How to Mix the Old With the New When Writing a Proposal
Tweet I have read many technical documents that are collages of past documentation. The worst is when it’s a proposal. Why? Proposals are vehicles for companies to get more business. If the proposal looks like a bad cut+paste job of past proposals, it could cost you the contract. I have seen proposals where writers even forgot to omit the last organization’s name, and the paragraphs had dissimilar phrases. Many businesses...
Read MoreDo You Know How to Write Hypnotically?
Tweet Hypnotic Writing: How to Seduce and Persuade Customers with Only Your Words by Joe Vitale My review rating: 4 of 5 stars Hypnotic Writing is a great book to refine your writing focused on getting more clients. However, for me, I found it repetitive because many of the things that the author was teaching people to do are things that you learn when writing proposals. Don’t get me wrong though. The book is definitely a...
Read MoreHow to Write a Letter Proposal
Tweet You get an invitation to submit your grant to a private organization, or a government agency selects a few companies to send their solution to a problem that need solving. In these cases, you wouldn’t write a full-blown proposal, so your best bet is presenting them with a letter proposal. A Letter proposal is a hybrid of a cover letter and proposal, and is only two to four pages long. We will discuss the seven sections of...
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