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Most Requested Articles

6 steps to writing a better Request for Proposals, a primer

We believe strongly in Requests for Proposals (RFPs) as a tool for companies to find the best products and services at competitive prices, b...
You can do some amazing things with Blogger

Confluent Forms LLC specializes in creating gorgeous, engaging websites with custom content management systems (CMS, software that enables e...
Often maligned, RFPs are a valuable tool and opportunity

It seems that every month another expert writes an article on how RFPs are bad for business , RFPs are a bad idea , top 10 lists of why you...
Developing your Go/No-Go decision tree

The situation: A potentially juicy RFP falls into your lap. You try not to get too excited because you know that creating a winning proposa...
Requests for Proposals (RFP), the Drinking Game

Drink if/when*: If this is your first time responding to a RFP The RFP asks for liability insurance coverage exceeding 10x the amount o...
5 quick tips to writing better proposals (RFP responses)

We're frequently asked for any tips we might have for people writing proposal responses to Requests for Proposals (RFP) that they've receive...
Reviews and recommendations for the RFP Database

On October 1, 2009, the RFP Database surpassed a membership of over 53,000 registered users and having announced over 15,000 RFPs. On a giv...

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Blog Archive

▼ 2011 (7)
- ▼ December (1)
  - The World isn't quite flat; use your location to y...
- ► October (1)
  - Bakery Normand, a Blog of Note!
- ► September (1)
  - A website solution for a tough economy
- ► July (2)
  - You can do some amazing things with Blogger
  - Job Search Made Easier, Cheaper Through Crowd-Sour...
- ► March (1)
  - Requests for Proposals (RFP), the Drinking Game
- ► January (1)
  - Do you believe it is impossible to win a blind RFP...

► 2010 (14)
- ► December (1)
  - Thinking about how you spend your money
- ► November (2)
  - Blog tip #6: Creativity with Blogger; using it to ...
  - Don't play the RFP budget cat-and-mouse game
- ► June (1)
  - Business Group Therapy, a Western Massachusetts we...
- ► May (2)
  - Don't lament an unfilled need; fill that niche you...
  - Back to Basics: Calculating your 'Return on Invest...
- ► March (2)
  - Your proposal lost, now what? Conducting a RFP pos...
  - Blog tip #5: Burn your feed and distribute it wide...
- ► February (2)
  - Blog tip #4: Gain insights into your visitors usin...
  - Blog tip #3: Interesting designs are widely availa...
- ► January (4)

► 2009 (18)
- ► December (1)
  - Should stipends be provided for a pre-qualified RF...
- ► November (2)
  - Writing a winning proposal: start from the champag...
  - Open, Competitive, Transparent and Strategic: word...
- ► October (3)
- ► September (1)
  - Why responding to RFPs might not be for you
- ► August (2)
  - Being unconventional with the RFP Database
  - RFP Etiquette: Dos and Don’ts for Business Matchma...
- ► July (2)
  - We seek RFPs for Innovation, not Inspiration
  - Often maligned, RFPs are a valuable tool and oppor...
- ► June (1)
  - 6 steps to writing a better Request for Proposals,...
- ► May (2)
  - 5 quick tips to writing better proposals (RFP resp...
  - Where to advertise/publicize your Request for Prop...
- ► April (2)
  - Don't squander a great opportunity in the form of ...
  - Press Release: Wanna Get Dirty? The RFP Database i...
- ► January (2)
  - Can I Twitter us to the top? Making use of popula...
  - The Power of Yous

► 2008 (13)
- ► November (2)
  - What should my website redesign cost?
  - Keep your project moving after it goes live
- ► October (4)
- ► September (4)
- ► August (1)
  - Increase your RFP win percentages with less wasted...
- ► January (2)

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Procurement Leaders Network

The Friday Digest: Tough sourcing decisions the world over - This week has seen the Chinese welcome in the New Year, President Obama talk about onshoring and Europeans (the Swiss, to be precise) welcome the crème-de-...
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Hunting for Big Sales

3 Big Lies You Tell Yourself - Check out today’s blog on Inc.com! Enjoy
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Content Marketing blog

McDonald’s Social Media Goes Wrong? Not a Chance - You’d have to be living in a cave not to be aware of the. . . more The original post is titled McDonald’s Social Media Goes Wrong? Not a Chance, and it c...
1 day ago
Strategy & Planning

Governance - We’re getting ready for today’s webinar on *Nonprofit Boards and Effective Governance*. Here are some links to other thoughts on governance, in earlier b...
3 days ago
PR Musings Weblog

New Year’s Resolutions the Red Sky Way - We’ve all done it. Whether it be losing weight or being more outgoing, we’ve all decided to change something about ourselves for a fresh start on New Year’...
3 days ago
Whale Hunting

Explode Your Growth with Key Accounts - Expert Series interview January 25, 2012. Barbara Weaver Smith interviews Gary Vastola of Xerox and Karen Posey of Geehan Group. Continue reading →
1 week ago
A List Apart

A Pixel Identity Crisis - The pixel has long been the atomic particle of screen based design: a knowable, concrete unit of measurement. But layouts based on the hardware pixel are f...
1 week ago
Agency Babylon

One more OUT and IN for 2012: expert vs. expertise - This OUT and IN pairing deserves its own post. OUT: “Expert” | IN: Expertise. During the 19th century gold rush era, when a miner staked a claim it didn’t ...
2 weeks ago
Bakery Normand

Some New January Treats - We may have turned the corner on the shortest day of the year, and we may have had a pretty mild Winter to date (today's little dusting excepted), but Ja...
2 weeks ago
How To Win More Business

WWP#34 : Developing your Proposal Response Strategy – Messages and Questions - This is a continuation of the previous podcasts on developing a strategy. In this podcast, I’m focusing on Messages and Questions you should ask yourself. ...
2 months ago
Purchasing Transformation

Purchasing Transformation moves! - After 3 years we are going to merge our blog with the Capgemini Procurement Blog. Please find our latest posts here: http://www.capgemini.com/procurement-b...
6 months ago
The New Business Dingo Blog

French Connection - AKQA to manage all paid search
9 months ago
Pushing Snowballs

The One Question You Must Ask Yourself Before Responding to an RFP - What are the questions you need to ask yourself before deciding whether or not to respond to an RFP or RFQ? That was what I had originally envisioned for t...
1 year ago

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