954-379-4867

got a call from a Doug Eckhart claining that he is a producer from a show named today in america. For 20k they will put you on the show. I went along to see for myself. They caled me later that week with his supervisor Ang Feraro. Like thats his real name. I have to be approved for the show. Than I found out that they have already been investigated by the attorney general under platinun TV and many others. This is a scam. Look up these numbers.954-379-4387 where the same doug eckhart id trying to scam businesses out of 20k under a different tv show name. I am reporting them to the florida attorney general.

We got an email, as well. There was a website with Terry Bradshaw acting as their spokesperson...

TV Scam...

Yes, I got the same call.  It's a pretty good line that pitches well to some small business owners.  It is a total SCAM.  Look it's hard enough running a small business, especially in todays environment.

no response from attorney general.... I guess it's not a scam after all.

wes,

is your real name bob sage?

just because a BUSY OFFICE like the Attorney General'S  has not responded DOES NOT MEAN IT IS NOT A SCAM!

really - maybe the AG is busy looking into the Slander that you conduct on this site -
a site that requires NO sign-in / NO verification / and where anyone, even you, can make up things to post.

Doug Eckhart has NEVER been investigated by anyone for any reason. And anyone who says that he has is engaged in an attempt at SLANDER. Pure and Simple

Do you really think that Terry Bradshaw would be involved with a scam? Where are your brains?

Bi Lingren is from SynApp North. She may run the company.

She is a woman who requires you to call her by her self chosen nickname: BJ.

218-878-2015

no joke

Doug Eckhart has NEVER been investigated by anyone for any reason. And anyone who says that he has is engaged in an attempt at SLANDER. Pure and Simple

Getting some recognition for the hard work that we have put into our business is a good thing. I was satisfied with this opportunity, but our company is growing and we have a marketing budget. If you're barely making it, then this probably isn't for you.

This is not a scam, per se. It's just a bad marketing opportunity targeted at novice entrepreneurs and execs who don't understand the PR/marketing landscape.

The opportunity is real, you get an interview taped and it appears on a show hosted by Terry Bradshaw. The rub is that the service buys off-hours time slots from networks and runs it programming then. So, for $20k, you may get your interview run at 3am on Sunday night on ESPN2.

I suppose the video itself may have value to an entrepreneur who is just looking for a way to get their story out in a visual fashion (assuming they give you rights to the content), but you can make your own corporate video with a professional producer and distribute it widely across the web for much less than $20k.

There are a number of high profile people that host pay-for-play programs, including William Shatner, Norman Schwartzkopf and others.

Not a scam, but a little scammy in how they market their services and in the value it delivers.

Walk away, not worth it.

I concur with Jason. It's a very similar offering from 21st Century Business. They charge a large fee to produce a short segment about your business and then purchase air time on certain networks - often, as Jason says, at less-than-ideal times. It's important to consider who your target audience is and if a TiA or 21CBTV spot will reach that audience. For most small businesses, I would think not, unless your target audience is comprised of insomniacs who watch ESPN at 3:00 am.

Jason admits twice that these opp's are not scams

then he proceeds to mislead anyone reading this page about the purpose and usefulness of them.

because he doesn't know


and I'm sure Beth agrees

Not technically a scam, but IMO it's grossly misleading, and a clear ripoff.  But I wouldn't really argue with someone who did call it an outright scam.

They pitch the show as a "news program" or "educational program", but it's really just a dressed-up infomercial, and a rather expensive and useless one at that.   I cannot imagine any possible situation that would make this a worthwhile investment.

They and others have a little niche taking advantage of people who are naive about the costs of media exposure.  It's pretty shameless, and very ugly.  

Carson, it's pretty clear you're just a shill for them.  

I hope this saves some honest businesses some money, by steering them clear of what may be an expensive mistake.

Got the same call today.  Just under 20K to produce a 5 minute segment.  Ask why I would be chosen as spokesperson in this market as opposed to a national professional society (AWEA) and said they wanted the views of private business in the trenches.  Does not sound right, does not feel right.  So I am running the other way on this one.  Very little chance this program would reach my target audience.

Chris,

you sound like someone who was rejected for a spot on the show. Sour Grapes and nothing else !!

Kelly,

it's more than just that:

LAMET, R U Wright, Jason, Beth, & Chris are all actually the same person posting over and over again.

It is BJ from SynApp North -

Nothing worse than a woman scorned

correction:  my above post in response to Kelly was intended to say:

IS it BJ from SynApp North? Because one can never really know.


I guess I'm actually Dr Don't Know.

Just goes to show that if you want to know about something, then you should look into it for yourself and don't rely on any of these postings.