Am I being Scammed?
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notahipster
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If she approached you to guest radio but is asking for money, then you're probably getting scammed.
stharthjw6j
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That might be true, if she even gets 50,000....I'd like to find out her figures somehow.
I think that's probably right
To be clear guys & gals: She didn't ask me, I approached her.
Could you? I'd appreciate that buddy
stharthjw6j
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It turns out it's internet radio so there are no Nielsen ratings. How the fizuzzle can anyone check then?
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Here are the https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0-fFb-SVSkMdHU4VDJHWWlVVjg/edit?usp=sharingt me about their station. I may be dim, but is it a load of figures but no actual ratings for their shows??
I hope I missed something.
I hope I missed something.
Techxan
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I have no problem paying 150 for an on air interview, but i would want a videotape of it. (document hares, video shares, pod casts...)
My problem is that she is lying to you. I don't trust liars.
I live in Houston, and the population here is 5 million. One morning show has 50% market share of the morning traffic commute.
Now at best, if everyone in Houston were listening to he radio at the same time, they would have 2.5 million listeners.
This is, of course impossible, with a population of 5 million, you would be lucky to find 20% listening to the radio at one time, and they would be split between dozens of stations.
BUT - Even if as many as 20 percent of the entire population of Houston were listening to the radio at the same time that one show would still have only 500,000 listeners.
So this woman is claiming that she has more listeners than the most popular radio show in Houston Texas in the middle of the morning commute.
That's bullshit, unless she is the morning girl in New York, Los Angeles, or Chicago.
Smaller stations do to sell advertising time. Its an on air interview, not a news story, like buying a 30 minute block.
My problem is that she is lying to you. I don't trust liars.
I live in Houston, and the population here is 5 million. One morning show has 50% market share of the morning traffic commute.
Now at best, if everyone in Houston were listening to he radio at the same time, they would have 2.5 million listeners.
This is, of course impossible, with a population of 5 million, you would be lucky to find 20% listening to the radio at one time, and they would be split between dozens of stations.
BUT - Even if as many as 20 percent of the entire population of Houston were listening to the radio at the same time that one show would still have only 500,000 listeners.
So this woman is claiming that she has more listeners than the most popular radio show in Houston Texas in the middle of the morning commute.
That's bullshit, unless she is the morning girl in New York, Los Angeles, or Chicago.
Smaller stations do to sell advertising time. Its an on air interview, not a news story, like buying a 30 minute block.
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stharthjw6j
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Yeah, I agree with pretty much all of that. I've decided I'm not paying her a dime. If she wants me on, I'll let her to promote one of my products and get JV money, but that's all, she can take it or leave it. I'm not paying her for what looks like nowhere near 50k - 1 million listeners, and yes she is lying to me about it.
Thanks all of you for the input!
Gyuman82
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lol BHW gone full retard.
Seriously use some common sense.
At worst it's an outright scam, at best it's money down the shitter for some crappy podcast.
50k-1 million viewers per episode with those shit social media stats, and you gotta pay to get interviewed?
If you're even remotely considering this offer, I got a better offer from some prince in Nigeria who has millions tied up he's willing to share if you wanna go halves on the legal fees with me.
Seriously use some common sense.
At worst it's an outright scam, at best it's money down the shitter for some crappy podcast.
50k-1 million viewers per episode with those shit social media stats, and you gotta pay to get interviewed?
If you're even remotely considering this offer, I got a better offer from some prince in Nigeria who has millions tied up he's willing to share if you wanna go halves on the legal fees with me.
thekidwithstars
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Don't do it lmao.
stharthjw6j
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I was joking around dude, I wasn't making fun of you.
Well you have to keep in mind that her presence focus is on the radio.... unless she is actively promoting herself online, too, or encouraging her listeners to follow her online, etc.... then they have no reason to go look for her online. That's not where her audience is. Her audience is in the car, driving to work, etc.
If you're really unsure otherwise, though, then tell her you're willing to still do it, but for a lesser price. Consider it advertising. If 50,000 people actually hear your segment and only a handful come to visit your site later, then it's still worthwhile. You could also request that as part of the deal, she link to your site on her social media sites, etc, too.
If you're really unsure otherwise, though, then tell her you're willing to still do it, but for a lesser price. Consider it advertising. If 50,000 people actually hear your segment and only a handful come to visit your site later, then it's still worthwhile. You could also request that as part of the deal, she link to your site on her social media sites, etc, too.
I'm interested, please send me a PM with the info.
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I'm guessing she just exaggerated with the 1m. Don't think she would try to scam you on her own radio show.