Comments on: The state of expert networks and the rising role of LinkedIn https://rossdawson.com/the-state-of-expert-networks-and-the-rising-role-of-linkedin/ Keynote speaker | Futurist | Strategy advisor Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Guest https://rossdawson.com/the-state-of-expert-networks-and-the-rising-role-of-linkedin/#comment-3044 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:41:00 +0000 https://rossdawson.com/?p=3628#comment-3044 In reply to M. Oais Ahsan.

Do your experts do any litigation expert witness work? If so, $150/hr is ridiculously low.

]]> By: M. Oais Ahsan https://rossdawson.com/the-state-of-expert-networks-and-the-rising-role-of-linkedin/#comment-3043 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:27:00 +0000 https://rossdawson.com/?p=3628#comment-3043 In reply to Anonymous Coward.

I did some digging. 
Your analysis is also quite poor as forget the 35%… The cost of an expert typically is about $800 an hour using an account manager. With Askvisory, it’s like $100 as there is no “middle-man”..  That’s why we use them to be blunt.  

Plus, the credit goes to the expert on his/her profile vs. the Expert Network.. I think that’s disruptive. 

]]> By: Anonymous Coward https://rossdawson.com/the-state-of-expert-networks-and-the-rising-role-of-linkedin/#comment-3042 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:58:00 +0000 https://rossdawson.com/?p=3628#comment-3042 In reply to Askvisory.com.

How exactly is Askvisory not a middleman? It’s just a web-based middleman that requires the client to do the search on their own rather than the expert network service doing the search for the client. Marking up an expert’s rate at 15-35% is, I think, about the markup that transactional expert networks use. 

While there is potential to disrupt expert networks, I don’t see how building another service that mirrors what expert networks already do is disruptive. What would be disruptive is if companies/funds/firms found their own experts using freely (or nearly freely) available tools like search engines, LinkedIn, etc. Then that extra bit on the expert’s rate can be cut away. 

]]> By: Askvisory.com https://rossdawson.com/the-state-of-expert-networks-and-the-rising-role-of-linkedin/#comment-3041 Sat, 13 Aug 2011 22:29:00 +0000 https://rossdawson.com/?p=3628#comment-3041 It’s like you have a crystal ball here… Askvisory has worked with Linkedin and their API’s. This has created a new Expert Network model, which removes the middle-men (i.e. Account managers).  The model also works in that the recognition for the advice goes to the Expert and not the research firm… Similar to to endorsements in Linkedin.

]]> By: Askvisory.com https://rossdawson.com/the-state-of-expert-networks-and-the-rising-role-of-linkedin/#comment-3040 Sat, 13 Aug 2011 22:27:00 +0000 https://rossdawson.com/?p=3628#comment-3040 Expert Networks need to be disrupted.  Services like Askvisory.com make the process fully transparent, whilst giving direct access to the Experts who are paid for their time.  

This solves the issue of questionable account managers pushing even more questionable Experts  to clients.

Would appreciate your thoughts on Askvisory.com.

]]> By: Still Titled https://rossdawson.com/the-state-of-expert-networks-and-the-rising-role-of-linkedin/#comment-3039 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:57:00 +0000 https://rossdawson.com/?p=3628#comment-3039 The evolution of expert networks is just beginning.
Ross is right to expect changes, but he’s missing some of the detail
that will illuminate where the model is actually headed.

https://stilltitled.com/2011/07/14/linkedin-does-not-an-expert-network-make/

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