Internet Service Offers Expert Financial Advice

Posted by accountingweb on Dec 2 1999 134 printer friendly

Experts knew it would eventually happen, and now the Web is talking the talk and walking the walk as a virtual source for expert advice on various financial matters.

Exp.com is a Web site company that has assembled a network of qualified, degreed experts to provide fee-based consulting services to participants in a totally virtual environment.

Users can either post requests directly on the site, or contact the company and negotiate with an expert directly for his or her services. Since Exp.com, formerly Advoco.com, sent out their initial call for experts, they have received more than 700 applicants.

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