How to Become a Director of Mary Kay
To become a sales director at Mary Kay Cosmetics, a company founded in 1963, you must first learn to do things "The Mary Kay Way." And, inherent in this process is practicing what Mary Kay considers the golden rule of leadership: "Do unto others as we would have others do unto us." Every leadership decision at Mary Kay Cosmetics is made based on this mantra.
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Instructions
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Becoming a Mary Kay sales director.
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Go to the Mary Kay website and enter your zip code into the search bar provided to find a beauty consultant representative in your area. Every sales director begins as a beauty consultant at Mary Kay, and if you don't have one, this is your first step.
Follow the website to the home page of your area consultant. Click on the "contact me" link on the page, and you will be redirected to a page with a list of options on how to reach the consultant.
Sign an agreement as directed by the consultant and you are on your way.
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Invest some money. Sometimes, the best way to make money is to invest some first. The initial requirement to begin a Mary Kay career is $100, for which you receive products and samples to share with as many as 30 people at your parties. Refer to the education packet containing how-to tips to help you begin. It comes with your first shipment.
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Earn money. Earn 50 percent on all the items sold, products including skin care, body care, makeup and fragrances once you begin selling. Promote your Mary Kay personalized web site, which will be made available to you. Pursue selling face to face by hosting parties in addition to selling online. Practice techniques for applying makeup on family and friends.
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Operate under the assumption that your sales director knows more about beauty than you do. Follow your sales director's instruction letters precept by precept. Attend area skin care classes prepared so that you learn your business from the inside out.
Gain expertise through self-instructional materials, classroom study and firsthand experience. This will be expected of you. Master the basics of skin care before advancing to a sales director.
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Begin to host your own skin care classes and continually recruit other beauty consultants. Attend the various Mary Kay conferences and seminars. Soon, you will advance to independent sales director at Mary Kay.
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Tips & Warnings
Top Mary Kay sales force achievers are featured speakers at regional and national company meetings. Mary Kay has an independent sales force of more than 1.8 million people and wholesale sales exceeding $2.4 billion, as of 2008.
Elements of Mary Kay are said to operate like a pyramid scheme. Mary Kay's biggest critique of sales directors outlined in her book, "The Mary Kay Way," is that once promoted directors stop practicing the basic skills they learned as beauty consultants.
