The Library

Everything I publish on winning work and building with AI, free to use and complete. Paid playbooks sit beside them, marked with their price. 10 items, last updated 24 October 2026.

Start here: Winning work

  • ToolWinning workFree

    The follow-up scorecard

    Fifteen questions on how your firm handles enquiries, follow-up and proposals. A score out of 45 and one fix for each part.

    Start here if you are not sure where work slips away: each fix points to the template that helps.

    5 minutesUpdated 22 Oct 2026

  • TemplateWinning workFree

    Follow-up schedule

    Ten follow-up steps for an enquiry, a first call and a sent proposal: when each one goes, and what it adds, so nothing reads as chasing.

    Start here if proposals go quiet after you send them.

    20 minutes to set upUpdated 24 Oct 2026

  • ArticleWinning workFree

    How to follow up on a proposal without chasing

    How to follow up on a proposal: agree the next step before you send, add something each time the client goes quiet, and record why you won or lost.

    Start here if proposals go quiet after you send them.

    13 min readUpdated 23 Oct 2026

Everything in the Library

  • GuideBuilding with AIFree

    Connect Context7 to Claude Code

    One command gives Claude Code the current documentation for the libraries you use, so its answers match the version you have, not the one it remembers.

    5 minutesVerified 24 Oct 2026

  • TemplateWinning workFree

    Follow-up schedule

    Ten follow-up steps for an enquiry, a first call and a sent proposal: when each one goes, and what it adds, so nothing reads as chasing.

    20 minutes to set upUpdated 24 Oct 2026

  • ArticleWinning workFree

    The bid or no-bid decision for small expert firms

    How a small consulting or training firm makes the bid or no-bid decision: seven red flags, five scored factors, a worked example, and how to write faster.

    13 min readUpdated 23 Oct 2026

  • ArticleWinning workFree

    How to follow up on a proposal without chasing

    How to follow up on a proposal: agree the next step before you send, add something each time the client goes quiet, and record why you won or lost.

    13 min readUpdated 23 Oct 2026

  • ArticleWinning workFree

    Lead response time for consulting firms: what to aim for

    Lead response time for consulting firms: what the research measured, why a same-day reply from a person is the target, and four steps to make it hold.

    12 min readUpdated 23 Oct 2026

  • TemplateWinning workFree

    Bid or no-bid checklist

    A scored decision, in about fifteen minutes, on whether a tender or a proposal request is worth answering.

    15 minutes per tenderUpdated 23 Oct 2026

  • TemplateWinning workFree

    Pipeline template

    A simple pipeline for an expert firm with no CRM.

    A few minutes each morningUpdated 23 Oct 2026

  • TemplateWinning workFree

    Proposal outline

    A short proposal that confirms what you agreed on the call.

    One page per proposal, written from your call notesUpdated 23 Oct 2026

  • TemplateWinning workFree

    Weekly review agenda

    A fixed 30-minute meeting each week that keeps every opportunity moving.

    30 minutes a weekUpdated 23 Oct 2026

  • ToolWinning workFree

    The follow-up scorecard

    Fifteen questions on how your firm handles enquiries, follow-up and proposals. A score out of 45 and one fix for each part.

    5 minutesUpdated 22 Oct 2026

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