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Caterers · Pay per click advertising

Advertise the menu you cook best, in the months dates get fixed.

Paid advertising for a caterer puts you in front of a family or an admin team while the shortlist is still being made. GullySales runs the search campaigns by menu and guest size, asks for the count and the food preference on the form, and keeps the spend off job seekers.

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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 pay per click advertising means

Pay per click advertising (PPC) is paying a fee each time someone clicks your advert on Google or another platform. It puts you at the top of a search page immediately, instead of waiting for ranking to build. GullySales sets the targeting, writes the ad text and checks spend against enquiries received.

Also for caterers

Sales and marketing for caterers, the overview.

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For caterers

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

  • “The guest count decides whether a click is worth anything”

    A hundred-guest housewarming and an eight-hundred-guest reception cost the same click and are not the same business.

  • “Corporate contracts are searched in office hours”

    Industrial canteen contractor and office cafeteria vendor get typed by an admin at eleven in the morning, not by a family on a Sunday.

  • “Cook and helper searches will drain the budget”

    Catering jobs, cook vacancy, catering course and catering equipment sit right beside your keywords and turn into nothing.

What we do

What we deliver for caterers.

The work available for this need. We agree the deliverables and responsibilities for your engagement in writing.

  1. Campaigns split by function and by guest size

    Separate budgets for weddings, small home functions, corporate lunches and cafeteria contracts, each with its own wording and its own page.

    Result: A wedding budget never gets spent on a birthday enquiry.

  2. A form that asks the count, the date and the food

    Guest count, date, venue, and whether the menu is vegetarian, Jain or non-vegetarian, all asked before a quote is built.

    Result: You know whether your kitchen can cook it before you ring.

  3. Landing pages showing the menu at that scale

    The page behind each advert carrying the menu, the per-plate range and photographs of a function that size, rather than a mixed gallery.

    Result: The click sees a function like the one being planned.

  4. Negatives for jobs, courses and equipment

    Blocks on catering jobs, cook vacancy, catering course, catering trolley, tiffin service and the searches from people who want to start a catering business.

    Result: The budget stops paying for cooks looking for work.

  5. Spend timed to the muhurtham calendar

    Budget raised in the months before the main wedding dates in your region and ahead of the corporate year end, then pulled back in the gaps.

    Result: You advertise while dates are still being fixed.

  6. Cost per booked date, not cost per click

    Spend read against enquiries, tastings held and dates booked, measured against the baseline from the first conversation.

    Result: You stop paying for enquiries that never reach a tasting.

How the result is measured

  • Cost per click
  • Cost per enquiry
  • Enquiries from paid search

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

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Searches to bid on and block

The searches worth paying for as a caterer, and the ones to keep out.

Function plus city, such as wedding catering in Mysuru
Bid in the weeks families fix dates. Run wedding, ceremony, engagement and birthday as separate campaigns, since the headcount, menu and notice period are different.
Cuisine searches, such as vegetarian catering or biryani catering
Bid on the menu you cook best, using the words families use. Do not bid on a cuisine you do not cook at scale, because the first tasting will show it.
Office lunch and corporate catering searches
Bid in a separate campaign. The buyer is an admin or HR person asking about headcount, hygiene papers and invoicing, not a family choosing a menu.
Cook jobs, catering course, vessels on hire and tent searches
Block. Add cook job, course, recipe, vessels, utensils, tent and catering college as negatives. Staff, students and other vendors click on every catering term.
Where the click lands
Send the click to the menu page for that kind of function, with a form asking date, guest count, venue and the food type. Add a WhatsApp button for families who prefer to write.
Counting a real enquiry
Count an enquiry with a date and a guest count. Then mark tasting held and date booked with an advance in your function register, and read each advert against booked dates.

Who it is for

This is written for these caterers.

  • Wedding and function caterers
  • Traditional vegetarian and Brahmin cooks for ceremonies
  • Non-vegetarian and biryani specialists
  • Corporate event and party caterers
  • Office cafeteria and daily meal providers
  • Industrial and factory canteen contractors
  • School and hostel meal providers
  • Live counter and snack specialists
  • Home-based caterers for small gatherings

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • Your menus and per-plate ranges are not settled, so a paid click would land on a page with nothing to answer.
  • The kitchen is booked on the prime muhurtham dates already, and an advert for those dates would only bring families you must turn away.

Before you decide

Agree the work. Know how to judge it.

PPC ads for caterers: use these checks to prepare, choose the scope, and review what changes.

Bring the right evidence

Bring search-term reports, conversion definitions, and the sales outcome of past enquiries where available. Identify products, locations, and enquiries you cannot serve.

Make the scope clear

Choose the offer and landing page before setting a media budget. Agree who pays the platform, which actions count as conversions, and how unsuitable searches will be reviewed.

Check the work in use

Trace a test enquiry from the advert to the sales record. Review qualified enquiries and orders alongside spend, and separate duplicates or spam from genuine buyer demand.

Know when to change course

If the advert generates enquiries that do not fit, revise targeting and qualification before increasing spend. If suitable enquiries are lost after contact, work on the sales process.

These are discussion points, not a fixed package. GullySales confirms the deliverables, responsibilities, fee, and term in writing after reading your brief and speaking with you.

How it works

How the pay per click advertising 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

    Budget and responsibility approval

    You approve the channels, total spend, account ownership, and budget-movement limits. We name the person who approves campaigns and the sales contact responsible for enquiry outcomes.

  2. 2

    Tracking readiness decision

    We check account tracking against your enquiry sheet, call log, or CRM. Missing access and unreliable conversion events are identified before deciding what is ready to launch.

  3. 3

    Sales definitions sign-off

    Your sales contact agrees what qualifies an enquiry and what counts as a completed order. We record the baseline and decide how duplicate enquiries will be handled.

  4. 4

    Campaign launch approval

    You review the proposed campaign structure and response route. Required changes to advertising material or landing pages are identified, with any separate production work agreed before launch.

  5. 5

    Lead-quality review

    Your sales team supplies enquiry outcomes; we compare them with campaign and search-term records. Irrelevant traffic and missing source information are addressed before recommending more spend.

  6. 6

    Allocation decision and handover

    We make authorised budget moves or send decisions outside those limits for approval. The combined report records the evidence and identifies any action needed from your sales team.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales process design, at stage 1, prospecting and lead generation. 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 families really search for caterers online?
For the first shortlist, yes, alongside asking relatives and the banquet hall. Corporate cafeteria contracts are almost entirely searched, because an admin cannot ask a cousin.
What should we spend?
Enough to run one function type through a full season. We work the number back from what one booked date at your average plate value is worth.
Should the advert say vegetarian or non-vegetarian?
Yes, name it, since families search by diet and a wrong click costs you a call. If you cook both, run two campaigns so each advert and page stays clear. List what your kitchen does and does not mix, in plain words.
Should a caterer bid on its own name?
Yes, in a small campaign. A family told about you at a function searches your name, and a catering directory can appear above you. Keep it cheap and report it apart from the function searches.
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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