Tips for Writing A Business Proposal

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Around the world, a business proposal goes by a variety of names ? ?proposal? being preferred in North America, ?submission? being used in Britain and its former colonies (e.g. Australia), with the terms ?business plans? and ?tender? being used as well at times. And, technically speaking, grant applications/proposals seeing funding are also a business proposal.

But whatever you call it, a business proposal is a document that outlines a plan or strategy that will win the person writing it (or for whom it is written) a contract to provide services/goods or to get approval for funding (e.g. a research grant).

When you are writing a business proposal, it is important to be persuasive. There are other people out there also submitting proposals and trying to win the same contract as you. So it is crucial that your business proposal is as well written as possible and stands out from the crowd. Don?t think that the old tricks that sometimes work for CVs will work for business proposals: nobody?s going to award you a contract because you print your proposal on duck-egg blue paper in a fancy typeface.

In a business proposal, it is important to include enough information but not too much. You will need your business proposal to give specific details about how, when and where actions will be taken, but it is just as important to stick to the point. Don?t go off on a tangent.

If you?re submitting a business proposal to win you a contract to maintain and landscape the exterior of a certain company?s property, then your business proposal will need to cover, for example, what improvements you plan to make to the grounds, how many hours it will take you to make them, how many hours of regular upkeep the grounds will need, what costs (for labour and for extras such as equipment hire) will be involved. Your business proposal doesn?t need to cover your landscaping company?s expertise in organic gardening ? unless the client has asked this question.

Which brings up another important factor when writing a business proposal: Always answer all the client?s questions fully. And, of course, your business proposal must be honest and above board. Don?t fudge things like costs or previous experience. A good business proposal may win you not just a one-off contract but may be the beginning of a long-term business relationship.

Don?t be afraid to use graphics in your business proposal. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so if a graph can show how you can offer a better service, then include it!

Lastly, it is vital that you check over your business proposal for mistakes. Spellcheckers and grammar checkers help, but they are no substitute for the human eyeball and let eras thorough ? or should that be errors through? Get a professional editor or proofreader to go over your business proposal if you know that language is not your strong point.

After all, you don?t want the people reading your business proposal to think ?This person has been careless enough to leave that sentence unfinished and has used the wrong ?to/too/two? twice ? how can I be sure that they haven?t made similar careless mistakes in their mathematical calculations too??

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