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January 27, 2005
Web Design Proposals and Contracts
"Business proposal materials to assist you in creating project proposals for virtually any business. Land more clients, save time and improve your bottom line."
That's the line ProposalKit.com uses anyways. Me and Jeremy ordered it and were overwhelmed by the sheer volume of stuff we got for the price.
Without question, this package is worth the money! However, there were a couple of things we wish were better though. . .
First off, the templates we got at the time were a little dated. Turns out nowadays the folks at ProposalKit.com have updated them quite a bit and they look REALLY nice.
Second, navigating through their Explorer-tree type page to view all the stuff in the Proposal Kit was a little confusing. I found it easier to just look through the directories it installs on your PC.
Now that I have got my mind around everything that is available in the Proposal Kit, I really love the stuff and couldn't live without it. Since I am an Independant Contractor, my clients are quite surprised to see more than a generic contract and/or proposal when I meet them. It has helped me grab quite a few sales with less downtime trying to come up with something "official".
Anyways, if you'd like to try it out, check here.
What has been your experience with ProposalKit.com?
Posted by Don at January 27, 2005 05:19 PM
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Web Professional Proposal Kits - Accurately quote your projects, multiply your profitability, brand yourself as a top professional and close the sale. ProposalKit helps you demonstrate that you are the right professional for your customers. It's mission-critical, easy, customizable, accurate and immediately downloadable.
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Comments
I had a similar experience. It took me a while to get all the documents sorted out in my head and which ones I would use with my clients.
Have you looked at the Web Dev Kit provided by Site Point (http://www.sitepoint.com)? Just curious how it compares to Proposal Kit.
Thanks,
Jack
Posted by: Jack L at January 28, 2005 05:24 AM
Just a couple notes on this topic:
Yes, they have continually been updating the ProposalKit.com package with new material, they add on average over 100 pages each year. So its a lot of stuff to try to organize and give people ways to find what's in there. They just added about 80 new pages of material last month, and they are adding over 20 new contracts (probably about 50+ pages of material) end of this month.
Regarding the SitePoint product. That is considered a complimentary product to Proposal Kit. SitePoint actually plugs ProposalKit.com as well as their own product. The ProposalKit.com stuff is almost completely focused on giving you the pre-written templates for proposals and contracts, ProposalKit.com is pretty light on "how to run your business" information.
The SitePoint product is very lite on pre-written documents (what they have is about equivalent to what Proposal Kit 1.0 was back in 1997.Their focus is mostly on the "how to run your business" information, how to deal with clients, etc. and they happen to throw in some documents.
The 2 products work best together.
Posted by: Don M at February 4, 2005 01:22 PM
