How to Get Picked for Expert Network Projects (and Double Your Win Rate)

How to Get Picked for Expert Network Projects (and Double Your Win Rate) Getting invitations is only half the game. Once an expert network sends you a project, you're competing against other experts the associate also reached out to — and only one or two of you will get the call. Most experts win about one in five projects they respond to, but with a few simple changes you can roughly double that. Here's how to get picked for expert network projects far more often. Who decides which experts get picked for projects When you respond to a project, an associate reviews your screening answers and presents the strongest candidates to the client, who makes the final pick. The associate usually knows little about the subject itself — they're matching your answers against the client's spec. So your job is to make it obvious, in a few seconds of reading, that you match better than anyone else they're considering. Two or three sharp sentences do that; a one-word "yes" does not. Respond fast to expert network projects — speed wins This is the easiest edge available. Associates fire invitations to many experts at once and tend to present whoever responds first and most reliably, because fast r…