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I am so shocked that a business like this can still scam people after seeing so many people scammed by them. I am also a person they scammed in March 2024 but I was just a little bit smarter than them. They did invite me for their 5-minute "FREE" Podcast. Well, I heard back from this sales-lying individual a week or so afterward that the phones were off the hook. That I did so great he could not believe it! They first offered me the 5K plan, but when I resisted, they offered me the 2.5K bundle. They are so sneaky and pressure you to give them your card information. 5 minutes after I hung up the phone with them, I did a quick search on them and what did I see? The same thing you are looking at, reviews from well-meaning business owners who were victims to a heartless bunch of crooks who only want to steal your hard-owned cash in bright daylight and **** in your pocket and tell you it's raining. I never signed their Docusign but they initialed it and sent it to my bank's investigative team saying that I agreed to their non-refundable policy. I however had all the emails I sent them responding to their Docusign email saying that I would not sign it because I no longer need or want to do business with them. After a couple of rounds of still trying to keep my money, I was able to get my money back with the help of the fraud team with my bank. If they are trying to scam you, use the leverage of this site to show your bank that these pple are going around scamming everybody they can.

Zero Stars. 100% bait and switch. PBN is full of lies. They promised a podcast in their apparently non existent studio. They created lies regarding why they would not deliver their promise: 1. Illness in the studio, 2 ***** has skin cancer, 3. Pipes burst in the studio 4 whoops sorry, now the studio has been closed, "we'll get back to you soon." Pure scum bags. I regret giving them a *****. I have never experienced a more shameful business in my life. Please do not get sucked into their lies. The other complaints here on BBB mirror my experience with them. I had my credit card investigate to get my money back. They failed. I don't feel like writing any more about them. Stay away. I believe all of the 5 stars rating here in BBB were written by their sorry, pathetic, lying, thief staff.

Not very kind people at all. I never leave reviews but after this phone call I need too. I did a show with them a few months ago and of course they say it was great got great responses and offered me 10 thirty minute shows for 5k. I decided to decline because I wasnt ready and its a lot of cash. I just get another call, its been a few months, guy was named *** greeted me so friendly mentioned my show that they ran it again it did great they want me back for another, I started to mention I was going to grad school and before I got any further he said alright good luck to you and hung up the phone I was mid sentence and stunned. I understand its business I sounded like a no and he didnt want to hear any past that. However, rude mannerisms and abrupt behavior create a bad impression for the whole company. Not impressed.

This company is a total FRAUD!Like others, I was approached to do a 5-minute interview, after which came the hard sales call saying their phones were ringing off the hook with people wanting to work with me. I was told they had rated me a 9.7 out of ************************ on a contract to do 5 interviews after me refusing 10, it was a huge investment for me and the salesman told me "he would retire" if I didn't do really well from the series. I wasn't given a chance to research the company, if only! I was also promised a billboard which never eventuated.After my first podcast I got another hard sales call, this time from the Senior ******************************************** telling me they were awarding me "Professional of The Year" and that only one person a year would be given that title. They wanted to extend me to 12 shows and made all sorts of promises about how it would propel my business. When I said I wanted to think about it they refused and said I had to commit on the spot. I was on my way to a remote location and did not have strong enough internet access to check them out for several days. When I did I was horrified. I was scammed with a sales script, the whole thing was fake.I contacted the company with my concerns and that I wanted to cancel and a refund given that I was mislead with false claims. They had charged my credit card again before I could even sight the contract. I was assured that the claims I had found online were from before PBN had been bought out by AEMG and that they didn't engage in this sort of thing anymore. What a lie!I was also pressured to keep going and that if I wasn't happy with the results that they would refund me. Again I contacted them and said I wanted to stop.They assured me I would be refunded, I wasn't so I disputed it with my credit card company, they then provided photoshopped "billboards" that didn't even have my business name on them and claimed I participated in 10 podcasts with them. These people are frauds, RUN!

This was hands down the best thing I've ever done for my business. Not only has it been super effective, but it's been so much fun too! My following has grown substantially and I have the opportunity to positively effect millions of people every week!

This is a ************* business. I was called to do a 4-5 minute interview saying they like to do these for business owners who were hurt during covid and blah blah so they set it up. I was honestly excited because I had never been apart of a podcast. They went over the questions and it started so fast and ended so fast. They rushed through the interview and hung up on me after. I get a call later that evening from a high energy person saying my rating were so good and they wanted to have me on the show for longer segments for $5,000. When I explained I didnt have that kind of money to spend right now, she changed her demeanor and rudely said so youre really not looking to spend any money and I said Id think about it and she responded with these spots dont last forever so its first come first serve and I felt disgusted with it all after speaking with her. Id give no stars if it were possible. Dont get looped into this mess.

This business is a fraud. They initially called me to do a 5 minute podcast. After that podcast they called back to say that it was very successful with fabulous feedback, although they did not articulate or provide that feedback to me. They wanted me to do more longer podcasts for a large sum of money. I told them my marketing budget would not support $20,000. So they kept reducing the price down and down to recommending a $500.00 fee for one podcast. So I signed up and they sent me a schedule. They also sent me a contract which I did not sign. I then went online to the BBB to check them out, something I should have done before I committed $500.00. The reviews were like mine and worse...no service, no feedback, in other words they take your money and run. I tried to cancel within 6 hours of signing up. No refund policy. I asked them how they could take my money when they have provided no product. No I have filed a claim with my CC company. They don't even deserve one star. When confronted with their bad reviews they stated they were all made up by another company. What a scam if that is the only way they can make their money.

The follow through with the people that take your money is poor. It has been almost 8 months and once I refused to sign on to extend my series they seemed to forget about my billboard. They will not respond to emails etc. If anyone else has had a similar experience which seems to be a theme, get a lawyer. I hate to say it but its pretty much a scam and ultimately larceny.

The sales pitch was fast and hard. There was no time or way to research them thoroughly. The contract that shows my initials was not initialed by me, it was an automated process with no way to read the agreement prior. The line items with initials were not visible on the screen. I have an agreement for 4 podcasts plus other items, which I paid in full.They have not delivered any of the items and refuse to refund the money. They do not answer emails and have a bunch of excuses as to why my scheduled podcasts cannot be done. I am so sorry I ever heard of these people.

Zero stars.A 5min podcast for free, we said, Sure, why not? August of 2022 Meet the Elite or PBN called us and we did our free 5min podcast. 1 week later ******************* calls with AMAZING NEWS!! He says that people heard our 5min podcast and we were rated at a 9.4 out of 10 and that he rarely sees anyone rated higher than a 7.5. He offers us 10 Podcasts for 75% off. He tells us theyre normally $2,000 each but that their company would pay 75% of it and we only needed to pay $5,000. He said wed get 10 podcasts and a billboard in Time Square. These podcasts would stay on Spotify, Apple Music, Stitcher, Deezer, and a few other platforms for 1 FULL YEAR. We decided to pay it, all we received was an invoice but no contract. After our 1st podcast on September 16th if 2022 ******************* calls us 10min after it and says the phones are ringing off the hook from sponsors that want to sponsor us. He gives us 3 options, the first was 5 free podcasts, 2nd was 10 podcasts for $2,000, and the 3rd was when his voice got really excited. He said *** never heard of an offer like this in the 10 years he had been doing that job. 5 podcasts (it ended up being 10) and a video shoot from professionals that they will fly down from NY to ** where we live. He said the total cost was $23,500 and the sponsor AEMG would pay $18,500 for it and we only had to pay another $5,000 to show that we were serious. We asked why it was so expensive and he said they had to fly down an entire crew, put them in a hotel for 2 days, wed be shooting anywhere we wanted etc And he sold us with a docuseries or documentary on ******* or Amazon Prime. Its now July 1st 2023 and all of our podcasts fell off after 3 months, nowhere to be found. 1 guy with a tripod came and filmed us on our couch (he lived in **), we never got a billboard And no contracts when I requested one. All we have is 2 invoices for $5,000 a piece. ***** Fargo is going to get our money back. SCAM! DO NOT DO IT!