This PR Company tricked my friend’s band- avoid it like the plague!
Oh yes guys, I’ll give you the dope on Effective Immediately PR which claims to give you results instantly! Sadly, my friend’s band got taken for a ride by these guys. This band was contacted by the PR agents at this company themselves who cajoled them by saying how much they loved the band’s music and how they should try out a press campaign for the upcoming release. Once they got a couple of thousand dollars, they showed their true colours! My friend’s band was left in a skirmish without any blurb, press write-up or premiere. My friend was told that the company had done wonders for another band but this turned out untrue too.
In fact, another individual has directly stated on Facebook, how this company was hired for three months with loads of dough but there were no results whatsoever with beginners working on the campaign and zero communication. In fact, if you check out reviews given by their own employees, you will be left shocked as I was! Employees directly cite the poor pay (what work do you expect clients to get then), poor management style and one even calls it a sinking ship where artists are clearly robbed by the company. One employee even reveals how employees are asked to write good reviews on Glassdoor while they are not paid fair wages or in a timely manner. Clients are scammed as per employees with promises which are impossible. Some employees have also clearly revealed how artists are exploited by the company to earn a quick buck. In fact, another employee has also gone on record, stating how the CEO is not a good person and has zero PR experience which explains the poor services provided by the company. He always pays his staff late and is also a major obstacle when it comes to getting any work done for artists according to this employee. Going by what I can see, it’s time we all start avoiding scamsters like these.
Effective Immediately is a public relations company which has the aim of helping emerging musicians and artists. They have their headquarters in Los Angeles & New York City. They have been in the music industry for quite some time and claim to have worked with several platinum artists. The president of the company, Ellyn Solis focuses on getting as many artists as possible in the company’s portfolio.
Effective Immediately have built a name for them in the market, however their reputation has been getting spoiled lately. In this review we will show you the reality of Effective Immediately, so without any further ado let us get started:
The value of customer satisfaction:
There are 50+ customer complaints for Effective Immediately on the internet; this fact itself shows how much value this brand gives to its customers. Making sure that the customer gets what he or she desires is one of the main goals of a business and somehow the talented team of Effective Immediately does not seem to understand this fact. They have deceived dozens of talented artists and some of them have posted their experience on the web.
Ruining lives:
We know that it is a big statement but Effective Immediately has tricked a lot of people. By making empty promises and giving false hope to the consumer they take as much money as possible and when the time comes to show the results, they stop responding and/or don’t deliver anything. As a public relations company it is their job to make sure that their artists get exposure and deals, however, EI fails to provide any of these to their artists.
Not good at their job:
It is fascinating to see a company earn profits and sustain itself for years while not being good at what they do. Unlike a proper Public Relations company, EI does not really have great connections. The employees of the company have stated that most of their staff knows nothing about PR and they do not take their customer complaints seriously. They often ask the artists to pay them money in advance while they don’t possess the tools necessary for delivering what they promise.
Useless work ethic:
The employees of EI have also mentioned the useless work ethic that the company forces them to follow. This forces the employ to work less effectively and majorly affects his or her productivity. And as a result, the company fails to show results to their customers, who have already emptied their pockets in paying their expensive fees.
Unhappy employees:
A company is nothing without its employees and most of the employees of EI are not happy with their jobs. There are numerous complaints about the low pay and unethical work environment of their offices. Researches show that the happiness of an employee directly affects his or her performance and therefore, it should be a priority for a company. But in this case, EI has done nothing and does not seem to be taking any actions at all.