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Report: #326108

Complaint Review: Publicity Guaranteed - Fairfax Virginia

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  • Publicity Guaranteed 9677-A Main St. Fairfax, Virginia U.S.A.
  • Phone: 866-437-3816
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  • Category: Media

Publicity Guaranteed Cheating Small Businesses with Bad PR Fairfax Virginia

*REBUTTAL Owner of company: False report

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We signed up with Publicity Guaranteed and Chery Murphy was our contact. In our kick off call, we explained to her and her team that we only want converage in 4 specific regions of the country and only with the 2-3 top media outlets in each of those markets.

We paid them to write an article which was so poorly written that we rewrote it ourselves before it was to be released. Then they proceeded to get it placed in numerous small town papers, minor ethnicity papers, and other completely useless print publications in areas far from the metros that we needed coverage in. They got the exact same article placed over and over without any true benefit to our company, costing us thousands and thousands of dollars. And the placements kept coming in for weeks after we told them that we would not accept any more, saying that they were all part of the original outreach that they did.

Stay far away from these CRIMINALS. There is not other word that better describes how they cheat businesses out of important dollars while providing ZERO value!

Jasong955
San Francisco, California
U.S.A.

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False report

AUTHOR: Pgi - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Friday, May 23, 2008

The accusation is false, a competitor-bashing. Rip-Off Report tries to provide a useful service to the marketplace, but by allowing anonymous postings, it inadvertently created a tool for competitor-bashing via posting false consumer reports. As the New York Times reported: "Publicity Guaranteed has a novel approach where it charges only for each article it successfully pitches; in 2005 and 2006, articles [placed by Publicity Guaranteed] about the tuition contest appeared in more than 40 newspapers, including USA Today and The New York Times." By introducing pay-for-results-only business model, we caused a lot of irritation among some PR professionals who charge retainers and hourly rates and don't guarantee any results. Many companies spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on PR agencies, getting very little in return. We provided a better alternative and that made us a target for numerous false and anonymous attacks by some PR pros. Our contract is very clear we only charge for media coverage we deliver; as little as $195 per article placement. Hundreds of clients have used our service and we received a lot of praise from our clients. Specific results, rates, customer feedback, as well as the contract itself, can be found at www.PublicityGuaranteed.com Our records do not show any past client from Columbus, Ohio with Jim as a CEO, owner or a contact person. In any case, the statement is blatantly false. As the case studies which can be found on our website show, we get placements in all types of publications, including Wall Street Journal, New York Times, USA Today and other major publications. I regret that this website is used for false postings. Alex Konanykhin CEO

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