My Recruitment Story

My first recruit was my mother. She was my number one customer and as we know you can’t build your business from friends and family alone because they expect a discount, and my Mom was using a lot of product and buying all the time getting the wholesale discount. So I talked to her about it and she decided to sign up and become my very first team member.

Shortly after that I was listening in on one of the conference calls, Jeanie mentioned the Pearls of Sharing. Well, I decided then I wanted my pearls.

It was a rough start because the first couple of phone calls we scheduled, either the girls weren’t there, didn’t answer or we would lose their call due to cell phone issues. We would reschedule over and over, but they still wouldn’t be there at the time when they were available. One girl that I played an online game with said she was interested in setting up the inner view phone call so we scheduled a time for her. We called and it rang. And rang. And rang. She never answered. I later chatted with her online and she said she was so sorry and she could do the call anytime after 2 the next day. So around 2:30 we called and it rang, and rang, and rang. I texted her and asked if she would like to reschedule her inner view and never heard back from her either.

It was frustrating and it was hard. All I wanted was to find just 3 people to listen to this practice interview because I myself had no clue how to share the opportunity with people. I had many people who would tell me that they would do the interview, but then never schedule a specific time, or we would call and they wouldn’t answer, but the point was I never gave up and I kept asking people TO HELP ME learn how to share this opportunity!!!.

one girl that I played an online game with said she would do the PRACTICE inner view. I was finally going to have my first interview!, but only to help me out for my training. She told me there was no way she was going to sign up, but by the end of the call she was so excited! She decided she was going to sign up and signed her agreement the very next day.

THEN I asked my sister-in-law if she would listen to the PRACTICE inner view and I had the same response from her! This was definitely something she wanted to do and I KNEW AND she knew she would be good at. One girl decided to go with ANOTHER HOME-BASED BUSINESS before we even did the inner view but I asked her if she would please help me get my pearl bracelet by doing one of the phone inner views – CAN YOU TELL HOW BAD I WANTED THOSE PEARLS?! Anyway, by the time we were done she was convinced she had made the wrong choice and is going to sign up for Mary Kay once she gets done with the initial obligation she has to her home-based business.

At the Magical Advance with Gloria Mayfield Banks, Gloria asked everyone what the first point was where they became really passionate about Mary Kay. Everyone said “oh when I went on target for the car” or “when I got my red jacket” and I told her that I became really passionate after the first person I personally talked to about the opportunity turned me down. Everyone looked at me funny and Gloria even did a double take and said “what?” and I told her that I took that rejection and turned it into motivation to get on target for my car and earn in the next 4 months.

This is what I told the guy who was interviewing me at the retreat I really think the main point is that I didn’t give up. Rejection comes in many forms but I truly believe in this opportunity. I learned not to fear rejection in either sharing the opportunity or selling the products or booking parties. I never gave up and at first it was really just about earning those pearls, but now it’s about sharing this opportunity that has changed my life with other women.