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Architecture firms · Referral marketing

The builder who names an architect decides more projects than your Instagram.

Referral marketing for an architecture practice is getting past clients and the people around a project, builders, interior designers, structural consultants and plot brokers, to send you work. It is how most practices in India are actually found. GullySales builds the list, writes an introduction that is easy to forward, and notices when a source goes quiet.

A 90-minute audit call and a written, scored report. Turnaround, reporting and term are agreed in writing after the audit.

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What referral marketing means

Referral marketing is asking an existing customer to recommend you to someone they know, usually with a reward for both sides. It differs from a loyalty scheme because it brings in a new customer rather than a repeat purchase. GullySales builds the ask and the reward into a point where a customer is already satisfied.

Also for architecture firms

Sales and marketing for architecture firms, the overview.

For architecture firms

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

  • “A referral needs something forwardable”

    The builder is standing on a site with a client asking for an architect's number. What he can send in that moment is a link showing three projects of the right size and a phone number, not a forty page portfolio.

  • “Interior designers refer in both directions”

    A designer you send work to sends it back. Practices that treat interiors as a competitor cut themselves off from one of the steadiest sources of residential enquiries in the trade.

  • “Professional conduct rules limit what you may offer”

    What an architect may pay for, advertise or offer in return for work is governed by the profession's own code, and the position is not fixed for all time. Put any arrangement involving money to the Council of Architecture or your own adviser first.

What we do

What we deliver for architecture firms.

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

  1. A named referral list, not a vague network

    Every builder, interior designer, consultant, plot broker and past client who has sent you an enquiry or could, with a person and a number against each.

    Result: The practice knows exactly who to ring.

  2. An introduction built to be forwarded

    One link and three lines showing work of the right type and size, written so a builder can send it from a site without editing anything.

    Result: The recommendation arrives as something the client can open.

  3. The ask, and the moment to make it

    What to say to a client at handover and to a consultant at the end of a project, so the request lands while the work is fresh.

    Result: Asking stops feeling awkward.

  4. A record of who sent what

    Every enquiry marked with the person who referred it, reviewed so a source that has gone quiet gets a call rather than a mention in a meeting.

    Result: A fading relationship is noticed in weeks.

  5. A way to thank that does not involve a fee

    Work sent back, the consultant named in a published project, or a call from the principal, agreed as the practice's standard.

    Result: The relationship is looked after without raising a conduct question.

  6. A note to past clients about the work you want

    A short message at handover, and again when the project is published, saying what kind of project the practice is looking for next.

    Result: Past clients recommend you for the right work.

How the result is measured

  • Referrals received
  • Referral conversion rate
  • Cost per referred customer

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

Read the full referral marketing page

Who it is for

This is written for these architecture firms.

  • Residential and villa architecture practices
  • Commercial and corporate campus architecture firms
  • Hospitality architecture practices
  • Institutional architecture firms, schools and hospitals
  • Interior-architecture hybrid practices
  • Sustainable and green building specialists
  • Practices working on government and public sector tenders
  • Boutique single-principal practices

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 report.

No open-ended retainer. Every step gives you something in writing.

  1. 01 · First

    Free audit call

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

  2. 02 · After the call

    Written, scored report

    Six areas scored, fixes ranked by return and cost. If you want our help, the scope, the fee and the reporting 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 report has an honest comparison.

  4. 04 · After the baseline

    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 · As agreed

    Report against the baseline

    What moved, what did not, and what changes next, in plain words. How often you get it is set in writing before work starts.

  6. 06 · At renewal

    Renew on the numbers

    The term ends and you decide whether to continue from the results. The length is agreed in writing before anything starts.

How the work runs for architecture firms

  1. 1

    Assess

    We look at how your portfolio is organised, how follow-up is handled through a long sales cycle, and how visible your approval experience is.

  2. 2

    Fix the follow-up

    A tracking system for a multi-month decision, so no serious enquiry goes quiet while a client is still deciding.

  3. 3

    Build the portfolio

    Project pages organised by type, each with a written narrative on the brief, the site challenge and the design solution.

  4. 4

    Bring enquiries in

    Search visibility by project type, tender and RFP tracking, and referral relationships with builders and interior designers.

  5. 5

    Convert

    A clear proposal process, approval experience shown where relevant, and client reference calls arranged for a serious prospect.

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

  • Chord Road Hospital

    Situation
    Patients who knew the hospital trusted it. Patients who searched for a department or a treatment in the area did not find it.
    What we did
    • Website rebuilt around patient needs
    • Search visibility
    • Social media on a schedule
    • Review management
    Result
    • Organic traffic increased 60% within six months
    • Online appointment bookings increased 40%
    • Social following grew 45%, and engagement on it rose 70%
    Read the case study

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Why us

Why owners pick GullySales over an agency.

  • Marketing and sales, as one job

    Most agencies stop at the enquiry. We also fix what happens after it: the reply, the follow-up, the quote and the CRM.

  • 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 later 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 guarantees we cannot keep

    The term is agreed in writing and never a default twelve months. 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 90-minute call with the person who will do the work
  • A written, scored report on the six places orders leak
  • 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.

How the audit scores you: the Order Leak Framework

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FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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Can we pay a builder a commission for sending us clients?
Treat that as a question for the Council of Architecture or your own legal adviser, not for a marketing agency. Professional conduct rules restrict what an architect may pay for and how a practice may solicit work, and they are revised from time to time. Most practices work on reciprocal referrals and named credit instead.
Our best referral source has stopped sending work. What now?
Ring and ask, directly. It is nearly always one of three things: they have taken an architect in-house, a client of theirs had a bad experience on site, or you simply stopped being in front of them. Only the first is out of your hands.
How soon would we see more enquiries?
Fixing follow-up discipline is mostly a habit change, so it can start helping as soon as your team follows the new process. Ranking for project-type searches and building referral relationships takes sustained work over a longer stretch.
Do we need to respond to every tender?
No, only the ones matching your team's real capacity and experience, since a mismatched proposal wastes effort on both sides.
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?
The term is agreed in writing after the audit, along with the fee and the reporting. It is never a default twelve months, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.
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 90 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 review meetings.

More for architecture firms

Everything else we would do for you.

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