Proposal Letters

Sample Proposal Letters

A proposal letter documents information about a proposed event, a meeting, an advertising campaign, a book, a business, and the like.

For example, a conference center may require a prospective client to first provide pertinent details about the meeting they wish to conduct in order to better serve them . . . or a marketing manager may ask their advertising agency to document an advertising campaign proposal for review by the principals of that company.

The proposal letter's objective is to sell an idea to the decision maker(s). The decision-maker(s) reviewing and approving the proposal letter can be a bank, an advertiser, a publishing house, an angel investor, and even a church. In some cases, the proposal letter becomes a sales letter charged with selling something that doesn't yet exist.

The proposal letter can either be solicited or unsolicited. Nevertheless, it must be written keeping in mind the interests of the decision maker(s). It must list reasons why your proposal deserves to be approved, what's in it for them, how and how soon you plan to flesh out the proposal once it is approved, and why not approving the proposal may not be in their best interest.

The proposal letter represents you and/or your organization. Therefore, all care must be taken to ensure it paints a positive, professional picture about you and/or the people you represent.

[Date]

[Name]
[Designation]
[Organization]

Dear [First name],

I am writing to let you know how excited I am with your response to the agency's proposal to launch a new advertising campaign around the XG-40D's World Car of the Year 2011 recognition.

As you may be aware, the agency was also responsible for the XG-40D's launch campaign last year. As your own records will tell you, the work the agency has created for the XG-40D brand has been directly responsible for generating business worth $[#] in the US and Canada markets as of September 30, 2011.

The agency believes great creativity sells. The results have proved us right.

The proposal to launch a new advertising campaign around the WCOTY recognition was first made by my astonishingly farsighted colleague and the executive in charge of the XG-40D account, [Name].

When [Name] first made the proposal to us, we were virtually stunned into silence. You cannot imagine our astonishment when he did one better than himself by getting back to the agency with a comprehensive campaign proposal just two days after the meeting we had with you.

[Name]'s proposal is simply out of this world, which is why we would like to schedule a meeting with you to present it to you and take it forward.

[Name] will call you in the next two days to confirm the meeting and finalize the venue, date and time.

On behalf of the agency, I thank you for your confidence in the agency and your continued support.

I look forward to meeting you again in person soon.

[Signature]
[Name]
[Designation]

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