tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79469212317540665272024-02-20T02:54:31.500-08:00Creatine Marketing - Story of a Sacramento Serial Scam GroupA blog exploring the secrets behind Creatine Marketing, a Sacramento based social media marketing company, and the unlisted group of scam artists that are behind it.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01817797846241089939noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946921231754066527.post-43062897300140620372013-10-29T01:00:00.000-07:002013-10-29T01:57:13.178-07:00ROADvertise<div class="client">
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ROADvertise is one of Creatine Marketing's longest listed clients. The trouble is, the half done work that actually still exists, is at best another incomplete project from dates before Creatine Marketing actually existed, or at worst, another failed venture of the <a href="http://creatinemarketingshady.blogspot.com/search/label/jeff%20pulvino">Jeff Pulvino</a>/<a href="http://creatinemarketingshady.blogspot.com/search/label/shane%20barker">Shane Barker</a> dynamic duo posing as another <a href='http://creatinemarketingshady.blogspot.com/search/label/fake%20clients'>fake client</a>. From the company’s physical address to their promotional materials, everything points back to <a href="http://creatinemarketingshady.blogspot.com/2013/01/behindthescenes.html">US Loan Auditors</a>, the fraudulent venture which shut down its doors in 2010. Either way, what little work could possibly be claimed is unfinished, making it a poor yet accurate example of Creatine Marketing's work.
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<h4>Creatine Marketing's Service Claims</h4>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Creatine Marketing Client Page Capture 9/10/13</td></tr>
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<blockquote cite="http://creatinemarketing.com/roadvertise/">
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Client Description</h5>
ROADvertise came to us with a concept. They want to buy a mobile marketing truck and start
marketing local business in Sacramento. They didn’t have a name, a logo, business cards or anything.
It was an idea to implementation type project.<br />
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Who is ROADvertise?</h5>
We provide outdoor media advertising services through the use of our billboard trucks. Please provide
your information and we will get in touch with you.
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<a class="graybutton" href="http://www.roadvertise.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>Website</span></a>
<a class="graybutton" href="http://vimeo.com/7463323" rel="nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>Videos</span></a>
<a class="graybutton" href="https://twitter.com/roadvertise" rel="nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>Twitter</span></a>
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Services Provided:</h5>
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<li>Logo Design</li>
<li>Business Card Design</li>
<li>Website Design ROADvertise.com</li>
<li>Video Script Writing</li>
<li>Video Production</li>
<li>SEO (Search Engine Optimization) – When you Google “Roadvertise”, we were able to secure #1,
#2 and #4 spots on the first page</li>
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Shadiness Factors</h4>
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<li>ROADvertise's work is dated early 2010, almost a full year before Creatine Marketing was founded, and while US Loan Auditors was still in business.</li>
<li>ROADvertise's website and listings show a mailing address identical to US Loan Auditors in their Rancho Cordova location. </li>
<li>ROADvertise’s video work on Vimeo exclusively showcases advertising for US Loan Auditors. </li>
<li>ROADvertise’s website is only dummy text, and US Loan Auditors advertisements with no real content. The site was never finished.</li>
<li>Securing top listings for a business name is not successful SEO. Good SEO is about achieving high ranking in commonly searched terms, for people that don't know what they are searching for, not people searching for a specific business by name. </li>
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Poor SEO rankings for simple common search terms</h5>
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<li>Sacramento mobile advertising</li>
<li>Sacramento mobile billboards</li>
<li>Sacramento mobile billboard trucks</li>
<li>Sacramento truck advertising</li>
<li>Mobile truck billboards Sacramento
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Powered by Creatine Marketing</h4>
Website built is actually customizable Wordpress theme called “Road Advertisements” from ViwoThemes.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01817797846241089939noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946921231754066527.post-40070844304894983532013-07-17T02:20:00.002-07:002013-10-22T16:40:30.340-07:00Wrist Charge - A Kickstart Knockoff<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Welcome to Kickstarter, Creatine Marketing. We've followed many a scam brought to you by the likes of <a href="http://creatinemarketingshady.blogspot.com/2013/06/jeff-pulvino.html">Pulvino</a> and friends at <a href="http://www.blogger.com/" target="_blank">Creatine Marketing</a>, but <b>Wrist Charge</b> just might be the first endeavor we've brought you that actually asks you, the consumer, to pay the $50,000 price tag for to get the scam started. Why was I not surprised to find Creatine Marketing was right in the middle of this, running the promotion?
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mohzy Loop</td></tr>
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For this client, I have to admit, I wanted to think it was cool. Really. Wrist Charge, "the band in charge". My first thought jumped to green energy. Could it be? A <a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/voltmaker-the-world-s-first-smart-charger" target="_blank">motion powered charger</a>? No, no mention of cool electromagnets or anything. Too much to hope for, but I'll keep looking. Surely, Wrist CHARGE at is at least bracelet shaped battery that can hold an extra charge for my iPhone on the go right? That's a cool idea (and I later found exists over at <a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/ceca/" target="_blank">ThinkGeek</a>). No, despite the name, Wrist Charge is nothing more than another USB cord.
Ok, I guess an easy to carry Lightning cable isn't a terrible idea, but is this really the kind of idea worthy of the Kickstart community? In fact, didn't I see this done already in the Chinese markets, Amazon? Yep, I sure did, for a mere $15. In fact, <a href="http://deals.woot.com/deals/details/ec08316c-d8b4-4a86-ac36-f39d18af5d15/iphone-4-4s-5-bracelet-charger-cable-choice-of-11-styles" target="_blank">DealsWoot </a>has a special featuring them for $8.99. Well, maybe it's at least better quality? Looks like Mohzy is Apple MFi certified, and Wrist Charge hasn't even been approved for it yet. So why then do we need Wrist Charge?<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLqwpFpoBW1pZLGAo8ZpiplfirIMSUekrk4dca8EcA9Mo_wQB0BjAdP75uMKFpB2H1RPzrRXSGk94WdEcBBSsXaSHNlRwnl93LibEwE-DuhwZC6oSz2tglpz_D9Jey93L-UAhvO_bTUEq8/s1600/ceca_wrist_charger.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="arm with ThinkGeek Wrist Charge Portable Battery" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLqwpFpoBW1pZLGAo8ZpiplfirIMSUekrk4dca8EcA9Mo_wQB0BjAdP75uMKFpB2H1RPzrRXSGk94WdEcBBSsXaSHNlRwnl93LibEwE-DuhwZC6oSz2tglpz_D9Jey93L-UAhvO_bTUEq8/s200/ceca_wrist_charger.jpg" title="ThinkGeek WristCharger" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ThinkGeek Wrist Charger</td></tr>
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Really we don't, it's just another product knockoff marketing itself as innovation. The truth is, I really don't think the Wrist Charge is a bad idea. It's just not a great idea, or even an original idea. For that matter, it's not even an original name. The <a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/ceca/" target="_blank">ThinkGeek Wrist Charger</a>, a much cooler product IMO, shares the name, yet actually provides a charge on your wrist.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdsEwWPz9s9ZpJu4ujfjAWWPMINU_Of4KZwl6G4Q4CeW0QXmIJLApQFGmAFCCJ8ISi975DtasUbqT0wWT9MAmmc_FFqNxSuup4mzz4_b9aetv71rdu6KYY0UVR19dk0s9lRMKinFF6s-Xa/s1600/Wrist_Charge_photo.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Jerry Castro showing his Wrist Charge" border="0" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdsEwWPz9s9ZpJu4ujfjAWWPMINU_Of4KZwl6G4Q4CeW0QXmIJLApQFGmAFCCJ8ISi975DtasUbqT0wWT9MAmmc_FFqNxSuup4mzz4_b9aetv71rdu6KYY0UVR19dk0s9lRMKinFF6s-Xa/s200/Wrist_Charge_photo.png" title="Jerry Castro with Wrist Charge" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jerry Castro demonstrating Wrist Charge</td></tr>
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My view of Kickstarter is a tool to help innovation, not helping fund a businessman copying someone else's product. In fact, if I saw this product in a store, trusted the brand, and didn't know the history its marketing team has with misrepresenting products and services, I might have bought this, but I for one have no desire to give money for a mediocre product that already exists. In fact, according to Kickstarter, creators have <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/help/faq/kickstarter%20basics#faq_41857" target="_blank">no contractual obligation</a> to use backer money for the project, or even complete the project and fulfill rewards. Kickstarter provides <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/help/faq/kickstarter%20basics#faq_41856" target="_blank">no guarantees</a>. but recommends backers to make a judgement call based on creator's relevant experience, and provided details; details that Jerry Castro does not provide. There's no explanation for the high $50,000 Wrist Charge goal more than "Injection Molding (this is the BIG EXPENSE), Design and Production Expenses, Cost of Materials". Like Creatine Marketing staff, Jerry Castro <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/profiles/36471958/bio" target="_blank">claims</a> a plethora of successful products, none of which look very successful or at all innovative either after looking into them, and none of them similar to a product like Wrist Charge. Seems to me, $50,000 is going to be profitable for Jerry Castro's bank account than he stands to make from this knockoff product.<br />
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So what's the tie in with Creatine Marketing that causes my instant skepticism? I'm skeptical of anything Creatine Marketing is involved in, and here are a few of the related reasons why. First off, I noticed this product in the first place seeing tweets form several Creatine Marketing owners Robert Black Jr & Jennifer Mount, and staff blogger Sasha Norikov all started <a href="http://storify.com/creatinemrkt/wrist-charge/" target="_blank">tweeting</a> endorsements. Looking at the Kickstarter page, there were a few <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/36471958/wrist-charge-the-band-in-charge-for-iphone-and-and/comments#comment-3761592" target="_blank">comments</a> from Sasha responding to an unhappy backer as a customer, and not a hired promoter. Finally, looking at the product website, it reeked of Creatine Marketing's badly customized Wordpress theme M.O.. Finally, it was definite after seeing Wrist Charge's Twitter feed is maintained via Creatine Marketing's old favorite and exclusively white-labeled tool, <a href="http://creatinemarketingshady.blogspot.com/2013/01/behindthescenes.html#snapsocial" target="_blank">SnapSocial</a>.<br />
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Now that I knew Creatine Marketing was involved, I started to notice all the trademark tactics: <a href="http://storify.com/creatinemrkt/wrist-charge-spamming" target="_blank">unsolicited spam</a>, false <a href="https://twitter.com/Wrist_Charge/status/356767889652584450" target="_blank">claims of solutions</a>, and treating paid, <a href="https://twitter.com/Wrist_Charge/status/356767889652584450" target="_blank">syndicated press releases</a> as commercial endorsement. Since we already know from the many other examples at creatinemarketingshady.blogspot.com, Creatine Marketing is known for making promises and then taking your money and giving nothing back, there's no way I'll be sending you my money, Jerry Castro. Fool us once... and this time your reputation catches up with you.<br />
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<b>Related Pages</b></h4>
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<li><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/36471958/wrist-charge-the-band-in-charge-for-iphone-and-and" target="_blank">Wrist Charge KickStarter Page</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wristcharge.com/" target="_blank">Wrist Charge Website</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Loop-micro-iPad-iPhone-Mozhy-11213/dp/B0071H8FIO" target="_blank">Mohzy Loop USB</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/ceca/" target="_blank">ThinkGeek Wrist Charger</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/5-ways-were-totally-ruining-kickstarter/" target="_blank">5 Important Things to Remember About Kickstarter</a></li>
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Update (July 26, 2013)</div>
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<i>*from the editor</i></div>
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Since the original publication of this article, we've been contacted by Jerry Castro and been in dialog with him regrading a request for removal, and eventually a threat of <a href="http://www.casp.net/" target="_blank">SLAPP</a> for slander, which I am addressing in a dedicated post.</div>
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<i>*from the author</i></div>
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Given the attention this has received, I thought it to be worthwhile to provide an explanation for the statements I made above.</div>
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Concept and Design</h4>
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<a href="http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0174/0894/t/10/assets/Wallet_ChargeCard.png?5526" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="107" src="http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0174/0894/t/10/assets/Wallet_ChargeCard.png?5526" width="200" /></a>I found no indication that the Wrist Charge is an actual copy of a specific product design, however, there are numerous products with the same functional idea that have been around for years already, as I mentioned above, even some which in my opinion are better designed and more functional, and while the very idea of wearing a charging cable around my wrist doesn't strike me as particularly fashionable, there might be a market with high school girls. For what it's worth, I think male or female would be better served with a product like Charge Card (an already funded Kickstarter), which would serve the same purpose in a more utilitarian and convenient design. From my perspective, there's little to no innovative thinking with Wrist Charge and whether it's diectly knocked off or not, it's not the first of its kind, by any means. </div>
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The Tactics</h4>
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I am calling Wrist Charge out on its marketing tactics. Deceptive marketing really irks me. Paying someone to write and distribute press releases is not the same as getting real industry endorsements. <a href="https://twitter.com/Wrist_Charge/status/358289074429644800" target="_blank">Claiming the Wall Street Journal wrote a story about your product</a> when you paid to have them publish your won writing is outright lying. Same goes for Yahoo Finance, CrownSourcePR, and other that are quoted on the project <b>homepage,</b> all written by Wrist Charge. Using your dormant <a href="http://storify.com/creatinemrkt/wrist-charge#6fac8b47a5e7491284a97014" target="_blank">extra twitter account to tweet endorsements to your product page</a> is just as bad. Building up a following from zero with a <a href="http://junowallet.ning.com/home/wrist-charge-promo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">contest</a> does not qualify as real product engagement. These are all trademarks tactics of a scam artist, and if you choose to employ them, you look like one too. If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and walks like a duck, it's probably a duck.</div>
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The Creator</h4>
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And that brings me to my next point of criticism for Wrist Charge, it's creator, <b>Jerry Castro</b>. Jerry Castro is an inventor. Some inventions are successful, some aren't. In America it's up to the consumer to decide a product's success. In that same way, one's past work says a lot about one's future potential. Jerry Castro in an inventor of the type of things you find in the clearance shelf at Walgreens. His products like <a href="http://makeupframe.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Makeup Frame</a>, and <a href="https://www.zen-ergy.com/onlinestore/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zen-Ergy Balance Bandz</a> aren't exactly the success of the Frisbee, and that's ok, but peddling mediocre ideas doesn't make you a successful innovator. Maybe I'm missing something here, but again it comes back to how important it is to make honest representations.</div>
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The Money</h4>
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My final point is a conclusion I come entirely based on my three points above and my tendency to be cautious of those asking for my hand-earned dollar. There's no saying Jerry won't go forth and bring unto us Wrist Charge bracelets that grant wishes and more. I was making the point that based on the information (or lack thereof) presented in Wrist Charge's project page, coupled with the deception shown in marketing the project, I would think twice about donating money to the project. <a href="http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/5-ways-were-totally-ruining-kickstarter/" target="_blank">Kickstarter is not a store</a>. It's a fundraising site. Once you give the money, it's gone, and you can only hope you choose wisely. Wrist Charge certainly wouldn't be the first Kickstarter project to <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/kickstarter-project-canceled-2013-7" target="_blank">take the money and cancel the project</a>, and it's something that you have to remember, ESPECIALLY if you are not familiar with the Kickstarter community. YOU AREN'T BUYING ANYTHING, and beyond that, you have no say in what happens to your money after you hand it over. So choose wisely. For my dollar, I'd rather give it over to a project creating something that hasn't been done already, and provides a breakdown of what the money is for.</div>
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This certainly has been a big week for the United States LGBT community. I can't begin to count how much productivity I've lost captivated with following the landmark SCOTUS Prop 8 and DOMA rulings. Same-sex marriage is once again legal in California, and Sacramento alone <a href="http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/06/28/sacramento-county-couples-tie-the-knot-after-proposition-8-ruling/" target="_blank">issued</a> 19 same-sex marriage licenses today alone, and even <a href="http://www.kcra.com/Post-DOMA-wedding-bells-on-Modern-Family/-/11798090/20763728/-/7b0x25z/-/index.html" target="_blank">Modern Family</a> is taking a look at getting hitched in the post DOMA cheer. Now there are many better educated discussions on the topic, and I have no intention trying to duplicate that evaluation and commentary, but I do have a point to make, and though it is probably not the more important points of the topic, I think it is interesting nonetheless. What I want to discuss isn't about looking forward at what the future will hold, but looking back at what was done along the way. The question is what does Creatine Marketing have to do with this? The answer is <a href="http://who.godaddy.com/whois.aspx?domain=prop8.org" target="_blank">prop8.org</a>.<br />
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As we all know in 2008, the California public brought proposition 8 to voter ballot, and was likely the most controversial issue on the ballot at the time. As with today, debate raged, and phrases like 'prop 8' were trending, and who came along to take advantage of that? None other than our friends at Creatine Marketing. Back in 2008, <a href="/2013/06/jeff-pulvino.html">Jeff Pulvino</a> and Shane Barker <a href="http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/us-loan-auditors-california-c271713.html?page=10#c609992" target="_blank">were running</a> a US Loan Auditors precursor real estate scam called, <span style="text-align: -webkit-center;">Prop8 Associates, complete with their all too <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080917005259/http://www.prop8.org/affiliate_program.php" target="_blank">familiar affiliate marketing</a> option. </span><br />
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Of course no one believes that this founded-during-California-Prop-8-campaign company just happened to share the same name as one of the most popular search terms of the time. The Pulvino/Barker dynamic duo were trying to cash in on the buzz with misleading marketing tactics. At the same time, I suppose you can't really fault this type of tactic if it worked, but it just seems in poor taste to take advantage of the issue.<br />
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Now we've mentioned before a number of businesses run by the Pulvino/Barker duo, including this blog's namesake, Creatine Marketing, and like most of these businesses, Prop8 Associates LLC is no more. Why then is the domain prop8.org now <a href="http://who.godaddy.com/whois.aspx?domain=prop8.org" target="_blank">registered</a> to Creatine Marketing (aka Next Level Ideas)? <br />
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It would appear that Creatine Marketing is still tying to make a profit on the gay rights debate. For the last several years, this domain has been used as a parking page with an offer to sell to the highest bidder. Using <a href="http://www.godaddy.com/parking/domain-name-parking.aspx" target="_blank">parked domains</a> to make money is nothing new. What I question is why this was kept all this time, and the content currently on the site. <a href="http://prop8.org/">Prop8.org</a> now contains a very basic Wordpress site stating its would be value, a starting bidding price of <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Controversial-Prop8-Same-Sex-Married-Domain-Name-/250685032907?pt=Domain_Names#ht_2056wt_1080" target="_blank">$75,000</a>, many middle of the road blog articles on gay equal rights topics, and a boast of a #3 rank on Google.<br />
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I find this despicable. This is not an abandoned and forgotten domain, it was actively renewed not 3 months ago listing Creatine Marketing's less than one year old address at 3840 Rosin Court according to their <a href="http://who.godaddy.com/whois.aspx?domain=prop8.org" target="_blank">WHOIS registration</a>. This is an intentional attempt to profit on an issue of targeted discrimination against millions of Californians, and just one more example of what these con artists are willing to do to make a few bucks. This is what makes a con artist. No morals, and the active sense and willingness to exploit the trends of the time, whether it be desperate home-owners, the social media marketing craze, or even the pain the LGBT community.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01817797846241089939noreply@blogger.com0Sacramento, CA, USA38.5815719 -121.4943996000000138.1842559 -122.13984660000001 38.978887900000004 -120.8489526tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946921231754066527.post-59904734181225879032013-06-14T15:18:00.001-07:002013-06-20T10:27:15.722-07:00Relaxing Vacation Home<meta id="_aggregateRating5" itemprop="aggregateRating" itemref="_ratingValue6 _ratingCount7" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/AggregateRating">
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RelaxingVacationHome.com is one of Creatine Marketing's more deceitful client listings. There's reason to question whether this company actually exists or was a client. Either way, what little work could possibly be claimed is unfinished, making it a poor yet accurate example of Creatine Marketing's work.
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The owner of this unique property contacted us to marketing his property in the wine country. It was untapped wine country that needed to get some exposure. It is located in the Sierra Nevada hills that have some of the world’s best kept secrets.<br>
<h5>Who is Relaxing Vacation Home?</h5>
If you are looking to get away from the hustle and bustle of the everyday routine, come enjoy the mountains in comfort and style. Whether you want to escape with your honey, explore with your family, or live it up with some friends, the Bear Lodge can provide all you need.</blockquote>
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<li>Relaxing Vacation Home's website is well over two years old, but is filled with dummy text and stockphotos in place of actual content. It's quite obvious that the website has never been finished or used.</li>
<li>Website design is nearly identical to stock template shown below. There's no real content in the site, it's difficult to attribute Creatine Marketing with the design work.</li>
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Website built is actually customizable Wordpress theme named "TheProfessional", available for $39 at <a href="http://www.elegantthemes.com/gallery/theprofessional/" title="TheProfessional Wordpress theme page" target="_blank">Elegant Themes</a>.<br>
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<span itemprop="name">Jeff Pulvino</span> is a self described serial entrepreneur best known for his <a href="/2013/01/behindthescenes.html">involvement</a> in the high profile scandal in which Pulvino's failed company, <strong><a href="http://www.usloanauditors.com/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">US Loan Auditors</a></strong>, and its partner company <strong>My US Legal</strong> declared <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2010/12/08/us-loan-audtors-closes-files-bankruptcy.html?page=all" target="_blank">bankruptcy</a> after a multimillion dollar <a href="http://www.usloanauditsettlement.com/" target="_blank">lawsuit</a> and stealing from thousands of homeowners using <a href="http://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/brown-files-60-million-lawsuit-against-fraudulent-forensic-audit-loan" target="_blank">deceptive marketing tactics</a>.<br>
Though cited as a client, he is, in fact, actually one of the principal owners of Creatine Marketing with both an office on premises, and acting as a sales consultant. While officially un-cited on the staff page, it's not difficult to find his ties to the company. Jeff is also in a long-term relationship with other Creatine Marketing co-owner, Jennifer Carr-Mount.<br>
Any work by Creatine Marketing is actually self investment as Jeff's primary focus is promoting Creatine Marketing.
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Jeff Pulvino came to us looking to expand his brand name, Jeff Pulvino. He was a successful entrepreneur, consultant and marketing expert.<br>
<h5>Who is Jeff Pulvino?</h5>
Jeff Pulvino is a successful serial entrepreneur with the ability to develop visionary ‘next-level’ ideas and deliver them to marketplace while meeting the end-user needs with precision timing. Jeff has a solid background of product development and marketplace knowledge, developed around strategic observations and business intelligence. He is experienced with all aspects of operations specializing in sales, marketing, project management, organizational process development, and infrastructure expansion, all geared towards driving growth and increased revenues for higher profitability.<br>
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<li>Jeff Pulvino is actually an unlisted owner of Creatine Marketing listed as a client for his personal endorsement</li>
<li>Jeff claims he is a successful entrepreneur, but has no successful businesses to his name. The most well known company, <strong>USLA</strong>, is known mostly for its high profile failure</li>
<li>Articles written by Jeff Pulvino are actually copy-written articles by Creatine Marketing staff writers. Jeff has no formal training in marketing, or social media.</li>
<li>Despite the logo design service listed, none of Jeff's online profiles or his personal website show a logo</li>
<li>Jeff Pulvino has a <a href="http://bit.ly/XoQi6S" target="_blank">permanent injunction</a> against him, barring him from business in the real estate industry for deceptive marketing tactics, and owes $15,000 in civil penalties over the next 3 years</li>
<li>Jeff Pulvino is listed as successfully cofounding many businesses when he really moves from scam business to scam business every couple years including:
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<li>currently founding member of Creatine Marketing, unlisted</li>
<li>previously co-founded "property tax reduction" service called <a href='http://creatinemarketingshady.blogspot.com/2013/06/creatine-marketing-cal-prop-8.html'>Prop 8 Associates</a> with Shane Barker</li>
<li>previously cofounded <a href='http://equityflips.com/about_us.php'>equityflips.com</a>, with Shane Barker</li>
<li>previously cofounded <a href='/'>US Loan Auditors</a>, famous for its high profile government shutdown, with Shane Barker</li>
<li>previously founded US Capital Investments, US Loan Auditors parent company</li>
<li>previously founded My US Legal Services, US Loan Auditors Legal division, along with Shane Barker and James Sandison</li>
<li>previously founded Cashout Options, with Shane Barker</li>
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SwigTix is a yet to launch nightlife promotional tool aimed at providing a go between for consumers and their favorite bars & clubs. Despite a claimed 2012 formation, and supposed extensive background in nightlife management, the primary manager/owner for this company is real estate agent named <a href="" ref="http://www.trulia.com/voices/profile/Real_Estate_Pro-Fair_Oaks_CA-1219279/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Narmina Gasanbek</a> and the company is actually <a href="http://companies.findthecompany.com/l/31243232/Swiganomics-Llc-in-Rio-Linda-CA" target="_blank">listed</a> at a private residence in Rio Linda, which is not exactly known for it's nightlife.</div>
SwigTix website has for at least 6 months been a countdown to release, but the release date is always weeks away. There is little or no online presence and most all social media has been silent since mid February. Not a good sign for business less than a year old, and poor evidence of Creatine Marketing's success in "establishing an online presence".
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<blockquote cite="http://creatinemarketing.com/swigtix/">
Wanting help establishing an online presence, Swig Tix hired us to create and manage their social media accounts with the goal of engaging users and building a loyal fan
following. In addition to social media management, Swig Tix also entrusted us in developing their animation videos and Prezi presentations.<br />
Swig Tix was formed on August 2012 by a collaborative group of sophisticated, social life enthusiasts with over twenty years’ experience in nightlife management, entertainment, finance, and entrepreneurship.</blockquote>
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<a class="graybutton" href="https://twitter.com/SwigTix" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span>Twitter</span></a>
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<li>Social Media Management</li>
<li>Social Media Profile Creation</li>
<li>Video Animation</li>
<li>Prezi Development</li>
<li>Business Cards</li>
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<li>Little to no online presence, and mostly not current.</li>
<li>LLC Manager is actually real estate agent offering short sale and loan modification services, hardly the nightlife management expertise claimed</li>
<li>Release date has been pushed back for months</li>
<li>No animation work to be found, despite service listed</li>
<li>Social Media accounts have low follower numbers, and high webspammer percentages (fake or low interaction followers), and virtually no diverse interaction (same few people on any posts)</li>
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Social Media Activity</h4>
All social media profiles have been completely inactive for months</div>
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Powered by Creatine Marketing</h4>
Website built is actually customizable Wordpress theme named Blend, available for $30 at <a href="http://themeforest.net/item/blend-underconstruction-portfolio-micro-website/3109055" target="_blank" title="Wordpress theme page">Themeforest</a>.<br/>
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01817797846241089939noreply@blogger.com0Rio Linda, CA, USA38.691013800000007 -121.448565438.641436300000009 -121.5292464 38.740591300000006 -121.36788440000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946921231754066527.post-15974128023051053932013-06-01T04:48:00.000-07:002013-06-20T10:28:47.665-07:00Keep It Clean America - Sacramento/Roseville<meta id='_aggregateRating5' itemprop='aggregateRating' itemref='_ratingValue6 _ratingCount7' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/AggregateRating'/>
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Keep It Clean America is a Sacramento based cleaning company with an extremely poor online reputation including <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/keep-it-clean-roseville" target="_blank">terrible reviews on Yelp</a> mostly related to customers attempting to schedule schedule appointments repeatedly with them, ending up being no-shows and were unresponsive to calls and e-mails, and unhonored GroupOn purchases.
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<blockquote cite="http://creatinemarketing.com/keep-it-clean/">
With over 10 years of professional cleaning experience, Keep It Clean uses the latest cleaning systems
for a deep clean that no other cleaner can compete with. Voted best in price, service, and professionalism, Keep It Clean has a 100% satisfaction guarantee in their carpet, upholstery, tile and grout, and duct cleaning services.</blockquote>
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<a class="graybutton" href="https://twitter.com/KeepitClean4u" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span>Twitter</span></a>
<a class="graybutton" href="https://www.facebook.com/KICAMERICA?fref=ts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span>Facebook</span></a>
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<li>Social Media Profile Creation</li>
<li>Social Media Integration</li>
<li>SEO (Search Engine Optimization)</li>
<li>Reputation Management</li>
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<li>Jennifer, Robert, Daniel, and Nicolas, all upper-level executives and owners of Creatine Marketing wrote 4 or 5 star reviews on Keep It Clean’s behalf, violating Yelp’s terms of services.</li>
<li>The client page for Keep It Clean was created on December 25, 2012 at the same time that the fake positive reviews by Creatine Marketing’s owners were posted</li>
<li>Google lists Penis Enlargement page on Keep It Clean's website</li>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP02lJkv8BMaiutE8W8seqAJ8o9E3UagZQwdbnXqu3nkKlyaP2pbioqO0gh5gqWjhF_RknOnP1L3QVEBuVRrfF5MBwF8mg9SDXqJl4dAgAKsYF4YSVLMLWmdpvB1R9rWIj75VNpWRl5yT-/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-03-16+at+2.17.41+AM.png" imageanchor="1" rel="prettyPhoto[pp_gal]" title="Jennifer, Robert, and Daniel wrote 4 or 5 star reviews on Keep It Clean’s behalf, violating Yelp’s terms of services"><img alt="Jennifer, Robert, and Daniel wrote 4 or 5 star reviews on Keep It Clean’s behalf, violating Yelp’s terms of services" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP02lJkv8BMaiutE8W8seqAJ8o9E3UagZQwdbnXqu3nkKlyaP2pbioqO0gh5gqWjhF_RknOnP1L3QVEBuVRrfF5MBwF8mg9SDXqJl4dAgAKsYF4YSVLMLWmdpvB1R9rWIj75VNpWRl5yT-/s320/Screen+Shot+2013-03-16+at+2.17.41+AM.png" width="100" /></a>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrgGBhFvpaWQzH1o_Sh9OgIjuZqw4oE109B-TwW1XuPLNWeAZ92aAGVtvCVHmxsPOUbTrG7e-MbHovfEJQtV2wVAw-Q2WBH3Lp0jnxCi-8hQnak2-emZhWQ7RTfYJVLS3Fa_M3wf8w0c-K/s1600/nicolas+review.png" imageanchor="1" title="Nicolas Fordham wrote 5 star review on Keep It Clean’s behalf, violating Yelp’s terms of services"><img alt="Nicolas Fordham wrote 5 star review on Keep It Clean’s behalf, violating Yelp’s terms of services" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrgGBhFvpaWQzH1o_Sh9OgIjuZqw4oE109B-TwW1XuPLNWeAZ92aAGVtvCVHmxsPOUbTrG7e-MbHovfEJQtV2wVAw-Q2WBH3Lp0jnxCi-8hQnak2-emZhWQ7RTfYJVLS3Fa_M3wf8w0c-K/s320/nicolas+review.png" width="100"/></a>
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Poor SEO rankings for simple common search terms</h4>
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<li>Roseville Carpet Cleaning</li>
<li>Sacramento Cleaning Services</li>
<li>Sacramento Cleaning Service</li>
<li>Roseville Stain Removal</li>
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Social Media Activity</h4>
All social media profiles have been inactive for months</div>
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<h4>Powered by Creatine Marketing</h4>
Website built is actually customizable Wordpress theme named Nebraska, available for $45 at <a href="http://themeforest.net/item/nebraska-responsive-multipurpose-theme/3885811" title="Nebraska Wordpress theme page" target="_blank">Themeforest</a>.</br>
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<a href="http://themeforest.unitedthemes.com/?theme=nebraskawp" title="Nebraska Theme Demo Page" imageanchor="1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJpGK76p2-Lfh8ytyJ30RBz1fLuUhPZ8O_FSH8qe0vOcDo2QLZ9JtOf4aDhL3Q8gLzDOFHw5CXl-3A5OCIVCdiEUPiHW4z_InxgXzEASD2vu_a92_1quf0hppqEKmO-nTXdijKVPHyA6La/s320/Nebraska_snapshot.png" alt="Snapshot of Nebraska theme demo page" width="200"/></a>
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01817797846241089939noreply@blogger.com0Roseville, CA, USA38.7521235 -121.2880059000000338.554024000000005 -121.61072940000003 38.950223 -120.96528240000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946921231754066527.post-50525564021535081862013-05-18T18:36:00.000-07:002013-05-20T18:45:43.627-07:00Helpful Tips Before Applying To Any Internship<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg18FK3AQiXFgsEC2-IK0SaUbFCAJ7wDnWuGgpuonW0rhlgnP88m7kSP4QrnALcQ-PpbneRIyxCjL18od_nnzg23RX1NNTouZVPZy0FYMEKKZTNV3LQdMQQi60QNsbRU6ZnGTIxU9HInFHz/s1600/Internship.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="internship wordcloud" border="0" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg18FK3AQiXFgsEC2-IK0SaUbFCAJ7wDnWuGgpuonW0rhlgnP88m7kSP4QrnALcQ-PpbneRIyxCjL18od_nnzg23RX1NNTouZVPZy0FYMEKKZTNV3LQdMQQi60QNsbRU6ZnGTIxU9HInFHz/s1600/Internship.jpg" title="" width="320" /></a>In today’s competitive job market, internships are most certainly a great way to get your foot in the <br />
door, gain applicable work experience, and receive valuable mentorship from established professionals. With summer upcoming, summer internships offer a productive use of a school break. However, it’s important to take extra precautions to avoid falling prey at the hands of dubious companies taking advantage of both unsuspecting students and recent graduates. Read on for a helpful list of tips to follow which will help your internship application process.<br />
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<li>Before you scramble to fill out any application, make sure you <strong>do a comprehensive online search</strong> using “company name here + scam” as a general search inquiry. You will be surprised to see how this search term will narrow down the results for most fraudulent businesses, and show you everything beyond what the company itself actively puts out on the internet.</li>
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<li>If the company is fairly new, do a similar search on the company’s owners to make sure you will be working with qualified and reputable people in the industry.</li>
<li>With the advent of social media, it has now become easier to track down existing employees of companies. Beyond contacting the higher-level executives, be sure to <strong>reach out to other interns and junior-level employees</strong> on Facebook and LinkedIn to get a genuine perspective of the pros and cons of the internship experience.</li>
<li>Glassdoor has become a useful tool to gauge the highs and lows of a company from the insider perspective. Check to see what has been said by existing and former employees and interns so that you can get a feel of how the company treats its workers.</li>
<li>Beyond seeing the employee perspective of a company, <strong>check to see its reputation amongst its consumer base</strong>. Look on Yelp, the Better Business Bureau page, and Ripoff Report to read reviews from former clients to see if the company has established a reputable image while operating in business. Looking into these resources will give you reputation management insight into <strong>how the company handles and responds to negative criticism</strong>.</li>
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After you do all these things and everything seems to check out, here are some things to look out for at the interview:<br />
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<i>* According to regulations in several states, companies are required to display their business licenses where people can see it. Check the laws of your specific state for business compliance regulations.</i>
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<li>Are the required federal and state labor law posters displayed in a visible location in the office; such as the break room, kitchen, or common area?<br />
<i>* According to regulations in several states, companies are required by law to display labor law posters (minimum wage, worker’s compensation, what to do in an emergency etc.) in a noticeable area of the office.</i>
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<li>Ask to clarify what the post-internship advancement opportunities are, if they exist. Post-internship employment is never guaranteed, but employers should always be clear about what the possibilities are. <strong>Steer clear of companies that aren’t upfront or vague about opportunities.</strong></li>
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The owners of Sacramento marketing company - Creatine Marketing made the drastic switch from the real estate sphere to the social media marketing world after facing highly publicized lawsuits from their prior fraudulent engagements and deceptive practices with US Loan Auditors. Unsurprisingly, as a local Sacramento marketing company in the present, Creatine Marketing has a list of dubious clients with similarly shady business practices who consult them for reputation management services to erase their pasts from the internet.</div>
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Dr. Marty DePaoli is the <strike>owner</strike> COO of Axis Energy Partners - a client of Creatine Marketing who benefits from their services. According to Axis Energy Partners' website, Marty DePaoli 'worked in the medical field for 20 years'. Quite the career change right? But wait hang on a minute, it also seems all too familiar given the company owners' trajectory from real estate loan auditing to online marketing within a year. Interestingly enough, Marty DePaoli was arrested along with his partner for insurance fraud that they committed while operating their chiropractic clinic in 2004.</div>
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"Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi said questionable business practices at the chiropractic clinic and at a Las Vegas management company involved alleged illegal kickbacks, overcharges and phony insurance claims." Gilbert Chan from SacBee.com wrote in the Business section. Marty DePaoli along with his partner received misdemeanor charges, and DePaoli faced 90 days of sheriff work and imprisonment.</div>
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Reputation Management to Mask Marty DePaoli's Previous Shady Business Practices</h4>
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3 owners from Creatine Marketing leverage social media to boost Axis Energy Partners' visibility and credibility much like they have learned to harness the potential of social media for their own reputation management. Jeff Pulvino, Daniel Fleetwood, and Robert Black Jr., co-founders of Creatine Marketing help to promote an article written by one of their staff members.</div>
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What exactly does Creatine Marketing mean by 'generating positive reviews to push aside neutral or negative ones'? Despite their claims, the only indication of their reputation management work comes from the owners writing positive comments on behalf of their clients, as well as providing the only interaction with their clients' social media pages. In this specific example, "CM Sacramento" is the only account liking Axis Energy Partners Facebook postings, and in the case of Daniel Fleetwood's public endorsement, the 3 likes come from Marty DePaoli (the owner himself), Axis Energy Partners (the company), and Daniel Fleetwood.</div>
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Axis Energy Partners is only one of several clients to benefit from the dishonest and suspicious business practices of Sacramento marketing company - Creatine Marketing - thus reader beware, while the company claims to be a successful online marketing company, don't let their self-promotion tactics fool you.</div>
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<b>Reference Links for Marty DePaoli's Insurance Fraud</b></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">Three Suspects Arrested for Alleged Auto, Work Comp Insurance Fraud</span><br />
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Scam artists tend to capitalize on emerging trends,
adjusting their strategy according to shifts in consumer activity. Creatine
Marketing claims to be one of the best marketing
firms Sacramento<b> </b>has to offer. On
the surface, they offer web design and
marketing services<b> </b>but internally they are a multilevel marketing scheme driven by their efforts in Visalus,
Organo Gold, X-treme Biz, and Solavei. Flashback to 2010 a well-known and
sizable company by the name of "US Loan Auditors" was brought to
their knees when they were slapped with a $60 million lawsuit by the California
Attorney General Jerry Brown, a class action lawsuit, and a lawsuit from Bank
of America. The key players named in the lawsuit were Jeff Pulvino, Shane
Barker, and James Sandison. Their crime? Falsely claiming they could help
troubled homeowners faced with foreclosure and the housing crisis, by going after
the lending scam artists who
provided them with bad loans. They claimed to be experts on predatory lending<b> </b>and preyed on
desperate homeowners with little to no means of escaping foreclosure. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The outcome? As indicated by the official court documents,
civil lawsuits, nationwide news reports (<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/officials-foreclosure-scam-preys-desperate-homeowners/story?id=12260372" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2010/12/08/call-kurtis-investigates-u-s-loan-auditors-permanently-closed/" target="_blank">here</a>),
testimonials from various victims on <a href="http://www.privatecomplaints.com/item/scam-us-loan-auditors-i313761.html" target="_blank">Privatecomplaints.com</a>, <a href="http://www.ripoffreport.com/loan-modification/us-loan-auditors/us-loan-auditors-shane-barker-ae353.htm" target="_blank">Ripoffreport.com</a>,
and <a href="http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/us-loan-auditors-california-c271713.html?page=34" target="_blank">Complaintsboard.com</a>,
and <a href="http://www.bbb.org/northeast-california/business-reviews/loans/us-loan-auditors-in-sacramento-ca-47016351" target="_blank">complaints filed with the Better Business Bureau</a>, US Loan Auditors would overcharge on
a loan audit report, and tell the desperate homeowners they had a case against
their lending scam artists, keep
charging the victims a monthly rate of $1500. Either it would take them months
to actually submit paperwork to the court, or they simply wouldn't return
voicemails or acknowledge clients' requests to cancel payments.<o:p></o:p><br />
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CBS Local's "Call Kurtis Investigates" did a TV investigation on US Loan Auditors here:</div>
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According to the <a href="http://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/brown-files-60-million-lawsuit-against-fraudulent-forensic-audit-loan" target="_blank">official court document</a>, Jeff Pulvino was not an attorney or an authorized real
estate salesman, thus he wasn't in any legal capacity to be able to offer
professional advice on homeowners' mortgage or loans. Furthermore he was denied
his license by the certification board due to his criminal record including
multiple DUIs, driving on a suspended license, and attempted grand theft. <o:p></o:p></div>
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James was an attorney who had strikes on his record from
previous infringements, and became <a href="http://members.calbar.ca.gov/fal/Member/Detail/148812" target="_blank">officially disbarred</a> in 2011. <o:p></o:p></div>
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"Sandison stipulated to disbarment, admitting he
misappropriated more than $68,000 from Comcast and another $56,388 from a
client, and by allowing a resigned lawyer to use his name and client trust
account while holding himself out as as attorney.<o:p></o:p></div>
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He opened trust and business accounts without his partner’s
knowledge, misused those accounts, and did not maintain a proper balance.
Although he paid out some funds to Comcast, he misappropriated $68,332.07. He
did repay $33,000 of that amount. He also misappropriated $56,388.82 in legal
fees to which his partner was entitled."<o:p></o:p></div>
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Now, this brings us to the present day in 2013<b>.</b> The
same individual gentlemen named in the lawsuit Jeff Pulvino, Shane Barker, and
James Sandison started another social media marketing company named Creatine
Marketing located in 3840 Rosin Ct, Sacramento, CA. Their
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Shane Barker, now a former chief Marketing Officer of
Creatine Marketing now runs his own marketing company, Modera. Jennifer Mount,
former Executive Assistant at US Loan Auditors now works as a co-founder of
Creatine Marketing. Daniel Fleetwood, former Vice President of Sales at US Loan
Auditors, now also operates as a co-founder of Creatine Marketing.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“I was also told by Pulvino that he, Barker,
and Sandison are planning to start several new companies, and that they are planning to hide any association between these
new companies and their individual names because of their "bad
credit history," and especially Sandison's name because
of the bar issues," by which I assume he meant the disciplinary
charges for embezzlement and other misconduct that the State Bar recently
filed against Sandison.<br />
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I was told by Pulvino they would like to form
these new companies quickly and that<br />
they will be Nevada corporations. I was also told that they would prefer to
establish each one as a separate entity because if legal issues arise with
one or more of them, the others could be
kept going. Pulvino told me that they may obtain a separate
office space for each company, preferably different suites in the same
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Sure enough, flash forward to 2013, Jeff Pulvino is a <a href="http://www.manta.com/c/mxfzhx4/creatine-marketing" target="_blank">co-founder of CreatineMarketing</a>, without any public acknowledgment on the website's <a href="http://creatinemarketing.com/about/our-team/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">team page</a>, and Shane
Barker and Jeff Pulvino are publicly listed as reputation management
"clients". The <a href="http://nvsos.gov/sosentitysearch/CorpDetails.aspx?lx8nvq=NgvPgeAoXPaFDxs%252f60wWgQ%253d%253d&nt7=0" target="_blank">company's business license</a> is a Nevada business license under the name of Next
Level Ideas, Inc and listed under Daniel Fleetwood, former Vice President of
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James Sandison, a now disbarred attorney, works in the
"legal department" at Creatine Marketing. His name is also nowhere on
the company's website. The company (as shown in the second video) are preparing
to use two separate office spaces in the same building at 3840 Rosin
Court. The man shown in the video Nicolas Fordham, runs <a href="http://mxsweb.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MXSWeb.com</a> and <a href="http://x-tremebiz.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">X-treme Biz</a>, MXSWeb's
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Creatine Marketing is now housing members of Organo Gold,
Visalus, and X-treme Biz, all affiliate marketing schemes with questionable
business practices. Jeff Pulvino, Daniel Fleetwood, Robert Black, and Patrick
A. Weller all operate parts of Organo Gold whilst working under Creatine
Marketing. Interesting enough, Organo Gold had claims filed against them by the
Federal Trade Commission for its false health claims. <a href="http://www.krgv.com/news/special-investigation-organo-gold-federal-investigations/" target="_blank">http://www.krgv.com/news/special-investigation-organo-gold-federal-investigations/</a> <o:p></o:p></div>
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Creatine Marketing's domain name was set up in October 1st,
2010, around the same time the owners of US Loan Auditors were publicly
handling their lawsuit and subsequent bankruptcy, so as Paula Sontra officially
stated, Jeff Pulvino made the immediate move to establish Creatine Marketing
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"Registered through: GoDaddy.com, LLC (http://www.godaddy.com)<br />
Domain Name: <a href="http://creatinemarketing.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CREATINEMARKETING.COM</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Created on: 01-Oct-10<br />
Expires on: 01-Oct-13<br />
Last Updated on: 15-Jan-13<o:p></o:p></div>
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Registrant:<br />
Next Level Ideas"<o:p></o:p></div>
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They advertise for sales rep positions on Craigslist:<o:p></o:p></div>
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"Creatine Marketing is looking to hire experienced and
aggressive B2B sales representatives IMMEDIATELY! No direct marketing experience
is necessary.<br />
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Real Estate, Loan Officer, Mortgage, Car Sales, Computer Sales, and any
B2B Sales experience is all preferred."<o:p></o:p></div>
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Now given the business owners' history with US Loan Auditors
it seems suspicious that candidates with real estate experience would
be preferred for one of the supposed best social marketing
companies with no real public ties to the real estate industry. What would the
"leading experts in social media marketing" want to do with former
real estate salesmen?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">SNAP Social and X-Treme Biz:
Just Another Multilevel Marketing Scheme<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://snapsocial.co/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SNAP Social</a> is a
social media aggregate platform that Creatine Marketing supposedly developed
with the help of professionals in India, and one that they plan to sell via a multilevel marketing
scheme. The truth? While the owners and sales reps at Creatine
Marketing falsely tell people that they developed their own
"original" platform, the third party tool actually comes as a courtesy
of <a href="http://affiliates.sendible.com/" target="_blank">Sendible</a>. For $99 a month, Sendible
allows businesses to white label the tool and re-brand it for the purpose of
reselling it to clients.<br />
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Other shady business practices Creatine Marketing employs?
Creatine Marketing uses unlicensed Microsoft and Adobe software on their
company computers such as the Windows operating systems and the Adobe Creative
Suite.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Although the industry that these individuals
have shifted to is different, the tricks are the same. Jeff Pulvino,
Daniel Fleetwood, Jennifer Carr Mount, and James Sandison, all former employees
of US Loan Auditors, now work under the same roof again under the guise of
Creatine Marketing. If they manage to fool you with their smoke and
mirrors, then they truly are "experts" at reputation management.<o:p></o:p></div>
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