SWEET! You can earn your very own family vacation from Mary Kay!!!

OM STARS!!

You can earn a FREE vacation for your family this quarter!!

1^st Quarter started Tues June 16th!!

You could earn a 7 night stay at one of over 60,000 properties in more than 100 countries!

By being a $6,000 level Pearl Star 1^st Quarter. *check out the attached Fact Sheet

I know you may be saying “Amy, that’s seems unreachable for me – maybe for others, but I think you’re crazy! I’ve never been a star nor have I ever done that much production before in my life! Or maybe you’re thinking, I just missed my star this last quarter – how can I do this? (BTW that effort set you up for a great quarter this time – you just don’t realize it yet!)

STOP right there!!!

Tell that whiny, dream stealing voice who is whispering those things in your ear TO SHUT UP!!!

You can do this! Just take it one week at a time!

So let’s look at what it would take for you to earn this:

6000 points – looks like: $300 sales each week and 7 NEW Team Members between now and Sept 15^th!

If you know that one of every 5 people we talk to will say they want to start a Mary Kay business – that is 35 people that we (you and I together) will talk to. If you ask everyone at your parties to listen and you have 3 people at a party minimum – that is just 12 parties – if you do one party a week –the quarter is 12 weeks long – you got it – you can do this!!!

Or 6000 points can be $400 sales each week and 6 NEW Team Members

Or $500 in Sales each week and 5 NEW Team Members!! Get the picture?

The higher your sales are the less team members you need – Remember – each new Team Member you have whose agreement and orders accumulate to $600 wholesale or more in the Same quarter – gives you 600 bonus points!!

Who wants to work with me and earn this trip?

I can’t wait to hear back from you!!!

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NEW Quarter MK Strategy!

(I realized after I recorded this that I said my little guy was 5. He's actully 6 as of yesterday! They grow so fast - I can't keep up - hee hee!)

Hey there Superstars! Congratulations on finishing our BEST QUARTER in a very long time! YOU ARE AWESOME! Today begins a BRAND NEW Quarter (June 16 – September 15) and MARKS HALF TIME for this month! What you DO RIGHT NOW will set you up for success this Seminar year (ends June 30, 2009), the next quarter (9/15/2009) and ultimately in the next Seminar year (June 30, 2010)! I KNOW you will WANT to be a STAR Consultant THIS NEW Quarter so that you are on target for YEAR LONG Star STATUS and all the rewards that come with it! Here’s the plan:

Step 1: “Print out Business Management Simplified” and put together your BRAIN BOOK! 3 ring Binder (I prefer a clear view front but this is not necessary) I set mine up in the following order but you can also organize it like the file called “mkallin1bookorganization” that I attached to an e-mail sent out:

Tab 1 – Team building scripts and “rec layering list”

Tab 2 - Booking Scripts (“indulge pamper session” or , “follow-up dialogue for warm chatter names”and leads numbers/names (anytime I get a new name I tape it to a sheet that is in this binder)

Tab 3 - “Hostess tracking sheets for upcoming shows” or “guest list pre-profile sheet”

Tab 4 – Contests/Tracking sheets/Goals

Tab 5 – Up-coming events and guest lists for those events (include in this section the printed version of the file “what to bring to a guest event…”

Tab 6 – Preferred Customer Program list

Tab 7 – Other Scripts

· I also keep at least one hostess brochure with me, the most recent Applause mag, a new Look book, and a piece of recruiting info - JUST IN CASE!

Step 2: OK – so it is all in the binder! NOW – look at your calendar for the next 2 weeks and PENCIL in all the times you choose to work your business!

Step 3: Do not “PASS GO or collect $200” (hee hee) until you have your next 2 weeks BOOKED SOLID! Completing this step is all in your MIND! Truly - if you KNOW KNOW KNOW that they want to book with you then you will have no problem booking! If you doubt they will know and they will not book! Call me if you have doubt and we will work to bust through all those doubts!

When you are booked SOLID (at least 8 bookings for the next 2 weeks) – call me and I will have a PRIZE FOR YOU!

Also too let’s finish RED WHITE and BLUE– we are going to do an SHARING MARATHON the next 2 weeks! Our goal is to share with 72 people within the next two weeks! If you want to BUILD YOUR TEAM – CALL/TEXT/E-mail ME ASAP!I will give you my next 72 hour schedule so that you know when to schedule people in for appointments!

OK – Superstars! It is TIME to really SHINE! Are you with me? Let’s GO!

Pink HUGS – Sarah

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Unit Star Goal!!

This is a memo received from MK Corporate Sales Development:

"In support of the Company goal to reach “5 by 50” ($5 billion in wholesale sales by the Company’s 50^th anniversary), we will continue to focus on building Star Consultants. The company goal is to increase the number of Star Consultants to the milestone of 50,000 and beyond per quarter. Therefore, each quarter Independent Sales Directors will receive a new goal for building Star consultants in their unit.

To help you encourage consultants to achieve this goal, we have included 18 Ways to Finish Your Star below. START NOW to finish your STAR by September 15, 2009

18 Ways to Finish Star

Try these quick and easy income producing activities to help you build your business and finish your star order.

1. Contact current month Birthdays and offer a birthday makeover. Offer 15% off their purchase if they share it with a friend. 3 faces = $100

2. Contact six customers who work outside the home to do a $100 bag challenge. Offer each who completes the challenge the Mary Kay Brush Set or the Travel Rollup Bag. 1 sale = $100

3. Call current Wedding Anniversaries and offer husbands gift buying services. 3 sales = $100

4. Book 5 and hold 5 new selling appointments. Sales = $300

5. Have a $1,000 Day Challenge and offer 15% off to all existing customers or offer a lipstick ½ off with a $30 purchase. Sales = $300 - $1000

6. Call customers for Secret Pal Referral gifts. 5 sales = $100

7. Contact all skin care customers and introduce one other product line. Offer 15% to try a complete body care, sun care, fragrance gift set. 5 sales = $100

8. Challenge a son, daughter, or spouse to sell $100. 1 sale = $100

9. Contact Preferred Customers and set up 10 personal service appointments. 10 sales = $300

10. Deliver reorders and upsell by selling at least one additional item per customer. 15 upsells = $100

11. Hold a phone lottery by calling as many customers as you can in an hour and tell your customers one of them will receive their order free. 20 calls = $200

12. Demo the Microdermabrasion Set on five people in a day. Sales = $100

13. Contact customers for seasonal reprogramming on sun care and skin supplement needs. 3 sales = $100

14. Book and hold Footsie Tootsie parties and demo Satin Hands. Sales = $300

15. Offer gift buying ideas for Brides, Graduates, Father’s Day. 5 sets = $100

16. Hand out 10 product samples in a day and call prospects for feedback and orders. Book 2 and sell = $100

17. Call 10 customers who have not had a recheck facial. Hold 3 = $100

18. Book 2 guests for your weekly meeting to be your model and offer her 1 glamour item ½ off when she purchases $30. 3 models = $100

SHINE ON GIRL! You are a STAR!

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"MK Championship Season" by Sean Key

This is written by Sean Key, VP of Sales Development at our corporate headquarters ........

I absolutely love this time of year because this is when character is revealed, perseverance and resiliency are tested, attitudes are formed, victories are won and queens are crowned! This is when we find out who MAKES promises and who KEEPS promises. This is what I like to call "Championship Season".

During championship season, the called, the committed, the courageous and the convicted will take their energy and efforts to new heights. Records will be set and broken. Belief-barriers will be raised, and those who are contributing to the miracles that are happening at this very moment will be forever changed. Lessons of what works and what does NOT work will be permanently engrained into the head of the risk-takers. Many will be working to finish a goal, while others will be working to get a head start towards next year's goal.

This is when the champions bring their game to the business, regardless of what has happened in the months before. It's peak-performance time and Independent Beauty Consultants and Independent Sales Directors are re-energized by HOPE, PRIDE, PURPOSE and the unconditional love and support YOU provide. This is Mary Kay at its best!

I've studied champions for many years, and I want to share 10 qualities that I've found to be consistent among them:
The victory is won in their head and heart before the work is done.
Champions know the rules of the game and they're willing to play better than they've ever played before.
Champions believe the risk of victory is worth more than the disappointment of failure.
Champions have champion mentors.
Champions know there's nothing more powerful than a winning attitude.
Champions are motivated by their dream, but are made by their routine.
Champions focus on maximizing their strengths, not protecting their weaknesses.
Champions have unquestionable integrity.
Champions are extra-milers. They don't do just enough to get by; they do the and then some.
Champions NEVER give up! I'd like to elaborate a little further on a couple of points. Take #1, for instance: The victory is won in their head and heart before the work is done.

Over the years, I've seen many Sales Directors miss a goal simply because they never believed they could achieve it. These Sales Directors said all the right things to others, but they hadn't convinced themselves that they deserved the victory, or they simply weren't willing to put forth the effort needed to achieve the goal.

On the other hand, when a Sales Director has made a non-negotiable decision that she's going to achieve a goal, not only does she feel it in her heart, she demonstrates her passion for success in everything she does. Someone once said, "When the passion is big enough, the facts don't matter. Those are the words of a true champion!

Champions have "champion mentors”. A champion mentor is the only person who can stretch an average dream into a great one. Mary Kay Ash was our champion mentor and she breathed belief into champions for nearly 40 years. Do you remember the shy, meek, scared young woman who broke through her fears and became a top Independent National Sales Director? What about the one who was just looking for a few extra dollars to supplement her family's income, and now is a Mary Kay multimillionaire? Finally, do you recall the one who wasn't sure if her check for the showcase would clear? She got off to a less-than-powerful start, but now enjoys the lifestyle of the rich and famous. I could go on for days about the uncommon champions that have been nurtured through the love and support of our champion mentor, Mary Kay Ash.

Now more than ever, you're the champion mentor that your Sales Directors and Beauty Consultants turn to for encouragement and leadership. It's your breath that breathes hope and belief into their dreams. You never know when a phone call or a postcard is going to make a difference between someone deciding to take a chance rather than giving up.

Which brings me to the next point.....
Champions NEVER give up! Champions are champions because they try, they keep going and they finish! At Career Conference, Independent Senior National Sales Director Wanda Dalby talked about three types of people:
the climber,the camper & the quitter. The climber is a find-a-way, make-a-way kind of leader who refuses to give in or give up until the victory is won. The camper is a starter, but not a finisher. She's interested in sameness, not success. The camper is so busy protecting what she has, she misses out on countless opportunities to have more. The quitter, well, that's self-explanatory. Of all the champions I know, I've never known any of them to be happy with the status quo, or to give up before accomplishing their goal.

In these last few weeks of the Seminar year, I want to remind you of a question we'll ask ourselves over and over again for the rest of our lives: "What would Mary Kay do?" That question often is asked when we're facing a crisis or an ethical decision. But I think it's appropriate to ask also when we're facing the decision of stretching for a personal goal or helping a team, unit or area achieve a goal.

What would Mary Kay Ash do? I think Mary Kay would:

Weigh the costs (time away from family, the emotional and physical commitment required to do the work)
consider the rewards (a walk across the stage, a diamond ring or bee, the satisfaction of accomplishing the goal)
engage the family in the decision (it's not success if you lose your family in the process)
consult with someone who's already achieved success (it's the winners, not the whiners, who can help you achieve excellence)
work like everything depended on her and pray like everything depended on God!

I'll see you at Seminar!

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Look at all of our STARS!

Hi Superstars! My house looks like a bit of a tornado as we just finished up the birthday party for my 6 year old -my baby turned SIX today! We had a BLAST and I even signed up a new team member (Welcome Jill!!) during it all! Just know that you can work your Mary Kay business along-side your family and all your other activities!

I am SUPER Thrilled for all the STAR Consultants who finished this QUARTER!

Yulia Shvets – EMERALD - $4,200 and Terry Kaufman – EMERALD - $3990

Dena Mason – RUBY - $2452 and Lisa Giles – RUBY - $2400

Alice Ludwig – SAPPHIRE - $2,348.75, Shirley Fein – SAPPHIRE - $2,016 and

Roxanne Hines – SAPPHIRE - $1,801

Sarah Cook – PEARL - $8400

BIG Congrats to Dena Mason and Shirley Fein who are both REGISTERED FOR SEMINAR! Who else will be joining us? There is still time to REGISTER! You will be so glad you are there to celebrate and learn!

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