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Top Ten Tips for submitting a tender Here are our top ten tips for completing a tender document: Read the whole tender, even if it is 100 pages long. Page 82 may have a vital bit of information about how to respond to the tender. Adhere to the specific tendering...

Top five reasons for tendering   We’re often told by companies that we work with, that they don’t tender as it takes too long, they’re never successful, they don’t have the time…etc. etc. Tendering is a powerful way to generate new business, so powerful in fact that many businesses use...

Your 12 months’ commitment. We’re often asked by companies who are interested in our system why we ask for a 12 months’ subscription.  There are multiple reasons for this so I thought I would sum it up in a quick blog. First and foremost, we believe that in order to...

The most common mistakes when tendering. Here are Creative Tenders top 6 most common mistakes when tendering for new business. 1. Not answering the question that is asked Many companies answer a question based on what information they think the tendering company should know about their business, their processes and...

Jill’s top seven questions to ask before responding to a tender We all know the term ‘busy fools’!  The term definitely comes into play when tendering for new business.  Seeing all those tenders coming through, is like candy in a sweet shop.  But, knowing that you could deliver the work...

10 Stages of Tendering Our Growth Director Jill, has been writing bids for over a decade, and she is often asked what makes her so successful.  It’s important to understand that when she first started tendering, she also made the common mistakes made by all, but she soon realised she...

Jill Hudson When did you start working in the creative sector? 16 years ago. What is the biggest change you’ve seen in the sector in the last ten years? When I started working in the sector 16 years ago I was given the role of training sales and marketing professionals...

Kathryn Johansen When did you start working in the creative sector? Just after finishing my Master’s degree in Media Production, in 2009. What is the biggest change you’ve seen in the sector in the last ten years? Probably the shift from print media to digital, I know everyone says this...

Creative Tenders Team Profiles – John Hudson When did you start working in the creative sector? 12 years whilst I was still at University. What is the biggest change you’ve seen in the sector in the last ten years? Everything moving digital and online, social media becoming more and more important...

Focused growth continues at Creative Tenders Creative Tenders are growing once again with their latest recruit, an MBA graduate from Durham University. Adhitya Vohra has joined Creative Tenders for a 3-month project looking at how the business will successfully launch the Creative Tenders product into international markets. The project is...

How much time do you spend weekly searching tender websites?   Although no one has actually said £12 per week is too expensive, we thought we would look at the time saving cost of our system, allowing us to put into context how useful Creative Tenders will be to your...

Do you think you miss tendering opportunities because you didn’t see them in time?  Or the deadline had just passed? My biggest bugbear over the last 16 years in the industry is finding the perfect tender at 9am only to find out the deadline is 12noon – THE SAME DAY....

Creative Tenders – Officially launched – Website, Design & Marketing Tenders all in one place! The day has finally arrived, and the team at Creative Tenders couldn’t he happier. Creative Tenders officially launched. We are now open for business. We have proactive marketing campaigns running in parallel recruiting new creative...