A US sporting goods company had a global intern program, which sent the brightest young minds to learn about business around the world. One intern, Phil, was sent to the… Continue reading Why GenAI Needs Guidance: Like Managing a New Intern

Imagine being tasked with transforming your team into an unstoppable proposal powerhouse. Where would you start? This question was posed to the bid and proposal community on LinkedIn, and the… Continue reading Secrets to Building a Proposal Powerhouse

Bid and proposal professionals often face the daunting challenge of delivering high-quality proposals on schedule. Incomplete capture documents, resource shortages, and tight schedules can easily undermine the best efforts. So,… Continue reading High-Quality Proposals: Strategies for Guaranteed Success Now

Introduction Measure before you cut, design before you code, and think before you write. All these sayings share a common theme—planning and preparing before acting and using good tools can… Continue reading Use AI to Jumpstart Proposal Content Plans

Bid and proposal (B&P) activities require significant investments, so allocating the proper budget ensures all opportunities have enough time, money, and resources to maximize their chance of winning. To stretch… Continue reading Setting the Stage Before the Proposal Manager’s Arrival

One of a typical proposal writer’s biggest complaints is that the proposal is too page-constrained. Having a 50-page statement of work (SOW) and a 25-page proposal limit is not unusual,… Continue reading 50 Words, Phrases, and Techniques that Save Proposal Space

The term “standup meeting” was coined to describe a proposal meeting so brief that attendees could stand without discomfort. Standup meetings should be long enough to efficiently communicate status and… Continue reading Daily Proposal Standup Meeting Management Tips

As we have all read, tens of thousands of staff were laid off in late 2022 and early 2023, including those listed below: We have also seen many companies begin… Continue reading The great belt-tightening

Calling out your benefits, Strengths, and discriminators helps the customer recognize them and can help raise your proposal score. You can call out benefits, Strengths, and discriminators using icons, graphics,… Continue reading 50 Words and phrases that call attention to your benefits, strengths, and discriminators

Building confidence in your solution and casting doubt on a competitor’s solution is one of the best ways to influence a customer to select your solution. In the proposal industry,… Continue reading 50 Words and phrases to ghost competitors