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Write to the people at your current sites before you mail anyone new.

Email for a contract logistics provider is mostly one-to-one: a site note to a client's supply chain head, a capability brief to a consultant, a follow-up after a visit. GullySales builds the list of people who have agreed to hear from you, sets up the sender so your mail reaches the inbox, and writes the notes that carry a decision lasting months.

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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 email marketing means

Email marketing is sending planned messages to a list of past and prospective customers who have agreed to hear from you. It suits offers, updates and staying in touch with someone who is not ready to buy yet. GullySales writes and schedules these emails and tracks who opens, clicks and enquires.

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Sales and marketing for contract logistics providers, the overview.

Last updated 6 Oct 2026.

For contract logistics providers

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

  • “The bid lives in forwarded threads”

    An RFQ is answered, clarified and negotiated across forty messages copied to six people. Marketing mail goes into the same inbox and is lost.

  • “A mail to a bought list of plants is deleted”

    A procurement head gets cold mail all day. One with no site, no corridor and no named contact is gone in a second.

  • “Existing clients hear from you only when something went wrong”

    An escalation mail and an invoice are the only notes the supply chain head gets. Nothing tells them how the site is doing when it is going well.

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 contact list with source and consent noted

    Each name with where it came from, what the person agreed to receive and the date, held in your CRM and not in a personal sheet.

    Result: You can explain, for each address, why it is on the list.

  2. A sending domain set up properly

    SPF, DKIM and DMARC records on your own domain, and one named sender for sales mail.

    Result: Your mail reaches the inbox of a plant that filters strictly.

  3. A site summary note for existing clients

    A short account written by the site head of what the site handled and what is coming, sent by the account owner to the client's supply chain head.

    Result: A client hears good news from you, not only bad.

  4. A proposal cover note format

    A plain mail that goes with every bid: what is attached, the three points the buyer should read first and the next date.

    Result: The proposal is opened and not parked unread.

  5. Segments by role and stage

    Supply chain heads, procurement teams, consultants, past site visitors and current clients, each given different mail.

    Result: A consultant is not sent what a plant head needs.

  6. A short note for buyers who visited and went quiet

    A message sent from the site head after a visit that picks up one question the buyer asked and answers it.

    Result: The conversation restarts from something the buyer cared about.

How the result is measured

  • Open rate
  • Click rate
  • Enquiries from email

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

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What must be in place first

What a contract logistics provider needs before it mails clients, consultants and prospects.

A list you can explain
Keep only people who have met you, asked for something or agreed to hear from you, with the source and date beside each. India's data protection law covers business contacts too, so check with your own adviser.
A named sender on your own domain
Send from a person at your company address, with SPF, DKIM and DMARC set. A plant's mail filter treats an unauthenticated domain as spam.
Segments by role and stage
Separate current clients, prospects who have visited, consultants and cold contacts. Each group gets a different note and none gets a mass broadcast.
An unsubscribe that leaves operational mail alone
Give marketing mail a working opt-out. Keep site notices and contract mails on a separate service list and say so in the footer.
A reply path to a person
Replies go to the account owner and to the bid mailbox, never to a no-reply address. A buyer's clarification question should not wait in an unwatched inbox.
Attachments that survive a client's filters
Large rate sheets and SKU files are often blocked. Share a link to a shared document, or keep the attachment small, and say in the mail what is inside.

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 list of plant contacts has no record of how each person was met, so mail would reach people who never asked.
  • Your sending domain is not set up, so mail to plants would land in spam.
  • You plan to write to existing clients only to announce a new service, never to report on their site.

How it works

How the email 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

    Understand your list

    We review who is on the list, how they got there, what they agreed to, and how long since they last heard from you.

  2. 2

    Audit past sends

    We read past campaign reports, your sending domain settings and any spam complaints to see what has and has not worked.

  3. 3

    Segment and plan

    The list is split into groups and a sending calendar is agreed, with a rule for unsubscribes and quiet addresses.

  4. 4

    Write and set up

    Emails are written, checked and scheduled in your email tool. Welcome and nurture emails are set to send on a trigger where that fits.

  5. 5

    Measure and adjust

    We read clicks, replies, enquiries and complaints by segment, and change subject lines, timing and content to match.

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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Can we buy a database of manufacturers?
It is a poor trade. Bought databases bounce, a complaint can hurt your sending domain, and then your own clients stop receiving your service mail. Use that money for a corridor list built by hand, with the right name on each plant.
Should we send a newsletter to clients?
Not as a general one. A client reads a short mail about their own site, a peak plan or a change that touches them. Start with one-to-one notes from the site head, and add a newsletter only if you have something others would want.
Our mails to plants land in spam. Why?
Usually the sending domain is not authenticated, the mail carries large attachments or the subject reads like a mass offer. Fix the records first, send from a named person and keep the message short and specific to the plant.
Can we mail a supply chain head we met at a trade show?
Send one personal note that mentions the conversation and gives a clear way to say no. Meeting someone is not agreement to a list, so add the person to regular mail only if they reply or ask for it.
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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