Don’t be a victim Most if not all of the 5 star reviews are of people who were interviewed and featured in the magazine. The reviews by people who spend the money to advertise in the magazine are all 1 star. I had a guy call me today to advertise, but we NEVER advertise in print. Don’t waste your money, especially if they don’t guarantee the readership, they don’t guarantee numbers of leads. Its not necessarily a scam, but if you don’t read the fine print or don’t have an attorney review the contract, you are a scam waiting to be made. Advertise if you like, but print media is dead and these are the last of the snake oil tonic salesmen. Ask to talk to their customers.

The print ads are misleading The print ads are misleading. They say you will be advertised in all the best Zip codes for the magazine and that's true, but then you find out the distribution is quarterly instead of monthly. They charge you monthly though. I verified this by questioning several people that I know who receive the magazine. They all say "about once a quarter" and they live in different neighborhoods. That means most of them never saw the "expert contribution" I made in a section of the magazine which I paid extra for. The other side is the digital media ads. They claim views of 20k to 30k each month, but the actual traffic going to facebook or my website are next to zero. In essence the digital traffic reports are completely made up. You're paying for a fake report each month. They do an ad mockup to show you what it looks like and then send out a billing with the supposed ad traffic numbers. I'm not sure what they cant actually just drive traffic to your business pages instead of doing what they're doing. After paying them for 18 moths to do nothing with digital, I ran an ad directly with facebook for one week and the traffic increased from 20 views on a one year old ad that I made myself (and BVM was supposed to promote), to 1,100 views. I also got 2 clients out of it that week. It cost me $38 to Facebook, instead of $250 to BVM. The click through rate to my website also went up after running that one ad. Then they try and pressure you saying that it is a legal contract and you cant opt out for another couple of years, until the contract expires. They're scammers, and should be treated as such. I hope this helps someone who comes across this. Find a different ad agency, this organization will take you for tens of thousands if they can. They got me for over 12k because I wasn't paying attention. I had a lot on my plate at the time wearing all the hats, caring for a parent, death in household etc. I hired them to advertise my company and they just robbed me instead. It almost sunk the company with the lack of new business. Don't let it happen to you.

I found the entire team very easy to… I found the entire team very easy to work with and the whole process has been wonderful. I look forward to deepening ties in my local community. Thanks BVM for making that possible.

Neighbours of East St Paul Magazine - November The entire process from the first contact with Alison and then Becky and Brandi was amazing. They were all so kind!! The only thing I wish I would have received a few extra copies as I have family asking for copies.

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