Comments on: Putting Together a Proposal for Services: Social Media Marketing and Internet Marketing

By: Sandra Tedford

Sandra Tedford — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:22:17 +0000

Great Post! I’ve also made the same mistakes starting out as a consultant. I appreciate your honesty on this. I met with a large consulting firm and it occurred to me that maybe the head of marketing did’nt know much about social media, which is why he asked me to put some ideas down on paper to see what my “thought process” was. Talk about free labor!. Anyway I learned my lesson and am grateful for the advice you provide.

By: Brad Marcus

Brad Marcus — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 02:57:16 +0000

Excellent article with some terrific points. I’ve made the same mistake as in example number 1 and have learned from it. So many companies think that social media is so very valuable, but won’t pay an outside consultant to do the job, only to find out that the intern they gave the work to had no clue had to work social media from a business perspective and spent all their time chatting on Facebook.

By: Angela Beasley

Angela Beasley — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 04:24:03 +0000

I know this is an old post, but its great advice. I too thought I was the only one going through this treatment, but it seems many of us are.

Thanks for the advice!

By: koowie

koowie — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 01:37:46 +0000

Great article and example. Good first step in learning social media marketing.

By: Ann Thaxton (Rickenbacher Group)

Ann Thaxton (Rickenbacher Group) — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 19:06:05 +0000

I’m comforted to hear this doesn’t only happen to me! I think being self employed is wonderful, but many people think that since you’re one little guy, they can screw you and get away with it. Even if you have a signed contract, are you really going to pay for legal action if they don’t pay? I guess that depends on how much they owe…Anyway, thanks for putting this out there!

By: Terri L. Maurer

Terri L. Maurer — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 08:15:49 +0000

I wish I could say yours were isolated instances, but from the other comments, it’s clear they were not. Unfortunately in these turbulent economic times, what you refer to crosses the boundaries of all service industries. There is unlimited information available on-line to anyone willing to take the time to do the research. But, there is also a need to understand the big picture in developing and implementation of a plan that works!

By: Gennia Holder

Gennia Holder — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:02:44 +0000

This is the best advice I’ve seen yet for those of us offering Social Media Services. Thanks for sharing your experience.

By: andrewsauter

andrewsauter — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:22:49 +0000

JIllian, my recommendation is to go to slideshare.com and search for “social media proposal”, you’ll finds tons you can work with. Just remember to build the value on how you can impact their business vs. going through a sample work-order

By: jillian

jillian — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:13:06 +0000

I’ve done the social marketing for my employer for 3 years and have been asked by a couple of contacts if I’d consider doing some contract work on the side.

Does anyone have a sample proposal they would share?

By: Richard Buettner

Richard Buettner — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:10:44 +0000

Great post – but this is the reality of operating in a crowded market where lots of people consider themselves as social media consultants. And if you don’t give away what you’ve got you’ll never get the contract signed. As a matter of fact lots of what you’ve got is freely available on all the blog posts, in Twitter etc. Rather sooner than later the whole social media consulting/expertise will become mainstream and will be done in-house. In the meantime keep on consulting (sometimes for free). Just like me…