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Reach the advertiser while next season's budget is still being decided.

Email marketing for an advertising agency is the note that lands before a marketing head fixes next season's budget, and the one that brings a lapsed advertiser back without a fresh pitch. GullySales builds the list from your own contacts and times each send to the category.

A post room: a wall rack of pigeonholes with sorted letters and strapped bundles, a loaded mail trolley wheeled up in front of it, and on the bench a franking machine with one envelope under the press arm, franked and cleared

What email marketing means

Email marketing is sending planned messages to a list of past and prospective customers who have agreed to hear from you. It suits offers, updates and staying in touch with someone who is not ready to buy yet. GullySales writes and schedules these emails and tracks who opens, clicks and enquires.

For advertising agencies

Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

  • The list lives in a phone and a box of cards

    Years of contacts sit where nobody else in the agency can use them, so nothing goes out while the founder is pitching.

  • Budget dates set the send, not your calendar

    A builder fixes the launch spend weeks before the brief goes out, and that is the week your note should arrive.

  • A lapsed advertiser is cheaper than a shortlist

    One campaign idea sent to someone who has not booked in a year skips the pitch altogether.

What we do

What we deliver for advertising agencies.

Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.

  1. A mailing list built from your billing records

    Every advertiser who has booked through you, with the category, the media they take and the season they take it in, cleaned of dead addresses and people who have moved on.

    Result: A send reaches advertisers rather than bounced inboxes.

  2. A booking deadline mailer for each medium

    Short notes carrying the dates that matter, such as festive editions closing, admission supplement deadlines and hoarding renewal cycles, sent only to the advertisers they apply to.

    Result: You are useful in the inbox instead of promotional.

  3. A pre-budget note timed to each category

    One mail carrying a single campaign idea, sent in the weeks a developer or a principal is fixing next season's spend.

    Result: Your name is in the conversation before the brief is written.

  4. A reactivation sequence for lapsed advertisers

    Two mails to anybody who has not booked in a year, the first with an idea for their category and the second with a date, timed to their season.

    Result: An old client returns without a fresh pitch.

  5. Permission and unsubscribes handled properly

    Consent recorded against each contact, an unsubscribe link on every send, and requests to stop acted on the same day.

    Result: Your agency domain keeps landing in inboxes.

  6. Opens, replies and briefs reported by list

    What each category list did with each send, and which briefs followed, measured against the baseline from the audit.

    Result: You keep sending to the list that answers and rest the one that does not.

How the result is measured

  • Open rate
  • Click rate
  • Enquiries from email

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, then reported every month against it.

Who it is for

This is written for these advertising agencies.

  • Full-service advertising agencies
  • Media buying and planning agencies
  • Print advertising and newspaper classified agencies
  • Outdoor, hoarding and transit media agencies
  • Radio and cinema advertising agencies
  • Real estate and project launch specialists
  • Education and admission season advertising agencies
  • Below-the-line and activation agencies
  • Agencies empanelled for government advertising

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • You want a guaranteed Google ranking or a guaranteed number of leads. Nobody honest can promise either.
  • You need enquiries by next week and have nobody to answer them.
  • You want posts and reach reported, not enquiries and orders.

How it works

From your first message to the first monthly report.

No open-ended retainer. Each step has a point in time and something you receive.

  1. 01 · Day 1

    Free audit call

    45 minutes with whoever handles your enquiries: how they arrive, how fast they are answered, where they are lost.

  2. 02 · Within a few working days

    Written, scored report

    Six areas scored, fixes ranked by return and cost. If you want our help, the scope and fee come with it, in writing.

  3. 03 · Before work starts

    Baseline recorded

    Enquiries by source, reply time, conversion and cost per order, written down so every later month has an honest comparison.

  4. 04 · Month 1

    The first fix goes live

    Usually the cheapest one on the report: reply time, a follow-up sequence or the marketing-to-sales handover.

  5. 05 · Every month

    Report against the baseline

    What moved, what did not, and what changes next, in plain words.

  6. 06 · Month 3 to 6

    Renew on the numbers

    The term ends and you decide whether to continue from the results. No twelve-month lock.

How the work runs for advertising agencies

  1. 1

    Assess

    A free audit of where your last year's billing came from, which clients repeated, which went quiet, and who holds each relationship.

  2. 2

    Set the position

    A decision on which advertiser categories and media you lead with, written into the deck and website.

  3. 3

    Build the pipeline

    An advertiser calendar with every client's season, and a pitch kit ready for the next brief.

  4. 4

    Reach out early

    Category campaigns timed to launches, admissions and festivals, plus referral relationships with media owners.

  5. 5

    Review and renew

    Post-campaign reviews with each client and a plan for next season before this one is billed.

Proof

What happened when owners fixed this.

Real clients, the work we did, and the result as it was recorded. Where no number was recorded, none is claimed.

All case studies
  • Growth Sage

    Situation
    There was no settled visual identity, so nothing on the page told a prospect what kind of firm this was.
    What we did
    • Vision and brand values
    • A logo for a professional firm
    • The site audited, then rebuilt
    • Market and competitor research
    Result
    No numbers were recorded for this engagement. The work is described in full in the case study.
    Read the case study
  • Hotel Felicity Inn

    Situation
    A traveller compares three hotels on a phone and books one. The website was not built for that.
    What we did
    • The site rebuilt around booking
    • Photography and one look
    • Search work for destination searches
    • Content a traveller reads
    Result
    • Online bookings increased 35%
    • Organic traffic increased 50% within six months
    • Positive reviews on Google and TripAdvisor increased 30%
    Read the case study

Also worked with

Chord Road Hospital · Curtain Label · Difesa Security Services · Hands On CSR · Implevista · Kambar Group · Kalessi · Kerur Pain Clinic · LL Trust · Lucky Deals · Natural Gases · NavaShakthi Souhardha · NewCom Logistics · Proton Technical Services · SB Engineering · Shakthi Foundation · Shakthi Group · Urbanest · Insyde Studio · Venkateshwara Laser Tech · Vivara Studios

Why us

Why a studio brings us in for its own pipeline.

  • Marketing and sales, as one job

    We work the part after the enquiry as well: the reply, the follow-up, the proposal and the CRM your own pipeline runs on.

  • The person on the first call does the work

    No account managers in between. You are never handed to someone you have not met.

  • A baseline before anything starts

    Your numbers are written down on day one, so every monthly report compares against something honest.

  • The fee in writing, split three ways

    Our time, your media spend and production on separate lines. You always see what goes to us.

  • No lock-in, no guarantees we cannot keep

    Three to six months at a time. We never promise a ranking or a lead count, because nobody controls those.

  • One office, and we say so

    Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru. We work across India by call and WhatsApp and travel when a session needs to be in person.

#257, 3rd floor, Sri Nanjundeshwara Complex, Nagarbhavi 8th Block, Outer Ring Road. How we work.

The offer

Start with a free audit of how you sell.

It is useful on its own, whether or not you hire us.

What you receive

  • A 45-minute call with the person who will do the work
  • A written, scored report on the six places orders leak, within a few working days
  • Every fix ranked by what it returns and what it costs
  • The one thing to do first, and why
  • An honest line on whether you need outside help at all
  • If you do, the scope and the fee in writing

No invoice. No obligation. No sales script.

We call and WhatsApp on this number.

We use your details only to reply to this enquiry. See the privacy policy.

FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.

What do we send that is worth opening?
Booking deadlines, rate changes and one idea for their category. A newsletter about the agency gets deleted.
How often should we mail past advertisers?
Tie it to their season, not a fixed frequency. A jeweller hears from you before Diwali, a college before admissions.
Can a traditional agency still grow when clients are moving to digital?
Yes, if it stops selling media alone. Builders, institutions and retailers still spend on print, radio and outdoor, and an agency that can plan those alongside digital keeps the whole budget.
Should we take part in pitches that ask for free creative?
Only when the account is worth it and the odds are fair. Ask how many agencies are pitching and whether a pitch fee is paid, and decline briefs where the creative could simply be taken and handed to a cheaper supplier.
How much does it cost?
There is no price list, because the work differs by business. The fee is scoped in the free audit and put in writing before anything starts, split into our time, your media spend and production.
How long is the contract?
Three to six months at a time. There is no twelve-month lock, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.
How soon will we see results?
Fixes to reply time, follow-up and your Google Business Profile usually show in weeks, because the enquiries already exist. Ads show in days once follow-up is ready. SEO and content take months. The audit tells you which applies to you.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you meet on the audit call. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.
What do you need from us?
For the audit, last month's enquiries in any format and 45 minutes with whoever handles them. After that, access to the accounts the work touches, such as the website, Google Business Profile or CRM, and time for the monthly review.
What if we are not happy with the work?
Tell us and the plan changes. Every month is reported against the baseline, so a number that is not moving is visible to both sides. Terms run three to six months at a time, and the refund and cancellation policy sets out the rest.

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