In the growing world of Gig Economy and Freelancing, I usually hear these words “Winning bids in Freelancing Projects” is quite tough.
Whether one is a newbie to freelancing or one who is already in the Gig Economy, bidding freelancing projects a niche skill set. One has to develop the skill set of writing an attention grabbing bids, which will help you to stand in the front row.
You can bid for some of the freelancing projects like Search Engine Optimization and develop skills in it.
The factors involved in writing a winning bid
Let us see a couple of bids which were submitted for a project like “Develop website for Learning Management System using WordPress”
The first bid looks like this:
“Hi Sir, I am an expert in WordPress website development and I can help you in building an LMS website. Please give me the project and I can assure you will not be disappointed.”
Here is the second bid:
Hi Venkat, I will get the WordPress website developed for you which will be your complete Learning Management System. I am a website developer with over 10 years of experience in WordPress and custom website development. I have worked on a numerous similar projects and please see my project portfolio at: https://analyticsram.vidyaversity.com.
I would like to understand more about the project to check if you need anything more apart from the modules of learning management system. I can design the system in a much similar to the best known learning management systems in the industry. Usually I will need 4 weeks to deliver the regular LMS website and I would like to understand any other specifics you need. I would be more than happy to discuss further on this to start as soon as possible. Thanks and Regards, Ram.
So, what do you think which bid will be selected? You guessed it right.
SECOND ONE will be selected.
What are the key takeaways from the bid.
- The bidder sent response to the employer in a more personal approach by his name.
- The bid has clear details about the about the project, which gives the employer confidence that you have read the requirement clearly and responding to that bid.
- The bidder clearly specified his skills to complete the project and to give more confidence the past project details were provided for reference.
- The tentative delivery dates were provided which gives the employer the approximate delivery date of the project.
Here are the important things to be included in a winning bid
- Send a Personal response to the employer specific to the bid
- Provide Information about the Project
- Clearly specify your skills relevant to the project
- Provide tentative delivery dates which you can adhere to
- Showcase your experience and past project portfolio
- Specify any queries related to the project
- Avoid grammatical and spelling mistakes
- Avoid using the same bidding template for every bid
- Always have your clear and neat profile picture
- Make the bid competitively
- Specify the Milestones and payment terms for each milestone