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The person who rings about the leak is rarely the person who approves the job.

A buyer persona for a waterproofing or roofing contractor describes the person who actually decides: the owner with a stained ceiling, the committee secretary, the builder's site engineer, the plant engineer. GullySales writes one persona for each from your own enquiry and quotation records, then sets the questions, proof and follow-up that each one needs.

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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 buyer persona means

A buyer persona is a plain description of the kind of customer who actually buys from you. It includes what they search, what worries them and who else they ask before deciding. GullySales builds this from real enquiries and past sales rather than a generic template, then uses it to write every page and advert.

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

  • “The caller may own neither the flat nor the budget”

    A tenant reports the stain, the landlord pays, and the neighbour below is the one with the ruined ceiling. Write down who raised the problem, who signs the work order and who lives under the terrace, because each asks a different question and fears a different outcome.

  • “A committee is a secretary, a treasurer and a room”

    The secretary collects quotations, the treasurer asks what the terrace will cost over the coming years, and the general body votes on whatever was circulated. Each needs a different page of your quotation. None of them will read a manufacturer's datasheet.

  • “The builder buys on method and on the handover date”

    During construction, a project manager wants the system named, the curing sequence written down and a crew that finishes before flooring starts. After possession, the same firm wants a fix for a block that already leaks. Those are two buyers inside one company.

  • “The plant engineer is protecting a shutdown”

    A factory buyer asks for a rate per square foot because it is the only handle available. The real limits are the production calendar, what runs under the sheets and who approves the stoppage. A persona records those facts instead of a job title.

What we do

What we deliver for waterproofing and roofing contractors.

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

  1. One persona for each buyer who rings

    The homeowner, the tenant, the committee secretary, the treasurer, the builder's engineer, the architect and the plant engineer, each on a single page with the first question they ask and the objection they raise.

    Result: Your team knows who is on the phone before the second sentence.

  2. Personas written from your own quotation file

    A read through won and lost quotations, call notes and committee outcomes, to find out who attended the inspection, who asked for a revised price and who went quiet.

    Result: Each persona rests on your jobs instead of a guess.

  3. A question set for the first call

    Who noticed the leak, who pays, which floor, how old the building is, and who else must agree, written as questions the person taking the call can ask without sounding like a form.

    Result: Every enquiry records the real decider.

  4. Proof matched to each persona

    Photographs of the owner's own terrace for the committee, a method statement for the builder, a shutdown plan for the factory, kept in separate folders.

    Result: Nobody receives proof meant for somebody else.

  5. Objections written out with plain answers

    The cheapest quotation, the single-coat patch, who honours the warranty, whether tiles must be broken, each with the answer your supervisors should give.

    Result: Supervisors answer the same way on every site.

  6. Personas checked against what happened next

    After a season, a comparison of the persona with who actually approved, who delayed and who bought elsewhere, with the page revised where it was wrong.

    Result: A persona that predicted nothing gets rewritten.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiry match to persona
  • Conversion rate by persona
  • Content aligned to persona

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

Read the full B2B and B2C buyer persona development page

Who it is for

This is written for these waterproofing and roofing contractors.

  • Terrace and roof waterproofing contractors
  • Bathroom and wet area leakage specialists
  • Basement and podium waterproofing contractors
  • Approved applicators of waterproofing chemical brands
  • Metal roofing and pre-engineered shed roofing contractors
  • Polycarbonate, skylight and car park shed installers
  • Gutter and rainwater drainage installers
  • Mangalore tile and traditional roof repair specialists
  • Heat insulation and cool roof coating contractors

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 buyer persona work runs

  1. 1

    Understand the current view

    We start with how your team currently describes the customer, since the gap between belief and reality is often the finding itself.

  2. 2

    Audit past enquiries and sales

    We look at recent enquiries and closed deals to see who actually bought, not who was assumed to buy.

  3. 3

    Interview customers and staff

    Short, structured conversations surface the real language, worries and triggers behind a purchase.

  4. 4

    Build the personas

    Findings are written into short, usable persona documents rather than a long report.

  5. 5

    Apply to your marketing

    We show exactly where each persona should change a page, an ad or a script you already have.

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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Tell us what you need
How many personas does a contractor need?
One for each person who can say yes or no to a job. A firm doing homes, apartments and sheds needs the homeowner, the committee, the builder or architect and the plant engineer. Merging them into one page produces a description that fits nobody.
Can we build a persona without a survey?
Yes. Your quotation file already holds the answer: who attended the inspection, who asked for revised quotations, who went silent. Sit with the supervisor and the person who prepares quotations and write down what each type asked. No outside data is needed.
Should the tenant have a persona of their own?
Treat the tenant as a separate person when they report the leak but the landlord pays. The tenant wants the water stopped without a broken bathroom, while the landlord weighs cost and warranty. Your message to each should differ.
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 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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