http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnlounge
Someone did their homework!
Kudos to these guys for putting the links together - great effort and excellent work.
http://www.ontopresults.com/2009/05/11/localadlink-exposed/
LocalAdLink Exposed?
I received a tidbit of information today on who’s behind LocaladLink. We all know Bob McNulty’s rise and fall as a business man. But who else is behind LocaladLink?Ever hear of BurnLounge?
Wikipedia – “The company claims that it provides record labels and artists with a fan-driven promotional channel. The advertisement videos on each BurnLounge store, however, promote recruitment rather than music.”
“On June 10, 2007, it was reported that the Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit on June 5, 2007 against specific BurnLounge participants and their involvement with BurnLounge’s alleged pyramid scheme. One person named in the lawsuit is former University of South Carolina football star Rob DeBoer, who says that he recruited about 45 other people to open their own BurnLounge sites. Those recruited would then pay a commission on their sales to DeBoer. DeBoer stated that he made almost US$300,000 from BurnLounge. The lawsuit is the result of a year-long investigation into BurnLounge by the state of South Carolina.[15] Others named in the lawsuit include BurnLounge CEO Alex Arnold, and two Texas men who promoted BurnLounge similarly to DeBoer. The FTC’s claim is that BurnLounge is a pyramid scheme because the company pays more money for recruiting new store owners than for selling music. According to the lawsuit, BurnLounge operators earned bonuses of up to US$50 for recruiting two new members and selling two albums per month, but only pays US$0.50 per album sold.[citation needed]”
In August 2007, Burnlounge laid off the vast majority of its New York employees. As of November 2007, the company is no longer operating pending the FTC litigation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnlounge
Notice the last name – Rob DeBoer?
Guess who is the “National Sales Director” for LocaladLink? – Yup, you guess it. Rob Deboer.
http://www.google.com/search?q=rob+deboer+localadlink&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=lnv&start=0&sa=N
So, Rob made over 300K from pushing Burnlounge and was shut down due to FTC Investigations.
http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2008/07/02/ftc-settles-burnlounge-operator-over-pyramid-scheme
Who else is behind LocaladLink?
Scott Elliot
http://www.google.com/search?q=Scott+Elliott+localadlink&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
Who just happened to be a part of BurnLounge
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/07/elliott.shtm
http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2008/07/02/ftc-settles-burnlounge-operator-over-pyramid-scheme
Are we finished yet? No, not really.
How about Jason Borne’?
a VP Founding Partner it looks like.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=2Ib&q=jason+borne+localadlink&btnG=Search
And where did Jason come from?
http://www.google.com/search?q=jason+borne+burnlounge&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
Yup, you guessed it, BurnLounge.
So it looks like a few ‘higher up’ in the company are/were former MLM scammers. Well, don’t take my word for it, thats what the FTC says anyway…
Any LocalAdLink Reps still out there wanna comment?
Maybe they should rename LocaladLink to “Burn Local Biz Owners” instead.
DEFINITELY THE SAME INFO I've been saying all this time.
Good work guys/gals Double Kudos - and you're linked to me.
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