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Using Visuals to Tell Your Story in an RFP Response – with Ama Cobbina & Megan Skuller - EP102

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We process visuals 60,000 times faster than we do text.

And yet, most proposal teams see graphics as a nice-to-have. Something you add in at the last minute to make a response more visually appealing.

But what if you leveraged the visuals to support the story you’re telling in an RFP? What if you were just as strategic in planning the graphics as you are in crafting the text of a proposal response?

Ama Cobbina is the Cofounder and Marketing Director at mAt, a strategic visualization and marketing group. As a Creative Strategist and Business Development Professional, Ama has 13 years of experience in go-to-market strategy, acquisition response and solution designing.

Megan Skuller serves as a Senior Graphic Designer and Project Lead at 24 Hour Company, the nation’s premiere visual communications firm. After 17 years in the business, Megan has developed an expertise in solution-driven design for the proposal industry.

On this episode of the RFP Success Show, Ama and Megan join me to discuss the art of telling your story through visuals and describe the purpose graphics serve in a proposal response.

They explain the benefit of developing a design template as part of your content strategy and discuss when it’s okay to use SmartArt or stock visuals—and when it’s not.

Listen in to understand why it’s crucial to involve your designers early in the RFP process and learn how to partner with a visual strategist to plan the text and graphics for your proposal response.

Key Takeaways

The role of a visual strategist and the value they bring to the proposal process

How Megan defines solution-driven design and its role in the RFP world

How graphics demonstrate an understanding of the client’s needs and create cohesion and meaning in an RFP response

Why every graphic in a proposal should have a clear purpose

The benefit of developing a design template as part of your content strategy

When Megan & Ama suggest using SmartArt or stock images

The best online tools for developing your visual language in the proposal process

Examples of graphics Megan & Ama have created that made a big impact

Why it’s crucial to involve your designers early in the RFP process

Why you should plan both the text and graphics for a proposal response

Connect with Ama

Ama on LinkedIn

Connect with Megan

24 Hour Company

Megan on LinkedIn

Email megan.skuller@24hrco.com

Connect with Lisa

Lisa’s Website

Lisa on Twitter

Lisa on Facebook

Lisa on LinkedIn

The RFP Success Company on YouTube

The RFP Success Company on LinkedIn

Subscribe on iTunes

Email podcast@rfpsuccess.com

Resources

Ama on The RFP Success Show EP052

Ama on The RFP Success Show EP056

Miro

MURAL

Figma

Black to School

Book a Call with the RFP Success Company

Dare to Be Influential: Maximizing Your Positive Influence While Still Being True to You by Lisa Rehurek

The RFP Success Book by Lisa Rehurek

The RFP Success Institute

  continue reading

142 episodios

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We process visuals 60,000 times faster than we do text.

And yet, most proposal teams see graphics as a nice-to-have. Something you add in at the last minute to make a response more visually appealing.

But what if you leveraged the visuals to support the story you’re telling in an RFP? What if you were just as strategic in planning the graphics as you are in crafting the text of a proposal response?

Ama Cobbina is the Cofounder and Marketing Director at mAt, a strategic visualization and marketing group. As a Creative Strategist and Business Development Professional, Ama has 13 years of experience in go-to-market strategy, acquisition response and solution designing.

Megan Skuller serves as a Senior Graphic Designer and Project Lead at 24 Hour Company, the nation’s premiere visual communications firm. After 17 years in the business, Megan has developed an expertise in solution-driven design for the proposal industry.

On this episode of the RFP Success Show, Ama and Megan join me to discuss the art of telling your story through visuals and describe the purpose graphics serve in a proposal response.

They explain the benefit of developing a design template as part of your content strategy and discuss when it’s okay to use SmartArt or stock visuals—and when it’s not.

Listen in to understand why it’s crucial to involve your designers early in the RFP process and learn how to partner with a visual strategist to plan the text and graphics for your proposal response.

Key Takeaways

The role of a visual strategist and the value they bring to the proposal process

How Megan defines solution-driven design and its role in the RFP world

How graphics demonstrate an understanding of the client’s needs and create cohesion and meaning in an RFP response

Why every graphic in a proposal should have a clear purpose

The benefit of developing a design template as part of your content strategy

When Megan & Ama suggest using SmartArt or stock images

The best online tools for developing your visual language in the proposal process

Examples of graphics Megan & Ama have created that made a big impact

Why it’s crucial to involve your designers early in the RFP process

Why you should plan both the text and graphics for a proposal response

Connect with Ama

Ama on LinkedIn

Connect with Megan

24 Hour Company

Megan on LinkedIn

Email megan.skuller@24hrco.com

Connect with Lisa

Lisa’s Website

Lisa on Twitter

Lisa on Facebook

Lisa on LinkedIn

The RFP Success Company on YouTube

The RFP Success Company on LinkedIn

Subscribe on iTunes

Email podcast@rfpsuccess.com

Resources

Ama on The RFP Success Show EP052

Ama on The RFP Success Show EP056

Miro

MURAL

Figma

Black to School

Book a Call with the RFP Success Company

Dare to Be Influential: Maximizing Your Positive Influence While Still Being True to You by Lisa Rehurek

The RFP Success Book by Lisa Rehurek

The RFP Success Institute

  continue reading

142 episodios

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