In an article today for Small Biz Trends, Anita Campbell asks for our most outrageously creative money saving or business growth tip. Clever concept, this.

Her panel of celebrity judges includes John Jantsch, of Duct Tape Marketing; Jonathan Fields, of Career Renegrade; Mike Michalowicz of ToiletPaperEntrepreneur; Jim Kukral, the bizwebcoach; John Mariotti of theEnterprise; Scott Allen of About.com; Katja Presnal of Skimbaco Lifestyle; my buddy Dan Schwabel of personalbrandingmagazine; Denise O’Berry of Just For Small Business; and Ivana Taylor of Strategy Stew.

Each one of the judges leaves a short paragraph of their own outrageous tip. Please read them sometime. But for today, I am going to copy what one judge submitted because even though his was a story about how he got in the door to gain a proposal, I am thinking job seekers should do the same thing to win a new job. Read and let me know if you agree.

Paul Singh, ResultsJunkies.com – “Here’s how I got more referrals than I could handle. I made a list of the top 10 companies that I really wanted to work with. Then, I documented a few high-level strategic ways I’d grow their business, and some tactical tips they could improve immediately. When I sent the document (which was usually anywhere from 5-7 pages long) via email and snail mail to the founder, I always made sure that they understood that I was giving them this advice free. More importantly, I made it really clear that I’d be happy to give them as much advice as they’d like for free. The only catch is that I’d want to send them a proposal if they wanted me to actually do the work myself.”

In this tough job finding environment, job seekers had better approach each interview just like Paul approached his prospect. Do the research and do some work before the interview. Remember the hiring company wants to know how you are going to help solve some problems for them. Demonstrate this even in the interview to win the job.