Flashy Project Proposals Sell when Project Methodology is Solid

Everybody likes to be entertained, and jazzing up marketing project proposals or sales presentations with graphics, a little video or a multi-media presentation can help keep an audience’s attention. Flashy graphics however, won't save project proposals that do not have a strong project methodology to support the ideas presented to a prospective client.

Beyond the flash presentations and cool graphics, project proposals that employ an effective project methodology to generate accurate information about estimated costs are ultimately the projects that get noticed and gain approval. 

Typically when a company is shopping for a professional service they have experience and a basic understanding of what actual costs for some activities will be. Project proposals that provide dramatic over, or under-estimates of costs client already have knowledge of will stand out as a glaring example that the proposal is flawed.

The benefit to building a solid project proposal therefore comes from a solid project methodology that gathers timely and relevant information that, when provided to a prospective customer, will be recognized as accurate.

The best project methodology for obtaining this information is to use information from other current jobs, past project proposals, all stored in virtual project workspaces. Online project management software hosted at www.WizeHive.com allows professionals to track current and historical project proposals costs and provide project managers with a searchable interface to find accurate information and create graphics that can be used to jazz up a new project proposal.

A good looking project proposal with a sound project methodology that delivers spot-on estimates for project costs, labor requirements, and the need for specialized resources, will always have a competitive advantage over project proposals that don’t provide this information.

Author: Clint Garwood