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Is it Platinum Television?
no its not platinum tv …
You’re smarter than the average bear Ark, or at least more paranoid. And in this niche I think that’s a good thing.
Don’t have any answers for you but will sure be interested to see how this works out.
good luck.
I would share your paranoia here, Arkyt!
I have completed some preliminary research of the company that propositioned me and they are legitimate and have produced numerous programs on the BRAVO and CNN networks.
I will definitely utilize caution and get advisory counseling if the proposition gets that far. Currently we are discussing licensing fees …
Sounds like a no brainer good thing to me.
If you are concerned about being noticed, don’t put your stuff on the Internet. Higher profile means higher money.
of course classics – if its legitimate its a no brainer for me other than reaching an agreeable licensing fee etc …
Hi Arkyt,
I must agree with you – it appears a little fishy, but then all journo’s are … my reason for saying so is this statement:
“Bravo Channel/G4 Tech TV. Nationally and ESPN2 and Fox Sports Net region by region which you would select”
I’ve never heard of a situation where a TV show will let the subject choose where its broadcast, not even the biggest of celebs get that right! LOL
My first reaction to this is that they want to do an ‘expose’ on something negative to do with online casino’s and they need ‘people’ in the feature to make their point … but I, like you, prefer to be paranoid and wrong than careless and made a fool of or worse!
A couple of things to consider when using the media as a marketing tool ….
1) There’s no such thing as bad publicity. 50% true
Even if they do say something bad about you, as long as your website url is included you WILL get traffic. If they say bad things like ‘this person doesn’t pay their bills’ or ‘this person is trying to rip people off’, all the traffic in the world isn’t going to help to earn the surfers trust – especially in the casino world.2) Get ALL information possible about the show. Ask straight forward questions which trap them into either telling the truth or telling a lie directly like … Why did they choose you and your site? What angle will the feature take and what is the main theme of the show? Who else will be ‘appearing’ on the show? Is there a script or copy of questions you can see before the show?
3) You will probably not be paid a monetary fee, and if you ask you may not like the reaction. Their attitude (because they can) is that if you won’t do it there are 100’s of others who will for the publicity – you have to look at it as if the publicity is your payment.
4) When you are being interviewed, always answer with the question in the answer – it makes it harder for them to twist your words.
eg: So what do you think about casino’s who rip off players? If you respond with ‘they should be shut down immediately, they are scumbags!’ they might use this as an answer to the question “What do you think of online casinos?” Instead answer with “Casino’s who rip off players should be shut down!”
I hope I didn’t add to your paranoia, but I will say in closing – STAY PARANOID & use it to be smart, but don’t pass up an excellent opportunity for publicity by being overcautious.
Good luck … and congratulations!!!! Free media traffic is by far the most valuable, highest converting, and cheapest traffic out there
I guess my eyes didn’t connect with my brain involving the Bravo line. I have no idea what that means, (are they trying to sell you an infomercial?) so it may not be a no brainer. Of course that is easy to clear up before you commit to anything.
I’ve recieved an e-mail like that. It was a talk show who had found one of my sites and e-mailed me from there.
However I didn’t go but saw another webmistress I know on the show, so I wasn’t the only one they e-mailed…I didn’t go but saw another webmistress I know on the show, so I wasn’t the only one they e-mailed…
just curious; how’d that come out? Was she made to look good or bad?
SCAM – least the proposition I was offered turned out to look that way …
After a few days of back and forth emails, faxes and a couple phone calls they finally told me that I would be responsible for the licensing fee LOL Usually when a company or tv media company uses your product /services they pay you the licensing fee … any way they said that I would be responsible for paying $94,000 – LMAO!
Yeah, I am so leery of fairytales….
Arkyt, thanks for sharing the conclusion … I guess at least it made your decision easy LOL
Sorry it wasn’t the exciting experience we hoped it would be 😡
You could easily add a ‘media enquiries’ link on your site if you wanted to pick up something else
now that’s the sign of a really smart scammer.
ask a price that is so obviously out of most people’s price range (whether they wanted to spend the money or not) that there’s no way in hell they’d be able to pay it.
