Proposal Writing Lessons Learned From Dirty Harry and Magnum, PI

Yes, I know what you're thinking.

You're thinking, "How can this guy possibly tie a renegade San Francisco police detective and a Hawaiian beach bum/Naval Intelligence Officer/private investigator into a discussion about proposal writing?"

How could two fictional characters who never wrote a proposal teach me anything about creating a successful proposal?

Let’s check out both characters.

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Proposal Writing: How To Get Your Proposals To Sell For You

Proposal Writing becomes easier, more powerful, and more productive when you follow some easy tips your English teacher never told you.

REDEFINE YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF A TOPIC SENTENCE

Your Topic Sentence is your first paragraph.

Your first paragraph is your Topic Sentence.

Your first paragraph, your Topic Sentence should never be more than two sentences. Never!

Forget what your English teachers said. You are writing a business document, not a term paper.

This becomes even more critical in Proposal Writing.

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Proposal Writing...Common Mistakes in Proposal Writing

Is Proposal Writing a tool you use to bring in sales or a task that may be wasting your time?

Let's examine the top 10 mistakes people make when they assume they are writing a proposal.

Price Quote

Sending a client a price quote as a response to a written or spoken request is not proposal writing. Prices don't sell; benefits sell.

Bid Response

Bid responses often differ from price quotes in that bids require more information and commitment than price quotes.

Many times, bids specify terms and conditions such as time constraints, insurance requirements, and specifications for completing the job or filling the product requirement.

Proposal writing, indeed, includes these requirements. But Proposal Writing adds relationship building, benefits, selling, and post-proposal follow-up that is more client-focused than the bid request.

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PROPOSAL WRITING: 21st Century Proposal Writing Strategies

Proposal writing strategies that meet 21st century standards depend on one overriding principle.

You must be passionate about creating proposals that sell for you when you are not in front of your clients.

So what does that have to do with 21st-century strategies?

Let me explain by showing how the types of websites you display to the world relate to your proposals.

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