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*Article Use Guidelines*Use in opt-in publications, or on Web sites, but please includethe resource box. Please send me a copy, if possible. Many thanks.**Summary: Want to get freelance work? Write a proposal.Category: WritingWords: 700How To Write A Proposal To Get Freelance WorkCopyright (c) 2002 by Angela Booth ** This article is adapted from my new email workshop, Writing ToSell In The Internet Age. If you want to get a taste of theworkshop, you can sign up for the free mini-course based onWriting To Sell In The Internet Age, on the Web site ---http://www.digital-e.biz/ If you're a freelancer looking for work, drop that CV! Yourprimary tool for generating work is a proposal, not a CV. Some of your proposals will be written in response to Requestsfor Proposals (RFPs), where businesses put out a call forproposals to provide solutions to problems.The proposals you generate on your own, after you've identified aneed the client has, are called Unsolicited Proposals. Bycreating lots of proposals, you get lots of work.When I'm soliciting copywriting work, I write mini-proposals, ofaround a page, or 300 words. I send out these mini-proposalseither as an introduction to my services, or as a follow-up to aninitial call I've made to the business.Whenever you're going through a slow period, turn out a fewproposals. I promise you, within a week or two, you'll have morework than you can handle. Businesses are used to receivingproposals, so no one will think it odd when you submit one.So what does a mini-proposal contain? A single page, with:* a description of a problem (or need) you conceive the businesshas;* an outline of the solution;* why you're the person to solve this problem --- what skills youhave.Simple, right?When you start sending out mini-proposals regularly, you WILL getwork. Lots of work. Everyone has problems; everyone is lookingfor solutions.You market yourself to businesses as someone who can solve theirproblems. ==> Spotting a needStart by training yourself to spot problems (call them challengeswhen you're communicating with businesses) and needs thatbusinesses have. You're going to become Mr or Ms Fixit.Let's take a simple example of spotting a need. Let's say you'rea writer, browsing the Web, and you come across a business Website which has lots and lots of typos.How do you approach the business?Go to Better Whois, at http://www.betterwhois.com/ and get thebusiness owner's contact details. Now you're going to fax, mail or email a message.Let's say you've decided to email the manager of the business.Your message's Subject line could be: "Proposal ---Web siteproofing".Because of all the spam on the Internet, you're going to make itclear that although this is unsolicited, it's a normal businesscommunication, not a message that you're firing out at random toa thousand businesses on the Web.Construct the message as you would a postal letter, with the nameof the owner or manager, the business name, and the date on thefirst few lines.Next comes the salutation: "Dear Mr Smith".Introduce yourself immediately. "My name is John Brown. I'm an independent writer. I visited yourWeb site at _________."At this point, make some kind and generous comments about thesite, to that show that you've actually visited it. Say anythingyou like here, as long as it's a compliment.Then describe the problem --- mention the typos, in other words.DON'T be explicit. Don't mention where the typos are. (You'relooking for work, remember.) Outline the solution: you can proof the site content.Tell Mr Brown why you're the person to handle the proofing.Tell Mr Brown how to contact you.Close the message in the usual way.Add all your contact details: phone, fax, and address.By addressing your email message clearly, and putting in all yourcontact details, you've established that you're not a spamartist. You're a business person sending a proposal.Great! You've written your first proposal. Now go and writeanother one. And another one after that.Proposals are great fun to write, and no matter what kind of workyou're after, they will get you more work than you can handle. ***Resource box: if using, please include*** ==> WRITERS! <==Discover how to transform your talent into a flourishingbusiness. Subscribe to Creative Small Biz, the free weekly ezine.Sub at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Creative_Small_Biz/Or Visit: http://www.digital-e.biz/ Article Tags: Freelance Work, You're Going