News

  • Read our guest blog, "Looking for Agencies in All the Wrong Places"
  • Please read our two-part interview with Leslie Levine of Allbusiness.com:
    • Help for PR Agencies and the Companies that Hire Them. Click here.
    • De-Stressing the Agency Selection Process. Click here.
    • Here's another story by Leslie on choosing a PR agency. Click here.
  • Bulldog Reporter's Daily Dog announcement of the company. Click here.
  • Capitol Communicator's coverage of our announcement. Click here.
  • O'Dwyer's - "PR Vets Form RFP Consultancy" - Click here.

 

"Conversations in PR" Interview on The RFP Process

Trouble viewing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RccLgQ6CuY

Events

Date Program Event
Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011 34th Annual Chesapeake Conference (Bethesda, MD). Click here for details. Robert & Steve will present on "Choosing An Agency: How to Conduct the RFP Process"
Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011

ADWKDC

(part of Advertising Week in Washington)

Robert will participate in the panel, "Search Consultant True Confessions: Myths, Mistakes and Must-Dos" 

Click here.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

PRSA International Conference

Capital Hilton, Washington, DC

Robert and Helen spoke on "Best Business PRactices: Strategy, Writing and Managing the RFP Process"

Click for a copy of our session. 


Press Releases

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RFP Associates Launches - October 18, 2010
RFP Associates Launched to Help Organizations Conduct Searches for Public Relations Agencies.
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Read our guest blog post, "Looking for Agencies in All the Wrong Places"

See our video interview with "Conversations in PR"

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Top Concerns of Agencies Responding to RFPs

  1. Short deadlines
  2. Budget not provided
  3. Incomplete scope of work
  4. Exhaustive response required
  5. Poorly written RFP - difficult client down the line

Why Organizations Dread the RFP Process

  1. Agency bait and switch
  2. Boilerplate response
  3. Daunting process
  4. Hard to differentiate agencies
  5. Want the process to be open and fair

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