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Count every source of a training enquiry, from a procurement RFQ to a LinkedIn message.

Lead generation for a corporate training company means a steady stream of enquiries from people who can commission a programme: HR heads, L&D managers, business heads and procurement. GullySales records the source of each one, replies in the form the buyer used, and separates budget holders from students and trainers asking for work.

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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 lead generation means

Lead generation is the combined work of every channel that brings in a new enquiry, whether from search, adverts, referrals or a stall at an exhibition. GullySales runs these channels together and reports the number of enquiries each one produced, not the activity behind it.

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Last updated 6 Oct 2026.

For corporate training companies

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

  • “Half the enquiries are not buyers”

    Individuals asking about a course for themselves, trainers asking for assignments and students asking for internships all arrive through the same form as an HR head.

  • “RFQs expire in a general inbox”

    A request for quotation sent to the info address carries a closing date. If nobody reads it until after that date, the bid is lost before anyone has priced it.

  • “Referrals go to personal mobiles”

    A panel trainer or a past client mentions you to a colleague, and the call lands on one person's phone. The firm cannot tell which sources deliver.

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. An enquiry form that sorts buyers from the rest

    Fields for company, role, topic, headcount, city and wanted date, with a separate route for individuals, trainers and students.

    Result: The sales head sees real requirements first.

  2. An RFQ watch

    One named owner for the shared inbox and the vendor portals, a calendar entry for every closing date and a first check of the documents asked for.

    Result: No bid is missed because nobody opened the mail.

  3. A source pick-list for every enquiry

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

    Result: You can see which source brings paid programmes.

  4. A reply for each source

    Short replies written for an RFQ, an HR head's email, a LinkedIn message and a business head's WhatsApp, each asking two questions about the problem.

    Result: Every buyer gets an answer in their own channel.

  5. A target list of companies and roles

    Companies in the industries you serve, with the HR, L&D and business-head roles to approach, built from public profiles and your own contacts.

    Result: Outreach goes to named roles, not to a general address.

  6. Enquiries traced to purchase orders

    Each enquiry followed to a proposal and to a PO or a recorded no, against the baseline taken before work starts.

    Result: You know the cost of an order, not just of an enquiry.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiries generated
  • Cost per enquiry
  • Enquiries by source

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

Read the full demand and lead generation page

Where enquiries come from

The ways a training enquiry reaches you, what to write down for each and how to answer.

Email or form from an HR head
Record company, role, headcount, topic, wanted date and whether a budget exists. Reply with two questions about the problem before sending any brochure.
Procurement RFQ or vendor-portal invitation
Log the closing date the day it arrives and name one owner. Check the documents asked for against your empanelment folder before anyone drafts a price sheet.
LinkedIn message or comment
Answer in the same thread, then ask for a call. Note the sender's role and company, since a founder's message and a trainee's carry different weight.
Referral from a past client or panel trainer
Record who referred and thank them. Ask the referrer what the new contact needs, so the first call starts from the actual problem.
Registration for an open batch
Treat each registration as two leads: the participant and the person who approved the fee. Ask who sponsored it, because that sponsor may commission an in-house batch.
WhatsApp message from a business head
Reply from the business number and not a trainer's phone. Write down the problem in their words: a sales head asks for results on the floor, not for a syllabus.

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 reads the general inbox where RFQs land, so more enquiries would join the ones already unanswered.
  • You cannot yet say which programmes you would take on for a new client, so a buyer's brief would meet an uncertain reply.

How it works

How the lead generation 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

    Understand your capacity

    We ask how many enquiries your team can answer well, who answers after hours, and what a good enquiry looks like. Without this, the system fills a funnel nobody is watching.

  2. 2

    Audit current sources

    We read your call log, WhatsApp chats, enquiry sheet and platform dashboards. The baseline is recorded: enquiries by source, reply time, conversion and cost per order.

  3. 3

    Strategise the channel mix

    Search and maps are chosen for people ready to buy, ads for people who are not yet looking, and content and referrals for trust.

  4. 4

    Implement capture and follow-up

    Pages, forms, tags, the lead record and the first-reply message are built and tested end to end. We submit test enquiries ourselves before any media money is spent.

  5. 5

    Measure and optimise

    Enquiries are traced to source and judged by what became orders, not by volume alone. Channels that fill the sheet with poor enquiries are cut back. How often you are reported to is agreed in writing.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales process design, at stage 1, prospecting and lead generation. The audit comes before it, and sales management keeps it running.

  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 · you are here

    Sales process design

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

    Start here if every salesperson sells differently.

  3. Step 3

    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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Should we buy a database of HR heads and L&D managers?
Be careful. Bought lists carry no agreement to be contacted, go stale as people change jobs and sit badly with India's data protection law, whose rules are still settling. Build your list from enquiries, events and referrals, and ask your legal adviser before any purchase.
The same company enquires through three different people. How do we avoid chasing it three times?
Record the company once and attach each contact and each enquiry to it, with the sender's role. Before replying, check whether a proposal is already open, and have one salesperson own the account.
What counts as a qualified enquiry for a training company?
A person who can commission or recommend a programme, a topic and a headcount, a rough date and a budget that exists. An enquiry that lacks the budget stays on the list as a prospect, not a pipeline entry.
Our best work comes from meetings and HR forums. How do we record that?
Enter each contact the same evening with the event as the source and a note of what they asked. Business cards in a drawer cannot be counted, and a forum that brings introductions but never orders deserves a harder look.
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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