ConceptShare has launched with enough usable value that will help out a lot of firms, software companies, designers and creative people, theres more to come but it solves a real problem now. Our crazy account creations and early sales figures have shown this but there is something thats brewing in the background.

Now that the platform is there and circulating around and people are seeing how it can help. All the pieces are there for our expert model. What is our expert model? Well..we think there are a lot of talented people out there who have a lot of skills that can contribute to any visual project. We envision a community of these people that would open themselves available to be tapped for what’s inside their heads. You don’t need them to do the work. Just give their experience, feedback and wisdom to your project. For some people they only need 10 minutes in front of a design to say “change that, wrong color, move this down below” etc. etc. ..We believe the expert directory will contain usability people, designers, business people, ad execs…you name it.
How does it work. From a users perspective we will have soon a direct expert registration in which you will not need a ConceptShare account to list yourself. You can upload a bit of your portfolio some information, links etc.. Natural fits are people with experience or education in design, usability and human factors, color, photography, advertising etc. but anyone is useful..Tag yourself with your hobbies..Who knows, PING golf may want to select a bunch of golfers to discuss new ads, or equipment.

The account holder who needs expert help can browse the directory and invite people based on their skills, demographics or reputation. Not everyone has a UI guy on staff, or a logo guy. So why not ask an expert?
Compensation: We are still working all this out..for now its just fun to help others with design and its not a lot of work to give feedback. We figure reputation points and rating is a good way to start. We want people with good reputation and those that create alot of value for others to be compensated in some way. But its not labour work. its mind work so what would people pay for recognized experts. I assume people that have proven themselves invaluable to ConceptShare users would create their own celebrity in our directory and could set their own prices.
Let’s Survey!!

How much would you pay for one feedback session with:

• Jason Fried on your new web app interface
• Seth Goodin on an AD campaign
• Guy Kawasaki on anything
• Tom Kelly (IDEO) on anything
• Tom Peters on anything
• Famous Photographer or Photoshop re-Toucher
• Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots on your football offensive plays that you uploaded field diagrams and have drawn arrows showing movement and routes.

Bernie

*** Update***

We do not actually have these people in our expert directory this is a hypothetical question. Please do not email these people inviting them into your space.

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