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I busted a ring of fake experts
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I busted a ring of fake experts

You know all the annoying screeners you get?

They're because a small set of fraudsters try to game the expert network industry.
The fraudsters create a "lemon problem" - when ENs can't see upfront who is legit, they treat all experts with some suspicion.

Here's a hilarious story - I stumbled on a ring of fraudsters, and busted them. Spent far too much time on this, but I hope you'll enjoy the read!

https://inex.one/blog/expert-network-fraudsters-revealed

As an expert, the best way to show you're legit is to get your LinkedIn profile verified, including with your workplace - as that's difficult to fake.

(disclosure, I'm Max, the founder of Inex One. Not promoting my business here, because experts aren't my customers; just creating awareness around a problem in our industry).

u/maxfriberg — 8 days ago
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What is the largest number of expert calls you've run on a project?

Curious to hear from the community, because I'm a nerd on these things.

From my experience:

  • The largest CDD I was part of ran 60 expert calls (we also ran a survey and had a couple students cold call ~300 retailers).
  • The largest call-campaign I've seen others do in my current role is 127 expert calls (to be fair, many of them were 30-min).

What's the largest call campaign you've been part of?

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u/maxfriberg — 4 months ago