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Chartered accountants and accounting firms · Reputation management

Hold the firm's name when a client blames you for a penalty you warned about.

Reputation management for a practice is what loads when a prospect searches the firm's name and the partners' names on the evening of the referral. GullySales sets the alerts, drafts the reply to a review about a missed deadline, and gets the partner profiles saying the same thing.

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What reputation management means

Reputation management is watching what is said about your business across Google, social media and review sites, and responding to it before it changes a buyer's mind. GullySales monitors mentions, drafts responses to negative reviews and flags recurring complaints back to your team.

For chartered accountants and accounting firms

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

  • The name check follows the referral by hours

    A banker gives your name at four and the owner searches it at nine. What loads is your review page and a partner's LinkedIn.

  • A reply cannot discuss the client's affairs

    Confidentiality does not lift because a former client posted. The reply acknowledges the concern and moves the rest off the review page.

  • Two firms share a name in most cities

    A complaint about a similarly named practice lands on yours, and nobody checks a membership number before deciding whom to ring.

What we do

What we deliver for chartered accountants and accounting firms.

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

  1. Alerts on the firm name and each partner's name

    Notifications set for the firm, the partners and the common misspellings, so a review or a forum post is seen within days rather than at the next audit.

    Result: You find out before a prospect does.

  2. A drafted reply for the complaint you can see coming

    Wording prepared in advance for a review about a missed deadline, a penalty or a fee dispute, written to stay inside client confidentiality and to invite a call instead.

    Result: The reply goes up the same week, not after a fortnight of arguing.

  3. A decision on reviews, taken with your partners

    Whether and how clients are asked, checked against the current ICAI position on testimonials, and if the answer is no, the reply routine that covers the reviews arriving anyway.

    Result: You know where the firm stands before the page fills itself.

  4. Partner profiles that agree with each other

    LinkedIn, the website, the institute directory and the Business Profile checked so the qualification, membership number, areas of work and firm name match everywhere.

    Result: A prospect's two-minute check finds one consistent story.

  5. The mix-up with the similarly named firm sorted out

    Listings, the map pin and the search results checked for other practices sharing your name, and the difference made plain on your own pages.

    Result: Somebody else's complaint stops being read as yours.

  6. A record of what was said and what changed

    Every public complaint logged with the reply and the change made inside the firm, reported monthly alongside everything else.

    Result: A pattern in the complaints shows up while it is still fixable.

How the result is measured

  • Average rating
  • Response time to reviews
  • Negative mentions resolved

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

Who it is for

This is written for these chartered accountants and accounting firms.

  • Sole practitioner chartered accountants
  • Small and mid-sized CA partnership firms
  • Statutory and internal audit practices
  • GST and indirect tax specialists
  • Company secretaries in practice
  • Accounting and bookkeeping service firms
  • Firms serving startups and funded companies
  • Firms serving NRIs and cross-border clients
  • Second-generation practices modernising their client base

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 chartered accountants and accounting firms

  1. 1

    Assess

    We look at where your clients come from, which services and client types you want more of, and what the institutes allow for your firm.

  2. 2

    Fix the proposal step

    Engagement templates and a follow-up rule, so every serious enquiry gets a clear scope within days.

  3. 3

    Build the presence

    A website organised by client type and service, consistent directory details and partner profiles, all within ICAI and ICSI guidance.

  4. 4

    Share knowledge

    Articles, updates and talks under the partners' names, placed where bankers, founders and business owners read them.

  5. 5

    Grow the retainer book

    Season-end conversion, cross-service reviews and referral relationships maintained through staff changes.

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 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.

A former client has posted about a penalty. What do we say?
Reply once, in public, without touching anything on their file. Say the firm takes the concern seriously and give a partner's number. Deal with the rest privately, because confidentiality still binds you though they chose to post.
Can we ask clients for a Google review?
Put that to your partners against the current ICAI position on testimonials, because it is their membership at stake. Where a firm decides not to ask, replying well to the reviews that arrive anyway does most of the work.
Can a chartered accountant advertise?
Only within the ICAI code of ethics, which restricts advertising and solicitation by members in practice. Websites and directory listings are allowed within the Institute's guidelines, and so is sharing knowledge through articles and talks. We check the current guidelines with you before anything is published and avoid claims of superiority, fee advertising and testimonials.
Can we run Google Ads for our firm?
We treat paid advertising as something to clear against the current ICAI guidance first, and for most firms we do not start there. A clear website, correct profiles and knowledge content usually bring enough of the right enquiries without that question.
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.

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

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