Hi all! I’m excited to be starting a new (ok the first) series of posts on how to write winning bids and proposals. As freelancers, we spend as much time (sometimes more) marketing our services as we do actually working on gigs, so its essential to be able to sell yourself convincingly for online customers.

When you take up freelancing, it isn’t just about the next gig or the next paycheck (who’d want that hand-to-mouth lifestyle anyway?). No, it’s about building a business. And that means first building a professional reputation. Everyone has to start somewhere right?

So ladies and gentlemen, bloggers and writers, business owners and professionals, I present to you a comprehensive 6-part series on How to Write Winning Bids and Proposals, which will comprise the following sections:

1. How To Find your Niche and Bid Exclusively In It
2. How to Investigate the Buyer Thoroughly (yes there’s some detective work involved in this one!)
3. How to Write a Custom Proposal (24 carat gems inside this one)
4. Attach Relevant Samples and Other Information
5. Determine a Fair Price that you’re Confident the Buyer Can Pay (whether he WILL pay or not is an altogether different matter!)
6. How to Follow-up and Why it’s a Game Changer

And if I’m feeling generous, I might just throw in an additional post on the first things to do when you land that job. Kidding. I will actually do a series on this next.

So have I got you salivating yet?

What? You want more and you want it now? You want it all? Ok, Ok, I hear you. Instant gratification coming up…

So without further ado, head on over to read the first post in this series: How to Find your Niche and Bid Exclusively in It