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Three Important Tasks Not to Forget When Writing Proposals

Posted by on Jun 29, 2011 in proposal writing | 0 comments

Three Important Tasks Not to Forget When Writing Proposals

Tweet Sorry about not writing for awhile. I was working on this proposal, and now I’m gearing to work on a few others. Clients always come first. Time management and scheduling are huge when you are writing a proposal. You want to ensure that you have plenty of time to hold reviews, have rewrites, and deal with any minor obstacles that might come your way.In a perfect world, you wouldn’t need to do anything but write the proposal and...

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How to Mix the Old With the New When Writing a Proposal

Posted by on Aug 17, 2009 in proposal writing | 0 comments

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...

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