| Proposal Writing Directory
| |
Wait! Before you send that proposal that you spent hours developing,
wouldn't you like to invest in an expert analysis? Getting your
proposal analyzed by a top expert in the field can save you
considerable time and money and help explode your win rate.
Here
is a listing of some of the top proposal review services available.
Make sure to ask them for references and find out if their specialty
aligns with your type of proposal.
Proposals
are Expensive to Produce
Why Spend Valuable Marketing Dollars
Creating Proposals that Lose?
Do you know if the evaluators will understand
your message? Is your executive summary effective? Should you change your approach
or rewrite major sections?
We can help you answer these questions. Enlist
the experience of Dan Safford and Michael Asner, two procurement experts who've
written hundreds of proposals. Get help from Dan and Michael, practitioners who
have written the books and who train proposal writers. Make sure your proposal
will be taken seriously by the evaluators.
We can help you identify the
strengths of your proposal, identify weaknesses and ways of addressing them, we
can emphasize how your proposal stacks up against the evaluation criteria, and
we can assess how persuasive -- or not -- your arguments are.
Try
the Asner-Safford Proposal Evaluation and Review Service
We will
read the RFP and your draft proposal, prepare a report on our findings, conclusions
and ways in which you can improve the proposal, and discuss this report with you
in a telephone conference. This service is:
Quick . . . 3 day turnaround.
Cheap . . . only $750 for proposals valued at less than $300,000. Valuable
and Informative . You will get concise, substantive feedback to help you improve
your proposal before it goes out the door. We will review your proposal and discuss
it with you.
Who are Asner and Safford?
Dan Safford is
a leading proposal writer whose success rate is more than 80%. He has worked for
clients such as Boeing, NASA. Author of Proposals: On Target, On Time, Dan has
been helping firms plan, manage and write proposals for over 15 years.
Michael Asner is North America's leading expert on the RFP Process. Author of
The RFP Handbook and editor of The RFP Report, Michael knows the ins and outs
of the evaluation process. He has assisted many governments to improve their RFP
process. He has also assisted a wide range of companies in creating winning proposals.
Last year, more than 800 people attended his workshop on Creating A Winning Proposal.
Here's how it works.
1. You complete the engagement
form.
2. You send
us an email with the RFP attached.
3. We send you a signed
copy of our standard Non-Disclosure Agreement or you send us yours which we will
sign and return.
4. When available, you send us a draft of your proposal.
We will then contact you to schedule the conference call following our review.
5. Dan and Michael will read the RFP, review your draft proposal. Their
review will focus on . . .
Responsiveness to the evaluation criteria
and other solicitation requirements
Credibility of the proposal, including
technical accuracy, substantiation of claims and clear client benefits
Clarity
of the writing and the graphics
Once the review is complete, we will
discuss your proposal with each other and then call you to discuss your proposal,
its strengths and weaknesses and how it can be improved. This call will last about
an hour.
|
