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Write the guide a worried family would have asked you for.

Content marketing for an international school is the writing of guides, explainers and answers that a family reads before it ever calls. GullySales works from your admissions office's repeated questions, turns them into pages and checks each one against what the school can actually state.

Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

A prospective student speaks with a university admissions adviser

What content marketing means

Content marketing is writing articles, guides and pages that answer the questions buyers search before they are ready to enquire. This makes your business visible and trusted before the first call. GullySales plans this content from the first conversation onward, choosing topics that match real search demand rather than guesses.

Last updated 18 Oct 2026.

For international schools

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

  • “The same questions reach the office again and again”

    The admissions desk answers how a child moves from another system, what the assessment involves and how grades are matched. Each answer typed into an email is content that could have been a page, read by every family instead of one.

  • “A returning Indian family fears the gap between systems”

    A child back from years abroad worries about fitting a new curriculum, a different school culture and unfamiliar friends. A guide written for that situation, in the voice of the pastoral team, reassures better than a brochure line.

  • “A relocation team wants a document, not a story”

    An HR coordinator needs a checklist of documents and steps to forward to a new hire. A long essay about school values does nothing for that reader, whereas a clean one-page list gets forwarded.

  • “Content that praises the school says little”

    A page of adjectives gives a comparing parent nothing to compare. Specific descriptions of how a lesson runs, how progress is reported and who a child goes to with a problem are what the spreadsheet row needs.

What we do

What we deliver for international schools.

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

  1. An admissions questions bank

    The questions families put to the office, gathered and sorted by stage, so each one can be answered once on a page.

    Result: The office holds a written list of real questions with a page planned for each.

  2. A guide for families moving from another system

    A plain-English guide covering placement, documents, settling in and who to contact, drafted with your pastoral and admissions staff.

    Result: A family still abroad can read what happens to the child on arrival.

  3. A relocation team document

    A short forwardable sheet of steps, documents and contacts for HR and mobility teams to give to new hires.

    Result: An HR coordinator can send one sheet instead of explaining it each time.

  4. Programme explainers in plain language

    Pages describing what students study and how progress is reported, without outcome claims or comparisons with named schools.

    Result: Each programme page can be read in a few minutes without a PDF.

  5. A review step for every page

    Each page checked by the head, the registrar or the coordinator whose area it covers before publication.

    Result: Every published page has a named approver at the school.

How the result is measured

  • Pages published
  • Organic traffic
  • Enquiries from content pages

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

Who it is for

This is written for these international schools.

  • Schools authorised by the International Baccalaureate to offer the PYP, MYP or Diploma Programme
  • Cambridge IGCSE and A Level schools
  • Schools following an American, British or other overseas curriculum
  • International schools in metro cities serving expatriate families
  • International schools serving returning Indian families
  • International schools with boarding for older students
  • International schools within large corporate or tech campuses
  • New international schools building a reputation

How it works

From your first message to the first report.

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

  1. First

    Your brief

    You tell us what you need in a few short steps: your business, what you want, where enquiries come from and how they are handled.

  2. After the brief

    A conversation and a written scope

    We read it, then talk with whoever handles your enquiries. If you want our help, the scope, the fee and the reporting come in writing, and nothing starts before you have read them.

  3. Before work starts

    Baseline recorded

    The numbers this work is meant to move, such as enquiries, quotations, orders, visits or renewals, written down so every later report has an honest comparison.

  4. After the baseline

    The first fix goes live

    The fix we agreed to start with is put in place and measured against the baseline, whether that is a reply, a follow-up, a page, a listing or the handover between marketing and sales.

  5. 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. 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 content marketing work runs

  1. 1

    Confirm the plan

    Topics and formats for the coming month are confirmed against the content strategy.

  2. 2

    Produce and review

    Content is written or filmed, then reviewed by someone who knows your trade before it goes out.

  3. 3

    Publish and distribute

    Finished content is published to the site and pushed through the channels your buyers actually use.

  4. 4

    Track enquiries

    Enquiries are traced back to content where a direct line exists, and reported honestly where it does not.

  5. 5

    Report and adjust

    We report results and adjust the next topics based on what actually worked.

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.

Your brief

Tell us what you need, and we will read it before we call.

Eight short steps about your business, what you want and who decides. Most questions are a tap, and you can skip any you would rather answer on the call.

FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.

Can we say our students do better than other schools?
Do not claim it. Comparative outcome claims are hard to support and rules on school advertising differ by state and board. Describe what you teach and how, and check any claim with your own adviser.
Who supplies the facts?
Your registrar, coordinators and head supply them, and we write and structure the pages. Anything about affiliation, authorisation or fees must be confirmed by the school before it goes live.
Do we need a blog?
Not as a separate project. A set of useful pages for each stage of a family's enquiry matters more than a stream of news posts, and the pages can be added to as questions arrive.
How much does it cost?
There is no price list, because the work differs by business. The fee is scoped after we have read your brief and spoken to you, 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 we have spoken, 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.
How soon will we see results?
It depends on the trade, the channel and what is already in place. After we have read your brief and spoken to you, we say what we would expect to move first and how it will be measured against the baseline. Nothing here is guaranteed.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you speak to before anything starts. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.
What do you need from us?
Your brief, and a conversation. After that, access to whatever this work touches, such as your website, your accounts or your enquiry record, and time with the people who handle your enquiries.
What if we are not happy with the work?
Tell us and the plan changes. Everything is reported against the baseline, so a number that is not moving is visible to both sides. The term is in your written scope, and the refund and cancellation policy sets out the rest.

Your next practical step

Tell us what you are trying to grow, and we will read it before we call.

Eight short steps, mostly taps. Skip anything you would rather answer on the call.