FMCG and beverage brands · Search engine optimisation
Be the brand a distributor finds when he searches for a drink to carry.
SEO for an FMCG or beverage brand means appearing when a distributor, a caterer or a chain buyer searches for a supplier, and when a shopper checks whether an unfamiliar bottle is a real brand. GullySales builds pages for distributorship, bulk supply and each product line, and keeps them apart from the consumer pages.
A 90-minute audit call and a written, scored report. Turnaround, reporting and term are agreed in writing after the audit.
What search engine optimisation means
Search engine optimisation (SEO) is the work of getting your website to appear when a buyer searches Google for what you sell. GullySales builds pages around real search terms, fixes technical issues that block ranking, and tracks which searches actually bring enquiries.
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Sales and marketing for FMCG and beverage brands, the overview.
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For FMCG and beverage brands
Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.
“Distributorship searches end on franchise portals”
A man searching for a soft drink distributorship in his district lands on listing sites that pass his number to five brands, and never reaches yours.
“The caterer searches by pack and by city”
A wedding caterer types packaged drinking water supplier and the city name, then calls the first site that shows bottle sizes and the delivery area.
“Shoppers search your name to check you exist”
After trying an unknown soda at a bus stand, a shopper looks the brand up. No site, or a page with no products on it, makes the second bottle less likely.
What we do
What we deliver for FMCG and beverage brands.
Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.
A distributorship page that sorts the enquiries
Districts still open, what a distributor needs in godown, vehicle and working capital, how margins are agreed and the support at launch, with a form asking his area and current brands.
Result: Enquiries arrive from people who can run a distributorship.
A page for each product line and pack
Soda, juice, water or detergent, each with pack sizes, case quantity, shelf life and the licence details exactly as printed on the label.
Result: A buyer reads about the product he searched for.
Bulk supply pages for events and canteens
Bottle and can sizes, the cities you deliver to and how an order is placed, written for caterers, marriage halls and canteen contractors.
Result: Bulk buyers find a supplier page, not a consumer advert.
Where-to-buy pages by city
The towns, outlet types and apps that stock the brand, updated as distributors are added, so a shopper or a retailer can find stock.
Result: Interest from a reel ends at a shop, not a dead end.
One name across every listing
Brand name, company name and plant address made the same on the site, the Business Profile, IndiaMART and marketplace listings.
Result: A search for your name shows one company.
Search enquiries counted by type
Distributorship, bulk and consumer enquiries from search recorded separately and compared with the figures taken at the free audit.
Result: You know which page brought the distributor.
How the result is measured
- Ranking positions
- Organic traffic
- Enquiries from organic search
Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.
Searches your buyers type
What a distributor, a caterer or a chain buyer types before calling a drinks or home care brand, and the page that answers it.
- soda and soft drink distributorship Hubli
- A distributorship page. Name the districts still open, what the distributor needs in godown and vehicles, how margins and schemes are agreed, and a form asking which brands he carries now.
- packaged drinking water supplier for wedding
- A bulk page. Show the bottle and can sizes, the minimum order, the cities you deliver to and how much notice you need before a function, with a call and WhatsApp button.
- 20 litre water can delivery near me
- A can delivery page for each area served, with the deposit rule for the can, the delivery days and a WhatsApp order link. Use the same address and number as your Business Profile.
- floor cleaner manufacturer for private label
- A private label page. State the categories you fill, the minimum batch, the pack formats and the licences the product needs, and ask for the buyer's brand and expected volume.
- your brand name plus where to buy
- A store-finder page listing the towns, the outlet types and the quick commerce apps that carry the pack, so a shopper who saw a reel finds a shelf instead of a rival bottle.
- tea powder wholesale dealer
- A wholesale page for tea or coffee powder. Give the pack range from small pouches to bulk bags, the case configuration and how a wholesaler places a first order.
Who it is for
This is written for these FMCG and beverage brands.
- Packaged drinking water and 20-litre can brands
- Regional soft drink, soda and goli soda bottlers
- Juice, fruit drink and nectar brands
- Energy, sports and electrolyte drink brands
- Packaged tea and coffee powder brands
- Flavoured milk, buttermilk and lassi brands
- Home care brands: detergent, dishwash, floor cleaner and phenyl
- Personal care and pooja brands: soap, hair oil and agarbatti
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 report.
No open-ended retainer. Every step gives you something in writing.
First
Free audit call
90 minutes with whoever handles your enquiries: how they arrive, how fast they are answered, where they are lost.
After the call
Written, scored report
Six areas scored, fixes ranked by return and cost. If you want our help, the scope, the fee and the reporting come with it, in writing.
Before work starts
Baseline recorded
Enquiries by source, reply time, conversion and cost per order, written down so every later report has an honest comparison.
After the baseline
The first fix goes live
Usually the cheapest one on the report: reply time, a follow-up sequence or the marketing-to-sales handover.
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.
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 work runs for FMCG and beverage brands
- 1
Read the records
In the free audit we go through primary and secondary sales by distributor, active outlets, pending claims and sales by season, so the first decision rests on records and not on how the summer felt.
- 2
Fix the offer
Distributor margin, schemes, claim rules and retailer display terms written down, each checked against what the brand can still afford in the monsoon.
- 3
Tighten the beat
Beat plans, outlet lists, a selling kit for the salesman and a sales app or sheet he will actually fill in.
- 4
Add channels one at a time
A new district, modern trade, quick commerce, canteens or events, each opened when the plant, the cash and the distributors can carry it.
- 5
Run the season
Summer loading tied to sell-through, schemes judged on outlets reached, and the slow months used to widen coverage.
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.
SB Engineering
- Situation
- Buyers searching for laser cutting and sheet metal work in Bengaluru were finding other suppliers first, because the company did not rank for the terms its own customers type.
- What we did
- The site redesigned for mobile
- Search work on the buyer's terms
- Content that shows the work
- Social channels managed
- Result
- Website traffic rose 60% within six months, against a target of 50%.
- High-quality leads rose 45%, with a rise in conversion rates alongside them.
- Fifteen target keywords moved up the rankings, five of them into the top three positions.
Burhani Hydroline
- Situation
- The website was dated. Menus were hard to follow, pages were slow, and it did not work properly on a phone, which is where a buyer looks first.
- What we did
- Research before design
- Wireframes and prototypes
- The full product catalogue
- An online checkout
- Result
- No numbers were recorded for this engagement. The work is described in full in the case study.
Also worked with
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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 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.
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 90-minute call with the person who will do the work
- A written, scored report on the six places orders leak
- 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.
FAQ
Questions owners ask before they call.
Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.
Should our consumer site and our distributor pages be on one website?
Do franchise and distributorship portals help or hurt us?
Should we publish case rates on the site?
Will a Kannada or Tamil version of the site rank for our brand?
Should we give coolers to retailers?
How do we stop distributors loading up in March and returning stock later?
How much does it cost?
How long is the contract?
How soon will we see results?
Who will actually do the work?
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