Jun
30
Posted by Maven
We recently had a conversation with a Maven who had received an invitation to participate in a Telephone Consultation. The invitation included a few questions that the Client had asked in order to help qualify potential participants before scheduling any calls. This is very common and an important capability that most Maven Clients take advantage of.

The Maven who received the invitation wanted our advice on how best

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Jun
24
Posted by Maven

They are all topics that Maven’s Clients have recently asked about. A few weeks ago we gave you some examples of recent Maven Client searches. Continuing with that theme, below are a few more great examples of recent Consultations. As you can see, we get requests that are literally all over the map (and sometimes above it, as in the satellite case…):

  • Video Games- Mavens who are

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Jun
16
Posted by Maven

Yes! In fact, several firms have done so already, and more “Member Firms” are joining all the time. Member Firms have increased visibility in our network and can use Maven as a way of leveraging the expertise of their employees for additional revenue and exposure to new potential Clients. Some of the benefits of becoming a Member Firm include:

  • Extra Income- profit from having your consultants interact over the

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Jun
10
Posted by Maven

Last week we discussed how Maven is the gold standard for privacy in professional networking. As a follow-up, we thought it would be helpful to show you how profiles appear in searches conducted by approved Maven Clients. We’ll use the profile of our Co-Founder and COO, Anthony D’Alessandro, to illustrate. Let’s suppose that Anthony values his privacy and has opted not to display his name in Read on…

Jun
04
Posted by Maven

Amidst all of the recent brouhaha over privacy in the social and professional networking world, many of you have asked Maven about our views on the topic. The good thing about the controversy over Facebook’s Privacy Policy is that it has shone a clear spotlight on something many of us have long suspected- that “Web 2.0″ went a bit too far and that open Read on…