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Publish the guides a fabricator reads before choosing which yard to call.

Content marketing for a steel trader means writing the practical answers a buyer looks for before placing an order, such as how to specify a section or what a test certificate shows. It builds the yard's name as the one that explains. GullySales works on choosing the topics, writing them plainly and linking each to a stock page.

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

Steel mills: show a real physical business scene illustrating Enquiries, quotations and orders. Log each enquiry by grade, section and tonnage, quote from your own price list, and commit orders only to dispatch slots the mill can meet.

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 steel traders

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

  • “Buyers ask the same questions before every order”

    Which grade suits a job, what the mill certificate must show, how weight is checked at delivery. A short guide that answers each one saves the salesperson a call and shows the buyer you know the material.

  • “A guide must carry the yard's own facts”

    A general article on steel types can be found anywhere. A guide that says which sections you hold, which mills supply them and how your lorries are weighed gives the reader a reason to choose your yard.

  • “Contractors and fabricators read differently”

    A contractor wants to know what to order for a slab or a column. A workshop wants cut lengths and tolerances. Write for one reader at a time, and say at the top who the guide is for.

  • “Technical claims need a source”

    A guide that gives a specification or a code requirement must name the standard it comes from and be read by someone who knows it. A wrong figure on a page costs the yard more than a missing page.

What we do

What we deliver for steel traders.

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 real questions

    Questions pulled from the sales team's calls and enquiries, grouped by section and buyer type.

    Result: Each topic on the list comes from something a buyer asked.

  2. Guides written in plain language

    Short pieces on specifying, ordering and checking steel, each ending with the sections you hold.

    Result: Each guide leads the reader to a stock page and an enquiry route.

  3. A review step for technical content

    A check by your technical person before anything with a specification goes live.

    Result: No technical guide goes out without a named reviewer.

  4. A buyer-type reading list

    Guides collected by reader, such as builders, workshops and shop owners.

    Result: A salesperson can send the right guide to the right buyer.

  5. A reuse plan

    A way to cut each guide into a WhatsApp message, a post and a stock-page note.

    Result: One guide serves several channels.

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 pieces a fabricator reads before choosing which yard to call.

Choosing TMT bars for a house slab
A guide for contractors on bar diameter, grade and lengths, checked by someone who knows the trade and pointing to the structural engineer for design.
Why steel weighs differently at yard and site
A page explaining theoretical against actual weight, how a weighbridge reading is taken and where a difference comes from.
Reading a mill test certificate
A short guide with a sample showing heat number, chemistry and mechanical values, so a buyer knows what to ask the yard for.
Plate or sheet for a trailer body
A guide for vehicle body builders on thickness and grade choices as the yard supplies them, with the yard's cutting offer.
What is in a PEB order
A page for structural and PEB companies listing the sections and plates in a typical order and how a yard quotes them.

Who it is for

This is written for these steel traders.

  • Fabricators and engineering workshops
  • Builders and contractors buying TMT bars and structural sections
  • PEB and structural steel companies
  • Re-rollers and small manufacturers who buy coils and billets
  • Pipe and tube users in water, plumbing and agriculture projects
  • Vehicle body builders and trailer makers
  • Machine shops that buy plates and rounds
  • Retail steel shops in towns that restock from your stockyard

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • No one at the yard is willing to check technical lines, so guides could carry grade and strength errors under the yard's name.
  • You cannot say what the yard stocks, so guides would send readers to sections you do not hold.

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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What should a steel yard write about first?
Start with the questions that come up on calls: choosing a section, reading a certificate, checking weight. Those topics sit close to an order and link easily to the sections you hold.
Do we need a writer on staff?
Not necessarily. GullySales can draft from your sales team's notes, and your technical person reviews the facts. The yard's knowledge is the raw material, so someone there must be available to answer questions.
Can we quote Indian Standards in our guides?
Name the standard a product is supplied to, such as IS 2062 for plates, but do not explain the standard's clauses. Send readers to the standard itself or their engineer. A yard guide that restates a clause wrongly puts the yard's name behind the mistake.
Should content cover price trends in steel?
No. Price movement depends on mills, imports and demand, and a yard writing about it will be proved wrong. Write on choosing a section, weighing and certificates, which stay true. Give rates only by call or message, on the day.
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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