Getting Started
InsightGig - An Overview
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hello, and welcome to insightgig! this page will give you a brief overview of the platform we also provide hyperlinks to several other articles, making it easier for you to navigate the site if you are new to insightgig, we recommend reading this article to familiarize yourself with the platform before diving deeper let's start! insightgig aims to simplify how insight professionals get insight to begin with, it provides a platform where professionals seeking insight (clients) can collaborate with those who can provide it (experts or insight partners) we take the route of a 'reverse marketplace' to achieve this what is a reverse marketplace ? in a traditional marketplace, sellers post their product or service and source buyers in a reverse marketplace, as the name suggests, the buyer indicates their requirement of a product or service they wish to buy, and the seller(s) then bid for the requirement as you will see while using the insightgig platform, we offer several other features to make it easy to collaborate on projects and get to insights faster what can you do as a client? as a client, you can do the following on the insightgig platform create an account https //docs insightgig com/gasu creating an account , sign up & update your profile https //docs insightgig com/updating account settings be an individual or create a ' firm ' by forming a group with your office colleagues create https //docs insightgig com/creating a brief & post a brief publicly or privately https //docs insightgig com/public and private briefs review the proposals https //docs insightgig com/reviewing proposals you receive from experts and choose none, one, or more! sign a project specific contract online with the expert(s) working on your project collaborate https //docs insightgig com/v6bt collaborating on projects with experts on the projects you commission invite colleagues https //docs insightgig com/multi user collaboration on projects from your 'firm' to collaborate on projects manage progress on commissioned projects using the milestones https //docs insightgig com/reviewing milestones feature once a project is marked complete https //docs insightgig com/marking projects complete , you can review the expert https //docs insightgig com/reviewing the expert keep updated on what's going on using the email notifications https //docs insightgig com/ fjn system generated emails manage subscription to the insightgig platform and payments to experts (coming soon!) just visit insightgig documentation https //docs insightgig com/ and use the search bar (ctrl+k) to find help on any topic you can also read through the entire documentation for clients by starting on creating a client account https //docs insightgig com/gasu creating an account what can you do as an expert/insight partner? as an expert, you can do the following on the insightgig platform create an account https //docs insightgig com/creating an account , sign up & update your account https //docs insightgig com/updating account information and profile https //docs insightgig com/creatingediting insight partner profile be an individual or create a ' firm ' by forming a group with your office colleagues search for public briefs https //docs insightgig com/searching for briefs or respond/decline directly to private briefs https //docs insightgig com/responding to private briefs create proposals https //docs insightgig com/creating proposals for projects that you are interested in sign a project specific contract online if your client chooses to do so collaborate with clients https //docs insightgig com/collaborating on projects on the projects where you get commissioned invite colleagues https //docs insightgig com/3tce multi user collaboration on projects from your 'firm' or third party experts to collaborate on projects manage progress on commissioned projects using the milestones https //docs insightgig com/setting and updating milestones feature once a project is marked complete, you can review the client https //docs insightgig com/reviewing the client keep updated on what's going on using the email notifications https //docs insightgig com/system generated emails manage payments for projects executed by you (coming soon!) just visit insightgig documentation https //docs insightgig com/ and use the search bar to find help on any topic you can also read through the entire documentation for experts by starting on creating an expert account https //docs insightgig com/creating an account