Potential benefits

Improve close rate

Number of opportunities

Increase revenue per sale

Using Copilot to respond to a rfp


1. Summarize the RFP​

Use Copilot to organize the information required for the RFP by generating a list of required items sorted by category.​

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Copilot in Word

Get started quickly by skipping over non-essential portions of the RFP.​

2. Gather opportunity information​

Use Copilot to summarize information from the company website and annual reports to understand financials, goals, and challenges.​

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Copilot

Rapidly pulling information such as IT spending changes and new product releases from lengthy documents can save time.​

3. Use Copilot to research responses​

Use custom RFP repository copilot built with Copilot Studio to ask for responses to the RFP questions.​

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Copilot Studio

Using defined content to answer customer questions ensures accuracy of the responses.​

4. Meet with team to review​

Discuss required changes and opportunities for cross-sell. After the meeting generate a list of suggestions for updates​

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Copilot in Teams

Don’t miss any updates by asking Copilot for all of the suggestions made during the meeting.​

5. Revise responses​

Use Copilot to revise the document content to make it more readable. Go back to the RFP bot to get answers to additional items.​

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Copilot in Word

Quickly make responses more readable to improve the quality of the RFP response.​

6. Create email with response​

Have Copilot turn a list of bullet points into a professional email summarizing the RFP response.​

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Copilot in Outlook

Quickly create professional emails that are concise and more likely to be read and can lead to higher close rates.​