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Telehealth and online consultation platforms · Local SEO

Be found by people near you who would rather see a doctor from home.

Local SEO for a telehealth platform means getting found by people in a particular city who search for a doctor online or near them. It matters where you have a staffed clinic, a lab partner or doctors who speak the city's language. GullySales sets up the profile and city pages that fit how your platform really works.

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

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For telehealth and online consultation platforms

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

  • “A platform has no storefront”

    Google Business Profile needs a real, staffed location, and a platform that lists a virtual office risks suspension.

  • “City pages that say nothing”

    A page for Bengaluru and one for Hyderabad with the same text adds nothing, and Google may treat them as copies.

  • “People search near me out of habit”

    A person types doctor near me when she may be happy with an online visit, and a page that explains the option wins her.

What we do

What we deliver for telehealth and online consultation platforms.

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

  1. A decision on which locations qualify

    A written check of which of your offices, clinics or partner centres can have a Business Profile under Google's current guidelines.

    Result: You list only places Google accepts.

  2. Profiles for staffed premises

    For each qualifying clinic or hub, a complete profile with the right category, hours, photographs and a number that is answered.

    Result: People near a real centre find it on Maps.

  3. City pages with real local content

    Pages for cities where you have doctors, languages or a partner lab, each describing the real local detail and how an online visit works there.

    Result: A city page says something a second city page does not.

  4. An online-or-visit explainer

    A short page for people who search near me, explaining what an online consultation can do and when to see a doctor in person.

    Result: A near-me searcher learns what you offer before she leaves.

  5. Directory entries kept consistent

    Listings on health directories and general directories checked for name, address and phone, with doctor details approved by each doctor.

    Result: The same platform appears the same way across sites.

How the result is measured

  • Map pack ranking
  • Local search visibility
  • Enquiries by locality

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

What Google weighs here

A platform with no storefront still has to meet these tests for local search.

A real, staffed place
A Business Profile needs a location where someone is present in the hours you list. Check Google's current guidelines for service-area and virtual businesses before applying.
Category and services that match
Choose the category that matches the place, such as medical clinic, and list each speciality as a service. Do not put a keyword in the business name.
Distance and the near-me searcher
Google shows places close to the person. A platform with no nearby premises relies on city pages and ordinary search, not Maps.
Prominence from reviews and listings
Genuine reviews and consistent entries on health directories count. Ask patients within the platform's and Google's rules, with no reward and no selecting only satisfied patients.
Name, address and phone, the same everywhere
Match the company details to your registration papers on every directory. Remove old numbers, since a patient who reaches a dead line moves on.

Who it is for

This is written for these telehealth and online consultation platforms.

  • Multi-speciality online consultation platforms
  • Doctor-led online clinics for one speciality
  • Dermatology, hair and skin consultation services
  • Mental health and counselling platforms
  • Chronic care programmes for diabetes, thyroid and blood pressure
  • Women's health and fertility consultation services
  • Paediatric and parenting consultation services
  • Second-opinion services for patients abroad and NRI families

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 local SEO work runs

  1. 1

    Audit every listing

    We check the Google Business Profile and directory listings for every branch against what should actually be shown.

  2. 2

    Complete and correct

    Profiles are filled in fully and inconsistent details are corrected across every directory found.

  3. 3

    Build location pages

    Each branch gets a page written for its own area, not a copy of the head office page with the address changed.

  4. 4

    Set up review handling

    A simple process for requesting and responding to reviews is put in place with whoever is closest to the customer.

  5. 5

    Report and adjust

    Map actions and enquiries per branch are reported, and branches falling behind are prioritised the next month.

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 create a Business Profile for an online-only platform?
Only if you have a staffed place where customers can be served, or qualify as a service-area business under Google's current guidelines. A virtual office or a shared address risks suspension. Read the guidelines before you apply.
Can each doctor have a profile?
Individual practitioners may qualify in some cases, but your platform's doctors working from home usually do not. Check Google's current rules and the doctor's own consent before creating any listing in his name.
A competitor has fake reviews. What can we do?
Report them through Google's own tools and keep screenshots. Removal is Google's decision. Keep your own profile honest and complete, and never post or buy reviews for your listing.
Is a page for every city worth it?
Only where you can say something true about it, such as a partner lab, a language or a clinic. A copied page for forty cities is weak and can hurt you.
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.