Category: Advice

Productivity is getting maximum results for time and effort expended. For business development, capture, and proposal professionals, maximum results provide a greater number of qualified bids and/or bid-related activities, increased… Continue reading 5 strategies to get your team performing…and winning

Dear Proposal Doctor, How can we stop the seemingly endless cycle of color reviews? My capture manager forces the pink and red reviews way too early in the schedule and… Continue reading How to stop the endless cycle of color reviews? Ask Proposal Doctor

Host Mark Amtower interviews Larry Allen, and Bob Lohfeld on the big issues from 2014 and what will be big in 2015 on “Amtower Off Center.” Topics include: 2014 as the year of the layfoff… Continue reading A look back at 2014 and a look ahead to 2015

In the past several years, incumbents have lost their advantage in the Federal Government market. Industry studies show that incumbent contractors now have approximately the same win rate on rebids… Continue reading Q&A Part 2 from The end of the incumbent empire – 10 ways to unseat the incumbent

Do you know how the government really evaluates proposals? Have you ever wondered what they look for when they read through each offer and what they like and dislike when… Continue reading Q&A Part 2 from 7 secrets from inside government source evaluations and how you can use them to create winning proposals

Instead of writing about all the things companies should do to be more successful in their business acquisition efforts, I thought I would lead off the year by writing about… Continue reading 20 BD habits to kill off in 2015

In the past several years, incumbents have lost their advantage in the Federal Government market. Industry studies show that incumbent contractors now have approximately the same win rate on rebids… Continue reading Q&A Part 1 from The end of the incumbent empire – 10 ways to unseat the incumbent

At the start of Fiscal Year 2014, many made bold predictions of a better year ahead. Post-sequestration, pundits also predicted that the pendulum would begin to swing away from Lowest… Continue reading Capture and proposal innovations: the year that was and the year ahead

Do you know how the government really evaluates proposals? Have you ever wondered what they look for when they read through each offer and what they like and dislike when… Continue reading Q&A Part 1 from 7 secrets from inside government source evaluations and how you can use them to create winning proposals

In the past several years, incumbents have lost their advantage in the Federal Government market. Industry studies show that incumbent contractors now have approximately the same win rate on rebids… Continue reading The end of the incumbent empire – 10 ways to unseat the incumbent