It's driving me nuts how many companies just disappear after we send them a proposal. Last year, we put a ton of work into proposals, and seriously, over half of the leads just vanished after they received their proposal. No reply, nothing. We called and emailed, but they ignored us. It's so rude, isn't it? If you're going to talk to us about a proposal, at least have the decency to say "no thanks" if that's the answer. What's up with that? Is anyone else seeing this trend?

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Sounds a lot like building/pitching treatments for agencies on triple bids on yet another sub 100k commercial tbh

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Pitching for free is a failed concept. How you just going to work 20-40 hours for no money and give away great ideas and not even get a confirmation email

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It feels so disrespectful after you’ve put in the work. I get that they might not want to deliver bad news, but come on, it's just that a quick reply would go a long way. It’s definitely happening more often lately, and it’s annoying.

Less of a trend and more a reality: companies ghost on proposals when the price is too high. It’s that simple.

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