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Why InDesign Should Be Your New Best Friend
June 21st, 2018
At Golden Egg, we see a multitude of client attempts at laying out flyers, presentations, brochures, proposals, and Statements of Qualification utilizing a variety of software platforms. We've witnessed fonts getting unknowingly replaced and resized, text getting inexplicably relocated, and images getting skewed and disproportionate. Despite good intentions, projects that were so painstakingly created barely resemble the original concept. Who wants to leave that impression with a potential client? -
Trial by Fire: Surviving A Squall of RFPs
August 23rd, 2017
In my brief time on the job, I have seen RFPs range from 3 paragraphs to 70 pages in length (and I’ve been warned they can be considerably longer). The range of information requested and how it is to be formatted can vary from excruciatingly detailed or very vague. One thing I know for certain: if you don’t prepare your response comprehensively and accurately, your time and effort will be for naught. -
A Delicious Go/No-Go Recipe for Lower Proposal Costs!
June 5th, 2017
The old ‘cost of doing business’ rages on the brain when it comes to responding to RFPs. Have you ever calculated the actual investment associated with your average RFP response? Measured primarily in precious time, travel to and from the project site, production and shipping costs, and sometimes consultant fees to support the preparation of your submittal, your firm pays big bucks to chase after projects… and the costs can be extraordinarily high (and recurring) for those of us in the AEC industry.
