Welcome to Episode #29 of the WP Elevation Podcast. Our guest this week is Ruben Gamez from Bidsketch, absolutely beautiful proposal software for sending proposals to your clients. If you are a web designer, freelancer, or consultant of any sort, you should definitely be checking out Bidsketch to send beautiful proposals to your clients. We always talk about the lean startup approach to developing products but Ruben actually uses the lean startup approach for developing free content based on what his customers have told him they want. Stay tuned, I’m sure you’re going to get a lot out of this interview.
For this week's competition prize, Ruben has kindly sponsored a year worth of Bidsketch on whatever plan you choose. To enter to competition, leave your comment underneath the video and tell us the #1 feature you'd like to see in a future version of Bidsketch.
Congratulations Vera Pell. Ruben has awarded you the Bidsketch prize! Keep Elevating!
Highlights from this episode include:
You can reach out and thank Ruben by email at [email protected]Â or on Twitter
Ruben suggested I interview Rob Walling. Rob, keep your eyes on your inbox.
Hint: to enter the competition, leave a comment below and tell us the #1 feature you’d like to see in a future version of Bidsketch.
20 Responses
I love Bidsketch. I just wish it had Analytics.
I love Bidsketch. I just wish it had Analytics.
I think that having report style analytics that are easy to get to from the nav bar would be nice.
I think that having report style analytics that are easy to get to from the nav bar would be nice.
I use Xero, so it would be nice if you integrate bidsketch and Xero, and have them create invoice automatically (or pay automatically, somehow).
I use Xero, so it would be nice if you integrate bidsketch and Xero, and have them create invoice automatically (or pay automatically, somehow).
Actionable Analytics. Integration with other Analytics would be helpful but mostly just stats that I can quickly make decisions on.
Actionable Analytics. Integration with other Analytics would be helpful but mostly just stats that I can quickly make decisions on.
Love this interview (and I love Bidsketch!), even though I’m late in listening. I’m particularly in love with Ruben’s description of how he made connections with other folks in the industry who he admired. I have a couple of people like that who I follow, but I hate _bugging_ them, you know what I mean? These people have real work to do and why on earth would they want to bother emailing with me?
Love this interview (and I love Bidsketch!), even though I’m late in listening. I’m particularly in love with Ruben’s description of how he made connections with other folks in the industry who he admired. I have a couple of people like that who I follow, but I hate _bugging_ them, you know what I mean? These people have real work to do and why on earth would they want to bother emailing with me?
I agree – analytics would be great! I would also like to see more in the library for scripting. Many people are creative but not necessarily good writers so it’s always nice to have a basic script in place for different sections that could be used in multiple industries and multiple consultant positions. I morphed from WordPress web design into adding marketing so now I look for words to use in scripts than can pull them closer to signing. Especially in intros. Thanks for all you do!
I agree – analytics would be great! I would also like to see more in the library for scripting. Many people are creative but not necessarily good writers so it’s always nice to have a basic script in place for different sections that could be used in multiple industries and multiple consultant positions. I morphed from WordPress web design into adding marketing so now I look for words to use in scripts than can pull them closer to signing. Especially in intros. Thanks for all you do!
I wish this can be integrated with other CRM’s like Apptivo or Zoho CRM or better yet with https://zapier.com/
I wish this can be integrated with other CRM’s like Apptivo or Zoho CRM or better yet with https://zapier.com/
I’d like to see a lower priced freelancer plan.
I’d like to see a lower priced freelancer plan.
I enjoy Bidsketch a lot. I would like to see a smartphone app or mobile-friendly version of the site for those cases when I am on the go and want to pump out a quick proposal to someone (i did it once on my iPhone and it was rough with the zooming in and out).
Be sure you take a look at your competition, “Proposify”. They are less “ready to go” unlike Bidsketch but they have a UI for proposal template design and a “hello sign” type of sign-off. I tried them out and resorted to sticking with you. But take a look if you haven’t. Thanks also for your blog posts, Ruben!
There are some great suggestions here guys. I am waiting to hear back from Ruben to award the prize. Will keep you posted.
Congratulations Vera. Ruben has awarded you the year worth of Bidsketch! He said it was a tough decision but he liked the detail of your response! We’ll be in touch shortly to award the prize.
Thanks Gin! Awesome! I am very appreciative! Bidsketch is the best!