Managed IT service providers · Sales process
Run every managed IT deal through an assessment before anyone quotes a fee.
A sales process for a managed IT provider is the fixed order of steps from discovery call to signed agreement and clean takeover, with an assessment of the prospect's systems in the middle. Skipping that step is how per-user prices end up too low. GullySales writes the steps with your sales and engineering leads and builds the records that show where deals stall.
A 90-minute audit call and a written, scored report. Turnaround, reporting and term are agreed in writing after the audit.
What sales process means
A sales process is the fixed sequence of steps, such as enquiry, site visit, quote and order, that every deal is expected to pass through in the same order. GullySales writes this sequence down for your business and checks that every salesperson actually follows it.
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Sales and marketing for managed IT service providers, the overview.
Last updated 6 Oct 2026.
For managed IT service providers
Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.
“A per-user price given on the first call”
The prospect asks for a number and gets one. The assessment later finds unsupported servers and no working backup, which the price never allowed for.
“Sales and the help desk tell different stories”
A response time is promised in the meeting that the help desk lead never agreed to, and service starts with a broken promise.
“Onboarding is treated as after-sales”
The takeover from the old vendor is the first thing the client lives through with you, and a messy one sets the tone for renewal.
What we do
What we deliver for managed IT service providers.
Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.
A discovery call script
Questions on users, sites, current arrangement, its end date, the trigger and the decision maker, with a clear point where the call becomes an assessment or a polite referral to a freelancer.
Result: Engineers spend assessment time only on real prospects.
An assessment template
Devices, servers, licences, backups, admin access and documentation checked on one sheet, with findings written for the founder as well as the engineer.
Result: The proposal is priced on what the network really looks like.
Onboarding priced apart from the run fee
One-time takeover and clean-up work quoted separately from the per-user fee, with response times agreed by the help desk lead before they go into the proposal.
Result: The client understands why the first invoice is larger.
The finance head invited to the walkthrough
The person who signs is asked to the proposal meeting, so the fee is explained to them directly instead of forwarded.
Result: The finance head hears the reasons, not just the number.
A takeover plan signed with the agreement
Handover steps from the outgoing vendor, credential collection, documentation and the first messages to staff, agreed and dated with the client.
Result: The first weeks feel organised, which is what gets remembered at renewal.
How the result is measured
- Deals following the process
- Time spent at each step
- Drop-off rate by step
Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.
Steps of a sale
The steps from a founder's first call to a signed managed IT agreement and a clean takeover.
- Discovery call
- Ask for users, sites, what they run, who looks after IT today and why they called now. Record the trigger and the end date of the current arrangement.
- IT assessment
- Send an engineer to check devices, servers, backups, licences and who holds admin access. Record the risks found in plain words a founder can read.
- Proposal and scope walkthrough
- Present the per-user fee, the one-time onboarding work, response times and exclusions with the finance head in the room. Note every objection raised.
- Follow-up and reference call
- Offer a reference call with a client of similar size and sector, if one agrees. Record each follow-up date and what the prospect still has to decide.
- Agreement and signature
- Send the service agreement with the scope schedule attached. Record who signed, the start date, the seat count and the renewal date on the account.
- Takeover and onboarding
- Collect credentials and documentation from the outgoing provider, enrol devices and show staff how to raise tickets. Record anything the old vendor held back.
Who it is for
This is written for these managed IT service providers.
- Per-user support for growing offices without an IT team
- Resident engineer and IT facility management providers
- Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace managed service partners
- Co-managed IT for companies with one in-house IT person
- MSPs serving CA firms, clinics and other compliance-heavy offices
- Backup and endpoint management specialists
- IT support firms for factories and export units
- Remote-first providers serving offices in several cities
Not for
It is not the right fit if.
- You want a guaranteed Google ranking or a guaranteed number of leads. Nobody honest can promise either.
- You need enquiries by next week and have nobody to answer them.
- You want posts and reach reported, not enquiries and orders.
How it works
From your first message to the first report.
No open-ended retainer. Every step gives you something in writing.
First
Free audit call
90 minutes with whoever handles your enquiries: how they arrive, how fast they are answered, where they are lost.
After the call
Written, scored report
Six areas scored, fixes ranked by return and cost. If you want our help, the scope, the fee and the reporting come with it, in writing.
Before work starts
Baseline recorded
Enquiries by source, reply time, conversion and cost per order, written down so every later report has an honest comparison.
After the baseline
The first fix goes live
Usually the cheapest one on the report: reply time, a follow-up sequence or the marketing-to-sales handover.
As agreed
Report against the baseline
What moved, what did not, and what changes next, in plain words. How often you get it is set in writing before work starts.
At renewal
Renew on the numbers
The term ends and you decide whether to continue from the results. The length is agreed in writing before anything starts.
How the work runs for managed IT service providers
- 1
Assess
A free audit of where your current agreements came from, how many clients are per-user against break-fix, how renewals are handled and how fast new enquiries get a reply.
- 2
Write the scope and price model
One scope sheet, two or three per-user tiers and a proposal format the finance head can read without a call.
- 3
Be found at the moment of change
Pages, listings and referral routes aimed at resignations, audits, growth and vendor takeovers.
- 4
Follow up to signature
Assessments booked, proposals chased on dates fixed when they are sent, and prospects with a known contract end date called before it.
- 5
Renew and add seats
Renewal packs, licence reviews and new-service proposals for every client, with the outcome read against the baseline.
Proof
What happened when owners fixed this.
Real clients, the work we did, and the result as it was recorded. Where no number was recorded, none is claimed.
Sentence Labs
- Situation
- Almost nothing of Sentence Labs was online, so a technically credible company was more or less invisible to the buyers who needed it.
- What we did
- Research first
- The website rebuilt
- Search work across the board
- Google Business Profile
- Result
- No numbers were recorded for this engagement. The work is described in full in the case study.
Chord Road Hospital
- Situation
- Patients who knew the hospital trusted it. Patients who searched for a department or a treatment in the area did not find it.
- What we did
- Website rebuilt around patient needs
- Search visibility
- Social media on a schedule
- Review management
- Result
- Organic traffic increased 60% within six months
- Online appointment bookings increased 40%
- Social following grew 45%, and engagement on it rose 70%
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Why us
Why owners pick GullySales over an agency.
Marketing and sales, as one job
Most agencies stop at the enquiry. We also fix what happens after it: the reply, the follow-up, the quote and the CRM.
The person on the first call does the work
No account managers in between. You are never handed to someone you have not met.
A baseline before anything starts
Your numbers are written down on day one, so every later report compares against something honest.
The fee in writing, split three ways
Our time, your media spend and production on separate lines. You always see what goes to us.
No guarantees we cannot keep
The term is agreed in writing and never a default twelve months. We never promise a ranking or a lead count, because nobody controls those.
One office, and we say so
Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru. We work across India by call and WhatsApp and travel when a session needs to be in person.
#257, 3rd floor, Sri Nanjundeshwara Complex, Nagarbhavi 8th Block, Outer Ring Road. How we work.
The offer
Start with a free audit of how you sell.
It is useful on its own, whether or not you hire us.
What you receive
- A 90-minute call with the person who will do the work
- A written, scored report on the six places orders leak
- Every fix ranked by what it returns and what it costs
- The one thing to do first, and why
- An honest line on whether you need outside help at all
- If you do, the scope and the fee in writing
No invoice. No obligation. No sales script.
FAQ
Questions owners ask before they call.
Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.
Who should run the assessment, sales or an engineer?
When should we give a per-user price?
A prospect only wants the cheapest per-user rate. Do we chase it?
Should we charge for the assessment?
Should we price per user, per device or as a flat retainer?
How do we justify the fee in a year when nothing broke?
How long is the contract?
How soon will we see results?
Who will actually do the work?
What do you need from us?
From the blog
Further reading for managed IT service providers.
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