a network of consultants and franchises scattered across the world. This successful corporate model has contributed to a host of excellent beauty care and cosmetic products that are comparable to any other products in the world.
If you're planning to start your own small beauty care business, you need not go in search for any other opportunities other than Mary Kay Cosmetics.
The company has a legendary track record and a great history and was established in 1963 by Mary Kay Ash. She was an accomplished corporate leader and a great visionary and she was so successful in establishing a conglomerate of a big magnitude.
Here are some interesting milestones and key information.
1. It is the largest independent cosmetics' direct seller firm,
2. Sales figures exceed $2.5 billion and is still growing,
3. Sales force is a whopping 1.6 million, inclusive of multilevel directors who work independently outside the company,
4. They were the first to introduce "career car" concept in marketing world.
Is Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc a multi level marketing, cosmetic manufacturer and distributor? No one mentions this fact even though this appears to be the reason for its enormous success all through these years. You may also need to attribute the phenomenal success of this form to its thousands of independent distributors who wok tirelessly through out the year to make money for themselves. For example, Mary Kay Cosmetics Consultants Georgia, are some of the most successful business ventures in the world.
Indeed the company has helped a lot of them through support and guidance to set up their businesses and prosper in their life. The incentives provided for these business entities have been great and enormous. Cars like Pontiac have been declared as "career cars" by leading business analysts. These cars have been given as business incentives achieved by consultants. In all, it's a successful, complete cosmetics company. Have you seen someone not heard of Mary Kay Cosmetics? Take a bet!
The Mary Kay Letourneau Story
First of all, I am a very successful sales rep now for an insurance company, but no longer working with any network marketing companies like Mary Kay. I would like to state how it all started. I had attended a Mary Kay cosmetic facial party to support a friend of mine. The first thing that the sales rep does is tell you what a great opportunity it is to be able to sell Mary Kay. They tell you how fun it is to mingle with all the other ladies and to go into homes to do the facials and makeover parties. In other words, it's all sunshine and lollipops.
Well, I learned that it was not all that they claimed. It was first an investment of over $600.00 then, not sure what it is now. But in order to help you get started, they allow you to make payments out of your earnings, so you may have it paid off within the first year. But in the meantime, you are working hard to pay for your kit.
Then you have to remember that from that point on, every Saturday and a couple of your evenings every week are booked for parties. Then you get to try to sell the products you are showing from your kit. You don't get to sell the products that are part of your kit; those are just for your parties for them to use.
Well, you are working hard and your supervisor tells you about this great cruise coming up and how much fun it will be for you to join her and the rest of the successful women who are part of the Mary Kay elite. And how easy it will be for you to get there and earn this chance. What they are NOT saying is, "would you hurry up and sell more, I have a big bonus riding on you and the rest of you little sales people".
Network marketing is not easy, and the key to this type of program, especially in Mary Kay, is for you to see the glory and all the riches you will achieve. They paint a picture for you that are perfect and beautiful. They raise your expectations that are almost impossible to reach. And it seems the harder you try, the harder you fall. They tell you that you need to be positive and you can do it. You try and then feel like a bigger failure than you felt before.
These products can be sold, but they, the company, are not telling you everything. These products do not “sell themselves”. When you fail in this one, you will find the next one that gives you the "pie in the sky" promise and you think, “That last one was so hard, but this one is going to be much easier”. And then you fail again and again.
Before you go into another network marketing plan, like Mary Kay, learn what is keeping you from success. Find out what it is you need to know before you take on another "work from home" business.
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