Comments on: When to ignore a Request for Proposal (RFP)

By: When to ignore an RFP « CGShark

When to ignore an RFP « CGShark — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:35:56 +0000

[...] To read about all of these potential pit-falls, visit the article at http://bonfx.com/when-to-ignore-an-request-for-proposal-rfp/. [...]

By: Three Ways To Get New clients (or not) | Marketing, Public Relations and Social Media Blog | Atlanta, GA

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:34:43 +0000

[...] Show them samples from your portfolio, client references and referrals, white papers and case studies; give them a detailed, copyrighted proposal but not the full campaign complete with the “Just Do It” tagline or a free logo on spec. If they haven’t seen your online portfolio and profiles, another red flag. [...]

By: Shailendra Vijayvergia

Shailendra Vijayvergia — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:50:34 +0000

Yes, it is really painful to respond RFPs.

By: Douglas Bonneville

Douglas Bonneville — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:41:04 +0000

@ Keith:

“Nearly always…”. I think I’m in your camp. What is more golden than a good referral anyway. I think if I had invested the hours into marketing that have gone into RFP crafting, we’d have a lot more clients .

By: Keith

Keith — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:20:31 +0000

Weary old cynic that I am, when I read the title, “When to ignore a Request for Proposal”, I said out loud, “Nearly always!”

Good points, Douglas. Another one you learn to spot is the client — often a small, start-up business — who has no budget and won’t reveal that to you (however hard pressed on the matter) until you have delivered your thoughtfully crafted proposal — whereupon he reveals he thought he could get his custom-designed, content-managed, standards-compliant, accessible, full-of-bells-and-whistles web site for £200! Including hosting, of course…

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links for 2010-01-27 « random thoughts and casual ruminations — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:13:55 +0000

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By: When to ignore a Request for Proposal (RFP) | Design Newz

When to ignore a Request for Proposal (RFP) | Design Newz — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:46:34 +0000

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By: David Kutcher

David Kutcher — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:40:15 +0000

Great title! I wrote a similar article a while back entitled “Not all Requests for Proposals are worth a proposal”: http://blog.confluentforms.com/2008/10/not-all-requests-for-proposals-are.html

I think we all need to remember that RFPs are plentify, (see http://www.rfpdb.com for LOTS of RFPs) and that by being selective we can focus our efforts on the RFPs that we can win. Developing a go/no-go decision tree is often helpful in this regard: http://blog.confluentforms.com/2009/10/developing-your-gono-go-decision-tree.html

Best,

-David