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FMCG distributors · Social media

Show retailers and brands that your godown delivers, with your own photographs.

Social media marketing for an FMCG distributor is a small set of posts and WhatsApp statuses that show real stock, real vans and real deliveries to retailers and company staff. GullySales plans what to post, who posts it and how a reaction becomes an entry in the outlet register.

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

FMCG distributors: show a real physical business scene illustrating Beat plans and outlet master. Group outlets into beats by day, record each outlet’s type, owner and phone, and see which shops were visited and which placed no order.

What social media means

Social media is the ongoing posting your business does on platforms such as Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn to stay visible to customers and prospects between purchases. GullySales plans a posting calendar, writes captions and designs the images so the page looks active and answers what a visitor would ask.

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Sales and marketing for FMCG distributors, the overview.

Last updated 18 Oct 2026.

For FMCG distributors

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

  • “The brand's creatives are not yours to copy”

    Company artwork is the company's property and its advertising rules apply to it. A distributor post works better with your own photograph of a loaded van or a restocked shelf, with scheme details lifted from the company circular.

  • “LinkedIn reaches the people who appoint distributors”

    Regional and area managers use LinkedIn. A short post on a new town covered or a van added reaches them without a mailer, and a firm page that matches your capability document makes the follow-up call easier.

  • “WhatsApp status is the retailer's feed”

    Shop owners look at status updates from suppliers they know. A scheme card or a stock-arrived note there reaches a retailer who never scrolls Instagram or Facebook.

  • “A reaction without a name is wasted”

    A shopkeeper replies to a post and the salesman never learns which shop it was. Replies and calls need to reach the register with the outlet's name, or the post counts as noise.

What we do

What we deliver for FMCG distributors.

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

  1. Photo routine

    A short list of real moments to photograph: loaded vans, new stock arriving, a restocked shelf, with the retailer's permission asked first.

    Result: A folder of your own photographs, labelled by town and date.

  2. Posting plan by audience

    Which posts go to LinkedIn for company managers, which to WhatsApp status for retailers, and who at the godown takes the photograph.

    Result: A plan that names the person and the platform for each kind of post.

  3. Scheme card template

    A one-image layout for a company scheme, filled in from the circular and checked against it before it goes out.

    Result: A template the godown fills in without a designer.

  4. Reply handling note

    What the salesman or godown staff do when a retailer answers a post: whom to tell, what to record, what to say.

    Result: Every reply ends in a register entry.

  5. Firm and owner profiles

    LinkedIn pages for the firm and the owner, written from the same facts as the capability document.

    Result: Profiles whose numbers match your books.

How the result is measured

  • Posts published
  • Engagement rate
  • Enquiries from social profiles

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

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Posts and pieces to plan

Photographs from the godown and the beat that a retailer or a brand manager would stop for.

Morning loading at the godown
A short video of the van being loaded against the day's bills. It shows a brand manager that stock is counted and routes are planned, with the salesman's name in the caption.
A new scheme reaching the lane
A photograph of the scheme poster going up in a shop, with the shop's permission. It proves the push reached the shelf and gives other retailers something to ask about.
Cold chain vehicle on its round
For dairy or ice cream lines, a clip of the chilled vehicle and the outlet freezer. It answers the brand's first question about handling before they visit.
A new town added to the beat
A post naming the town, the brands you now carry there and who to speak to. Check the company's rules before showing its pack shots.
Salesman who knows the lane
A portrait of a salesman with the shops on the lane, posted with the salesman's consent. Retailers trust a known face more than a company page.

Who it is for

This is written for these FMCG distributors.

  • Distributors for packaged food, biscuits and snacks brands
  • Home and personal care distributors for soaps, detergents and toiletries
  • Beverage and bottled water distributors with chilled-outlet coverage
  • Staples and edible oil distributors serving wholesalers and kiranas
  • Dairy and ice cream distributors with cold-chain vehicles
  • Multi-brand FMCG distributors holding four or five company codes
  • Super stockists who supply sub-distributors in several towns
  • Modern trade and institution suppliers to supermarkets, canteens and hotels

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • Nobody at the godown can take photographs or reply to a comment, so the page would stand silent after a few posts.
  • The company has not agreed what you may show of its products, and posting without that would risk the code.

How it works

How the social media 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

    Confirm audience, platforms and access

    We note which platforms your buyers use and check that the pages sit under your own business accounts, with you as owner and us as added roles.

  2. 2

    Review the current presence

    We read the existing pages, the posts that drew replies and the gaps in posting.

  3. 3

    Build the calendar

    Themes, formats and dates are set out for your approval, with space for offers and news.

  4. 4

    Create, approve and publish

    Posts are made, approved by you and scheduled. Replies to the public are handled in your voice.

  5. 5

    Record enquiries and adjust

    Enquiries are logged against the post or platform where they began, and the mix changes to follow what brings them.

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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Tell us what you need
Do we need Instagram?
Only if buyers you want to reach look there. Start where retailers and company staff already are, which is WhatsApp and LinkedIn, and add a platform when there is a reason.
Can we run the company's advertisements on our page?
Repost only what the company allows. Advertising rules differ by product, so check with the company and your own adviser, and check each platform's current rules.
Who should post?
A named person at the godown, with the owner approving anything that mentions a company or a scheme. We set up the routine and the approval step.
Is it safe to photograph retailers' shops?
Photograph a shop only after the owner agrees, and keep customers and children out of frame. The shop is the retailer's own space. A signed or recorded yes from the owner protects the retailer and your relationship with the lane.
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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