Is Mary Kay a successful bussiness?
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The question is do you want to be in business for yourself?  It is up to you.  You have to want to be successful!!  You have to have the determination to not give up.  Like any job/company, you will have good days and bad.  You will have no's and yes's.  One thing is for sure is that you will be surrounded by many positive people.  There is always someone willing to help and give advice.  If you listen to your director and follow the marketing plan you will be successful.  The hardest part of being successful is warm chattering.  It took me a while but I overcame my fear of it.  It will definately build your confidence.  I've been doing MK for 4 years.  I LOVE IT!!   Followup with customers is the key!!  The company is great and they give you all the tools to be successful.  If you aren't successful it is because you didn't try.
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Love it! Own it!\nI'm the Mary! :-)
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You can pull it off (maybe), but an enourmous amount of legwork will be required.  You should identify a successful, but currently retired, restaurant owner (better yet, an owner of several successful restaurants), and pitch your business plan to him/her.  If your pitch is declined, find another one.  Repeat until you get funded (or until you are ready to give up).
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Go to work for yourself.  Call a Mary Kay Cosmetics sales rep and ask her to help you get started.   Find someone that will work with you and build your people skills and your confidence.  Be ready to accept constructive criticism, but blow off people that want to throw cold water on your ideas.
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To be successful in a small business requires 150% of your time and effort.  Most successful small businesses were started by people who devoted all of their energies to the new business.  \n\nThose who waffle between their own business and a job virtually always fail at both.  The business fails because they can't devote the time and effort needed to make it succeed, and they lose the "regular" job because of the distractions and concerns over the new business.\n\nLook at it this way:  You got your current job and can always get another one should the business not work out.  But this MAY be your ONLY opportunity to strike out on your own.  Go for it!\n\nI have a good friend who quit his job to start a business.  Things went well for a while but eventually it failed due to poor financial management on his part.  When his former employer found out about that, they offered him his old job back.  Needless to say, he was good at what he did and hadn't burned any bridges when he left.  He stayed with them for 2 more years and struck out again on his own, having learned from the mistakes he made the first time around.  That was just over 4 years ago and he's doing very well indeed with the new business.\n\nNothing ventured, nothing gained.\n\nFailure is the only possible result from not trying in the first place.
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making a success of my bussiness and not letting anyone stand in my way.
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It completely depends on what you want to be "successful" at doing.  Success is achieved by simply reaching a goal, therefore, it fully depends on the goals you set for yourself.\n\nA janitor can be successful be being efficient and eventually named supervisor.  A lawyer can be successful by winning a case.  A musician can be successful by signing a recording contract.  A doctor can be successful by helping a patient become healthy.\n\nIf you mean FINANCIALLY successful-- if we knew, we probably wouldn't be answering questions right now.  And again, the amount of income you would regard as equalling "success" might be different than mine.
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There are so many!\n\nFigure out what you want to do, what products would excite you the most or motivate you the most so that you would do well and go from there.\n\nThen post another question here to be more specific. (LOL)\n\nMany of my Avon ladies became unhappy with doing that because of the returns and not making enough. On the other hand, I've known a couple of women who really rocked with Avon. Every 2 weeks their homes were filled like warehouses with products to deliver because they got so many orders.\n\nIn my opinion the direct sales companies that are the best are the ones where the money is collected in advance to the product being delivered AND the company provides the option of shipping the merchandise directly to the buyer.\n\nDo you want to sell? Good legitamate options that can make you a fair amount of money include Princess House, Pampered Chef, EcoQuest International, and Mary Kay.\n\nOtherwise, the options of working at home without having to sell and depend on commission are increasing. Just decide what you think you would do best at. Keep in mind that you should do something that you know you can enjoy because there won't be any supervisors getting after you to keep you working. (smile)
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Dear Sabrina,\n\nI am the Public Officer for seven companies. They are all small businesses for sure, but they require a lot of work to manage on an admistrative and financial level.\n\nI love what i am doing as no matter how hard it gets, everything i do is for my own businesses, my own future and the future of my own children.\n\nLast year i earnt $9k less than the poverty line, but i am lucky that my family have extended me loans. This year has been far stronger - my income has more than tripled.\n\nPersistence is the most critical aspect in any endeavour.\n\nCheers\nAlister\nhttp://www.marketscience.com.au
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What are you good at doing? Maybe you can turn that into a business. You say you are a mother, would you like to run a day care for other mothers who work outside their homes? Good luck in whatever you do!
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Yes it does I used it myself but I have found that after using it you should look into getting the \nMary Kay product \nTime Wise\nMicrodermabrasion\nand the \nface wash\n\nAfter I used the Accutane I still had brake outs not bad but enough to still notice I started using the Mary Kay and for the first three weeks my face was just a little dry but now I have had several people tell me I am starting to look younger and face is so clear I haven't had a break out of any kind not one in over 6 mon.
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There are people who have joined my company that used to work with Mary Kay.  The average Mary Kay representative buys serverl hundred dollars if not thousands to stock an inventory.  They also have a hard time because so many people are represenatives of Mary Kay and there simply is not enough business to go around.  Many times they were unable to return unsold items due to color changes where they discontinues some items and the representative is simply stuck with it.  I have a very interesting comparison between my company and Mary Kay if you would be interested.  I don't know about Beauticontrol or Jafra but I believe they are less over done.  \nIf you live in the U.S. or Canada I have a company you may be interested in.   I work with Stayin Home and Lovin It! and they are partnered with a wellness company that is 21 years old and in good standing with the Better Business Buerau.  The make products that are healthier non-toxic and environmentally safer.  They have a complete cosmetic line, and they sell so many other products also, including cleaning supplies, shampoo, toothpaste, deoderant, vitamins, health bars, laundry soap, candles, bubble bath, soaps, and so much more.  All your necessities you buy everyday.  With this company you do not stock any products, or make any deliveries.  You enroll customers to shop direct and their purchases are delivered to their door.  Then you recieve a commission for everything that customer buys and long as they are buying.  You can have the home parties if you like to enroll customers to show off the products.  The products are at a reasonable price, many I found to be cheaper than what I was buying before.  If you are interested in researching this company further go to http://healthybetterme.com/  and fill out the request to get more information.  There is no risk of losing anything with this company and no big investment.  I hope you find what you are looking for.
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YES! She has sooooooooo much success, and 'cause she was being her! Sure, she lost a tad much weight, but still!
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As with most network marketing companies, you are required to persevere.  There's certainly money to be made, but consistency is the key.  Rain or shine, you must be prepared to either knock on your neighbours' doors or, maybe, host a 'make-up' evening - where your friends and neighbours can try before they buy.\n\nGood luck with it.  If you don't choose Avon, please feel free to give me a bell on 0800 298 2384 for information on another business that may be right up your street.  Or you could email me your details, and I can post you a DVD for you to keep, that explains the business in greater detail.
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people who've done business with them
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I was in the same boat as you are and all i found was a bunch of scams...You will get answered by people referring you to survey sites beware i went to them and they dont work they all want money...The best thing i found was selling mary kay....you can set up a website and sell it and you can also sell it by having parties. It is a great income if you are determined to put a little effort into it and it doesnt take a lot of your time just a party once every couple weeks....
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Not me -- I have a BS in Accounting and an MBA with a concentration in Mgmt Information Systems and this has been a GREAT combination for me for nearly 25 years.  It was a slow go in the beginning but as I got experience and momentum in my career I've been doing quite well for myself to the point where I've enough cash to have my own business.  [note -- i did very well in NY which according to your account ID you may be from there as well.]