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Helping SMEs win bids & scale | £1bn+ in contracts secured | Award-winning bid writer & consultant | Founder, Bidology

Want to know a simple way to improve your tender response in ten minutes? 🚩 Search for red flag words like; numerous, often, regular, frequent, many, extensive etc. These usually point to an empty statement. ✔️ Quantify the statement. We service numerous sites - how many? Our engineers have extensive experience - how many years? What experience? We will conduct regular H&S checks - how often; weekly, monthly? Happy bidding!

Juliet Fletcher MPA, CF APMP, CEO at Writing is Easy

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5mo

This is golden! SO many empty statements.

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Mark Trotter

Freelance Bid ManagerDirector/

5mo

Word redundancy is similar to the use of hyperbole. When spoken it sounds impressive, when written. However, on occassions the specifications we respond to are vague, amorphous and contain ambiguities. Style over substance loses because it creates room for the reader to draw their own conclusions. If you want that outcome become a journalist or a writer of fiction. We are "wordsmiths" that requires the writer to put meaning into the sentence just as a blacksmith put shape and form in metal. Always an excellent to rehearse

Paul Rogers

Consulting Director at PaulRogers.Pro

5mo

I’ve never seen a butcher claim to be a “low class butcher” Thankfully, they are all “high class” butchers. Phew 😮💨

Martin Rodgers

Delivering winning tender responses

5mo

Our Global HQ was one flagged up to me by a senior exec .. we're a global company, it's our HQ ergo the global is not only redundant but a bit desperate

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