[consulting] Responding to RFPs

[Jason A. Nunnelley]

It is an interesting set of responses on that URL though.

On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 9:26 AM, Greg Knaddison <
Greg at growingventuresolutions.com> wrote:

> 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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