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Record every programme enquiry, proposal and vendor renewal in one place.

A CRM for a corporate training company is the record of every client, buyer, enquiry, proposal, purchase order and vendor registration, kept apart from the trainer calendar and the accounts. GullySales sets up the fields a training business needs and gets your sales team and trainers to keep them current.

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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 CRM means

A CRM is the record where every enquiry, call and quote is kept against a customer, replacing separate notebooks, spreadsheets and memory. GullySales sets up or cleans an existing CRM and reports from it by enquiry outcome rather than by activity logged.

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Last updated 6 Oct 2026.

For corporate training companies

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

  • “The trainer calendar is not the client record”

    Dates and venues sit in a shared calendar. Who asked, who approved and which proposal was lost sit nowhere a sales head can read.

  • “Vendor registrations lapse unseen”

    Empanelment with a large client carries a validity date, a document list and a renewal. The date is in an email from a year ago.

  • “Contacts leave with the person”

    The HR head's number is on the salesperson's phone and the trainer's WhatsApp. When either leaves, the account relationship leaves with them.

What we do

What we deliver for corporate training companies.

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

  1. Company, buyer and role records, linked

    Each company with its HR, L&D, business-head and procurement contacts, so a change of person does not lose the account.

    Result: Account knowledge survives a resignation.

  2. A proposal log with the reason for each result

    Every proposal with programme, headcount, version sent, date, outcome and the reason, won or lost.

    Result: You can see why proposals fail.

  3. Vendor registration fields with renewal reminders

    Registration status, vendor code, validity date and documents on file, entered for every company where you are empanelled.

    Result: Renewals are done before they lapse.

  4. Programme history by account

    What each client bought, when it ran, how many attended and the feedback summary, in one view.

    Result: The next call starts from what was already delivered.

  5. A short source pick-list

    RFQ, vendor portal, HR email, LinkedIn, referral, open-batch form, WhatsApp, HR forum and trainer network.

    Result: You see which source brings orders.

  6. A session on what to enter

    An agreed set of fields each salesperson and trainer fills after a call or session, checked in the sales review.

    Result: The record stays true after the first fortnight.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiries logged in the CRM
  • Data completeness
  • Reports generated from CRM data

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

Read the full CRM implementation and customisation page

What to record, and when

What a training company should record for every buyer and programme, and whether it needs software yet.

Buyer, role and who else decides
Enter the HR head, the business head and the procurement contact on one account. After each call, add who else will have a say, since the briefing contact rarely approves alone.
The problem and the programme asked for
Record the problem in the buyer's words before the programme title. Leadership programme is a label; first-time managers losing their teams to resignations is the brief to design from.
Headcount, city, format and dates
Log participants, city, whether it is in-house, online or an open batch, the language and the wanted dates. A proposal that misses one of these needs a second call.
Proposal version and what happened
Note which version was sent, to whom, the reason for a win or a loss, and the competitor named. Read the losses before changing your rate or outline.
Vendor registration and renewal date
For every client where you are empanelled, store the vendor code, documents filed and the validity date, with a reminder set early enough to renew before it lapses.
Do you need software yet?
A shared sheet is enough while one person handles every account. Move to a CRM when several people share clients, or when a renewal or a proposal slips past unnoticed.

Who it is for

This is written for these corporate training companies.

  • Soft skills and behavioural training firms
  • Leadership and manager development companies
  • Sales and customer service training firms
  • IT, software and technical skills trainers
  • Compliance and safety training providers
  • Shopfloor and supervisor training for manufacturers
  • Campus-to-corporate and fresher induction providers
  • Virtual and blended learning providers

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • Nobody will enter the proposals and calls after a client meeting, so the record would be out of date by the next one.
  • You have a single client and one programme, and a spreadsheet can still hold every detail without a system.

How it works

How the CRM work runs

The work itself, in order. How an engagement starts, from your brief to a written scope, is set out on our method page.

  1. 1

    Map the sales process

    We sit with the people who sell and write down how a deal moves from enquiry to payment, including where it stalls.

  2. 2

    Agree stages, fields and owners

    Each stage gets a name your team already uses and a proof that the deal has left it. We agree which fields are required at which stage, and who may change what.

  3. 3

    Build on a copy

    Pipeline, fields and views are built on a trial copy where the CRM offers one, or in a separate pipeline where the plan allows. Live work stays untouched.

  4. 4

    Connect channels, then switch on automations

    Channels are connected first. Each automation is then switched on separately, so a misfiring rule is easy to find.

  5. 5

    Test with real deals

    The people who will use the CRM run open deals through it. Gaps are fixed before the whole team switches over.

  6. 6

    Switch over and trim

    Once real use shows which fields stay empty and which stages nobody uses, those are cut and the handover record is updated.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales management. A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

  1. Step 1

    Sales audit

    Find where deals are being lost and what to fix first.

    Start here if you cannot say where orders are lost.

  2. Step 2

    Sales process design

    One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.

    Start here if every salesperson sells differently.

  3. Step 3 · you are here

    Sales management

    A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

    Start here if the team has targets and no routine.

Tell us what you need Your brief is read before we call. Scope, fee and term in writing.

FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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Is a spreadsheet enough for a training firm?
While one or two people handle all the clients, yes, if it has one row per enquiry and a column for next step and date. Move to a CRM when proposals, renewals and several account owners make the sheet impossible to scan.
Our trainers will not update anything. What works?
Ask only for what they know best: the attendance, the feedback summary and any new need they heard in the session. Have the coordinator enter it from a one-page sheet, and run the account review from the CRM screen.
Clients message trainers on WhatsApp. How do we record that?
Ask trainers to forward any message that carries a new need or a date change to the sales inbox, and enter it in the account note. Put a business number on every proposal so new requests come to the firm.
Who owns the contacts if a salesperson or trainer leaves?
The company, provided the contacts sit in a company system and the employment terms say so. Move numbers into the CRM now, not in a notice period, and ask a legal adviser to word the clause.
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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