A New Collaborative Media Project
OPINIONATED
EXPERT
One question.
The people who know it best.
We're assembling 15–20 respected survival and preparedness experts for a new collaborative project. Every expert receives the same scenario:
The grid goes down tomorrow. What do you do during the first 30 days to keep your family alive?
Book • Audiobook • Premium Video Training • Collaborative Launch
ONE SCENARIO.15–20 EXPERTS.
15–20 DIFFERENT PLANS.
The First Project
The grid goes down.
What would you actually do?
The first Opinionated Expert project is centered around survival and preparedness. We are assembling approximately 15–20 respected survival, bushcraft, preparedness, off-grid, homesteading, emergency preparedness, wilderness, and self-reliance experts.
Every expert will independently answer the same scenario:
Imagine the power grid goes down nationwide. Electricity is gone. Cell service and internet may be unavailable. Electronic payments may stop working. Fuel and normal supply chains begin breaking down. Grocery stores cannot operate normally. No one knows exactly how long the disruption will last.
You are with your family and have access to the preparations and supplies you would realistically recommend someone have beforehand. What do you do? Walk us through the first 30 days.
The differences are a feature, not a problem.
Each contributor explains what he or she would actually do from Day 1 through Day 30. Readers will be able to compare completely different approaches from respected experts. Some may stay home. Some may leave. Some may prioritize community. Others may prioritize isolation. Some may focus immediately on water, security, communication, food, medical needs, sanitation, energy, or mobility.
Why Participate
A successful launch can create value for a contributor long after the initial commission has been paid.
Revenue
Contributors can earn compensation on sales attributable to their promotion. Contributor compensation is structured around participation and promotional involvement, with terms agreed upon before the project begins.
Audience Growth
Instead of twenty creators independently marketing twenty different products, everyone helps launch one collaborative product. Each contributor is introduced to the audiences of the other experts involved.
Lead Generation
Each contributor can receive a co-branded opt-in experience connected to their campaign. People who explicitly choose to hear from you are delivered to you or integrated into your existing system. We can provide the infrastructure if needed.
Consent and trust matter. This is not personal information being secretly distributed to every contributor. People explicitly choose who they want to hear more from. That trust is what makes the leads valuable.
Why the Model Is Powerful
The network effect.
If 15–20 respected creators participate, each contributor is no longer launching to only their own audience. The collaboration can be introduced across the combined distribution of everyone involved.
We don't promise millions of sales or guaranteed exposure. This creates an opportunity none of the individual contributors could easily recreate alone.
The finished product
The finished premium product is expected to include:
- A professionally produced physical book
- A digital edition
- An audiobook
- A premium video training library
- Downloadable preparedness resources & checklists
There will be no complicated physical product fulfillment beyond the book. Each expert becomes one featured contributor / chapter in the book.
One training video per expert
In addition, each expert provides one useful training video centered around a practical skill or area of expertise. We coordinate topics so the video library complements itself instead of having everyone teach the same thing.
Project Philosophy
“This is not about finding one person who supposedly has every answer. It is about putting experienced people in the same hypothetical situation and seeing how their decisions differ. You may completely disagree with another contributor. Good. That is exactly what makes the project interesting.”
We don't give you the answer. We give you the experts.
What We Need From You
Your expertise.
We handle the rest.
Each selected contributor generally provides four things. Keep it simple — this is designed to require relatively little work on your part.
Your detailed answer to the 30-day scenario
This can be written OR recorded as a detailed interview, video, or audio response. Opinionated Expert can professionally edit and convert your response into your finished written chapter. You do not need to be a professional writer.
One practical instructional video
Create one focused training session in an area you know extremely well. We coordinate topics so the library complements itself.
Your contributor profile
Basic biography, photos, links, and professional information for your featured chapter profile.
Participation in the coordinated launch
This may include agreed-upon email, social, video, podcast, SMS, or community promotion depending on you and your audience.
What Opinionated Expert Handles
We build the machine around you.
You provide your expertise and participate in promotion. We handle the heavy lifting across the entire production and launch.
How It Works
Five steps. Very little of it is on you.
Join
We determine whether the contributor and the project are a good fit. No commitment is required to start the conversation.
Share Your Plan
You answer the common 30-day survival scenario in detail. Write it yourself, or talk it through with us and let our team turn it into your chapter.
Teach One Skill
Create one practical training session based on your expertise. We coordinate topics so the library complements itself.
We Build Everything
Opinionated Expert produces the book, audiobook, digital training experience, checkout, marketing assets, affiliate infrastructure, and launch.
We Launch Together
The participating experts introduce the collaboration to their audiences during a coordinated launch. You earn from attributable sales and can grow your own audience through properly consented opt-ins.
Founding Contributors
We are currently assembling the first group.
We are looking for people with genuine expertise, real-world experience, an engaged audience, and something meaningful to contribute.
Audience size matters, but it is not the only consideration. Knowledge, credibility, teaching ability, and audience trust matter just as much.
Who we are looking for
- Survival instructors
- Bushcraft creators
- Preparedness educators
- Homesteaders
- Off-grid experts
- Wilderness instructors
- Emergency preparedness specialists
- Communications specialists
- Medical / wilderness medicine educators
- Food preservation experts
- Self-reliance educators
- Urban preparedness specialists
- Other highly relevant experts
You do not need to fit exactly one category. Many of the best contributors work across several of these areas.
The Longer-Term Vision
This is the first Opinionated Expert production.
Opinionated Expert intends to create future collaborations centered around major questions in specialized fields. The survival project comes first — the immediate purpose is recruiting the founding contributors.
Possible future categories
FAQ
Questions, answered straight.
No. Contributors can write their response or provide a detailed recorded response / interview that our team can professionally shape into their chapter while preserving their voice and ideas.
One detailed contribution answering the 30-day scenario and one focused instructional training video. Exact requirements will be provided before anyone commits.
No. We want credible experts with valuable perspectives. Audience reach matters because this is a collaborative launch, but expertise and audience trust matter just as much.
Selected contributors can earn revenue from attributable sales. Specific compensation structures are discussed before participation is finalized.
The project will include co-branded opt-in opportunities allowing people to explicitly choose to continue hearing from participating experts. Lead delivery / integration options will be discussed with each contributor.
You do. Participation in Opinionated Expert should not require giving up ownership of your existing brand, audience, products, or unrelated intellectual property. Project-specific content and licensing terms will be clearly defined in contributor agreements.
We want contributors who are genuinely willing to support the launch. Specific promotional commitments will be agreed upon beforehand so expectations are clear.
The founding contributor group is currently being assembled. Production and launch timing will be finalized after the initial contributor lineup is established.
Join the Project
Interested in joining the founding group?
Send us your details and we'll follow up to discuss the project, contributor terms, timing, and whether it makes sense to work together. Required fields are marked with an asterisk — everything else is optional.