{"id":903835,"date":"2025-01-16T16:44:13","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T23:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/?p=903835"},"modified":"2025-01-16T16:44:16","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T23:44:16","slug":"proposal-competitions-stop-losing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/proposal-competitions-stop-losing\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop Losing Proposal Competitions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Matt Handal | <a href=\"https:\/\/constructionlawva.com\/stop-losing-proposal-competitions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Construction Law Musings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s frustrating. You\u2019re a great designer or contractor. Clients love you. The problem is you spend hours producing great proposals, but keep losing. Not only that, most of the time you don\u2019t even get short listed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To make matters worse, the clients keep choosing firms you know you\u2019re better than. So they get the contract and you\u2019re left scrambling for work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though these firms frustrate you, imagine what it\u2019s like to be them. They\u2019re not the best, or most qualified firm, yet they walk away with the contract. They are not scrambling for work. They\u2019ve got a healthy backlog. Imagine how it must feel to be them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What if you could spend less time creating proposals and more time winning them? What would it be like if you won the contract instead of your competition\u2013the firm you know you\u2019re better than?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s what I\u2019m going to help you do. But first, Let me tell you about something I call the Red Apple Dilemma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Red Apple Dilemma<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every once in a while, I\u2019ll walk out of my office, down the elevator, and into the Comcast Tower (yes, I\u2019m in Philadelphia). They have a produce market called Sook Hee\u2019s Produce. There I buy a red apple.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/constructionlawva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sookheesapples.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/constructionlawva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sookheesapples.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"sookheesapples\" class=\"wp-image-8414\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Sook Hee has many different kinds of red apples. But frankly, I can\u2019t tell the difference. A red apple is a red apple to me. So I pick the largest red apple they have. That\u2019s how I make my choice. I take about five seconds and choose the biggest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I latched on to that one attribute. I could have went with cheapest, smallest, or longest stem. But faced with 100 apples, I went with biggest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your clients have a similar dilemma. They get proposals from 100 designers (or contractors) and can\u2019t tell them apart. They all claim to have the best people, the best experience, and the best customer service. They all claim to be full-service, leaders in their field who specialize in the client\u2019s type of project. They are all on the cutting edge, delivering quality that makes their clients weep tears of joy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To your clients, you are all a bunch of red apples. You are interchangeable. But they have to make a choice. So they look for something, anything that\u2019s different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes the only thing they can find is price. But on occasion they\u2019ll select the biggest, smallest, or closest. Most of the time, the easiest thing to do is pick the one they picked before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luckily, there is a single, powerful question you can use to stand out from the bunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Single Question That Can Improve Your Proposal Win Rate<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whenever you plan to submit a proposal, ask yourself this question:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>What does the client stand to lose if they select someone else?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ll give you a hint: It\u2019s not your people, experience, or customer service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This question will help you find something that only you can give them. It doesn\u2019t have to be huge. It just has to be something that makes you different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Faced with a tough decision, people need something to latch onto. 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