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Related Prosals which are displayed at the bottom of a full Prosal page are choden based on a selection of keywords, hashtags and categories that are similar to the Prosal you are viewing.

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We built Prosal for you. We welcome any and all feedback, suggested improvements, or whatever you think will help the site work better for you.

Please submit a ticket in the top right corner of this knowledge base, or use the chat window in the bottom right, and we'll surely take a look to see if we can implement it. You can also use the link below:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Prosal-Website-Feedback

Check out the Prosal Slack, a collaborative forum for consultants to talk about projects, budgets, contracting, and anything else that can help you run a business. We also have some fun topics there too!

Make sure you fill out your Areas of Expertise in your Profile and confirm you’re subscribed for Prosal Marketing Updates under in your Settings. 

If the checkbox is unchecked, it will affect your ability to hear about opportunities in real time.

Fill out the areas of expertise in your profile and our AI-assisted matching will do the rest of the work!

We link to wherever the issuer prefers to receive proposals. The options include a URL, email, or directly on Prosal.

For example, if you click on ‚"Respond to Prosal‚" and it opens in email, it's because the issuer chose to receive it via email and there is likely an email in the RFP or that opened in your Gmail the issuer would like to receive it. We encourage you to review the RFP closely to find details about how to respond to an RFP.

We link to wherever the issuer prefers to receive proposals. The options include a URL, email, or direct message on Prosal.

For instance, if you select 'Respond to Prosal' and it opens in Gmail, it's because the issuer has chosen to receive it via email. There's likely an email in the RFP or one that opened in your Gmail that the issuer would like to receive, providing a clear and straightforward submission process.

We encourage you to review the RFP closely to find details about how to respond to an RFP.

Make sure you fill out your Areas of Expertise and confirm you’re subscribed for Prosal Marketing Updates under the Email Settings section in your Settings. If it is unchecked, it will affect your ability to hear about opportunities in real-time.

Not all RFPs are public. Many RFPs are exclusive to Prosal. We have three sources where we get RFPs:

1. Organic posts from the organizations themselves
2. Concierge experiences where we run the RFP on behalf of an organization
3. Public RFPs that we find and ask for permission to post their RFP if they're willing to consider hiring someone new or that they don't know.

There are no limits as to the number of RFPs you can view and respond to with your free account.

The Pro Plan is billed monthly at $99/mo semi-annually to the card or account of your choosing. You will be billed on the 6-month anniversary of when you signed up and can update at any time.

We have a ton of resources to help you get started with RFPs. Check out some of these popular resources:

- How to write a winning proposal

- The essential checklist for proposals

- Building relationships to win new clients

- How to ask for feedback‍

- How to write a great case study‍

- The best proposal templates available anywhere

Once a Respondent submits a response to a Prosal, the Issuer can review your response immediately. They may reach out with additional questions or ask for supporting documents. If a Respondent needs to update their submission or add additional documents, they can do so by clicking on the Edit Icon next to their submission confirmation page.

You will be automatically notified if your response is accepted or declined by an issuer. If your response is accepted, then a message stream will be created between you and the Issuer.

Issuers are always encouraged to review responses in a timely manner and provide regular updates about their decision timeline after the Prosal due date. If the due date is passed, and you have not been notified, you may message us or the Issuer to ask for a status update.

The header for respondents is customized for your usage.

1. Prosal Home: Clicking on the Prosal logo will take you to the marketplace, where you can view and filter all RFPs, explore your folders, and submit proposals.

2. Dashboard: In the dashboard, you can see important updates to your account, return to your onboarding, visit Slack, and explore new resources

3. Marketplace: This is where the magic happens! From the marketplace, you can see all the RFPs in the marketplace, filter across several different filters such as budget and submission deadline, and organize them based on your preferences and submissions.

4. Blog: Read and download all of our resources, including proposal templates, case study worksheets, example RFPs, and how to succeed on Prosal

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You can use the top right icons for notifications and profiles to trigger a dropdown to access the following

5. Organization: Manage your organization and its users on Prosal, including inviting users and updating credentials.

6. Profile: Fill out your profile's key details, including your areas of expertise, client parameters, and project preferences, so we can match you with the right RFPs.

7. Settings: Manage your account settings, email permissions, and existing plan.

8. Sign Out: Sign out of your existing account

Pro users can invite as many users as they'd like to join their organization. Each new user seat costs $39/mo. If you'd like to inquire about more than 10 seats, please reach out to us here.

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Pro users can invite as many users as they'd like to join their organization. Each new user seat costs $39/mo. If you'd like to inquire about more than 10 seats, please reach out to us here.

That's correct. If you're an agency or consultant looking for work, you should register as a respondent.

Yes! The starter plan comes with all of the features necessary to create a profile and respond to Prosals.

Most agencies respond to our RFPs when looking for work, so most projects only get a handful of interest (between 3-7 interested agencies to be exact), and not everyone ends up bidding.

We understand that running your business is tough, especially when just starting. We have Prosal Pro Freelancer Pricing available starting at $39/mo which gives you the same access to Prosal Pro as our regular Pro account. To apply for access, simply fill out this form.

A Prosal becomes inactive when it is past its submission deadline. This means that the Prosal does not display on the marketplace and it cannot receive new responses.

A Prosal can be made active again by changing the submission deadline.

To do so, visit the Inactive Prosals tab in the Dashboard and click on the Prosal you would like to set to Active. Then click Edit Prosal and edit the submission deadline to be past the current date. The Prosal will become inactive again once it's past the updated submission deadline.

The new deadline and edit will be recorded in the Public Questions section of your View Prosal page.

We periodically review accounts that haven't been automatically reviewed by our systems.

We can verify your account shortly if you fill out this brief form.

Everything you need to know about Prosal in 5 minutes

Hello, and welcome to Prosal!

My name is Prosie the Prosal Puffin and I’ll be your guide. I’d like to take the time to thank you for joining our network, and help you make the most out of your experience here.

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Why Prosal?

Prosal’s goal is to simplify your RFP search process so that you can get on-demand business when you need it. We call RFPs uploaded to our site Prosals, because we simplify the complexity of the RFP into an organized, easy-to-read card.

The Basics: Submitting a Response

So you've found a Prosal you'd like to submit a response to. Fantastic! This is how you can upload your proposal (we call them responses) to the issuer:

Visit the Prosal page and click Submit a Response.

Yup, that's it! The Issuer will see your response and written summary and will be able to view your profile as well.

You'll be notified via both notifications and email if you are selected.

P.S. We recommend filling out your profile before submitting a response, but it's not required. Only your Name and Company Name are required.

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Prosal Card

Clicking the Save button will save the Prosal to your dashboard, so you can access it again easily.

Saving will also send you any important notifications about that Prosal, including: questions & answers, updates, and approaching deadlines.

Sharing will allow anyone to view the full Prosal, even without an account.

Clicking on the card will open full Prosal, what we call the View Prosal Page

View Prosal Page

The View Prosal Page is where you can view the entire Prosal, as well as ask public questions and view any updates.

Clicking Issuer Profile will show you the profile page of the RFP issuer.

By scrolling to the bottom of this page, you can view Additional Information, Questions and Answers (Q&A), and related Prosals.

Also, hashtags are clickable.

Fill out your profile

We encourage you to fill out your profile, so that potential clients can see what makes your firm special.

You can fill out your profile by either selecting Edit Profile in your dashboard, or clicking the edit profile icon:

Dashboard

Think of the dashboard as your Prosal headquarters. In the Manage Prosals tab, there are five states a Prosal can be in. You can click on any one of these states to see Prosals currently in that state:

Saved: Any Prosal you have saved. You will be notified of changes and upcoming deadlines

Submissions: Prosals you have submitted a response to

Accepted: Congratulations! You were chosen for a project! This Prosal will stay in Accepted until the project has been completed

Declined: Your response was not accepted. You can use this to view historical submissions, and improve your future submissions

Completed: The Issuer has marked your project as completed! Please reach out to the Issuer to give you feedback that will appear on your profile page

Marketplace Page

This is the main place to find new opportunities. You can search using the search bar in the header, or sort by a number of different options.

Scroll down to automatically load more Prosals.

Additional Questions/Feedback

If you have any additional questions, please use the green chat box in the bottom right of your screen to speak to us!

Use this page to give feedback or suggestions:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Prosal-Website-Feedback

You can access this link at any time in your footer.

Thank you for being a part of Prosal!

Nick, Alfredo, and Nyle

Comments are located at the very bottom of any Prosal's View Prosal page.

Any respondent that is logged in to their account can ask a question or post a comment on the page. The Prosal's issuer can then choose to reply to your questions in the same section of the page.

You will receive a notification if the issuer replies to a question you asked.

In the interest of keeping all interacting parties in the loop, Prosal automatically notifies the respondent that they have not been selected for your project when you select Decline on the View Responses page. They will not be able to submit a second response to that Prosal after you have declined their response.

Our Pro account starts at $99/mo for a semi-annual plan.

This gives you access to the premium RFPs we've been able to vet and confirm the budget, so there's no guesswork in finding the available funds for the project. It also gives you access to additional information on the issuing organization, enhanced filtering for better matching of opportunities, access to winning proposals and evaluation materials, a spotlight profile on our blog page (after one month of using Premium), and first access to any new tools we roll out

A Prosal Card is the small summary "card" element that is displayed on the home page. It acts as a summary of the Prosal it links to and is the main element on the Prosal website

A Prosal Card is the short summary "card" displayed on the homepage marketplace. It contains important information about Prosal, summarizes the Prosal it links to, and is the main element for interacting with the marketplace.

A Prosal is our take on the RFP - a standardized, predictable document optimized for readability and responses.

Simply put, a Prosal is an RFP that is hosted on prosal.io

When uploaded to our site, your RFP transforms into a Prosal!

Prosal is both the name of the marketplace and the RFP once it is uploaded onto the marketplace. Prosals are standardized, easy-to-read RFPs, with summary cards that contain key details about the project, including how to submit a response.

A respondent is any organization that submits a response to a Prosal. That can be an agency, consultant, or freelancer.

Simply put, a respondent is any organization looking for work.

We automatically match our user's emails to an online database of over 20 million email records to verify their business and contact information, founding date, services offered, and more. Whenever we cannot match their information to this database, we request some additional information they fill in by hand that our team personally verifies.

If you want to verify your account, please fill out this form so our team can verify your profile.

We put all our RFPs through a vetting process. We have three sources where we get RFPs:

1) Organic posts from the organizations themselves.

2) Concierge experiences where we run the RFP on behalf of an  organization.

3) Public RFPs that we find and ask for permission to post their RFP if  they're willing to consider hiring someone new or that they don't know.    

There is sometimes overlap in the RFPs we share as they can be picked up and/or posted on other platforms.

We have tons of RFPs from all over! Some of our RFPs are government, usually state, local, and municipal governments, which make up about 40% of the RFPs on the platform. Another 10% come from higher education or educational institutions.

Another 40% comes from nonprofit and grantmaking organizations. The remaining 10% are private companies and quasi-public/private  organizations.

The exact number depends, but about 200 new RFPs are shared daily. Premium plan subscribers have access to even more opportunities that others will not be able to see. You'll have a guaranteed number of leads no matter what plan you sign up for.

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Premium RFPs have fully vetted budgets (the budget on the page is the budget available for the project) while free RFPs for the most part are estimates (though we do confirm their budgets sometimes).

Free RFP budget estimates are based on similar-sized projects and publicly available budget documents like 990s. We also share all our estimates with organizations for them to push back and have found we’re right about 80% of the time. Even though we’re often right, we always encourage you to check with issuers and offer the best proposal that makes the most sense.

RFPs with confirmed budgets have a gold C next to their number, while estimated budgets are denoted with a green E.

At the moment, all profiles and the information posted on them are publicly displayed and searchable. We may add additional privacy restrictions in the future. Please reach out if you have concerns.

Yes and we’re glad you asked! While we’re starting in marketing, communications, and strategic planning, we are actively exploring partnerships in government affairs, fundraising, IT, higher education, and more! To get in touch and learn more about these opportunities, or highlight an area we should explore, reach us at support@prosal.io.