Writing Business Bids and Proposals For Dummies
By Neil Cobb and Charlie Divine
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Acquire the necessary skills to win business through proposals, bids, tenders, and presentations—this hands-on guide is your partner for success
You have in your hands the collected knowledge and skills of the professional proposal writer. Proposal writing is a profession — a growing and increasingly important one and an essential part of a broader group of business development professionals who plan and execute strategies for businesses who want to obtain new customers. Proposal writers have a professional organization — the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP) — and their best practices are the foundation for this book.
Proposal writing is a skill you can learn, practice, and master; you can even go through a professional certification process to prove your mastery. Writing Business Bids & Proposals For Dummies is your no-nonsense guide to finding out what professional proposal writers know and for applying it to your own business.
If you're a small- to medium-size business owner, a first-time proposal writer in a medium-size company, or a sales representative, you know that a written proposal (printed or electronic) is still a common, personal, and effective way to win business. Written in plain English, Writing Business Bids & Proposals For Dummies will help you to:
- Know the difference between reactive proposals (the RFP or request for proposal) and proactive proposals
- Focus on the customer by going beyond their requirements to address their true needs
- Know your competition through research and analysis
- Write persuasively to develop a winning business proposal
- Plan and use a repeatable proposal process
- Incorporate a lessons learned aspect to your proposal process
- Use tools and templates to accelerate your proposals
- Motivate and lead your proposal team to ensure they're on the same page
- Use graphics to enhance your proposals
- Learn ways to automate your proposal development process
- And a whole lot more
Additionally, you'll gain access to ten templates for building a proposal, find out ten common misconceptions about bids and proposals, and add a compiled list of online resources to your toolset. Grab a copy of Writing Business Bids & Proposals For Dummies to start sharpening your proposal writing skillset.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Writing Business Bids and Proposals For Dummies covers all aspects of writing business proposals from how they are formatted and written with tools and templates included, what the steps proposal managers take to come up with compliant and winning RFP responses and proactive proposals, how these managers manage their archives and databases and motivate the team, and how all of these fit into the sales and marketing process of big and small businesses.
This is a very informative guide for a Junior Proposal Writer like me!