the definitive guide to being a wisewords advisor

THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO BEING A

WisewordsAdvisor

About advisors

What is a Wisewords Advisor?

What does a Wisewords Advisor do?

Before your first call

Anatomy of an Advisor

How to craft a great experience

Setting your rateSetting your rate

Sharing your profile

Calls

Receiving requests and calls

What to say

After the call

Getting paid

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CHAPTER 1

AboutAdvisors

ABOUT ADVISORS

What is a Wisewords Advisor?

A Wisewords Advisor is a professional with at least 5 years of

experience in his or her field. They believe in giving back and

paying it forward. Advisors typically:

Have achieved a great deal of success in their career

Love helping others and giving back

Have a great deal of industry knowledge and insight

Can, and enjoy efficiently sharing that insight with people new to the industry

Are very well spoAre very well spoken and have great communication skills

Are technically savvy

ABOUT ADVISORS

What does an Advisor do?

Wisewords Advisors are a new breed of consultants. They are a

mix between mentors and consultants. They are experts here to

answer questions and give advice over the phone.

Answer career or industry based questions

Share lessons learned and mistakes made

Bounce ideas off of one another

Exchange views with seekers

Provide career-based insights and suggestions

CHAPTER 2

Before yourfirst call

BEFORE YOUR FIRST CALL

Anatomy of an Advisor Profile

PROFILE PHOTO LOCATION NAME SOCIALLINKS

BIO 1 - 5 EXPERIENCES


How to craft a great experience

On Wisewords, seekers (the customer) browse Advisors by their experiences. Therefore, they are a critical part of your

profile. They are the window to your expertise. Each experience you post should be unique and remarkable. Most

Advisors post one or two experiences to begin, but it's common for very experienced Advisors post up to 10 experiences.

Here are some things to think about when writing your experiences:

All experiences need to be prefixed with 'I have' - we automatically include this

Experiences need to be written in past tense - 'I have been hired to do this' vs. 'I have doing this'

Experiences titles should be one or two sentences max

Experience descriptions should be between one to ten sentences.

This is your big conversation starter

Keep it relevant. The description should be an explanation of the title.

What did you learn?

What do you wish you asked before doing this?

What makes my experiences unique?

What about my experience would make someone want to reach out?

What are the key points that's learned? This should act as teasers let seekers know some of the things you'll tell them about.


Example experiences


Setting your rate

We suggest setting your rate low at first, and then increasing it as you get more and more stellar reviews. A

starting call fee of $5 - $20 will make it easier for potential seekers to schedule a call with you when you don’t

have reviews on the site, and will help bolster your profile with reviews.

As you slowly increase your rate over time, you'll find that 'sweet spot' that results in your ideal number of calls.

We use real-life metaphors to give your rate some perspective. These are only for display.



Most of our advisors get 80% or more of their call requests from promoting their

profile outside of Wisewords.

Here are some things you can do to promote your profile:

Tweet your profile

Facebook shareyour profile

Linkedin Shareyour profile

Engage with LinkedIn Groups and add your Wisewords Profile URL at the end of your post

Add ‘Advisor at Wisewords’ to your LinkedIn profile



Email signature

Adding a line to your email signature can bring a lot of

traffic to your Wisewords Profile.

You might think the people you’re emailing can

already get advice from you, but they are often the

ones that will share your profile with their friends.

““Click here to book a call with me on Wisewords”

“I’m an Advisor on Wisewords - click here to

schedule a call”



Guest posts

Guest Post on other people's blogs and at

the end of the post, write something like "If

you'd like to discuss further, call me on

Wisewords" with a link to your Wisewords

profile

Get involved in the discussionGet involved in the discussion

Add your opinion / expertise to the

conversation on news sites, blogs, and Q&A

sites. At the end of your comments, write

something like "If you'd like to discuss

further, call me on Wisewords" with a link to

your Wisewords profile



Get your widget

Customize your Advisor widget and embed it in your website or blog by

adding just one line of code.

1Choose the type of widget

Small card, big card, button...

2Customize the widget

Choose what text to include, whether to include a button, photo, bio...

3Copy and paste one line of code

Copy the code and paste it in your site or blog’s html / widget

area to embed it

CHAPTER 3

Calls

CALLS

Getting requests

Working with your schedule

As a Wisewords advisor, you have great flexibility when it comes to scheduling calls. However, it's also your

responsibility to be responsive when a seeker requests a call. We ask that advisors respond to requests within a few

hours.

Getting requests

YYou'll first get an email from Wisewords when someone schedules a call with you. The email will include three times

the seeker has suggested for the call. If you can do one of those times, just choose it and the call is scheduled.

If you can only do another time, click reschedule and suggest 3 other times that work for you. The seeker will get an

email and they will have the same options as you (to accept one time or suggest 3 others).

If you can't take the call at all, you can decline the request and send a message explaining why if you like.

CALLS

What to say

Wisewords calls are a mix between the seeker asking

questions, and you sharing knowledge that they wouldn't even

know to ask about.

Generally, most of the conversation is sparked by seekers

asking questions, but you should also come prepared with the

things you wish you knew about your experience.

Answer career or industry based questions

Share lessons learned and mistakes made

Bounce ideas off of one another

Exchange views with seekers

Provide career-based insights and suggestions

CHAPTER 4

After the call

CALLS

Getting paid

One you have your first call, we'll immediately contact you to set up your payment. We support multiple payout

methods:

You set your own call fee between $5 - $100 for a 30 minute call. Calls can go over the 30 minute mark (up to an

hour) but the call fee remains the same. Should the call end early, the call fee also remains the same, unless the

call duration is under 3 minutes. If the call is under 3 minutes, we assume it was unsuccessful and no one is

charged or paid, unless both parties agree otherwise.

Disputes

Once the call is donOnce the call is done, the seeker has a 24 hour period to dispute the call. After 24 hours, assuming the seekers

payment went through and they didn't dispute, we'll send you your payment by the method you set up.

We're proud to say that 100% of the calls on Wisewords have been successful and undisputed.

PayPal

Direct Transfer

E-Cheque & Paper Cheques

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