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From Greenthings
A little while back, a potential customer provided me with some general details of the writing work he wanted me to complete for his business. Then he asked me to send him an offer.
Proposal?! As I tried to verify with him what he meant by that because I'd never done one before, at the very least not as a freelancer I panicked.
I must've not really desired to pursue this opportunity since I did not bother to complete research or follow up with the company after submitting a contract as opposed to a proposal. A while passed, I ran across a write-up on creating RFPs (Obtain Proposal). Ding! The light bulb proceeded. This man verbally gave me his RFP and wanted a written response.
When a company needs a task to be accomplished by a specialist or outside source, they create a RFP. This is a official document describing the project, how the contract companies should respond, how the suggestions is going to be examined, and contact information. Often, the business papers the submission guidelines to create it easier in order for them to evaluate responses. You will find no specific standards or directions for developing the RFP, but when performing the proposal process government agencies frequently rigorous standards they follow.
Outside businesses read the RFP and produce a proposal (a quote) describing how they can best provide and meet these needs. The company must carefully follow the guidelines established in the RFP to prevent being taken off consideration for the challenge, when producing the proposal.
A normal pitch contains:
Executive summary - summary of the whole proposal
Statement of need - why task is important
Project description - How task is likely to be implemented and evaluated
Organization information
Task plan
Budget
Conclusion
My condition was a casual version of all this. Your client gave me a high level overview of what I would do for him. If I knew then what I know now, I would've written up an explanation of the client's needs and how I would complete the task in meeting those needs.
Smaller businesses would probably do a proposal in between the complex government needed types and the one I obtained. Most smaller businesses is likely to be encouraged to create a proposal when approaching a customer. The customer may possibly ask a proposal to be submitted by you describing what you can perform for them. In this instance, write a proposal like the aspects of a typical proposal and keep it small and to the point especially if your client is not a big business.
There are types of RFPs and answers peppered through the Web, but which one it is possible to learn from depends upon the kind of work involved. A suggestion can be two pages or a book as big. Depend on your chosen search engine and do the research to generate an irresistible proposal.
