Biography
Mary Kay Ash (1915-2001) Mary Kay Ash used direct-sales marketing and women as sales people to create a multi-million dollar business. Born in Texas, Mary Kay Wagner Ash founded Mary Kay Cosmetics in 1963. She learned about direct sales of home products from being a manager in Houston and by serving as a national training director in Dallas. She motivated her sales staff of "beauty consultants" by paying the highest commissions in the direct-sales industry and rewarding those who recruited new "consultants. Her cosmetic company manufactured all of its products and sold them directly to the sales people.
Video Notes
In your Social Studies Notebook take detailed notes about Mary Kay Ash to help you along with your assignment. Also, listen how you can make connections with terms that are used in the video, you continue to hear the word cosmetics but what word is a synonym that is used amongst people today?
Assignment
Login to Pebble Go, search for Mary Kay Ash under the biography tab and answer the following questions in your Social Studies Notebook:
b. school owner
c. clothing owner
5. What was Mary Kay's first job?
6. Did she make the same pay as the other workers?
7. When did Mary Kay start her own business? What did her business consist of?
8. Whose company sells skin care products?
- When and where was Mary Kay Ash born?
- Where did she grow up?
- Mary Kay used the color _______ for her _________ products.
- Was Mary Kay Ash a
b. school owner
c. clothing owner
5. What was Mary Kay's first job?
6. Did she make the same pay as the other workers?
7. When did Mary Kay start her own business? What did her business consist of?
8. Whose company sells skin care products?
Activity
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Vocabulary Terms
- inspire - to give someone the idea to do something
- encourage - to give praise and support
- seminar - a meeting
- charity - an organization that raises money to help people in need