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Publish the guides that an exporter reads before choosing a line or a forwarder.

Content marketing for a shipping company means writing guides, lane notes and checklists that answer the questions shippers ask before and during a booking. GullySales writes them from what your pricing, operations and documentation teams already explain on calls.

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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 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 18 Oct 2026.

For shipping companies

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

  • “The questions on calls are the content calendar”

    Your desks answer the same queries again and again: what are the free days, which documents are needed, what happens if the vessel rolls. Each answer written once becomes a page that works while the desk sleeps.

  • “Checklists get saved and forwarded”

    An export document checklist for a specific commodity is something a logistics manager keeps. It carries your name into the plant and into the forwarder who receives it.

  • “Lane notes build trust with forwarders”

    A note on transit patterns, transshipment points and equipment for a named lane shows a forwarder you know the route. A vague brochure shows the opposite.

  • “Case writing needs consent”

    A shipper's story is persuasive, but it names a client and their cargo. Write it only with the shipper's written agreement, and leave out figures and rates they have not approved.

What we do

What we deliver for shipping companies.

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

  1. A topic list from your own desks

    A list of guide topics collected from the questions your sales, pricing and documentation teams answer.

    Result: A ranked list of topics drawn from real customer questions.

  2. Commodity export checklists

    One-page checklists for each cargo you carry, covering documents, container needs and port steps.

    Result: A downloadable checklist for each commodity.

  3. Lane notes

    Short explainers for chosen port pairs, with schedule patterns and equipment, checked by operations before publishing.

    Result: Each major lane has a note a forwarder can forward.

  4. Glossary of shipping terms

    Plain definitions of the terms new exporters meet, linked to the guides.

    Result: A newcomer can look up a term and move to the next step.

  5. Reuse across channels

    Each guide cut into a post, a message for forwarders and a section of the partner pack.

    Result: One piece of writing serves several audiences.

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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Posts and pieces to plan

Write the guides an exporter reads before choosing a line or a forwarder.

A checklist for a first export shipment
A downloadable list of documents the shipper must have ready, drawn from the questions your documentation desk answers most, with a note to check current customs rules.
Choosing between FCL and LCL
A guide with an example from a textile or engineering shipper, showing when sharing a container suits the cargo and when a full box does.
Lane note for one port pair
A page for forwarders on how the lane works, which port calls the service makes and who handles exceptions, kept current by the lane owner.
Shipping terms in plain words
A glossary covering cut-off, demurrage, detention and rollover, written from the shipper's side so a beginner can read it.
What to do when cargo is rolled
A page that explains what rolled cargo means, who the shipper calls and what the desk does, written for the moment of worry.

Who it is for

This is written for these shipping companies.

  • Container shipping lines serving Indian ports
  • NVOCC and consolidators selling LCL and FCL space
  • Ship agents handling port calls and husbandry
  • Coastal and feeder shipping operators
  • Bulk and break-bulk charterers moving commodities
  • Project cargo and out-of-gauge shipping specialists
  • Ro-ro and car carrier agents
  • Inland waterway and short-sea operators

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • No one on the documentation desk will review facts before a guide is published, so errors would reach shippers with your name on them.
  • You have not agreed how your exceptions are handled, so a page on rolled cargo would promise a process you do not follow.

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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Who checks the facts?
Your operations and pricing teams approve every page before it goes live. We write and structure; the commercial and regulatory facts come from you.
Is a blog useful for a shipping company?
Yes, if it answers shipper questions on routes and paperwork. A blog of company news brings no searches and little reading.
Should content name competing lines?
Leave competitors out unless a fact requires them. A comparison with a named line invites a dispute and goes out of date. Compare services by what the shipper must decide, such as equipment, cut-off and documents, and let the buyer judge between lines from that.
Can a case study name the shipper?
Only with the shipper's written consent, and many will refuse. Write a masked version that describes the cargo type and the problem solved without the company, and keep the consent note in the file. Do not publish rates or buyers in either version.
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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