RE: bidding question

Hi Karen,

>From my experience with our Chamber I can offer the following:

1) Do not bid with the thought in mind that it may bring in future =
business
- BUT there is MUCH exposure in having your name at the bottom of a =
chamber
website.
2) Find out who is bidding (you should have an idea of who all 'works' =
in
your area.  Take a look at their sites and pricing, etc.
3) I don't know how 'friendly' you are with the chamber - BUT DON'T GIVE
AWAY ANY IDEAS YOU HAVE FOR THE SITE - if you don't win the bid you may =
find
your ideas implemented by someone else because the chamber liked your =
ideas
but wanted the project to go elsewhere.
4) Remember - a lot of times when dealing with organizations like =
chambers,
it isn't what you can do and how much it will cost BUT who is related to
which member and how much 'pull' the member has - I suppose this can be =
said
for a lot of businesses too.=20

I designed and take care of our chamber site.  I bid 'low' because I =
REALLY
wanted this site and I saw it more as a community service than anything =
else
- but I wasn't going to do it for 'free.'  I find that 'free' tends to =
be
treated as 'no value'.

In my bid I put down my hourly fees and hosting costs, etc.  I do charge
them for the hosting and the cost of their domains but I have never =
billed
them again for my updating time.

Reason - because I can do pretty much what I want without anyone
complaining.  So I get to 'try' things (like my panoramic view of the =
whole
town) and create pages like 'local talent' to show off some of our local =
ppl
who have 'individual' memberships rather than business ones.  (like Ms.
Donavon's watercolor paintings, and Dona's ceramic tiles)
www.remerchamber.com=20

:)

Good luck and let us know what happens.

Carol


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org [mailto:owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org] =
On
Behalf Of Karen Stafford
Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 4:08 PM
To: hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
Subject: bidding question


I posted this on the business list, but nothing came thru, and =
apparently,
it's pretty quiet, so I'm going to try here:-) I'm actually going to be
placing a bid for the first time on a pretty major website (most of what
I've done so far is pretty small). It will be for my town's chamber of
commerce, and I'm anxious to look good, of course! (although I'm more
anxious to get the job). Does anyone have a template of a bid form? =
Also,
any words of advice? I do plan on setting up a mock-up based on the =
style of
a site (but, yes, not copying it!) they mentioned they would like to =
base
theirs on, plus including my portfolio (and, yes, I'll be working on
tweaking my own site, too, to make sure it's absolutely right. There are
updates I need to do on it:-) But, any bid form or advice would be
wonderful. Thanks!

Karen Stafford
Noteworthy Cybersolutions
"Big business solutions at a small business price"
http://www.noteworthycybersolutions.com

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