How to Write a Really Bad Web Development Proposal

Many people tend to make some very simple mistakes when putting down a proposal to do web design for a business.  They tend to just assume that the important parts of a Web Development Proposal have been covered, and they do not bother to find out more on how a good proposal should look like.  It should be understood from the beginning that a business depends on its well written proposal to attract contracts.  It will help get people to offer you the business You Need.  A badly written proposal will make you lose business.

There is always a clear difference between a poorly written Web Development Proposal and the one that has obviously been done by a professional.  A poorly written proposal would look shoddy and cluttered with irrelevant things.  There would be a clear sign that the writer had not given it a lot of time and thought.  It will overlook the good important points that should go into writing a perfect proposal.  You can easily pick out the following parts of a poorly done proposal:

• Some people fail to include simple things; for example, If you give no background information about yourself and the business.  This kind of proposal does not have any background of the business you carry out, so it will fail to let the customer know more about you and your business.  It fails to show the client how you do your business and even how far your organization has come.  Failure to mention how long you have been in this kind of business and if you had been making any good progress can cost you the contract.  Some people give very scanty information about their background.  If the information you have included about yourself is barely sufficient, the person cannot make up his mind whether to give you the business or not.
• A shoddily done proposal fails to show clear points about your qualifications, your technical skills and how you have been working.  In other words, it will not convince anybody about your portfolio for them to know whether you can handle the job or not.
• Some web writers fail to find out any background information of the company they are issuing the proposal to.  Therefore, they remain in the dark about what the company does, what they are involved in, what their customer base and needs are like, and so forth. If you fail to know the goals and aspirations of the company you want to deal with, there is no way you can do a good and successful web development proposal for them to sell their products and services.
• The web designer might fail to put some special factors into consideration when they do the proposal, like any salient areas about the company, their business, products, and preferences.  It fails to check what language would be suitable, any security considerations and any other important things that are only unique to that particular company and their business.
• More often than not, the failure is in the flowchart of the business, when it is confused and the chart does not flow well and clearly for people to understand how to navigate through it.
• A project costing that is poorly done, wrongly calculated and laid down is another point that makes for a badly written web development proposal.

About the Author

My name Jamie Pixon and I’ve been creating websites for over 12 years – you name it (ASP, Javascript, AJAX, UNIX SCRIPT, PHP), I’ve spent many sleepless nights programming in it. I love talking about all aspects of Web Development and Design. Discover how to write a Web Development Proposal in less than 5 mintues! My website is WebDevDude

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