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Decide where the money goes before the festival weeks arrive.

A marketing strategy for a painting contractor sets which work you want, homeowner repaints or builder contracts, what a job has to be worth before you quote for it, and when in the year the money is spent. GullySales writes that plan with you and changes it when the enquiries say something different.

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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 marketing strategy means

Marketing strategy is the plan for which channels to use, in what order and with what budget. This way, marketing spend is aimed at a goal instead of tried one channel at a time. GullySales sets this plan after the first conversation, based on where your buyers actually search and decide.

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

  • “The money is not spread evenly, because the year is not”

    The weeks before a festival, and the ones just after the rain when damp shows on every north wall, are when spending buys work. The dead weeks should be quiet on purpose.

  • “Two crews is a ceiling, and the plan respects it”

    When a builder and a homeowner want the same week, somebody is turned away. Decide it in advance: builder contracts fill slow months and pay late, homeowner repaints pay sooner and at a better rate.

  • “Say what a job has to be worth before you quote”

    One bedroom eleven kilometres away stops paying once the crew, the travel and the second coat are counted against the rate per square foot. Write the floor down so nobody quotes below it out of habit.

What we do

What we deliver for painting contractors.

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

  1. A year plan built around the festival and the rain

    The weeks worth spending in, the weeks to stay quiet, and what runs in each, set against how your bookings actually fell last year.

    Result: Spending lands when homeowners are already searching.

  2. A stated mix of homeowner and builder work

    How much of the calendar goes to builder contracts and how much is held for homeowner repaints, with the payment terms of each written beside it.

    Result: You know which enquiry gets the crew when both want the same week.

  3. A minimum job worth quoting for

    A floor set by area, distance and number of coats, so a small job far out is declined instead of costing the crew a day.

    Result: Nobody travels across the city for work that loses money.

  4. A split of the money across the seasons

    What the budget goes on and in which weeks, with the amount held back for the festival push named separately.

    Result: Nothing is left unspent in the only weeks that mattered.

  5. A line for the higher-value work you want more of

    Waterproofing, texture finishes or wood polishing named as the work to grow, with what has to change in quoting and photographs for it to sell.

    Result: The business moves towards jobs with a better margin.

  6. A check once the festival season is over

    The plan read against what was actually booked in that window, and rewritten where the enquiries say something different.

    Result: Next season's plan is built on this season's bookings.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiries against target
  • Cost per enquiry
  • Channel contribution to revenue

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

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What to decide first

What a painting contractor decides about jobs, areas and proof before spending a rupee on promotion.

The kind of job you want more of
Interior repaints, exteriors, texture finishes and waterproofing earn differently per crew day. Check your last jobs and choose the type that paid best and gave the fewest complaints.
The localities your crews reach
Mark the roads where a crew can be on site at the start of the day and a supervisor can look in. Promote inside that area, and refer or decline work beyond it.
The paint system you stand behind
State the paint brands and the preparation you use, such as putty, primer and number of coats, in plain words. A homeowner can then compare quotes honestly, and your better method shows.
What a site visit leaves behind
Decide that every visit ends with a written quote showing area, coats, brand and what is excluded. A quote that stays on paper can be followed up, and one given verbally cannot.
The jobs you photograph and keep
Pick finished homes that show your work, and decide who photographs them and who asks the owner for permission. Keep the images sorted by room and type, ready for a page or a reply.
The builders and designers worth meeting
List the builders, interior designers and architects who have given you work. Choose a few to meet with samples and a clear rate for repeat work, and write what payment terms you will accept.

Who it is for

This is written for these painting contractors.

  • Independent house painting contractors
  • Interior and exterior painting specialists
  • Commercial and office painting contractors
  • Waterproofing and painting combined services
  • Painting contractors working with builders
  • Texture and decorative painting specialists
  • Industrial and factory painting contractors
  • Painting franchises and branded dealer networks

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • The crew is a single team and the diary is full, so a plan for growth would be for work you cannot do.
  • You do not record which sources produced jobs, so deciding where money goes would be a guess.

How it works

How the marketing strategy 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

    Understand business goals

    We start with what the business needs this year in orders, revenue and growth, not marketing terms.

  2. 2

    Audit current activity

    We review every current marketing activity, account and record, and what each has actually produced. Where there is no source record for enquiries, we set one up first.

  3. 3

    Strategise the plan

    Objectives, buyers, messages, channels and budget are chosen from the goals and what we found, and then written down with a reason beside each choice. A channel that does not serve a stated objective is left out.

  4. 4

    Implement the roadmap

    The plan becomes an execution roadmap, run by GullySales, your own team, or both.

  5. 5

    Measure against milestones

    Results are reported against the baseline recorded before work starts, and each milestone is checked against the plan. How often you are reported to is agreed in writing.

  6. 6

    Optimise

    Spend and activity move toward what produced orders, and the plan is revised in writing when the market or the business goal changes.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales process design, at stage 0, foundation. 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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How much should a painting business spend on marketing?
There is no standard figure. It depends on how many crews you can keep busy and how sharp your season is. The number is put in writing after the first conversation and split between our time, your media spend and production.
Should we take builder work at lower rates to fill the calendar?
Use it for the slow months, not for the festival weeks. Builder jobs keep the crew paid while the money arrives late, and a homeowner repaint in the rush is worth more per square foot.
Should we say what our warranty covers?
Yes, in plain words and only what you are able to honour. State what your workmanship covers, such as peeling from poor preparation, and what it does not, such as damp from leaks. Paint makers have their own terms, so do not repeat or stretch them.
How do we plan work for the slow season?
Use it for the work that does not depend on a festival: exteriors before the rains, waterproofing, commercial repaints and builder snags. Write to past customers whose last paint job is old, and ask builders for the next project. Decide the list before the slow stretch begins.
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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