Small Biz Makeover

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In social media advertising, I demand excellence, demonstrative knowledge of my service, and wit…read more Ross' latest effort, VIP Social, strikes this delicate balance with aplomb. VIP Social optimizes social media advertising by using data to deliver advertisements directly to targeted social network users. When Oscar Wilde quipped that "nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing," he did not anticipate VIP Social's holistic grasp of the urbanity and expertise necessary for good social media advertisement. With Ross, it's a relationship, not a paycheck. Make no mistake -- VIP Social's week beats its competitors' year.

Ross is a master in his field. As the former Vice President of Digital Marketing at JPMorgan Chase…read more& Co., I have worked with many people who claim to understand Digital Marketing. What separates Ross from others, is that he understands that marketing is about generating revenue and building relationships that retain customers. The strategies that he develops for clients are custom tailored to their needs and are, therefore, exponentially more effective than the cookie cutter strategies that are unfortunately frequently peddled on the Internet. As an SEO professional, I have collaborated directly with Ross on many projects with mutual clients. I know firsthand how successful he has been at fulfilling clients' goals. Most recently, he established a social media strategy for my business and it has been operating efficiently ever since. If your business needs help attracting new customers then I recommend you reach out to Ross and have him prepare a digital marketing strategy for you.

Razorfish

Razorfish is one of the world's largest interactive agencies and one of the largest buyers of…read moredigital advertising space. Razorfish provides services including user experience and content strategy, strategic counsel, analytics, technology, media buying, digital advertising and content creation.

From the owner: Razorfish is a key element of Publicis.Sapient, the first purpose built platform designed to help…read moreclients address the digital transformation needs created by accelerating technology advances, the changing competitive landscape and the rise of the empowered consumer.

The Joey Creative Agency

3.0

As a marketing and communications consultant, and corporate event planner my time is limited. It is…read moreironic that a marketing professional would contract someone to provide marketing services. When you are passionate it can be difficult to check your emotions at the door and recognize the objective perspective that might be more appropriate. The Joey Creative Agency was the objective, talented, risk taking group of designers I needed to brand a major event. I offered concepts to my client that were satisfactory yet did not have the wow factor. Pete and his team offered concepts that I was not sure would be a fit. However, it is not about me is it? It is about my client and its target audience. I trusted Pete and presented the concepts that he and the group created. My client, a global company, had a difficult time deciding between the three options. After choosing two concepts, the client's event was a hit. Yet probably not as big of a hit as the concepts that were created by The Joey Creative Agency. My client is using the concept for a number of company events and carried it over to several internal branding materials. I give Pete and his team full credit. We should set aside our pride and realize that when we market our event or business, the creative concepts should appeal to our target market. What good is it to love a concept that our target audience does not find at all impressive? I learned to let the experts do what I cannot do, and to respect their talent. Thank you Pete and The Joey Creative Agency! Sincerely, LisaB. Jersey City, NJ

I would never use this agency ever nor would I ever recommend them to anyone. They are young and…read moreinexperienced and have no clue how to handle unhappy customer. I hired them to design me a logo for my law firm. The options they provided were horrendous and so out of date (think 1980's). I came up with an idea for a calligraphy/fountain pen logo, but ended up teaching them how use a real fountain pen to get the look we were going for. At my rate of $400 per hour, I should have charged them! It necessitated us teaching them because they could only design this kind of logo using their digital machines, which was not even close to the sample we provided them. Instead of telling us that they did not know how (which I would have appreciated the honesty more), they tried to pass off the digital logo as if it looked even close to the sample we provided. Instead, it looked like a kindergartner wrote the initials with a digital crayon. Needless to say, after 3 months of back and forth, it became apparent that the Joey Creative Agency has NO CREATIVITY whatsoever. I ended up using and paying for 99 designs. I have never used 99 designs before but in comparison to this company, the value and options you get for what you pay is much better. In any event, when I disputed the charges with the owner directly and aired my grievances being so unhappy with the product (or lack thereof), not to mention the valuable time I spent teaching them, the owner took no personal responsibility and resorted to "blaming the customer"; he even went so far as to attack me personally in a written email calling me a curse word. Real professional. I disputed just a portion of the charges with my credit card company (the charges only for the latter half of the project) as I thought that was fair given the circumstances. The company responded to my credit card company that they still insists that they were in the right and is refusing to give me a partial credit. We are talking about $500. They must be really desperate for money. I would think that a company that sells "marketing" would not further argue over $500 for a customer already unhappy to avoid any more negative publicity and put the situation to rest. I was wrong. Just as I was wrong thinking they could produce viable options for logo for my million dollar law firm. To say that I am disappointed in that they oversold what they could not ultimately deliver, but more importantly disappointed in how they handled themselves when the relationship went south is the understatement of the year. To this day, the main person working on my project never apologized. When I became very unhappy, he handed me off to the owner (which was the right thing to do), but then I never heard from him since. I have worked with a lot of vendors and a lot of vendors work with me. Not one part of this situation or the way they handled themselves is the way do business or build a reputable company. The owner of this business should return to Business/Marketing 101, which is so ironic given the services they are trying to selling customers.

Mcgarrybowen

3.5

International, New York based full service advertising agency: digital, broadcast, traditional,…read moreproduction, and strategy. Represent clients including Chase, Verizon, Kraft, and United Airlines.

This ad agency is awful. They're social media department is filled with incompetent and rude…read moreassociates who pretend they are kind and diligent. In particular, Daeja the photographer who was assigned to work on my companies ads was completely horrendous, vile, mean, and classless. She treated her "inferiors" like street rats and acted like David LaChappelle. Do not use them. They are awful.

AlphaScape Studios

My wife and I were looking for a photographer to take photos at our son's baptism ceremony so we…read morechecked on Yelp and we were able to get a few quotes. Nathan from AlphaScape responded pretty quickly and was available on the requested date and time, he was also able to provide a quote which ended up being the final price. Nathan was easy to communicate with and answered all my questions promptly. After we agreed on the terms I received the contract and requested some changes which were accommodated, I paid the deposit and had it confirmed. On the day of the event Nathan showed up on time and was able to photograph the most important things to us which we had asked for in advance, he took many photos and they were of great quality, he stayed longer to make sure we had all the shots, he was professional and courteous. The photos were delivered as promised within a few business days. I would no doubt hire AlphaScape when needed.

Nate was AMAZING! Highly recommend him for your next event. He recently worked with us for our baby…read moreshower and my husband and I couldn't have asked for anyone better! He was incredibly professional, attentive, and captured moments we would have otherwise missed. We are definitely going to hire him for our future family pictures. You will not go wrong with choosing him!

New York Computer Help

4.8

(498 reviews)

As a former Wall Street and audio/visual technology director for Fortune 500 and 1000 corporations,…read moreI've dealt with a lot of vendors for over 20 years. I can quickly spot great or poor customer service and professionalism. My work was extremely high profile focused on live event production. Very stressful. The staff is sharp, professional and articulate in their communication. I can honestly say I've found "my premier vendor" to service both my personal and professional needs without any worry.

These guys were really incredible. My laptop is fairly old, but they managed to get it set up so…read morethat it's no longer necessary for me to get a new one right away. They kept me in constant communication and understanding throughout the entire process.

Fixsmart

(4 reviews)

My computer was doomed and lost forever. Before I was going to throw it out until I found out about…read moreFixsmart. Not only was my computer brought back to life. It was working like nothing happened to it. Fantastic job. Personal touch. Customer for life. If you have an issue with your device. You must go to this place.

Small one-room office that makes repairs. Very knowledgeable with coherent devices like headphones…read more He's very thorough with the reparation processes. Price of repair matches the condition of your device.

BCCO NYC Custom Printing

4.4

(139 reviews)

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Really great service! I placed a next-day rush order for the Knicks parade, and when I picked up…read morethe shirt, I realized the image I had provided wasn't a vector file, which caused the print to come out blurry. When I mentioned it, Yianni took the time to review the image I sent and went above and beyond by recreating the design to ensure a much cleaner, sharper print. I love the final result, it looks fantastic, and I couldn't be happier with both the quality of the work and the customer service. Big thanks to Yianni for the extra effort--highly recommended! Go Knicks!! Knicks in 5!!!

This place stinks. I was supposed to get a tank delivery today and no one showed!!! They didn't…read morecall to let me know that they were not going to be able to make it.

Copy Service Printing

Great professional service. They have the job ready in time. They do multiple service with good…read morequality products.

From the owner: Art Desing, Business Card, Flyers, Invoice, Envelopes, Menus, Labels, Door Hanger, Brochures,…read moreStamps, Letter Heads, Posters, Invitation, Tickets & More....

Mutant Vinyls

Amazing results! Wonderful customer service and phenomenal turnaround! Took our Tesla model X in to…read moreget wrapped! The owner was extremely knowledgeable and was able to complete the project same day! Not to mention that they were very communicative and great pricing! We will definitely be back!

From the owner: Professional vinyl wrapper installers with more than 5 years of experience. As an auto restyling…read moreshop we offer multiple services such as chrome delete, wheel powder coating, decals , commercial wrap, parts installment and more please contact us for a quote. Instagram: mutant_vinyls What’s app business: 201-989-3114

Compuworld Computer Service Center

Alfredo at Compuworld Computers was an amazing help getting my computer back up and running in no…read moretime. I had an expensive Alienware gaming laptop which stopped working and didn't power on for days and Compuworld opened my laptop and fixed the motherboard and was able to determine the problem and fixed it within hours. Highly recommend Compuworld and Alfredo specifically. He also was able to save me from expensive repairs or a new laptop. He is very knowledgeable, professional, and a pleasure to work with. Thank you!

I've been coming to Compuworld for years and every single time they have taken care of my laptops…read more Whether it be a broken screen, battery replacement, or getting a new hard drive, Alfredo has always been my go-to guy for any technical issues. Even moving a couple of cities away, I still would come back to Compuworld because Alfredo is a good man who treats his customers with the utmost respect, honesty, and curtesy, and he doesn't try to rip off his clients compared to the many other bigger name companies. I am grateful to have a place to go to like Compuworld with a very dependable and respectable owner such as Alfredo, and I look forward to the business that I will continue to have with him. Thank you for everything Alfredo!! Wishing you and your loved ones all the best during this pandemic.

Flash Tech

4.0

(44 reviews)

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I spent something like 8 hours trying to fix my computer having "black screen" issues, when I…read morefinally relented and decided to call Flash Tech. They were very transparent about what the costs might be despite it being difficult to diagnose what the issue might be so I appreciate that greatly. I brought it to them and they had the issue figured out very quickly and gave me a partial refund since it was so quick which was very kind. So thank you Flash Tech!!

I spoke with Bill on the phone, and he answered all of my questions while sharing advice regarding…read moremy computer. The transparency in the conversation and honesty gave me better insights into the steps to take.

YUFixit

3.4

(113 reviews)

I've came to Yufixit a few times over the years. After dropping my phone over the weekend they were…read moreable to fix it today within twenty minutes at a decent price. Would def come back here again.

Brought in my MAC, an old Dell laptop, and several DVDs that I wanted transferred to a thumb drive…read more I needed to install the new OS for my MAC and didn't have enough room, so brought my computer in for them to clean out old files and install the new OS. Instead, they charged me $150 to install a new hard drive with more memory and failed to install the new OS. When I ran the update at home, I was locked out of one of my profiles. When I brought the MAC back, the man said, "What did you do?" and acted like I did something wrong for installing the newest update. I told him he didn't do what I had asked him to do. He fixed it, after mansplaining to me, and then told me he should charge me but was going to give me a break. The DVDs were going to cost $300 to transfer to the thumb drive, so I said I'd wait. He had told me it would cost me $80 to try and get any data off of the Dell laptop. So I left the computer there and said I'd comeback for the hard drive. To be fair, this was in April. I went in today to try and get the hard drive, and at first, they said they didn't know what I was talking about, and then tried to insist they had given it to me (they didn't) and then finally just said, "Well, we don't have it". If you choose to go here, get EVERYTHING in writing!

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8 years ago

Highly recommend!! Jake knows websites and marketing better than anyone I know. If your a small business and need anything web related or social media, Jake is your guy!!! read more

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