Comments on: How to Find RFPs for Creative Services http://www.pushingsnowballs.com/rfp-responses/how-to-find-rfps-for-creative-services/ Marketing for Creative Businesses Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:19:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: School Daz http://www.pushingsnowballs.com/rfp-responses/how-to-find-rfps-for-creative-services/comment-page-1/#comment-3296 School Daz Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:19:36 +0000 http://www.pushingsnowballs.com/?p=98#comment-3296 Thank you so much! I just really need a rough guestamate, not quite sure if things change within a couple years. Thanks again! Thank you so much! I just really need a rough guestamate, not quite sure if things change within a couple years. Thanks again!

]]> By: Mark Denton http://www.pushingsnowballs.com/rfp-responses/how-to-find-rfps-for-creative-services/comment-page-1/#comment-3294 Mark Denton Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:45:51 +0000 http://www.pushingsnowballs.com/?p=98#comment-3294 I haven't had an Onvia subscription for a couple of years, so you should call them and get a price, but my memory is that it's between a few thousand and several thousand dollars a year, depending on the coverage you select. I haven’t had an Onvia subscription for a couple of years, so you should call them and get a price, but my memory is that it’s between a few thousand and several thousand dollars a year, depending on the coverage you select.

]]> By: School Daz http://www.pushingsnowballs.com/rfp-responses/how-to-find-rfps-for-creative-services/comment-page-1/#comment-3280 School Daz Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:38:05 +0000 http://www.pushingsnowballs.com/?p=98#comment-3280 Can anyone tell me how much a basic package from Onvia is? I have been trying to find out what it is but I can never find a price no matter how hard I look around the web... Can anyone tell me how much a basic package from Onvia is? I have been trying to find out what it is but I can never find a price no matter how hard I look around the web…

]]> By: Mark Denton http://www.pushingsnowballs.com/rfp-responses/how-to-find-rfps-for-creative-services/comment-page-1/#comment-3145 Mark Denton Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:53:52 +0000 http://www.pushingsnowballs.com/?p=98#comment-3145 Thanks Carl. It's fixed now. Thanks Carl. It’s fixed now.

]]> By: Carl Greer http://www.pushingsnowballs.com/rfp-responses/how-to-find-rfps-for-creative-services/comment-page-1/#comment-3144 Carl Greer Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:01:43 +0000 http://www.pushingsnowballs.com/?p=98#comment-3144 The Rfpdatabase link does not work, I think it is http://www.rfpdb.com The Rfpdatabase link does not work, I think it is http://www.rfpdb.com

]]> By: uwatts http://www.pushingsnowballs.com/rfp-responses/how-to-find-rfps-for-creative-services/comment-page-1/#comment-696 uwatts Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:10:14 +0000 http://www.pushingsnowballs.com/?p=98#comment-696 just wanted to share another website called stateandfederalbids.com. its pretty similar to find rfp. it costs 39.99 for a month to get state and local info. but all federal bids are free to the public. you can also tap into states to find what bids are available there. hope this helps. just wanted to share another website called stateandfederalbids.com. its pretty similar to find rfp. it costs 39.99 for a month to get state and local info. but all federal bids are free to the public. you can also tap into states to find what bids are available there. hope this helps.

]]> By: Mark Denton http://www.pushingsnowballs.com/rfp-responses/how-to-find-rfps-for-creative-services/comment-page-1/#comment-186 Mark Denton Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:12:51 +0000 http://www.pushingsnowballs.com/?p=98#comment-186 Hi Mark. Thanks for the comment. I haven't found anything new since I originally wrote this post, so I am still utilizing the combo method that I described. If your services are very specialized, you should also be really focusing on SEO (which is easier if you are specialized). This will enable people who are releasing RFPs to find you and alert you to their existence. I have found that people will often do this for RFPs for which they know there aren't many potential proposers. Good luck. Hi Mark. Thanks for the comment.

I haven’t found anything new since I originally wrote this post, so I am still utilizing the combo method that I described. If your services are very specialized, you should also be really focusing on SEO (which is easier if you are specialized). This will enable people who are releasing RFPs to find you and alert you to their existence. I have found that people will often do this for RFPs for which they know there aren’t many potential proposers.

Good luck.

]]> By: Mark http://www.pushingsnowballs.com/rfp-responses/how-to-find-rfps-for-creative-services/comment-page-1/#comment-185 Mark Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:04:45 +0000 http://www.pushingsnowballs.com/?p=98#comment-185 Mark, This is an excellent posting. I have not been able to find very comprehensive RFP listing resources either. I also used OnVia, but it has become hugely expensive as you point out in your post. It seems that many of the opportunities that would interest smaller companies are really word of mouth. Have you found anything better since posting this? Mark Mark,

This is an excellent posting. I have not been able to find very comprehensive RFP listing resources either. I also used OnVia, but it has become hugely expensive as you point out in your post. It seems that many of the opportunities that would interest smaller companies are really word of mouth.

Have you found anything better since posting this?

Mark

]]> By: Mark http://www.pushingsnowballs.com/rfp-responses/how-to-find-rfps-for-creative-services/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Mark Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:51:33 +0000 http://www.pushingsnowballs.com/?p=98#comment-42 Thanks Patrick. I agree about the Find RFP website - it's pretty bad. I guess I've just always chalked it up to their being in the business of tracking government RFPs. The cluttered look and bad stock photos seem more appropriate when viewed in that light. Their information is definitely good though. Thanks Patrick. I agree about the Find RFP website – it’s pretty bad. I guess I’ve just always chalked it up to their being in the business of tracking government RFPs. The cluttered look and bad stock photos seem more appropriate when viewed in that light. Their information is definitely good though.

]]> By: Patrick http://www.pushingsnowballs.com/rfp-responses/how-to-find-rfps-for-creative-services/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Patrick Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:50:17 +0000 http://www.pushingsnowballs.com/?p=98#comment-41 Very useful, thanks. I wasn't sure about Find RFP, because their website looks pretty lame. But, gonna try it now. Very useful, thanks. I wasn’t sure about Find RFP, because their website looks pretty lame. But, gonna try it now.

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