Freelance Writing Testimonials

  • "Matt has been a reliable, quality writer for Chicago Athlete. I can count on him to turn in excellent work in a timely fashion and have always been pleased with the writing he's done."

    Bethany Stripp
    Former Editor, My Chicago Athlete Magazine

  • “What I love about Matt and his writing is how he is able to see the human element in everything. It's not just reporting facts, he's telling the story of someone's life and touching human spirit as he writes. Matt has done a couple of pieces for RevelationGolf and every one of them has wonderfully conveyed how people helping people in need makes our world a better place.”

    Donna Strum
    Executive Director, Revelation Golf

  • “Matt is a great feature writer who puts heart in his stories to inspire and engage readers. He’s wonderful to work with because he’s responsive, dependable, very professional in his interactions and conscientious of deadlines.”

    Laura Tigges
    Former Communications Manager, DeVry Education Group

  • “Matthew has been a tremendous resource for our company. He has generated, edited and proofed work for us over the years which have generated cohesion to our practice and company. I highly recommend Matthew for all of your writing needs. He has been extremely accessible, professional and has taken the time to learn our business. This has allowed Matthew to be able to more accurately and intelligibly address our target audience.”

    James M. Kling
    Founder, Alternative Teaching, Inc

Dissertation Copyediting Testimonials

  • “Thank you for your service, Matt, in making this research better and your empathy for our tired eyes at this point. You are very good at this job and at making this process without pain.”

    Student

  • “Thank you so much Matt for all of your help and making this such a seamless process.”

    Student

  • “I really appreciate your expertise and help in moving this endeavour forward, your keen eye to detail was an asset to polish the work; I am very grateful!”

    Student

  • “I can't thank you enough for your expert assistance, absolute professionalism, and for going out of your way to help me meet the commencement deadline. It has been such a pleasure to work with you!”

    Student

  • “You have a great eye for picking up on the details. Thanks for all your work.”

    Student

  • “Thank you for all of your hard work. You did an excellent job on the edits!”

    Student

  • “Thank you, sir! I appreciate your expertise and professionalism very much.”

    Student

  • “Thank you for making the manuscript process very smooth!”

    Student

  • “Thank you so much!! I am so glad you can help me at a rapid rate. I am so grateful for you. I appreciate your help.”

    Student

  • “Thank you so much for all your hard work in getting my manuscript up to speed!”

    Student

  • “Take care and keep helping people the same way you did me.”

    Student

  • “You have really done a lot of work to help this research.”

    Student

  • “Thank you so much Matt. You are an amazing editor! Thank you for making the process look easy, be clear and move fast.”

    Student

Proposal Writing Testimonials

  • “I wanted to give recognition to my team member, Matt Beardmore, for volunteering and assisting me with multiple questions in my RFP. Matt took it upon himself to reach out to subject matter experts to get responses for me. He always offers his help whenever he can and has always been a huge help to me. Thank you, Matt!”

  • “This RFP and project has had a lot of time and attention from a lot of folks and the fact that you were able to hop into it and to tell our story so quickly, was amazing. You are a talented writer and the company is so very lucky to have you! Thank you again for all your efforts on this!”

  • “Matt assisted the project team with getting the project team assembled, Leadership engaged, deadlines set, RFP response compiled, reviewed and submitted by the deadline last Friday. During the process, Matt was very organized, responsive and sent great notes \ reminders to the team to finish their tasks. He also scheduled review meetings in advance and ran those meetings to keep us all on track. First time I worked with Matt and was very impressed! Great asset to our team!”

  • “Matt Beardmore went above and beyond as the dedicated proposal specialist for a recent RFP for a high profile, enterprise customer of mine. He exemplified strong leadership skills working with all global account teams and multiple departments, he kept everyone on track and accountable and was pleasant to work with. I'm confident that we will win the RFP and so grateful to have had Matt lead this proposal.”

  • “Matt was incredibly helpful in putting together a response to an RFP from a strategic account that the sales team received with very little notice. his organization and responsiveness guided us through the process. I'm not sure how we would have been able to respond without his leadership and I'm glad he was there for us.”

  • “Matt went above and beyond on a proposal that he wasn't even assigned to. After we received an RFP from a zero spend customer with not much background knowledge, Matt stepped up and really championed this proposal. Thank you so much for your hard work Matt!”

  • “We had a large RFP that customer gave us no prior information on. They gave us a 2 week warning to find a proposal writer and execute the RFP. Due to time constraints, we could not get assigned one. Matt stepped up huge to say he will help out and basically took this thing over. Was a rockstar and help in every step along the way. We would have for sure lost if we did this ourselves. Because of Matt I think we put our best foot forward, cannot thank him enough!”

  • “I can't thank Matthew enough for his hard work and ability to help us get the RFP completed and submitted to the customer. Matthew helped to keep all stakeholders informed throughout the process and helped to gather information and get feedback from all parties. Without his assistance, we wouldn't have been able to submit and we wouldn't have gotten this opportunity with a net new coworker. Thank you Matthew!”

  • “Really awesome work from you, Matt! Thank you for guiding us through this response, and taking leadership of the process. We really appreciate everything you did!”

  • “Matt was a beast helping our team out with back to back RFPs. Matt was great to work with and was amazing coordinating responsibilities and collection of materials to present to great proposals. Thank you for all the help and looking forward to the results of our presentations.”

  • “Matt did a fantastic job of helping put together a potential large RFP opportunity. He was very diligent and over communicated with the sales team throughout the process. Great job Matt and I truly thank you for your efforts!”

  • “Matt was an integral piece in submitting a huge proposal for the sales team with a customer in Massachusetts. Matt did a great job of keeping everyone organized and tracking down the necessary information. Matt was professional and hard working. The sales team could not have done it without him.”

  • “On behalf of our team we wanted to give Matt a little Kudos. He has been great to work with. Not only that we are very pleased with the body of work being produced. We feel very confident we are putting our best foot forward on this RFP. Thank you for his support! We hope this nets us a big win. Our team wanted to share our thanks and appreciation for great work.”

  • “Matt has been extremely helpful in working on several iterations of an RFP, each with very short turnaround times.”

  • “Matt has been great to work with! He's passionate about his work and always does his best. I appreciate Matt's attention to detail and keeping his projects on track. Thank you Matt!”

  • “The work Matt did on the bid was extremely impressive. His hard work keeping the team on task and the long hours it took was extremely appreciated. If this is how he attacks his role for every bid I am confident our close ratios will increase. keep up the great work Matt, Thanks for all you do.”

  • “Matt helped our team put together a global RFP for a customer of ours. It was very detailed, professional and consisted of 100+ pages, in addition to roughly 30 attachments. Matt was essential in putting this together by not only the excellent work he put in the proposal, but also holding the sales team accountable to the work we did. The proposal would not have been half as good without him and we have already been invited to the next round. Excellent work Matt!”

  • “I recently completed an RFQ/RFI for a customer and Matt was strategically involved. While the RFQ was not very well organized, Matt was laser-focused on driving our submission to completion. In addition to writing and organizing material, that Matt acted as a project manager, a traffic cop making sure that everything was handled on a timely basis. Bravo to Matt for his efforts in positioning to submit a strong and compelling response.”

  • “Matt is continually going above and beyond to help me navigate RFP's and Contracts with clients. He works late hours, is incredibly responsive and lends a hand or advice whenever I need it. Thank you for your efforts!”

  • “I wanted to give Matt a quick shout out for his hard work ethic and dedication on the RFP that was submitted today. For the past two weeks, Matt demonstrated excellent focus, organization, and commitment to making sure all the moving pieces came together. Matt represented us in a very professional manner with our partners and coworkers involved through the process.....Matt is definitely and a fantastic resource on the Proposal Team. Great work Buddy!”

  • “Matt was very instrumental in our recent RFP. He was very flexible in dealing with the multiple parties involved and worked extremely hard (even after hours) to help us pull together the RFP response in very short order. Great Job!!!”

  • “Matt Beardmore was instrumental in helping us put together an RFP which should have taken about two weeks. Matt was able to organize the Team and put in the effort to execute in 7 business days. Thank you Matt for your effort and we couldn't have done it without your expertise.”

  • “Matt went above and beyond to ensure the recent RFP deadline was met. His ability to bring together so many CDW employees from around the world was extremely impressive. Because of Matt's involvement, we are in an excellent position to strategically partner with a Fortune 500 company around all of their Cisco business. We are extremely thankful for his dedication and hard work.”

  • “I was extremely impressed with Matt’s work ethic and dedication for the RFP response. I really don't think our response would have been as thorough if we didn't have you quarterbacking behind the scenes. What was even more impressive you were juggling all of this during this stressful time we are in; It was a pleasure working with you on this response and just wanted to say thank you again for taking charge.”

  • “Matt, You’re great at what you do. I especially want to acknowledge your grace and professionalism under pressure. (Had I been in your shoes for this crazy RFP, candidly, my head would have exploded). I’m proud to call you a colleague.”