iSocialWeb

RFP for digital marketing and SEO

Marketing agency RFP template

Answer a few questions and get an RFP ready to send to the agencies you shortlist, with what each proposal must include and how you will score them.

Services you need
What each proposal must include
Weight of each criterion (add up to 100)

Next step

  • Case study

    Our projects

    SEO, advertising and analytics work for companies in several sectors, with what we did and what they achieved.

    See the cases →
  • iSocialWeb service

    About us

    Who we are, how we work and the senior team that would run your account.

    Meet the team →

What makes a good RFP

  • RFP

    The request for proposal: the document you send to several agencies so they answer in the same format and you can compare them.

    What an RFP is →
  • Measurable objectives

    An objective with no figure or deadline cannot be assessed. Write what you want to achieve, by when and which metric you will track.

    What a marketing KPI is →
  • Indicative budget

    Hiding it does not get you better prices: it gets you proposals you cannot compare. With a range, each agency fits the scope to what you can invest.

    How to measure return →
  • Plan with milestones

    What will be done each quarter and which deliverables you get. It is what most separates a proposal written for you from a generic one.

    What a briefing is →
  • Weighted criteria

    Decide before reading the proposals how much each thing counts: experience, plan, team, price and cases. That way price alone does not decide.

    How to benchmark →
  • IT dependencies

    What the agency will need from your technical team. Knowing it upfront stops the project from stalling while waiting for IT.

    What an SEO manager does →

RFP: frequently asked questions

  • The company and its situation, the services you need, objectives with figures, markets, an indicative budget, dates, what each proposal must include and how you will score them. More detail in what an RFP is.

  • Three to five. With fewer you have nothing to compare; with more, good agencies often decline because their odds are low and preparing a proposal is a lot of work.

  • Two to three weeks for a serious proposal, with a round of questions in the first week. Less time gets you generic proposals.

  • Yes: generate the document above and send it with the form. We reply within one business day to clear up questions and send you a proposal with everything it asks for.

Glossary terms

What this tool measures, explained in our digital marketing glossary.

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