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	• The One-Page Proposal: How to Get Your Business Pitch onto One Persuasive Page Patrick G. Riley Collins Business, 2002 - 112 pages average customer review:based on 15 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Good for some cases

I enjoyed the ideas and writing style of this book. I am always interested in techniques for getting to the point faster. This style of proposal may work well when presented to a decision-maker that doesn't have time for the details. Unfortunately, many people do have time for the details or they will pass the proposal down to those who must make time. In those cases, a one-page proposal will lack details that the reader is expecting and, when competing against others, may cause this proposal to be excluded due to insufficient detail.

This book will be very helpful for those who write proposals that put people to sleep. At this point, my proposals still need to be in the 2-3 page range; however, there's a chance I just need to get better at fitting all the necessary detail onto a single page.

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Not for the average deal

I certainly believe in being brief. I've written long proposals that end up confusing people and me losing the deal. So, I recommend this book to those who would be well served by this type of proposal.

Having said that, I don't believe it will help the person who does average deals on the Internet. On the net, you have something to sell. A service perhaps. Someone wants to know what you'll charge to do a certain task, project or job.

All you need to do in this case is figure out what the project should fetch and write your prospect, telling him what your job involves and what value you'll bring to the table and how much you'll charge. At least, that's how I see it.

So, to me, this book offered nothing I could use. But there are lots of great reviews here and that tells me that many people find it useful. I'm only offering my impression for what it's worth.

- Susanna K. Hutcheson

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Good Ideas Are Rare

This is a thin book, and it is easy to read. It definitely has good ideas, and I have already put them to use. If you can get one good idea from each "encounter," you are ahead of the game.

What do decision makers read, how do they want it presented? That is the subject of this book. Quality and bervity are preferred to quantity for certin types of proposals. This is a concept that can bring significant value, if properly applied. I do recommend this book.

A perfect solution

I stumbled upon this at the Chicago Public Library. After reading it and returning it I didn't think much of it. For some reason, however, it stuck with me.

After Amazon delivered it I remembered why it stuck with me: the concept is perfect for putting down just the parts of an idea or project you need to remember and those you need to convey. It is perfect in its simplicity.

I use this format extensively and find that it helps both me and the reader stay focused on the key points. I highly recommend both the method and the book. This, Tom Sant's Persuasive Business Proposals and Powerful Proposals by David G. Pugh and Terry R. Bacon may be the only books on proposal anyone needs!

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Great for the Entepreneur

This book is exactly what the title describes itself as: a theory and method of creating a one page proposal. It's best suited for the entepreneur pitching venture capitalists. I got some ideas from it, but wasn't as helpful as I'd hoped for what I needed. One thing I'd have liked would have been a job aid/chart with the section titles and brief highlight of what to include.

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As clear, concise, and concrete as its subject, Patrick Riley's The One?Page Proposal promises to be the definitive business guide to getting your best ideas fully understood in the least amount of time.

Today more than ever, business decisions are made on the fly?d first impressions can make all the difference. Now, in the first book of its kind, successful entrepreneur Patrick Riley shows you how to boil all the elements of your business proposal into one persuasive page?d magnify your business potential in the process.

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