Is this fraud still going? He steals your money by making promises and then delivers nothing. He should have been shut doewn long ago but he sits in Maine where the officed that deals with fraiud says he is too small fry for them. Shame on them too
Horrible. I worked with them for six months and for a while received some media contacts, but then most of their staff left, the people I was working with left without notifying me, and for the last three months of my contract I paid $6000 and received 1 (one) email and nothing afterwards. When I contacted the person responsible for my account he rudely said he left because he wasn't being paid and he would sue me if I filed a complaint about him; the owner's phone number doesn't accept messages and when he finally returned an email demanding my $6000 back, he said he would call me and never did. I intend to take legal action against them.
I agree with the "horrible" reviews with the caveat that Elise Bogdan, who handles radio spots for Bob Newman does reasonably good work, though a few of the spots she got me were pathetic (a podcaster who had 4 views!)--others were reasonable and had good reach However, Newman promised a major media campaign including print reviews, TV, and radio targeted in New York, Washington DC and Chicago--all things that were do-able for my book given that I had a piece in the Atlantic and in other local and national media and arranged 9 book talks myself with zero support from him. I fired him after I realized he was not delivering anything to help me with my own self-arranged book talks, despite multiple promises, and he had misrepresented contacts he had made on my behalf. As a first time author, I was the victim of a slick sales pitch from someone who does know the industry but doesn't do the work he promises.
My experience was eerily similar to what the other reviewers report. Lots of promises, no followthrough. I paid $5400 upfront for a package of services that were mostly never provided. My emails were largely ignored, and when they weren't, the responses contained nothing but additional false promises. My contract, signed in October 2018, called for outreach to print media, a newswire release, and more. Two months later, when none of this had happened, I was told that it would all take place in the first week of the New Year. It is now March and none of it has happened. They're telling me now it will happen next week, with no explanation of why it didn't happen in October and why it didn't happen in January. I'd stay far away from these people.
All I can say is avoid. He did bad work and took my money and ran.
A PR shop that specializes in promoting authors and their books. Provided prompt attention and great results.
newman-communications.com
