{"id":92311,"date":"2017-07-24T10:13:01","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T09:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smartinsights.com\/?post_type=guides&#038;p=92311"},"modified":"2019-07-11T08:35:13","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T07:35:13","slug":"how-to-pitch-web-design-and-build-work","status":"publish","type":"guides","link":"https:\/\/www.smartinsights.com\/guides\/how-to-pitch-web-design-and-build-work\/","title":{"rendered":"How to pitch web design and build work"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>How will this guide help me and my business?<\/h3>\n<p>The aim of this guide is to help you pitch and win web design work. Whether you're a new agency or just looking to improve the\u00a0way you pitch for work, this guide is for you.<\/p>\n<p>We originally created this template for client-side marketers to use\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartinsights.com\/guides\/website-design-and-build-briefing-template\/\">to brief web design and build partners<\/a>. We have pulled out the relevant elements from that document and recommend you access it and read alongside this one for deeper context.<\/p>\n<h3>Who is this guide for?<\/h3>\n<p>We created this guide for creative or marketing agencies who are embarking on new website design and build project for their clients. If this is a new service for you or one that is only occasionally undertaken; then you may not have a structured approach to creating a proposal to win the project. Or indeed to progressing the project should you win. This guide will inform both scenarios.<\/p>\n<p>We have also previously produced a guide on how to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartinsights.com\/agency-marketing\/growing-a-marketing-agency\/marketing-agency-proposal-template\/\">create a proposal that wins you work<\/a>\u00a0and the principles of that are added to this resource also.<\/p>\n<p>If you have your own web designers and developers, you should know the stages of a design and build project. 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