Number came up as Trueline Publishers, asking for our company owner. Said her name is Monica of US Business Executive, and it was regarding an "editorial project."
US Builders Review (TrueLine Publishing) is just another pay for play editorial magazine company with no real subscribers except those who get sucked into their scam. From what I can tell they are nothing more than a call center / salesroom with the background noise to prove it. I have asked for printed copy of this publication and never received, I highly doubt that one exists!
Their salesperson calls repeatedly and won’t take a hint if you don’t call them back. I’ve told different salespeople at least 6 times to REMOVE me form their list, to no avail. So they call you up pretending that their editor wants to write an article on your great construction company. They offer a telephone interview with you CEO/President (they avoid marketing/PR who know better than get involved). At the end of it all, (sometimes one sometimes two calls - seemingly just to waste your time) all that they want your vendor/subcontractor list ...this is solely for the purposes of selling advertisements to them at ripoff prices.
Their sales staff will then proceed to call and harass your vendors/subcontractors, using your logo and writing letters that look like your own, to try and take them for as much money as they can with total disregard to your relationship with them. If you’re lucky, one of them will tip you off to the pending fleecing of their funds, so that you can end the nonsense before it’s too late and apologize to your valued vendors/subcontractors.
The magazine circulation and readership numbers seem fake, their online website looks all fancy and good but the reality is NO ONE subscribes to or reads US Builders Review. Who would anyway when it’s full of glowing articles pitched by the company owners? I suspect whatever subscriber list they have is made up of purchased emails/addresses/names from data providers (I don’t know anyone that subscribes to or had even heard of them before I started getting their calls). They then claim these are their subscribers even though they can’t tell you where they are or how many there are, so even if someone buys an advertisement they won’t get any value from it, they may as well burn their money.
Working with this organization is seriously detrimental to your company and the relationships you have built up with your vendors. STAY AWAY AND AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE. Stick to the industry magazines that you know are legitimate…. US BUILDER’S REVIEW IS NOT ONE OF THEM.