Comments for I Do Web Marketing http://www.idowebmarketing.com Who Does Web Marketing? I Do Web Marketing! Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:53:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 Comment on Local Ad Link Review: It’s a Scam People! Here’s Why… by Brent Friar http://www.idowebmarketing.com/local-ad-link-review-its-a-scam-people-heres-why/comment-page-1/#comment-507 Brent Friar Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:53:08 +0000 http://www.idowebmarketing.com/?p=321#comment-507 Great post Justin, I have been telling clients the same thing. It's a simple matter of doing the math. Let's assume you can't figure out PPC on your own and have to hire a company to manage the campaign for you. Most PPC companies charge 15-20% management fee, meaning that 80-85% of your ad dollars go toward the ads. Local ad link pays 50% commission to their brand builders, that means that at best, 50% of your dollars go toward the ads. Of course, you also have to take out operating expenses so the actual amount that goes towards your ads is south of 50%. What more is there to discuss at this point? You get a minimum of 30% more ads from a PPC company no matter how you slice it. Let's not even get in to the fact that you can target landing pages, you are not limited to X zip codes, clicks actually go directly to your website, etc etc etc. It sounds like a great deal, until you actually look at the numbers. I challenge any brand builder to put Local Ad Link up against a PPC campaign of the same price. Any takers? .-= Brent Friar´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.bnrbranding.com/component/content/article/36-bnr-branding-solutions-web-development.html" rel="nofollow">BNR Branding Solutions Web Development</a> =-. Great post Justin, I have been telling clients the same thing. It’s a simple matter of doing the math. Let’s assume you can’t figure out PPC on your own and have to hire a company to manage the campaign for you. Most PPC companies charge 15-20% management fee, meaning that 80-85% of your ad dollars go toward the ads. Local ad link pays 50% commission to their brand builders, that means that at best, 50% of your dollars go toward the ads. Of course, you also have to take out operating expenses so the actual amount that goes towards your ads is south of 50%.

What more is there to discuss at this point? You get a minimum of 30% more ads from a PPC company no matter how you slice it. Let’s not even get in to the fact that you can target landing pages, you are not limited to X zip codes, clicks actually go directly to your website, etc etc etc.

It sounds like a great deal, until you actually look at the numbers. I challenge any brand builder to put Local Ad Link up against a PPC campaign of the same price. Any takers?
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]]> Comment on Local Ad Link Review: It’s a Scam People! Here’s Why… by Jacob http://www.idowebmarketing.com/local-ad-link-review-its-a-scam-people-heres-why/comment-page-1/#comment-503 Jacob Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:33:29 +0000 http://www.idowebmarketing.com/?p=321#comment-503 Hey gut, didn't you know my yacht has wifi... Dear God, a website-less restaurant! If they have a restaurant, or any business for that matter with out a website, they better be spending that money on GETTING A WEBSITE. And what the hell is your point again? "If a local handyman who has no web address and pays $150 a month and gets new customers that’s a win win. Unfortunately though from what I am gathering it looks as though LAL in not pushing ads out to ANY third parties so I wouldn’t recommend them..." You totally undercut your own argument. Did I say success with PPC was easy, no, the execution is though. And if you really have spent THOUSANDS of dollars in education on yourself for Google Ad Words and didn't immediately spot the complete scam that LAL was, then I would say that is a lot of money wasted. And really I am dumbstruck, as in struck by the dumb-ness, who the hell are you paying THOUSANDS of dollars to learn Google Ad Words, (since Google gives all that stuff away for free) because I am going to start that class and take money from guts like you. -There is not 'CTRL' button on Jim Kulla's computer. Jim Kulla is always in Control- Hey gut, didn’t you know my yacht has wifi…

Dear God, a website-less restaurant! If they have a restaurant, or any business for that matter with out a website, they better be spending that money on GETTING A WEBSITE.

And what the hell is your point again? “If a local handyman who has no web address and pays $150 a month and gets new customers that’s a win win. Unfortunately though from what I am gathering it looks as though LAL in not pushing ads out to ANY third parties so I wouldn’t recommend them…”
You totally undercut your own argument.

Did I say success with PPC was easy, no, the execution is though. And if you really have spent THOUSANDS of dollars in education on yourself for Google Ad Words and didn’t immediately spot the complete scam that LAL was, then I would say that is a lot of money wasted.

And really I am dumbstruck, as in struck by the dumb-ness, who the hell are you paying THOUSANDS of dollars to learn Google Ad Words, (since Google gives all that stuff away for free) because I am going to start that class and take money from guts like you.

-There is not ‘CTRL’ button on Jim Kulla’s computer. Jim Kulla is always in Control-

]]> Comment on Local Ad Link Review: It’s a Scam People! Here’s Why… by Jerry http://www.idowebmarketing.com/local-ad-link-review-its-a-scam-people-heres-why/comment-page-1/#comment-500 Jerry Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:08:57 +0000 http://www.idowebmarketing.com/?p=321#comment-500 Ok I'm the gut who said these are pizza shops and salon owners and you missed my point. The "hill of beans" what it all adds up to in the end. If a website-less restaurant pays $150 a month and that brings 5 new tables into the establishment 2 of which become regulars that's a win win. If a local handyman who has no web address and pays $150 a month and gets new customers that's a win win. Unfortunately though from what I am gathering it looks as though LAL in not pushing ads out to ANY third parties so I wouldn't recommend them to anyone at this point nor have I ever. Personally I've decided to stay away from LAL and I'm just going to chalk it up as another inexpensive online lesson. Oh BTW I've spent THOUSANDS of dollars educating myself on Google Adwords. If PPC was easy you wouldn't be preaching from a soapbox you would be on your yacht sailing the islands, see you out there ;) Ok I’m the gut who said these are pizza shops and salon owners and you missed my point. The “hill of beans” what it all adds up to in the end. If a website-less restaurant pays $150 a month and that brings 5 new tables into the establishment 2 of which become regulars that’s a win win. If a local handyman who has no web address and pays $150 a month and gets new customers that’s a win win. Unfortunately though from what I am gathering it looks as though LAL in not pushing ads out to ANY third parties so I wouldn’t recommend them to anyone at this point nor have I ever. Personally I’ve decided to stay away from LAL and I’m just going to chalk it up as another inexpensive online lesson. Oh BTW I’ve spent THOUSANDS of dollars educating myself on Google Adwords. If PPC was easy you wouldn’t be preaching from a soapbox you would be on your yacht sailing the islands, see you out there ;)

]]> Comment on Local Ad Link Review: It’s a Scam People! Here’s Why… by Jacob http://www.idowebmarketing.com/local-ad-link-review-its-a-scam-people-heres-why/comment-page-1/#comment-499 Jacob Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:46:59 +0000 http://www.idowebmarketing.com/?p=321#comment-499 First to comment! First to comment! Ok now that I have gotten that silliness out of the way, as you can see I was the first to comment back in April and have been attentively following all of these comments posted. I've made some great connections too (Justin, you're the man!) But I wanted to point out a couple things that have been stuck in my craw... 1. Best Buy sucks B. These local ad link fanatics are hilarious and have not show one piece of concrete evidence and 3. Google Ad Word is ridiculous simple! To counter the point made by one of the commenters that these people are salon owners and the like and they need a service like LAL to help them with pay per click is a complete crock. If business owners cannot follow Google's step by step instructions on how to run a pay per click campaign, I question how they even got into business in the first place! Obviously business owners have much more to do than running an Ad Words campaign and I would recommend outsourcing it (through me) but it still is important they understand the basic aspects of it, and not rely on some fly by night shuckster who just got laid off of his last job as a plumber and got started in the "Internet Marketing" game because LAL sounds like a great opportunity for quick residual income. ok off my soap box and back to work Jim Kulla RULES! First to comment! First to comment!

Ok now that I have gotten that silliness out of the way, as you can see I was the first to comment back in April and have been attentively following all of these comments posted. I’ve made some great connections too (Justin, you’re the man!)

But I wanted to point out a couple things that have been stuck in my craw…

1. Best Buy sucks

B. These local ad link fanatics are hilarious and have not show one piece of concrete evidence

and

3. Google Ad Word is ridiculous simple! To counter the point made by one of the commenters that these people are salon owners and the like and they need a service like LAL to help them with pay per click is a complete crock. If business owners cannot follow Google’s step by step instructions on how to run a pay per click campaign, I question how they even got into business in the first place!

Obviously business owners have much more to do than running an Ad Words campaign and I would recommend outsourcing it (through me) but it still is important they understand the basic aspects of it, and not rely on some fly by night shuckster who just got laid off of his last job as a plumber and got started in the “Internet Marketing” game because LAL sounds like a great opportunity for quick residual income.

ok off my soap box and back to work

Jim Kulla RULES!

]]> Comment on Local Ad Link Review: It’s a Scam People! Here’s Why… by Martin http://www.idowebmarketing.com/local-ad-link-review-its-a-scam-people-heres-why/comment-page-1/#comment-498 Martin Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:23:13 +0000 http://www.idowebmarketing.com/?p=321#comment-498 Is LocalAdLink a scam? Definitely! They should call it LocalScamLink. I signed up as a Brand Builder in April. Promptly signed up some close friends who were in need of income. Also sold some ads to some close friends in business. The problem is, the hype is so strong that you throw reason out the window and sign up. Remember, "If it sounds too good to be true..." Anyway, here is the snapshot of what I've been through 3 months later: When I signed up the BB cost was $348. Better hurry, offer ends April 26th. LIE! Not only did the price not go up on April 26th, it went down to $99.95. What a slap in the face to me and all those who rushed to signed up at $348. What is LocalAdLink thinking? Need to coerce a few more people, who cares about existing BB's we have their money, that's what. Signed up for an I-supply store for $299. "Better hurry offer ends this Saturday" going to cost you $495 later on. LIE! The I-Store was still available in the back office for $299 at least a week later. I was mistakenly charged for my own ads that I used BB credits for. Cost: $199.95+$99.95 = $298. Tried to work it out via the trouble ticket email system. Only received a bunch of crap back which had nothing to do with the problem. No phone number for customers or BB's? What kind of company is this? Also over a dozen emails to support for non-working website issues including but not limited to: Paid Ads never appearing anywhere Red taglines missing or none at all Statistics for ad impressions not working Paycheck not comming on time (took 6 weeks not 2) All these support issues were side stepped by canned responses stating that they were "working on it, thanks for your patience". Try telling that to a paying customer whose ad they just paid $199.00 for. I mean the ad never showed up! I could go on and on. The embarrassment that I suffered in front of friends & business owners due to this SCAM really upsets me. INTEGRITY MATTERS! It's all we have. I finally had to cancel my credit card and ask business owners who I signed up to do the same. Why? Because there is no way to cancel ads. Believe me, I tried everything. Now I am in the time consuming abyss of having to prove to my credit card company that I never received what I signed up for. To get my money back. Here's the latest score: LocalScamLink: plus $978 Me: minus $978 Business Owners: Thousands in wasted dollars! Thinking of trying LocalScamLink? My suggestion is turn and run very fast and thank God you stumbled on this website! Is LocalAdLink a scam? Definitely! They should call it LocalScamLink.

I signed up as a Brand Builder in April. Promptly signed up some close friends who were in need of income. Also sold some ads to some close friends in business.

The problem is, the hype is so strong that you throw reason out the window and sign up. Remember, “If it sounds too good to be true…”

Anyway, here is the snapshot of what I’ve been through 3 months later:

When I signed up the BB cost was $348. Better hurry, offer ends April 26th. LIE! Not only did the price not go up on April 26th, it went down to $99.95. What a slap in the face to me and all those who rushed to signed up at $348. What is LocalAdLink thinking? Need to coerce a few more people, who cares about existing BB’s we have their money, that’s what.

Signed up for an I-supply store for $299. “Better hurry offer ends this Saturday” going to cost you $495 later on. LIE! The I-Store was still available in the back office for $299 at least a week later.

I was mistakenly charged for my own ads that I used BB credits for. Cost: $199.95+$99.95 = $298. Tried to work it out via the trouble ticket email system. Only received a bunch of crap back which had nothing to do with the problem. No phone number for customers or BB’s? What kind of company is this?

Also over a dozen emails to support for non-working website issues including but not limited to:

Paid Ads never appearing anywhere
Red taglines missing or none at all
Statistics for ad impressions not working
Paycheck not comming on time (took 6 weeks not 2)

All these support issues were side stepped by canned responses stating that they were “working on it, thanks for your patience”. Try telling that to a paying customer whose ad they just paid $199.00 for. I mean the ad never showed up!

I could go on and on. The embarrassment that I suffered in front of friends & business owners due to this SCAM really upsets me. INTEGRITY MATTERS! It’s all we have.

I finally had to cancel my credit card and ask business owners who I signed up to do the same. Why? Because there is no way to cancel ads. Believe me, I tried everything.

Now I am in the time consuming abyss of having to prove to my credit card company that I never received what I signed up for. To get my money back.

Here’s the latest score:
LocalScamLink: plus $978
Me: minus $978
Business Owners: Thousands in wasted dollars!

Thinking of trying LocalScamLink? My suggestion is turn and run very fast and thank God you stumbled on this website!

]]> Comment on My Weekly Twitter Updates for 2009-06-28 by gadgets http://www.idowebmarketing.com/my-weekly-twitter-updates-for-2009-06-28/comment-page-1/#comment-497 gadgets Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:16:51 +0000 http://www.idowebmarketing.com/my-weekly-twitter-updates-for-2009-06-28/#comment-497 To do twitter is very beneficial and very useful, by doing twitter regularly it is useful for increasing traffic. To do twitter is very beneficial and very useful, by doing twitter regularly it is useful for increasing traffic.

]]> Comment on Local Ad Link Review: It’s a Scam People! Here’s Why… by Tom http://www.idowebmarketing.com/local-ad-link-review-its-a-scam-people-heres-why/comment-page-1/#comment-493 Tom Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:19:52 +0000 http://www.idowebmarketing.com/?p=321#comment-493 Thanks so much for this post!!!!!! I have a local internet marketing company and I promote my own local traffic to the local businesses through a couple of white hat methods. And these people came along - and you hit it right on the head - "scam" - but this post gives me a GREAT 3rd party source to debunk these cheesy guys. Thanks Again Thanks so much for this post!!!!!! I have a local internet marketing company and I promote my own local traffic to the local businesses through a couple of white hat methods. And these people came along – and you hit it right on the head – “scam” – but this post gives me a GREAT 3rd party source to debunk these cheesy guys.

Thanks Again

]]> Comment on Local Ad Link Review: It’s a Scam People! Here’s Why… by Christie http://www.idowebmarketing.com/local-ad-link-review-its-a-scam-people-heres-why/comment-page-1/#comment-492 Christie Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:23:33 +0000 http://www.idowebmarketing.com/?p=321#comment-492 Great posts everyone. Justin, I was recently approached by a friend about a new business opportunity that sounds a lot like this LAL you are all talking about - Adzzoo. If you go to the corporate site at adzzoo.com it has no substance to explain anything. You have to go to the adzzoosupport site and click on a few links to get to a business overview presentation here: http://adzzoosupport.com/movie/player.html. What it looks like to me is that this is going to be only a customer landing page under the adzzoo.com website - not an individual business owners website and their own domain name. People will have to click 2 or 3 times to get to those sites and this sounds like the local ad link business that you guys are talking about. I think my friend said this company is by the same people who started A.L. Williams insurance co. This is supposed to launch in July. Can you please look this over when you get a chance? I too have been out of work since March and really need some income. I guess this would be okay if the business owners really understood what they were paying for - especially if they don't even have any type of site at all. I have learned affiliate marketing and have a few wordpress blogs, but I've not made any money yet. thanks, Christie Great posts everyone. Justin, I was recently approached by a friend about a new business opportunity that sounds a lot like this LAL you are all talking about – Adzzoo. If you go to the corporate site at adzzoo.com it has no substance to explain anything. You have to go to the adzzoosupport site and click on a few links to get to a business overview presentation here: http://adzzoosupport.com/movie/player.html.

What it looks like to me is that this is going to be only a customer landing page under the adzzoo.com website – not an individual business owners website and their own domain name. People will have to click 2 or 3 times to get to those sites and this sounds like the local ad link business that you guys are talking about. I think my friend said this company is by the same people who started A.L. Williams insurance co.

This is supposed to launch in July. Can you please look this over when you get a chance? I too have been out of work since March and really need some income. I guess this would be okay if the business owners really understood what they were paying for – especially if they don’t even have any type of site at all. I have learned affiliate marketing and have a few wordpress blogs, but I’ve not made any money yet.

thanks, Christie

]]> Comment on My Weekly Twitter Updates for 2009-06-14 by Justin McGill http://www.idowebmarketing.com/my-weekly-twitter-updates-for-2009-06-14/comment-page-1/#comment-491 Justin McGill Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:56:40 +0000 http://www.idowebmarketing.com/my-weekly-twitter-updates-for-2009-06-14/#comment-491 I know - Been crazy the last couple of months. I do need to get more active on Twitter though. I know – Been crazy the last couple of months. I do need to get more active on Twitter though.

]]> Comment on Local Ad Link Review: It’s a Scam People! Here’s Why… by Peter http://www.idowebmarketing.com/local-ad-link-review-its-a-scam-people-heres-why/comment-page-1/#comment-490 Peter Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:20:25 +0000 http://www.idowebmarketing.com/?p=321#comment-490 I agree with Jim, i signed up for LAL on superbowl sunday. After some initial problems getting my correct ad running, the ad appeared on Google (also AOL & some other smaller sites) for several keywords. After exactly 1 month, the ad stopped running altogether. After several phone calls and emails, my ad appeared again running every Tues & Thur on Google after March 17th. This lasted about 3 weeks, then no more ad. I have not seen the ad (on Google or anywhere else) since first week in April. For all you 'lovers' of LAL when was the last time your ads ran on Google??? This would be an easy product to sell if it worked, who doesn't want to on the 1st page of Google??? Fact of the matter is, your ad will run for about a month then you are relegated to the BOOMJ network of sites.. Good luck with that. I agree with Jim, i signed up for LAL on superbowl sunday. After some initial problems getting my correct ad running, the ad appeared on Google (also AOL & some other smaller sites) for several keywords. After exactly 1 month, the ad stopped running altogether. After several phone calls and emails, my ad appeared again running every Tues & Thur on Google after March 17th. This lasted about 3 weeks, then no more ad. I have not seen the ad (on Google or anywhere else) since first week in April. For all you ‘lovers’ of LAL when was the last time your ads ran on Google??? This would be an easy product to sell if it worked, who doesn’t want to on the 1st page of Google??? Fact of the matter is, your ad will run for about a month then you are relegated to the BOOMJ network of sites.. Good luck with that.

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