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Write the fitment and specification guides a buyer searches before ordering.

Content marketing for an auto parts manufacturer is publishing the fitment guides, specification sheets and fitting notes that buyers search before ordering. GullySales writes them for the part categories that already bring the most enquiries. The first pages answer the questions your sales team takes by phone every week.

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.

Last updated 5 Oct 2026.

For auto parts manufacturers

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

  • “Fitment guides answer the question before the quote request”

    A workshop searching which brake pad fits a Bolero or a Splendor should find your own fitment page before a distributor's listing.

  • “Specification sheets build trust with export buyers”

    A first export enquiry is more confident after reading a clear tolerance sheet than after a sales call alone.

  • “Installation notes reduce warranty complaints”

    A short guide on correct fitting cuts returns caused by installation error rather than a genuine part fault.

What we do

What we deliver for auto parts manufacturers.

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

  1. Fitment guides for top part categories

    Written guides matching part numbers to vehicle models, published as web pages rather than a static PDF catalogue.

    Result: A workshop finds the right part before it ever requests a quote.

  2. Material and tolerance specification sheets

    Clear specification pages stating material grade, tolerance and testing method for parts an export buyer evaluates before a first order.

    Result: An export buyer can complete due diligence without a call.

  3. Installation notes for common fitting errors

    Short guides on correct fitting for parts where wrong installation is often mistaken for a product fault.

    Result: Fewer returns are caused by a fitting mistake rather than the part itself.

  4. Certification explainer pages

    Plain-language pages explaining what your ISO 9001 or IATF 16949 certification covers, for buyers who ask but never read the certificate.

    Result: A buyer understands your compliance without a separate email exchange.

  5. Content plan tied to enquiry volume

    A review of which part categories generate enquiries, used to decide which fitment guide or spec sheet to write next.

    Result: Writing effort goes to the part categories buyers are actually asking about.

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.

Questions buyers ask first

The questions a buyer asks before sending an enquiry to a component maker, and the piece that answers each.

Is your part interchangeable with the OE part?
A cross-reference page by OE part number: dimensions, material, a drawing to download, and a plain note where you do not claim interchangeability.
What testing sits behind this part?
List the inspections run on the part, such as hardness, dimensional checks and salt-spray where relevant, the instruments used, and attach a sample test report with the batch number shown.
What are your minimum order, packing and sample terms?
An order terms page: minimum order, packing standard, export documents, Incoterms you quote, and how a sample is charged. Export buyers leave when this is missing.
Can you supply for a model that is no longer made?
A legacy parts page naming the models and years you still supply and how a distributor can request a part outside the list. Aftermarket buyers search by model first.
What do I do if a part fails in service?
A warranty and complaint page: which photographs, batch code and vehicle details to send, who responds, and how a returned part is analysed and reported back.
How do I tell your genuine part from a copy?
Show the marking, packaging and batch code on your genuine parts, and where to report a suspected copy. Dealers need this to defend their stock to a customer.

Who it is for

This is written for these auto parts manufacturers.

  • Component manufacturers supplying OEMs
  • Aftermarket spare parts manufacturers
  • Export-focused parts manufacturers
  • Tier 2 and Tier 3 component suppliers
  • Two-wheeler parts manufacturers
  • Commercial vehicle parts manufacturers
  • Casting and forging units supplying parts
  • Manufacturers with an in-house aftermarket brand

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • No one in the plant can check a fitment guide against drawings, and a wrong vehicle fit published online comes back as returns.
  • Your sales team cannot yet say which part numbers bring most enquiries, so there is nothing to write first.

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 reads this content, dealers or end customers?
Mostly distributors, workshop owners and export buyers checking you before a first order. Vehicle owners rarely read a spec sheet, but their mechanic does. So the writing is aimed at the person who fits the part, not the person who drives the car.
How technical should it be?
As technical as the buyer's own question. A fitment page needs the part number, the vehicle models and years, and the OE cross-reference number. A spec sheet for an export buyer needs material grade, tolerance and the test method, stated plainly.
We already have a PDF catalogue. Is that not enough?
Not for search. Google can index a PDF, but a sixty-page catalogue rarely ranks for one part number, and a buyer cannot land on the right page of it. Turning the top part categories into web pages lets each fitment answer be found on its own.
Should these pages be in English only, or also Hindi or a regional language?
Write the technical pages in English, since drawings and standards are in English. Add a short summary in the dealer's language for fitment and warranty. A dealer will read the page in their own language and forward the English page to their supplier.
How do we tell which spec page or marketplace listing brought an enquiry?
Give each page a different enquiry reference and ask the enquirer which part page they looked at. Keep the answer in the enquiry log with the part number. Over a season the list shows which categories to document next.
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.

Your next practical step

Tell us what you are trying to grow, and we will read it before we call.

Eight short steps, mostly taps. Skip anything you would rather answer on the call.