[consulting] Responding to RFPs

[Greg Knaddison]

We no longer do RFPs unless we're on the short list already and the
short list is truly small.

Our "win" rate wasn't as low as 2%, but it was a significant drain
without much upside.

I think, like everything, you have to try it out and see what works for you.

Regards,
Greg

On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 6:23 AM, Fred Jones <fredthejonester at gmail.com> wrote:
> The last comment here: http://tinyurl.com/ybjvcgn says:
>
>> unless you are in an agency large enough to have a dedicated staff member to write [responses to] RFPs then forget it because it’s too time consuming for small agencies and freelancers to write responses to RFPs.
>
> I added the brackets. A commenter above (the author actually) claims that he:
>
>> produced solid responses to more than a dozen RFPs with a win rate of less than 2%,
>
> Don't know how you can have a 2% win rate unless you were to do 50
> responses and win just one, but anyway these guys are designers, not
> math majors. :)
>
> I myself am a programmer, not a designer. Do people think this is
> correct? That a 'mere' freelancer like myself shouldn't bother with
> RFPs? Even for a project I think I could handle?
>
> Thanks,
> Fred
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