WP Bids – WordPress Theme For Freelancers

Please note this is not a sponsored review. This is a tool I’ve recently started to use and thought it may be of interest to some of you. I asked Brian to share the vital info on it’s creation and features. If you have any questions feel free to leave a comment and Brian will be happy to answer them.

A potential new client contacts you to inquire about your awesome freelance service. So you set up a meeting, put your game face on, and get down to business. You and your potential client discuss goals, technical requirements, budget, and so forth. Exciting! Another new business lead! But you haven’t landed the gig just yet…

Now it’s time to go back, organize all the information you gathered in your meeting, and put together your proposal. Otherwise known as a bid, it’s a document presenting the project details (scope), time estimate, price quote, and any other information you choose to include. In the back of your mind is the notion that you’re not the only freelancer this client contacted for this project. Your proposal better shine so that you win their business!

That’s where WP Bids comes in.

It’s a specialized WordPress theme for creating (awesome) project proposals. Not only does it help you produce outstanding web-based proposals that will wow your clients and win more projects, it makes your life easier and saves you valuable time in the process!

Here are just a few of the features that make WP Bids an excellent tool for your freelance business:

  • Easily add your own logo / branding to the header of every proposal.
  • Creating and formatting proposals is a piece of cake since you already know (and love) the familiar WordPress interface.
  • Set up a proposal template, drastically speeding up the process of churning out new proposals. Now you can focus your time on doing things you enjoy… Like working on projects!
  • Mobile, iPhone, iPad and Print optimized.

The Story Behind WP Bids

I am a freelance web designer. In the past, when clients would contact me about a new project, I’d spend hours crafting a proposal document using Microsoft Word. It was always a process I dreaded for a several reasons:

  • I was limited in terms of design and layout. MS Word doesn’t offer much in this regard.
  • It took forever for me to create each proposal.
  • I felt the overall presentation didn’t reflect my attention to detail as a web designer.

So I knew I had to scratch this itch by creating a solution that is; elegant and impressive, saves me valuable time and is fully customizable.

Since I’ve been specializing in WordPress, it was the logical platform to base my proposals app on. I had been creating Premium WordPress Themes at ThemeJam for a while, so I had a solid foundation in theme development to base WP Bids on.

After a few months of carefully crafting this highly specialized theme, I’m happy to have produced something that is simple, elegant, and offers an immediate benefit to one’s business. I’m truly passionate about the business of freelancing and I’m thrilled to have created something I know my fellow freelancers / small business owners will make use of.

So how much does it cost?

WP Bids follows the same pricing model as all of my premium WordPress themes on ThemeJam. For a one-time purchase of $59, you get:

  • The WP Bids theme, complete with 4 built-in color schemes.
  • The layered Photoshop design file.
  • Detailed documentation.
  • Lifetime access to theme updates.
  • Lifetime access to customer support.
  • Use it on as many domains as you want.

And now a little reward for making it this far…

Here’s a discount code: GRACE20 for 20% OFF your purchase, today through to the 9th August.

Pssst! WP Bids not for you? You can still use the above discount code on any ThemeJam theme!

Here is a short video demonstrating WP Bids in action:

Brian Casel is a freelance web designer and creator of the WP Bids WordPress theme. You can follow Brian on his personal blog briancasel.com and on Twitter @CasJam.

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