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One clean flat can sell the whole tower if somebody asks.

Referral work in home cleaning has two sides: the neighbour in the same building who saw your van, and the brokers, packers and interior contractors who hand over empty flats all year. GullySales builds the ask made at the end of a job and the working relationships with the people who create cleaning work in the first place.

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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 referral marketing means

Referral marketing is asking an existing customer to recommend you to someone they know, usually with a reward for both sides. It differs from a loyalty scheme because it brings in a new customer rather than a repeat purchase. GullySales builds the ask and the reward into a point where a customer is already satisfied.

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For home cleaning companies

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

  • “Your customer is already in a WhatsApp group with two hundred neighbours”

    Somebody in that group asks for a cleaning recommendation most weeks. Ask her, at the walk-through, to put your number in the next time it comes up, and give her something short enough to paste.

  • “The people who hand over empty flats are better referrers than customers”

    Brokers, packers and movers, and interior contractors know a fortnight in advance which flat needs a deep clean before somebody moves in. One broker doing ten handovers a year is worth more than ten happy households.

  • “If you pay for referrals, do it in the open”

    A commission to a broker or a society secretary is a normal arrangement in this trade. Agree the amount in writing and do not fund it by quietly raising the customer's rate, because a customer who works out she paid for the introduction writes about it.

What we do

What we deliver for home cleaning companies.

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

  1. A forwardable message the customer can paste

    Two lines and a number, written so a happy customer can drop it into her society group without editing anything, handed over at the walk-through.

    Result: The recommendation arrives in the group in a usable form.

  2. A list of the handover trades in your areas

    Brokers, packers and movers, interior contractors and property managers working the localities you cover, with who has been approached and what came of it.

    Result: You know which introductions are worth calling again.

  3. A written arrangement for anyone you pay

    What the fee is, when it becomes due, and a clear statement that the customer's rate does not change because of it.

    Result: Nobody is negotiating a commission on the phone at the last minute.

  4. Society committees approached as accounts

    An approach to the secretary or the facility manager covering common area work and a rate for residents, since one committee decision opens a hundred flats.

    Result: You get into the building through the front door.

  5. A referral field on every new enquiry

    One question at booking about who mentioned you, recorded against the job, so the broker or the neighbour who sent it can be thanked.

    Result: You can tell which building and which trade is feeding you.

  6. A thank you that actually reaches the sender

    A consistent way of acknowledging a referral once the job is done and paid for, agreed in advance so it does not depend on who remembers.

    Result: The person who sent you work sends more.

How the result is measured

  • Referrals received
  • Referral conversion rate
  • Cost per referred customer

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

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How referrals reach a cleaning company

A cleaning company is found by the neighbour who saw the van and by the trades that hand over empty flats.

Neighbours in the same building
Ask the customer whether you may knock on one neighbouring door and say her flat was cleaned today. Her kind word is worth more than a flyer.
Property brokers and landlords
A broker needs a flat cleaned before the new tenant arrives. Give him a one-page rate card by flat size and a handover checklist he can forward to the owner.
Packers and movers
A packing crew leaves dust and cartons behind. Offer a move-out cleaning slot the mover can add to his own quote, and keep the invoice in your name.
Interior and painting contractors
After renovation a flat needs a post-construction clean. Ask the contractor for the handover date a few days ahead, so your team arrives the day the keys change hands.
Source on the booking
Write the source on every booking: customer, broker, mover or contractor. Whoever's name keeps appearing gets a visit and a thank-you.
What never to do
Never post a customer's flat number or photographs of the inside of a home. A client who finds her home online will not refer anyone.

Who it is for

This is written for these home cleaning companies.

  • Deep cleaning and one-time service providers
  • Recurring home maintenance cleaning companies
  • Sofa, carpet and upholstery cleaning specialists
  • Move-in and move-out cleaning services
  • Office and commercial cleaning contractors
  • Society and apartment complex cleaning contracts
  • Franchise-model cleaning companies

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 referral marketing work runs

  1. 1

    Understand your margin and customer relationship

    We agree what reward is genuinely sustainable and appropriate for your business and customer type.

  2. 2

    Audit existing informal referrals

    We check how much word of mouth already happens, to size expectations for the formal programme realistically.

  3. 3

    Design the offer and mechanism

    A specific reward and an easy sharing method are built and tested.

  4. 4

    Implement and promote

    The programme is surfaced at the right moments in your customer journey.

  5. 5

    Measure and adjust

    We track referrals and conversions, adjusting the reward or promotion if uptake is low.

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.

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FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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Should we give the referring customer a free clean?
A discount on her next visit is easier to honour than a free one and does not wreck the job's economics. Whatever you choose, make it the same for everyone and pay it only after the referred job is completed and settled.
How do we get into a society without the committee blocking us?
Go to the committee rather than around it. Ask the secretary for permission to work in the building, offer the common areas at a sensible rate, and give the guard desk your staff list and verification. Crews who sneak in once get the whole company barred.
A customer is unhappy about the clean we did for her friend. What do we do?
Contact the friend first, hear her complaint and put it right, for example with a return visit to the missed areas. Tell the referring customer briefly what happened. Her name was on the recommendation, so she should hear that it was handled.
Other flats in the same building want the same price as the first customer. Can we offer a building rate?
You can, if it is true. Cleaners who travel to the same tower save time on the second and third flat, so a modest building rate is fair. Tell the first customer the rule too, in case she asks, and write it on the quote.
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.

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