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Stacey Gerred

​Stacey Gerred is a proposal professional with exceptional understanding of the Microsoft Office solutions and best practices that every content and proposal manager needs to know! Stacey holds Microsoft Expert certificates in numerous Microsoft Office applications. ​For over 15 years, Stacey has helped hundreds of organizations implement proposal automation technologies as a Senior Client Services Manager with SalesEdge, and earlier as a senior-level trainer at Pragmatech Software.
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Stop Wasting Time! RFP Templates Create Great Looking Sales Proposals

Posted by Stacey Gerred on Feb 9, 2016 1:30:00 PM

Let’s face it, sometimes working with Microsoft Word is challenging. Especially when you have to edit an RFP or sales proposal document once again for formatting irregularities! 

It isn’t easy when you have a variety of fonts and paragraph spaces in your document. It’s frustrating when you paste a bullet list into another document, and the bullet icon and spacing change unexpectedly! Or, in your document, an important table jumps to the next page, leaving vast amounts of silly-looking white space at the bottom of the previous page. There are some days that old IBM Selectric typewriter looks real good!

Don’t Let Microsoft Control Your Brand

Well, before you go old school on your proposals, let’s understand why we sometimes long for the golden age of typewriters.

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Topics: Office Skills for Proposal Writers, RFP Template

Dress Your RFPs for Success with an RFP Template

Posted by Stacey Gerred on Feb 2, 2015 10:10:40 AM


If your RFP response document isn’t as polished as your first interview attire, would you hire you? Your response document makes a big impression. You are presenting your company and all it's qualifications.  This response document may be your client's first introduction to your proposed solution.

An RFP template helps you "dress" your response documents for success.  Let’s break this down. 

An RFP template contains your standard title page, cover letter and/or executive summary. These elements are your first impression--like your coat and hat. The title of your cover page should capture your client’s attention. The cover letter should let them know that you not only understand the problem, you offer a solution.

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Topics: RFP Response, RFP Template

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