May 2011
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Small Businesses Offering Proposals to NASA
I found an article online when searching around for some news in the world of business proposals and found something interesting that small businesses may enjoy hearing about. NASA recently initiated a program that allows small businesses focused on technology to offer ideas for new projects. Chief Technologist, Bobby Braun says ““There is no shortage of technological innovators in this...
April 2011
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The Future of Business Proposals
It isn’t so easy to get by with simple proposals anymore. There are a lot of key elements that we need to keep in mind during their development and implementation. It is becoming our duty to transform traditional elements into something spectacular and eye catching that will transform onlookers into customers. This is centered around the idea of appealing to the visual needs of the people that we...
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Understanding a RFP
Understanding a RFP (request for proposal) is essential to any business. This is a document used in the early stage of the precurement process to find companies or people that can provide necessary services. This allows companies to find the correct information to make strategic business decisions, provide the ability to consider a wider range of solutions, and encourage suppliers to make their...
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Knowing Your Brand is Essential
Whether you are a small business owner responsible for multiple levels of the company or hold the entitled proposal manager title, it is important to keep the brand in mind with everything that you produce. When building or addressing your brand, keep the following in mind: Branding is like stacking stones. In order to build a brand or create brand equity, you must steer/communicate the brand...
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A Deeper Look into a Proposal Management Career
I was curious today to see where the proposal management profession is in the 21st century, what better way to find out than looking at salaries across the board? Earlier I posted an overview about what this job entails, so let’s review and then get down to what’s really important. The duties and responsibilities of proposal managers often include: -Working with a finance team to optimize offer...
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Business Proposals that Stand Out
As business writing professionals, we all know that basic just isn’t cutting it anymore. When businesses send out a request for proposal, they intend to receive multiple responses and will choose the most intriguing at the best value. It is our job to respond with a proposal that will break through the clutter and remain in the reader’s mind. Some basics to creating a memorable proposal include...
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6 Tips for Successful Business Writers
Whether you are trying to win the contract to build a school or design a company’s website, thoughtful content and decisiveness will be key to the creation of proposals or related documents. Take a look at these hints for your writing: 1. Make it Easy to Skim Once again, a top priority in business writing is to streamline the content that you will be sharing with prospective clients. Allow them...
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A New Era for Business Proposals?
The necessity of a proposal is simple enough: to pitch ideas, goals, and schedules to potential clients that make your company vital to their needs. Business proposals include various pages like an executive summary, milestones and payments, invoice, and more. All of these pages evolve around specific elements that must be included in the document. You should provide solutions for the work to be...
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“The greatest possible merit of style is, of course, to make the words absolutely...”
– Nathaniel Hawthorne
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3 Ways to Turn a Proposal into a Successful...
3 Ways to Turn a Proposal into a Successful Presentation You may be a master at building the perfect business proposal, but are you just as successful at turning it into a presentation? People looking for the help of you or your company may ask you to present your ideas in different ways that will make your services a more viable choice. If you are given the chance to give a presentation to...
March 2011
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5 Skills That Every Manager Should Own
5 Skills That Every Manager Should Own You may not only be a business writer or communicator, but also a manager. If it is your duty to facilitate a team that is responsible for producing work aimed for the public or possible clients, then read ahead to make sure that you are doing your job successfully. If these aren’t your current duties, take a peak anyways for tips on how to increase your job...
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Proposal Writing as a Job.
Proposal Writing as a Job. The purpose of a business proposal is to persuade a potential customer to use you or your companies services by documenting that you will be able to fulfill all of their requirements or needs over a competitor. Emerging businesses and large corporations alike can standout through their writing. In the digital age that we live in, companies can grow online and expand to...
The Value of an eProposal
If you haven’t written a proposal before, this post may not connect with you as much as a seasoned proposal writing professional. Having written hundreds and maybe thousands of proposals in over 10 years of consulting and business development I’ve asked many of the questions that you’ve probably had. Questions like…
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Welcome
Welcome to www.proposalmanagementsoftware.com. To start us off properly, you are probably wondering what this blog is all about. Well, it’s simple; to provide a platform for professionals connected with proposal writing and management to connect, have discussions, learn and also teach. This will be a collaborative open forum where engaging conversation is encouraged (as long as its PG)...