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Write the guide a founder wants before asking any provider for a quote.

Content marketing for a third-party logistics company is explaining rates, reports and risk in plain words, so a buyer arrives at the quote already understanding the work. GullySales works on the topics, the writing with your operations team and the way each piece leads to a request.

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

Third-party logistics companies: show a real physical business scene illustrating Client contracts and rate cards. Hold each client’s rates by service, lane, pallet, carton, trip or tonne, with validity dates and special terms, so every booking is priced from the contract it falls under.

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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For third-party logistics companies

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

  • “Buyers want rate logic, not a rate card”

    A founder cannot compare a pallet rate with an order rate without help. An article that explains what inbound, storage, picking, packing and returns each cost to run teaches the buyer how to read your quote.

  • “Stock differences are the fear nobody writes about”

    Every brand worries about a count that does not match. Content that sets out how you count, when you recount and how a difference is settled answers the question that decides the trust.

  • “Your floor team holds the real material”

    A warehouse head knows what goes wrong in the first fortnight of a new account. Interviewing that person produces writing no competitor can copy, and it is more useful than general logistics commentary.

  • “A guide with no next step is a wasted read”

    A buyer finishing an article about choosing a 3PL should find the request form, the checklist or a site visit invitation nearby. Each piece needs one clear route onward.

What we do

What we deliver for third-party logistics companies.

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

  1. A buyer's guide to choosing a 3PL

    A plain explanation of rate structures, questions to ask and documents to keep ready, written for a founder.

    Result: A guide a founder can read before sending a request.

  2. Articles from your operations team

    Pieces drawn from interviews on receiving, counting, returns and onboarding, written up and checked by the person interviewed.

    Result: Each article rests on a real practice at your site.

  3. A sample stock report explained

    A redacted example of what a client receives, with a note on each column and how differences are handled.

    Result: A finance head can read what they would get.

  4. Anonymised client stories

    Write-ups by client type, held back until the client's written yes is on file.

    Result: No story goes out without a record of consent.

  5. A content calendar tied to buyer questions

    A list of pieces ordered by the questions brands ask before and after a site visit.

    Result: Your team knows what is written next and why.

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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Pieces to plan

Pieces a founder reads before asking any provider for a quote.

What goes into a 3PL quote
An explainer on storage, handling, packing, returns and transport lines, with a blank worksheet the brand fills in with its own volumes.
Questions to ask on a warehouse visit
A checklist of what to look at on the floor: racking, dock, receiving records, damage handling and security. A founder prints it for the visit.
How stock reports reconcile
A sample stock report with its columns explained, using invented data, showing how opening, inbound, outbound and closing numbers tie.
Moving stock from a godown to a 3PL
A plain account of the transfer: labelling, counting, system set-up and the first orders. Written with the operations team.
A seasonal planning note for peak sales
A guide for brands on what to tell the warehouse before a sale, such as expected volume and special packaging.

Who it is for

This is written for these third-party logistics companies.

  • Shared-user multi-client warehouses
  • D2C and e-commerce brand fulfilment specialists
  • FMCG and food brand distribution operators
  • Consumer durables, electronics and appliance handlers
  • Pharma and healthcare distribution operators
  • Regional operators serving a state or a cluster of cities
  • Operators offering transport management along with storage
  • Asset-light operators that run client warehouses and vehicles through partners

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • Your operations team has no time to review what is written, so claims would drift from what the floor does.
  • You have no client approval for any story, and the pieces would rest on general statements.
  • You plan to publish rates, while your pricing depends on each brand's stock and pick profile.

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 writes the articles?
We write them, working from interviews with your operations people, and you approve each before it is published. The facts must be yours, so nothing goes out unchecked.
Should we publish our rates?
Publish how rates are built and what each line covers. The figures depend on volume and product, so they belong in a quote.
Can we publish a client story without naming them?
Yes, with the client's agreement to the content. Describe the type of brand and the problem, and keep volumes and product details out unless they approve. Anonymous stories lose some force, but a leaked detail loses you the client and the trust of the next brand reading.
How technical should a stock-accuracy article be?
As technical as the reader's role needs. An operations head wants cycle counts and bin locations; a founder wants to know how they will see stock. Write for one role per piece and explain terms briefly, so the piece does not read as a manual.
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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