The rest here:

http://biz.yahoo.com/e/090814/byoc.ob10-q.html

http://news.localadlink.com/2009/07/localadlinkdotcom/adzzoo/

You have better odds in Vegas at Blackjack. The point is, if you understand anything about internet advertising, LAL offers crap to their customers (i.e. business owners). The fee for only 50 zip codes is 200 dollars and is a rip off and what Keith was pointing out is that since there is a 50% commission to the Brand Builder, and then LAL has to take a cut – right? That leaves out of the 200 dollars, less than half for the supposed ad campaign. That is way off industry standards and is a scam – bottom line!

Plus, I will take it one step further – I have a webpage and do Google Ad Words myself and ALL OF THE MONEY I SPEND goes to the ad campaign. Enough with this local ad link crap already – I just wish we could fast forward to when it goes down and then there will be the new flavor of the month – which of course will most likely be the Trump vitamin BS thing – can’t wait for that one!

BTW, do the Brand Builders tell the business owner that less than 1/2 the money actual goes to their “ad campaign”? Do the Brand Builders tell the business owner that Local Ad Link is nothing more than a directory that ranks a measley 3,493 (that is as of today from Alexa) whereas much more legit advertising directories with FREE listings rank much, much, much better: i.e. yellowpages.com = 151 or Superpages.com =276 or Merchant Circle = 291.

As for the Best Buy or AOL comparison, it is true that start ups having growing pains, but the difference there is that those companies are legitimate, unlike LAL, which is another MLM scam where those at the top pretend to sell a legit product when in fact it is nothing more than an endless chain recruiment scheme where the EMPHASIS IS placed on getting more distributors, NOT selling the actual product (i.e. see YTB, Burnlounge, ACN, etc.). So, stop comparing legitimate companies with these pathetic wannabe MLM companies. Enough is enough.

1. I don’t care if you’re Best Buy or LocaladLink, if you’re company is profitable, which they ‘claim’ they are, you don’t bounce checks. LAL is built upon reps making money, in fact its the only way. But when you screw your salesforce you screw yourself:
Ever seen this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I8-s6vW-wA
(in case you missed it, look at the ‘info’ on the side.

2. Its comical how many times LAL reps mentioned Donald Trump with Bob. They must have that in their PR pitch down pat.

3. Your quote: “People are quick to point out the Rob DoBoer’s role in Burn Lounge. I, for one, think the idea was brilliant ”

I love the fact you think it was a great idea. Whats your ‘idea’ of Apple as a successful company? The FTC sued Burnounge into bankruptcy and sends them to jail.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnlounge

4. Or your labeled ’second’ 3. I would love to take a poll and ask every business owner thats spends money with you guys how much they ‘think’ their $200 dollar goes to driving traffic. Not one will tell you that $100 dollars each month goes to the reps. When business owners think their paying for $200 dollars in advertising and in reality only are seeing 50-100, thats a SCAM. PERIOD!

6. Your quote: “I joined LocalAdLink at NO cost as an Account Executive. there is nothing to buy to be in this company. How many traditional MLM’s can say that?” – This is funny too. Thats the basis of iJango..you must have missed the hoopla about that: http://www.clicksniper.com
All of their ‘reps’ claim theirs nothing to buy. Nothing to buy is nothing new. Do some research.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=TOH&q=mlm+%22nothing+to+buy%22&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

1) In response to the post stating that if a major corporation such as Best Buy bounced checks all hell would break loose: LocalAdLink is a START UP company – yes the goal is to be the major provider of cost-effective advertising on the web, but it is still a NEW company. I don’t know the long and detailed history of Best Buy, but I assume that, like most new companies in the beginning stages, it had it’s fair share of kinks. I DO know the history of AOL – and if you look it up, they missed payroll checks and had all sorts of issues in the beginning. The people who stuck through it all and saw the vision became rich off of stock. Companies do NOT just rise from the ground and become “Best Buys” over-night – any true entrepreneur knows this.

2) Bob McNulty has had some amazingly successful business ventures. Just like most people who have made it that big, he also has some major failures. As does Donald Trump, as do many entrepreneurs who take big risks.

3) People keep mentioning the names of people behind LocalAdLink so I think we should also throw out Ron Loveless to be fair. Ron was Sam Walton’s right hand man when Wal Mart was in it’s beginning stages. In 1983, he was named as the first CEO of the new Sam’s Wholesale Club Division and achieved over $1.5 billion in sales with 30 units in just three years of operation. He is now on board with LocalAdLink to help the company become the most affordable advertising solution for small to medium sized businesses.

3) People are quick to point out the Rob DoBoer’s role in Burn Lounge. I, for one, think the idea was brilliant and it is unfortunate that the company did not work. Many big names were behind BurnLounge, including Shaquille O’Neal http://www.studio2112.net/recommend/shaq.htm. Mistakes may have been made, but it is my opinion that the intentions behind BurnLounge were GOOD. There are many complicated factors in this scenario that I will not get into in this post – but that is my belief after lots of research.

4)In response to the above comment that every LocalAdLink rep is made to think they will get rich – that is ridiculous. As with ANY other sales position – be it a real-estate agent, an insurance agent, or an advertising executive – the ones who go out and SELL and WORK HARD are the ones who will make money. How is an opportunity to go out and sell advertising and make 50% commision, 40% residual any more of a scam than selling advertising for a magazine? Are you saying it is a scam because the commision is 50% instead of the industry standard of 35%?? My friends who works for top magazines in ad sales make 35% commision, but their companies also have MUCH higher overheads with large offices, computers, blackberries for all employees, health insurance etc. So please do not use the 50% commision as a reason the company is a scam.

5)I joined LocalAdLink last month so have not had to deal with the bounced checks that occured. My response to this is that 1) yes it was a PR nightmare for the company 2) everyone I have talked to has now been paid 3) LocalAdLink is a start-up company. We all make choices in life – I for one have decided to take a chance and sell advertising with a start-up company and I understand the risks involved with ANY start-up company. Nothing is perfect from the beginning.

6) I joined LocalAdLink at NO cost as an Account Executive. there is nothing to buy to be in this company. How many traditional MLM’s can say that? I have received checks for my 50% commisions in ad sales AND my customers are very happy with their internet presence. Again, I was not with LocalAdLink 3 months ago so I can only speak to what I am seeing from my customers NOW. And yes – we have paid and non-paid strategies of marketing for our customers. Our goal is to eventually make being in our directory, LocalAdLink.com, worth the advertising money alone.

I can only speak for myself. I have had nothing but wonderful experiences since joining LocalAdLink. The compensation plan is straight-forward, no strings attached. It is unfortunate that some people get into a company and when they don’t become rich overnight they start yelling “fraud”. This, as with any job, takes hard work and dedication – but the opportunity is REAL. I am so excited and happy about my experience with this company so far.

Thank you for reading.