Below are our recent presentations and published articles. Please return to this site as we continue to add to this library.

Best Practices in the Public Relations RFP Process
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10 Steps Toward Hiring the Right Public Relations Agency
Handout from presentation during PRSA International Conference, October 19, 2010

Please email us for a copy - info@rfpassociates.net.

Read our latest interviews with two bloggers. 

See our video interview with "Conversations in PR"

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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