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Answer the questions a supply chain head asks before inviting you to bid.

Content marketing for contract logistics is the guides, site notes and comparisons that supply chain heads, procurement teams and consultants read while deciding whom to invite. GullySales writes them from the questions your operations and sales people hear on every site visit, so the buyer arrives knowing how you run a site and how you charge.

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Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

A logistics manager and client review a warehouse dispatch

What content marketing means

Content marketing is writing articles, guides and pages that answer the questions buyers search before they are ready to enquire. This makes your business visible and trusted before the first call. GullySales plans this content from the first conversation onward, choosing topics that match real search demand rather than guesses.

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Last updated 6 Oct 2026.

For contract logistics providers

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

  • “The deck covers the network, the buyer asks about the move”

    A client worries about the day the stock leaves the client's own godown. A deck about branches and fleet size never mentions it.

  • “Pricing models arrive unexplained”

    Procurement sees fixed and variable charges, a minimum volume and an escalation clause, and cannot tell which one is the real cost.

  • “Your site head knows the answers and nobody writes them down”

    The site manager explains cycle counts and shift handovers to every visitor. The knowledge goes home with that person each evening.

What we do

What we deliver for contract logistics providers.

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

  1. A guide to moving your warehouse to a provider

    The data you will be asked for, who attends from your side, how stock is moved and what happens if something goes wrong, written by the people who run transitions.

    Result: A nervous buyer can see the move before agreeing to it.

  2. A plain guide to how contract logistics is priced

    Fixed charges, variable charges, minimum volumes, open-book and gain-share explained with labelled blanks in place of figures.

    Result: Procurement understands the model before it compares rates.

  3. A note on own warehouse or contract

    When outsourcing suits a manufacturer, when it does not, and the questions to settle before issuing an RFQ.

    Result: A buyer reaches you at the point of deciding.

  4. Site notes by the people who run the floor

    How inventory is counted, how a shift is handed over, how errors are caught and how a damaged pallet is reported.

    Result: Operations buyers read the way you work before they visit.

  5. A peak and shutdown planning note

    What changes around the festive peak, the year-end and a plant shutdown, and what the provider needs to be told in advance.

    Result: A client plans the busy weeks with you, not after them.

  6. Client stories with permission

    The type of site, the problem and what changed, published only with the client's written yes and without figures it has not approved.

    Result: A buyer sees the work done for someone like them.

How the result is measured

  • Pages published
  • Organic traffic
  • Enquiries from content pages

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

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Questions buyers ask first

The questions a supply chain head asks before inviting a provider to bid, and the piece that answers each.

What happens to our stock on the day we move?
A transition guide covering the stock count, the cut-over date, the parallel run and who signs off at each stage. Written by the person who has run one, not by a copywriter.
How will you charge us if volumes swing?
A pricing explainer with fixed and variable charges laid out, a minimum volume explained and a worked layout with blanks, so procurement fills in its own numbers.
Will your people be compliant on our work?
A compliance note listing the registrations and records you hold for contract labour and what an audit team can inspect. State what you hold, and check the detail with your own adviser.
Can you plug into our ERP?
An integration note naming the systems you have connected to before, how orders and stock reports move and who on your side owns the link.
What do we do in the festive peak?
A peak plan showing the extra manning, the dock schedule and the cut-off dates a client must meet. Buyers read this to judge whether you have done it before.
What if we want to leave in a few years?
An exit and transition-out note setting out the notice, the stock handover and the data handed back. Buyers trust a provider who says it plainly.

Who it is for

This is written for these contract logistics providers.

  • Dedicated warehousing for manufacturers
  • In-plant and line-side logistics for auto and engineering plants
  • Inbound milk-run and supplier pickup operators
  • FMCG and consumer durables distribution centres
  • Pharma and healthcare 3PLs with temperature-controlled storage
  • Retail and ecommerce replenishment operators
  • Spare parts and aftermarket logistics
  • Reverse logistics and returns processing

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • Your operations heads have no time to review a piece, and a draft without their check would misstate how a site runs.
  • You cannot name any client and have no consent to describe one, so a story would be vague.
  • You want articles to replace the relationship work of an open bid.

How it works

How the content marketing 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

    Agree the plan

    Topics and formats come from the content strategy and the buyer-question list. The volume goes into the written scope, agreed with you, not into a number quoted on a call.

  2. 2

    Brief and draft

    Each piece starts from its one-page brief and a short conversation with your technical person, recorded if they allow it, so the draft uses their words.

  3. 3

    Check the facts

    Your person marks the draft for accuracy and we correct it. Regulated subjects also go to your own adviser, because restrictions on claims apply to articles as much as to advertisements.

  4. 4

    Publish and distribute

    The piece goes live on your site, then out through the channels where your buyers already are.

  5. 5

    Read the enquiries and adjust

    Results are reported against the baseline recorded before work began. Topics that brought readers but no enquiries are changed or dropped. How often you are reported to is agreed in writing.

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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Our operations head has no time to write. How does a piece get made?
Someone interviews the manager for half an hour, writes the draft in plain words and sends it back for corrections. The manager changes facts, not style. Nothing about safety, compliance or systems is published until the manager has signed it off.
Is video better than text for a warehouse?
Use both for different readers. A short walk-through of a site shows an out-of-town buyer the racking and the docks. Written guides carry the pricing, compliance and systems detail that procurement and a consultant will read twice.
Do we need content in Hindi or a regional language?
For buyers, English does the job. Regional-language material is useful for recruiting floor staff and for supervisors, and belongs on a separate page. Do not translate the commercial pages unless a buyer has asked.
How do we write about clients we cannot name?
Describe the industry, the kind of goods and what the site does, and leave the name out. Check the wording with the client in any case, since details such as a location or a product line can identify them.
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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