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Make sure a family who asked on Monday hears from a named person.

A follow-up system for an international school sets who replies to each enquiry, what they say and when the next contact is due. GullySales writes the reply routine, the message templates and the reminders for your admissions office.

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

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What follow up systems means

A follow-up system is the set routine for calling, messaging or emailing an enquiry more than once, since most buyers do not decide on the first conversation. GullySales sets the number and timing of follow-ups so an undecided buyer keeps hearing from you until they decide either way.

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Last updated 18 Oct 2026.

For international schools

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

  • “The first reply decides who stays on the list”

    A parent who sent five enquiries compares the answers side by side. A reply signed by a named person with the video-tour link inside it stands apart from a general acknowledgement that promises a call later.

  • “Time zones turn a late reply into a lost evening”

    An enquiry sent at midnight in the Gulf or London is read the next morning there. If the office answers only during Indian hours, a family can wait a full day for a first word, and a family with five choices will not.

  • “A tour without a message afterwards is a wasted tour”

    A family that watched a video tour or visited the campus is at its most interested that day. A thank-you message that mentions the grade they asked about keeps the conversation going, and silence ends it.

  • “The application stage stalls on missing documents”

    A family goes quiet because a school report or certificate is missing. A short checklist message that names exactly what is outstanding gives the parent something small to do.

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. A first-reply routine with a named sender

    A rule that every enquiry is assigned to a person who signs the reply, with the tour link and the admissions steps included.

    Result: A test enquiry gets a reply signed by a person.

  2. Message templates for each stage

    Drafts for enquiry, tour invitation, post-tour thanks, document reminder, offer and waiting list, written for the office to personalise.

    Result: The office has a draft ready for each stage and edits only the details.

  3. Cover for time zones

    A simple roster or hand-off rule so that enquiries from other countries are acknowledged by a person at an hour that suits them.

    Result: The family abroad hears from a person without a long wait.

  4. A document-chasing checklist

    A message that lists the documents still outstanding for each application and who in the office will receive them.

    Result: Each family sees a plain list of what is still needed.

  5. A routine for families who go quiet

    A kind, limited sequence of check-ins, ending with a clear message offering to keep the place open or release it.

    Result: Quiet enquiries end with a decision recorded, not a drift.

How the result is measured

  • Follow-up completion rate
  • Average number of follow-ups before close
  • Enquiries closed after repeat follow-up

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

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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 follow up systems work runs

  1. 1

    Measure today's reply time

    From last month's enquiries, we measure how long each waited for a first reply and how many follow-ups it got.

  2. 2

    Agree targets and the sequence

    We set reply targets and the follow-up sequence with your team, based on its real hours and workload.

  3. 3

    Set up templates, tasks and ownership

    Templates, first-call questions, CRM tasks and named owners go live, with cover for leave and weekends.

  4. 4

    Track and adjust every month

    Reply time and follow-up completion are reported against the baseline, and the routine is changed where it is not kept.

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.

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FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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Will you promise a reply time on our behalf?
No. The reply time is your office's commitment, and we do not state one for you. We help you decide what your team can really keep to, then build the routine around that.
Should replies be automated?
An automatic acknowledgement is fine, but the real reply should come from a person. Families abroad compare responses, and a named human answer carries more weight than a template alone.
How many follow-ups are too many?
Stop when the family says no or goes silent after a reasonable set of polite check-ins. Respect messaging rules and consent, and check the platform's current rules and your own data practice.
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.

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