Winning projects on freelance websites are getting tough day by day, and the reasons are the high level of competition and the abundance of novice freelancers.

Back in 2007-2010 when there were few freelance websites like (rentacoder.com, guru.com, freelance.com, elance.com) and only expert programmer were working on these websites, the quality of work and relying on these websites was high.

As we see that over time, people from third world countries attracted to freelancing due to many local and international reasons, then what happened is, the quality of work starts decreasing and the scammer/time waster also became part of this business.

Now due to enhanced criteria of bid selection, proposal writing became a crucial part of freelancing. Now people with copy/past proposal ruled out. so now to a project people start spending time on writing proposals and start looking for how to write a winning proposal.

Here we will show few guidelines for a winning proposal, it could increase your project winning by 60-70%.

1. Carefully read and understand the stated problem by reading it two to three times.
2. Now while posting your bid
   • Start with nice greetings
   • After that rephrase the main issue in your own words, by which the employer knows that you understood the issue. Understanding the problem is a half solution.
   • In the second paragraph tell about yourself that why you are the best fit for this project, tell about your relevant experience and projects.
   • In the third paragraph explain how will approach this project, if you win it.
   • Share your portfolio
   • Show your availability / Be Realistic
   • Ask Questions
   • Nice Closing

Any Comments/Feed back will be appreciated.

Happy Bidding!