Learning From RFP Responses That Don’t Make the Cut

Some clients provide candid feedback
by Todd Knutson  |   published on October 26, 2010

sawDoes your ad agency's new business team learn something every time an RFP submission doesn't get you to the next round? Is every RFP better than the one before? Some rejection letters provide

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When preparing to write an RFP response, take the time to learn as much as you can about the issuer before you write your first words. Fully understanding the issuer helps you to frame a response that is clearly targeted and relevant to the issuer. It also demonstrates the care and attention you are giving to the response, and this feeds into the impression you give the issuer of how you will perform if awarded the project. Don’t skimp on the research. If nothing else, your research may also show reasons why you may not want to submit a response. And this can save you a great deal of time, money, and trouble down the road.

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Do some spec work, especially something that illustrates what you learned in the item above. I know that people hate it and resist doing it (and the hate and resistance seem to get stronger the further you move from the world of advertising, where speculative work has always been commonplace), but doing something on spec is probably the most powerful weapon you have in this process. I’m convinced that if there are two firms of even remotely comparable qualifications competing for a project, and one firm does speculative work and the other doesn’t, the firm that did the work will get the project every time. RFPs where one firm was preordained as the winner are an exception, of course, but that’s the subject for another post.

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