In September of 2017, my company was contacted by a lady named Erica, who claimed she worked for Wanderlust Magazine. They have an online website Which is called Wanderlust Weekly.
" I write for an online travel and lifestyle magazine called Wanderlust, we cover conscious people and products around the world. We'd like to run a wellness feature on (My business), any interest?
Please review the site and let me know, thanks we'd love to have you. =) wanderlustweekly.org "
Being a small business and familiar with Wanderlust I was thrilled and honored to be featured on their site. I agreed to being a part of the feature and doing the interview. Then I recieved an email of simple interview questions about my business, so they could " run an entrepreneurial profile on me and how I manifested my vision." I answered the 3 questions, and provided pictures as reqested.
After reading what I had wrote, Erica then mentioned that Wanderlust Magazine wanted to help me get a few projects off the ground.
"Also we'd love to help support your (PROJECT 1) and ( PROJECT 2). If you like we can put together a newsletter campaign for you to get the word out, which means we'd send a series of eblasts with(my business) branding and news to our 50K subscribers over a 2 month period. You're not obligated but it's very effective, with a one time fee of $($$) to help with our costs."
I agreed to the fee and was sent an invoice from Wanderlust Magazine. Paid the fee and never heard from them again. I've emailed over and over and got zero response.
My business was contacted by Wanderlust Weekly with web address wanderlustweekly.org. There is strong probability Wanderlust Weekly is connected to a known internet con artist named Miles Shumilak or Miles Mayer. This con is in contact with business owners, musicians and yoga studios with the intention of offering marketing services. He offers a free listing on his website, once we agreed, he sent over a generic three question interview, the interview was returned to him, then came a request for money. This bait and switch routine did not sit well with me prompting me into further investigation. -Wanderlust Weekly represented as a media marketing company but no information about this company can be found on the internet. -No information about the website owner can be found on their website. There is no way to contact the company besides a generic gmail account. - No social media presence which is peculiar for an online marketing company. -Misrepresentation of business leading consumers to believe Wanderlust Weekly is affiliated with Wanderlust.com and Airbnb, I have contacted both companies and they have denied any relation to this business. There is nothing remarkable about Wanderlust Weekly's website. As far as one can ascertain it is a two page website accompanied by additional blank pages correlating to major cities. Wanderlust Weekly has no web presence, consequently providing minimal reach or audience. I can think of plenty of better ways to market my business, wasting my money on a con is not one of them.
Wanderlust Weekly Reviews
In September of 2017, my company was contacted by a lady named Erica, who claimed she worked for Wanderlust Magazine. They have an online website Which is called Wanderlust Weekly.
" I write for an online travel and lifestyle magazine called Wanderlust, we cover conscious people and products around the world. We'd like to run a wellness feature on (My business), any interest?
Please review the site and let me know, thanks we'd love to have you. =) wanderlustweekly.org "
Being a small business and familiar with Wanderlust I was thrilled and honored to be featured on their site. I agreed to being a part of the feature and doing the interview. Then I recieved an email of simple interview questions about my business, so they could " run an entrepreneurial profile on me and how I manifested my vision." I answered the 3 questions, and provided pictures as reqested.
After reading what I had wrote, Erica then mentioned that Wanderlust Magazine wanted to help me get a few projects off the ground.
"Also we'd love to help support your (PROJECT 1) and ( PROJECT 2). If you like we can put together a newsletter campaign for you to get the word out, which means we'd send a series of eblasts with(my business) branding and news to our 50K subscribers over a 2 month period. You're not obligated but it's very effective, with a one time fee of $($$) to help with our costs."
I agreed to the fee and was sent an invoice from Wanderlust Magazine. Paid the fee and never heard from them again. I've emailed over and over and got zero response.
My business was contacted by Wanderlust Weekly with web address wanderlustweekly.org. There is strong probability Wanderlust Weekly is connected to a known internet con artist named Miles Shumilak or Miles Mayer. This con is in contact with business owners, musicians and yoga studios with the intention of offering marketing services. He offers a free listing on his website, once we agreed, he sent over a generic three question interview, the interview was returned to him, then came a request for money. This bait and switch routine did not sit well with me prompting me into further investigation. -Wanderlust Weekly represented as a media marketing company but no information about this company can be found on the internet. -No information about the website owner can be found on their website. There is no way to contact the company besides a generic gmail account. - No social media presence which is peculiar for an online marketing company. -Misrepresentation of business leading consumers to believe Wanderlust Weekly is affiliated with Wanderlust.com and Airbnb, I have contacted both companies and they have denied any relation to this business. There is nothing remarkable about Wanderlust Weekly's website. As far as one can ascertain it is a two page website accompanied by additional blank pages correlating to major cities. Wanderlust Weekly has no web presence, consequently providing minimal reach or audience. I can think of plenty of better ways to market my business, wasting my money on a con is not one of them.