I was a former client of Jim Lisi and the S.E.O company Increase Visibilty and wish to report how he lied and ripped me off nearly $3,000.00 saying he would help me optimize my website, only to find out the only thing he optimized was his wallet. Increase Visibility never optimized my website. I want to want everone here seeking search engine optimization to please stay away from Jim Lisi and his S.E.O scam Increase Visibilty www.Increase Visibilty.com- I also want to report that Mr Jim Lisi of Increase Visibilty intimidated me with thug like tactics. I tried to complain to him only for him to say he would Sue me to the ground if i compalined to any blog or BBB, I was scared and did not have a lot of money and refrained until I learned about the wonderful website of Ripoff Report and how they protect the complaintant. Once again Please stay away from Increase Visibility and the Search Engine Optimization scams of Jim Lisi,
Justice from the Past Chicago, Illinois
U.S.A.
ex employee
new york,#2UPDATE EX-employee responds
Mon, September 06, 2010
I just read about this today. I read about what Jim Lisi did to his clients, specially the " intimidated me with thug like tactics." That is him alright. I worked for him once as freelancer/employe. The website sounded good, and he offered flexible work (WORK FROM HOME). Which i will tell you people. Every single person that works for this "fake company." do not work from a real office. Jim Lisi works from his home bedroom (im not kidding), and he has structured his virtual network of thugs very well. He has the following:
1. One lawyer
2. about 4 sales guys who he
pays purely under commission 35%
3. SEOS from India (bad ones) who he pays
nothing
4. one SEO from USA, which he constantly
has new ones--most of the SEO freelancers from USA dump him in less than a
month or two.
5. An online phone system that allows him
to create extensions to freelancers, giving
the apparency that he is a well-established business.
6. He has a well-designed website
with mentions and logos that dont link to nothing, but gives the impression
that he is well-connected.
At first i though he was very pro-active
in using remote people to do the job, but little i know that he will asked me
to cheat.
While i worked for him, i learned about
some of his trick. For starters, he has set up a contract that is designed to
trap customers into staying with him for a least a year, not matter
what happens. If the client breaches the contract--say they are piss they
are getting nothing but only been rip off--clients can't get out. He asks for
credit card, so he takes money from their credit cards the moment he
senses the client threatens to cancel the service. I'm
not kidding you, I sow him literately doing this to couple of
clients--taking $2000, $3000 out of their credit cards on one day-- the
very moment he start having problems with them.
He does threatens people, and
also threatens people who works for him. He is a real
nasty dirty person. When I used to talk to him over the phone, he
only talks with bad words and nasty remarks about his clients (bit$%^, and you
get the picture). He is a total low class person--but pretends with clients he
is a pro, only later they can hear his month and true colors.
He ask SEOs to lie,
cheat and do bad work for clients. Technically all he cares is that
SEOs generates some Bullshit reports to the clients,
and answer email, and phone calls-- to give the client the impression
that they are working and doing a good job. He uses the
typical theory that SEO takes at least 6 months to see results.
It is after the 3rd month when clients start sensing that somethings is wrong
and start demanding results.
The sales people leave him, SEOs leave
him. Lawyer stays with him because he is the only one he pays him
good money.
He wont pay his sales people, he wont pay the SEOs. A month can go by and SEOs
keep asking to be pay. When they insist he gets real nasty with them.
Jim keeps 50% for him, just to be the link
bet his sales guys and the SEOs. Of course after a while, you figure this is
crazy and realized you are a total dumb for working for him. He does nothing!!!
All the work is done from the sales guys who finds the clients, and the dumb
SEO who work for nothing.
I can go on and on, but
I assure you that im not a disgruntled freelancer. I dumped
him because I didnt want to go to jail. He puts all
the responsibility on the SEO and sales guys. If things get real
nasty, he simply changes (rotates them) SEOs, so the client can see that the problem was on
the bad SEO or sales guy, not the company--and this tactic buy him at least
another 3 more months--to milk it more.
He really brainwash
clients with all the first impressions and big promises. At one point, i told
one of his client that he was getting rip-off (because i felt bad), to my
surprised Jim turned it around and won the client back by taking me off that
account... He told me that Bi@#ch just kept exaggerating and complaining none sense--he gave me another account. He talks a good game, it is hard for clients to noticed the
lies and rip-off for months.--especially when he prays on clients that
dont understand much of how internet marketing really works, who cant read analytics
or even know site analytics exist.. A little bit of research from clients, will
show he is a fake. But he gains his trust at first, just to go for the kill
later.
I'll stop here. I just
though adding more facts to this complain in rip-off. Most sales or seos go on
without reporting him to the BBB. Someone has to stop him. I
cant belove he still in business.
Harrassed by Increase Visibility &
United States of America#3Consumer Comment
Mon, June 28, 2010
Hello -- The complaints here are absolutely accurate. A few months ago I contacted these people to inquire about their services after I saw them on TopSEOS. I was subsequently harrassed by Jim Lisi and his team of thugs who thought they could batter me into submission. The services they offer are sub par to say the least, especially considering their prices.
Additionally, they are completely unprofessional!!! And won't leave you alone even after you have clearly said "leave me alone!" And, I see he has cited TopSEOS.com as a reference. That is a JOKE my friends. I learned the hard way, that TOPSEOS is not INDEPENDENT! You PAY to PLAY.....So when you see increase visibility listed as number one on their site or on any list produced by them, be assured, they paid to get that ranking. Increase Visibility (incresevisibility.com) and it's credentials are a joke. Stay away and go with a reputable company and don't rely on TOPSEOS to get the company either....they too are a SCAM!
beejeeman35
United States of America#4Consumer Comment
Sat, January 16, 2010
Hi,
Jim Lisi
Laguna Niguel,#5REBUTTAL Owner of company
Thu, May 07, 2009
As a business owner, it is very frustrating when anonymous people report complaints like this one. The reality is that anyone can post whatever they want here, without any proof, whether that is an angry ex-employee, competitor, or whatever. My company, Increase Visibility, has been providing high-level, quality search engine optimization services for many years. We have over 250 very satisfied, long term clients. As a company, making sure that our clients get great results is VERY important to us, and is reflected in the fact that we have one of the highest client retention rates in the business. But please, don't take our word for it, visit TopSEO's (www.topseos.com) an independent rating site for SEO companies. And for the party who left this complaint, I would certainly like to speak to you to determine if you are, indeed, a past client. If so, and if you are truly and fairly unhappy with services that have been provided to you, I would gladly make it right. However, as the President of this company, I have never to my knowledge had a client report feeling "ripped off", let alone threatened a client with legal action if they expressed that. This allegation is patently false. It is very difficult to describe specifics about our side of a dispute when the author of this post has chosen to remain anonymous...and also strange that the poster appears to have used search engine optimized content within it...leading us to believe that this is actually a competitor posting it. I truly would welcome you getting in contact with me so that we can ensure that this is worked out in a mutually beneficial manner. For anyone else reading this that would like references about either myself or my company, feel free to email me at [email protected]. Sincerely, James A. Lisi President Increase Visibility