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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.

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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 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.

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

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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

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • Visit records are on paper and not in a list with phone numbers, so there is nothing to build a due list from.
  • Nobody owns the due list, and a reminder system with no one to answer replies breaks the first time an owner asks a question.

How it works

How the follow up systems 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

    Measure today's reply time

    From your recent enquiries, we set the time each arrived against its first reply, using the call log, chats, form entries and portal panel. We also count the follow-ups each one got.

  2. 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. 3

    Write the templates and first-call questions

    The first reply, the quote follow-up and the last attempt are written in your voice and loaded as quick replies. The first-call questions are agreed with your best salesperson.

  4. 4

    Set ownership, tasks and alerts

    Named owners, cover for leave and CRM or sheet tasks go live. App alerts, such as IndiaMART's, are switched on for the right phones.

  5. 5

    Track and adjust

    Reply time and follow-up completion are reported against the baseline, and the routine is changed where it is not kept. 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 2, qualification. 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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Do SMS reminders still work, or should everything be on WhatsApp?
Both, and it depends on the owner. Older clients read a text and never open a chat, and a text arrives even where a number is not on WhatsApp. Ask at registration which they prefer and record it. The channel matters much less than the message naming the animal.
An owner ignored two reminders. Do we keep going?
One call after the two messages, then mark the record quiet and leave it. There are reasons you may not know about, including a pet that has died or been rehomed. A phone call also lets you find out, which a third message never will.
Can we use the same reminder list for offers on grooming or food?
Keep the due list for health reminders and send offers only to owners who asked for them. A reminder that arrives with a sales message loses its weight and may be muted. Record each owner's consent for each kind of message.
What should the post-surgery call cover?
Ask whether the animal is eating, drinking, passing urine and not licking the wound, and whether the owner has any concern. Pass anything worrying to the vet at once. Record the call and offer a recheck slot if the owner is unsure.
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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