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Branding and graphic design studios · Local SEO

Show up in the city a founder is searching from.

Local SEO for a design studio is appearing on Maps when a founder searches for a graphic designer or a branding agency in their own city. GullySales sets the Business Profile categories, gets the studio listed where local businesses look, and puts your work in the listing.

A market cross in a small town square: a stepped stone cross of four worn tiers standing in a ring of cobbles, a coil of stall rope left on the bottom step, a chalk pitch marked out on the stones and a chalk arrow pointing in from the nearest lane

What local SEO means

Local SEO is the work of making your business show up for searches that name your town or locality, such as a service plus an area name. GullySales sets up locality pages, local citations and map listings so nearby customers find you before a competitor across town.

For branding and graphic design studios

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

  • The category you pick decides the job you get

    Graphic designer brings visiting cards. Brand consultant brings projects.

  • Many studios work from a room at home

    An unverified listing never shows. A service-area profile names the city and hides the street.

  • Three photos are the whole pitch here

    Put the signboard, the pack on a shelf and the menu there. Not a desk.

What we do

What we deliver for branding and graphic design studios.

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

  1. The Business Profile category chosen on purpose

    Brand consultant or graphic designer decided against the work you actually want, with secondary categories and the services list filled in to match.

    Result: The listing brings the project and not the visiting card job.

  2. A service area profile for a studio at home

    The listing verified and set to show the city while the street stays hidden, with hours and a number that reaches you.

    Result: You appear in the city search without publishing your address.

  3. Three photographs chosen for the listing

    A signboard, a pack on a shelf and a printed menu, replacing the picture of a desk, swapped as new work goes live.

    Result: The listing shows work instead of furniture.

  4. Listings where local businesses actually look

    JustDial, the city business directories and the association pages your clients belong to, all carrying the same name, number and website.

    Result: A founder checking you are real finds a real studio.

  5. Pages for the parts of the city you work in

    A page naming the localities and markets your clients trade in, with the projects you have done there, rather than a list of every city in India.

    Result: A search that names an area has something to find.

  6. Calls and profile visits reported monthly

    What the listing produced each month, kept separate from referrals and measured against the baseline recorded before work began.

    Result: You know whether Maps deserves the photographs.

How the result is measured

  • Map pack ranking
  • Local search visibility
  • Enquiries by locality

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

Who it is for

This is written for these branding and graphic design studios.

  • Brand identity and strategy studios
  • Independent graphic designers and small studios
  • Packaging design studios
  • Restaurant and hospitality branding specialists
  • Studios designing for D2C and consumer brands
  • Corporate identity and annual report designers
  • Illustration and visual content studios
  • Studios working with startups on naming and launch

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 branding and graphic design studios

  1. 1

    Assess

    During the free audit we review where your last projects came from, how quotes were decided, how many revision rounds each took, and which clients came back.

  2. 2

    Package the work

    Scoped packages, a paid discovery stage and a revision policy written down before the next quote goes out.

  3. 3

    Rebuild the portfolio

    Case pages grouped by project type, with the brief and thinking behind each piece.

  4. 4

    Grow referrals

    Partner relationships with architects, interior designers, printers and incubators, tracked so none go quiet.

  5. 5

    Keep the client

    A handover conversation and retainer offer so the next brochure, pack or signboard comes back to the studio.

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

Also worked with

Curtain Label · Difesa Security Services · Felicity Inn · 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.

We work from home. Should we list an address?
List the city and hide the street. A founder searching from Jayanagar still finds you.
Our clients come from Instagram. Does Maps matter?
It matters for the founder checking you are a real studio before replying to a quote.
How do we justify our fee against cheap online logos?
Show what the fee buys beyond the file. A cheap logo comes with no trademark check, no guidelines and no artwork sized for the signboard. A scoped package lists those lines, so the founder sees what the gig-site price leaves out.
Should we check trademarks before presenting a name?
Yes, at least a basic public search of the trademark registry in the client's class. Add a note that a formal search and filing belong with a trademark attorney. It saves the client from falling in love with a name they cannot protect.
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.

Get a free audit of how you sell, and a scored report of where the work is.

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