Restaurants · Lead generation
Answer the party enquiry before whoever is on the floor forgets it.
For a restaurant a lead is the group booking, the office lunch order and the catering enquiry, all of which arrive by phone and get lost. GullySales puts them in one place, gives your staff the questions and the set menu to send, and sets the follow-up before the date.
Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.
What lead generation means
Lead generation is the combined work of every channel that brings in a new enquiry, whether from search, adverts, referrals or a stall at an exhibition. GullySales runs these channels together and reports the number of enquiries each one produced, not the activity behind it.
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For restaurants
Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.
“The caller asks three things and nobody writes them down”
Date, headcount, whether a cake may be brought in. Then the server says somebody will call back, and nobody does.
“One enquiry is fifteen covers”
A kitty party organiser is worth more than a week of walk-ins, and she rang three places before lunch.
“Your regulars are a lead source you already own”
The family that eats here every second Sunday has a birthday coming and no way of telling you about it.
What we do
What we deliver for restaurants.
Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.
One place where every group enquiry lands
The landline, the WhatsApp number, the website form and the walk-in asking at the counter, all recorded in one book or sheet with who is handling it.
Result: A party enquiry stops depending on who picked up.
Three questions and a script for whoever answers
Date, number of guests and occasion asked first, with what to say about the private area, the cake policy and the per-head menu, printed and kept at the counter.
Result: Any staff member can take the enquiry properly.
A set menu ready to send on WhatsApp
Per-head menus at two or three price points, as an image that opens instantly on a phone, sent within the hour of an enquiry.
Result: The organiser has your offer while she is still deciding.
A guest record with names, numbers and occasions
Collected at the bill with clear consent, through the billing software or a card, including birthdays and anniversaries where the guest offers them.
Result: You can invite a regular back on a quiet Tuesday.
A follow-up call fixed before the date
A reminder to ring a party enquiry two days after the menu went out, and again a week before the date, with what to ask on each call.
Result: Bookings stop being lost to silence.
Reporting on enquiries and bookings
Party enquiries received, menus sent, bookings confirmed and covers seated, with direct orders counted separately from app orders, against the baseline.
Result: The group bookings become a number instead of an impression.
How the result is measured
- Enquiries generated
- Cost per enquiry
- Enquiries by source
Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.
Where enquiries come from
Six ways a party or catering enquiry reaches your restaurant, and what to write down at each.
- Calls on the landline or mobile
- Write date, headcount, occasion and whether a cake is coming on a card before the call ends. Note which number was dialled, so the Maps listing and the printed menu can be told apart later.
- WhatsApp on the restaurant number
- Save the thread under the guest's name with the occasion in brackets. Reply with the per-head set menu image and ask the date before quoting, so a price check turns into a booking.
- Call and Directions buttons on Google Maps
- A call from the listing looks like any other call. Ask how they found you and tick Maps on the card, so you can see whether photographs and reviews bring bookings.
- Swiggy and Zomato orders
- The customer details sit with the app. Put a card in large orders with your direct number, and check each platform's current rules on what you may print on it.
- Office lunch and catering enquiries
- An admin asking for twenty lunch boxes wants a tasting, a rate per head and an invoice. Record the company, who approves the spend and the date of the next event. These buyers repeat.
- Guests at the counter or table
- Someone asking about the private area on the way out is a lead. Take the name, number and date on the card, and hand them the menu to carry home.
Who it is for
This is written for these restaurants.
- Family restaurants and multi-cuisine dining
- South Indian vegetarian restaurants and darshinis
- Biryani, kebab and non-vegetarian specialists
- Regional cuisine restaurants
- Casual dining and bar restaurants
- Quick service restaurants and food courts
- Cloud kitchens and delivery-only brands
- Office canteens and food service operators
- Multi-outlet restaurant groups
Not for
It is not the right fit if.
- You want a guaranteed Google ranking or a guaranteed number of leads. Nobody honest can promise either.
- You need enquiries by next week and have nobody to answer them.
- You want posts and reach reported, not enquiries and orders.
How it works
From your first message to the first report.
No open-ended retainer. Every step gives you something in writing.
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.
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.
Before work starts
Baseline recorded
Enquiries by source, reply time, conversion and cost per order, written down so every later report has an honest comparison.
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 reply time, a follow-up sequence, the page buyers land on or the handover between marketing and sales.
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.
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 lead generation work runs
- 1
Understand your capacity
We agree how many enquiries your sales team can actually handle well, so the system is not built to overwhelm it.
- 2
Audit current sources
We check what already brings in enquiries today, even informally, before adding anything new.
- 3
Strategise the channel mix
Content, search and paid channels are chosen based on where your buyers already look.
- 4
Implement capture and follow-up
Pages, forms and a follow-up process are built and connected end to end.
- 5
Measure and optimise
We track enquiry volume and quality and adjust the channel mix to match.
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.
FAQ
Questions owners ask before they call.
Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.
Our staff change every few months. Will a script survive that?
Who should be taking party enquiries?
Somebody enquired on Instagram, then rang, then walked in. Is that three leads?
How do we tell a real party enquiry from a price check?
Should we leave Swiggy and Zomato?
Are paid food blogger visits worth it?
How long is the contract?
How soon will we see results?
Who will actually do the work?
What do you need from us?
From the blog
Further reading for restaurants.
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Your next practical step
Tell us what you are trying to grow, and we will read it before we call.
Eight short steps, mostly taps. Skip anything you would rather answer on the call.