What does your agency call the document you send to clients before starting work? According to a survey of agencies by the team over at Podio, the actual terminology varies greatly, but “Proposal” took the lead with 73% of the votes.
Does it matter if the document is called a proposal? Quote (44%)? Statement of Work (23%)? Recommendation (8%)? Agreement (26%)? Contract? Something else entirely?
The varied responses point to a “sense of an organic, evolving process that varies from agency to agency, client to client, and project to project” the Podio team reported.
I hope agency owners can take away a key lesson here: There is no right or wrong way of doing it – the point is to do it. Get something published and in front of your client. It does not matter what you call it, but the content matters greatly.
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