Today's business world means fierce competition, aggressive marketing, and strategic alliances. The extent to which an organization succeeds or fails often depends upon that organization's ability to be awarded contracts or to attract other businesses into strategic alliances. To accomplish either one usually requires the ability to present a good written business proposal. The general purpose of any proposal is to persuade the readers to do something. Proposals may be solicited or unsolicited. Usually a …showed first 75 words of 679 total…

…showed last 75 words of 679 total…typos. Proposals are formal documents and demand careful attention. Writing proposals involve a myriad of strategy, planning, organization, and writing processes. An organization's ability to write an effective and persuasive proposal directly relates to the level of success. Write a great proposal and organizations will get the contract or make the sale. A well organized and planned proposal process can eliminate much of the chaos and last minute panic that so often haunts proposal development.