Veterinary clinics · Follow up systems
Chase the booster that fell due and ring the owner the day after surgery.
Follow-up in a veterinary clinic is unusual because the reminder is welcome. An owner who gets a message saying Bruno's booster is due thanks you for it. GullySales builds the due list, the message and call ladder behind it, the post-operative call nobody makes, and the rule about when to stop.
Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.
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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For veterinary clinics
Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.
“A due date is a reminder, an offer is an intrusion”
Name the animal, name the shot, give the date it fell due and offer two slots. Owners act on that. The same list used for a discount on grooming gets muted, and then the booster reminder is muted with it.
“The call the day after surgery is the one owners remember”
A spay, a dental or a wound repair, and the owner is at home worrying about whether the animal should be eating by now. That call catches complications early and it is the reason they recommend you at the park.
“An estimate goes quiet because of money, and you can ask about it”
A dental scaling or an orthopaedic procedure gets a figure and then silence. The owner is not shopping around, they are waiting for a salary. Say so gently, offer to stage the work, and the animal gets treated.
What we do
What we deliver for veterinary clinics.
Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.
A due list covering vaccination, deworming and follow-up visits
Every animal with a date that has fallen due or is about to, pulled from your records into one list somebody works down each day.
Result: Due dates surface on their own instead of being remembered.
Message wording that names the animal and the shot
Text and WhatsApp wording built around the pet's name, the vaccine or treatment due and two slots, with a short call for the ones who do not reply.
Result: The reminder reads like the clinic, not like a mass message.
A post-operative call built into the discharge
Who rings, what they ask about eating, the wound and the collar, and where the answers are written, set up as part of sending the animal home.
Result: You hear about a problem before it becomes an emergency.
Estimate follow-up that talks about the money
A second contact on a quoted procedure that states what the figure covers and offers to split the work, instead of asking for a decision again.
Result: Owners who were waiting for money tell you so.
A deceased and rehomed flag checked before every send
A field marked at the time, and a rule that the list is filtered by it, so no reminder is ever sent for an animal that has died.
Result: You never send a booster reminder to a grieving owner.
A stop rule written for each kind of chase
How many contacts a due date gets, how many an estimate gets, and the point at which the record is marked quiet rather than chased again.
Result: Owners are reminded, not pestered.
Recovered visits counted against the baseline
Appointments that came from a reminder or a chased estimate, measured against the visit figures recorded before this work started.
Result: You can see what the follow-up brings back in visits.
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.
Follow-up routine for vet clinics
Each due vaccine, post-surgery recovery and ignored reminder has a named pet, a message and a stop.
- Puppy or kitten vaccine due
- Message the owner with the pet's name, the vaccine due and two slots. Update the card and record the date given.
- Surgery or dental done
- The nurse rings the next day to ask about eating, drinking and the wound, and passes anything worrying to the vet. Record the answers on the case sheet.
- Course of medication running out
- Ring before the last dose with the pet's name and ask if the animal needs a recheck. Record the reply and the date of the review.
- Owner ignored two reminders
- Send one final message saying the due date and that the clinic is available if they wish. Mark the reminder as closed and do not repeat it.
- Night emergency call, not seen
- Ring in the morning to ask how the animal is and offer a check-up. Record the symptoms they described and whether another clinic treated it.
- Farm or livestock client
- Ask the farmer when the herd's vaccination or deworming is due and plan a visit with the animal count. Record the village and the contact for the next call.
Who it is for
This is written for these veterinary clinics.
- Small animal clinics
- Multi-vet veterinary hospitals
- Mobile and home-visit vet services
- Exotic and avian veterinary practices
- Farm and large animal veterinary services
- Pet grooming and wellness clinics with vet services
- 24-hour emergency veterinary hospitals
- Veterinary diagnostic and referral centres
How it works
From your first message to the first report.
No open-ended retainer. Every step gives you something in writing.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 follow up systems work runs
- 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
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
Set up templates, tasks and ownership
Templates, first-call questions, CRM tasks and named owners go live, with cover for leave and weekends.
- 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.
FAQ
Questions owners ask before they call.
Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.
Do SMS reminders still work, or should everything be on WhatsApp?
An owner ignored two reminders. Do we keep going?
Can we use the same reminder list for offers on grooming or food?
What should the post-surgery call cover?
How much does it cost?
How long is the contract?
How soon will we see results?
Who will actually do the work?
What do you need from us?
What if we are not happy with the work?
From the blog
Further reading for veterinary clinics.
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