This is a good post. As it is generic and could be...

2010-03-02T12:06:51.403-05:00

This is a good post. As it is generic and could be describing a number of "solution" types it is sound advice and provides a nice steer. In the world of digital, specifically social media RFPS, some organisations cannot be anything other than vague. This is because they just don't know what they need. It is difficult for them to be precise. So round one of tenders, usually results in a number of agencies being put through the mill (as your last paragraph describes) but without any return. If this happens, it usually results in the said organisation (having absorbed all the free consultancy and ideas) having a bash themselves...with varying degrees of success. The poor agencies, who expended a lot of time and effort, can only gaze on feeling used and abused. It's a shame there is no defined business ethics for this. Maybe, the default is to charge for the pitch? A test of how serious the organisation is and it would result in some blinding responses.

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This is a good post. As it is generic and could be...