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Decide which part categories to push this year before spending on any channel.

A marketing strategy for an auto parts manufacturer starts with which part categories have spare capacity and the best margin. It then works backwards to the marketplace, catalogue and trade show activity needed. GullySales builds this with your sales team and checks it against actual orders.

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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 marketing strategy means

Marketing strategy is the plan for which channels to use, in what order and with what budget. This way, marketing spend is aimed at a goal instead of tried one channel at a time. GullySales sets this plan after the first conversation, based on where your buyers actually search and decide.

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Last updated 5 Oct 2026.

For auto parts manufacturers

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

  • “Capacity decides the priority, not the widest catalogue”

    A part line with idle machine time is a better campaign target than one already running at full capacity.

  • “Export and domestic dealer growth need separate plans”

    An export push depends on certification and sample turnaround, while dealer growth depends on price list clarity and reorder ease.

  • “The plan states which categories wait”

    A small manufacturing team cannot market every part line at once, and the strategy says which ones are next.

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. Capacity and margin review by part category

    A review of which part lines have spare production capacity and the best margin, done with your production planning team.

    Result: Marketing effort goes to the part line worth making more of.

  2. Separate plans for export and dealer growth

    Two distinct plans, one built around certification and sample turnaround for export, one around price list clarity for dealers.

    Result: Each buyer type is pursued with the approach that actually wins them.

  3. Written priority list of part categories

    A ranked list stating which part categories are pushed this year and which wait, agreed with your sales team.

    Result: The team stops spreading effort across every category at once.

  4. Channel plan matched to each priority category

    A decision on which channel, marketplace, search, trade show or export outreach, suits each priority part category.

    Result: Each category gets the channel most likely to bring the right buyer.

  5. Check against actual orders

    The plan reviewed against real order and enquiry data from the report, not against assumptions made at the start.

    Result: The plan gets corrected as soon as the order data disagrees with it.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiries against target
  • Cost per enquiry
  • Channel contribution to revenue

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

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What to decide first

What an auto parts manufacturer decides before choosing a catalogue push, a trade fair or a dealer drive.

The part families to push first
Take last year's invoices by part number and mark the families that run on spare press or machining capacity and leave a fair margin after material. Push those first, not the widest catalogue.
OEM supply or aftermarket
OEM work needs approvals, PPAP files and slower payment. Aftermarket needs distributors and a brand on the box. Decide what share of capacity each gets before you plan either, since the buyers and the pitch differ.
The vehicle segment to stand behind
Two-wheeler, passenger car, tractor and commercial vehicle parts are bought through different people. Pick the segment where your fitment list is already longest and say so on the catalogue.
The next distributor territory
Mark the towns where distributors already reorder without chasing. Add the next territory beside them, where freight and a field visit are easy, and not the one place a stray enquiry came from.
Whether export waits
Export needs sample costs, export packing and a person who answers overseas buyers. If nobody owns those today, name the owner first. Otherwise hold export for now and write that down.
What counts as a worthwhile enquiry
Write the minimum quantity, the part types you make and what you need to quote, such as a drawing, a part number or a vehicle model. An enquiry below that line goes to a distributor.

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.

  • You do not yet know which part lines have spare machine time, so a strategy would choose priorities by guesswork.
  • You supply one OEM on a standing contract and no dealer or export growth is wanted, so a plan across channels would have no purpose.

How it works

How the marketing strategy 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

    Understand business goals

    We start with what the business needs this year in orders, revenue and growth, not marketing terms.

  2. 2

    Audit current activity

    We review every current marketing activity, account and record, and what each has actually produced. Where there is no source record for enquiries, we set one up first.

  3. 3

    Strategise the plan

    Objectives, buyers, messages, channels and budget are chosen from the goals and what we found, and then written down with a reason beside each choice. A channel that does not serve a stated objective is left out.

  4. 4

    Implement the roadmap

    The plan becomes an execution roadmap, run by GullySales, your own team, or both.

  5. 5

    Measure against milestones

    Results are reported against the baseline recorded before work starts, and each milestone is checked against the plan. How often you are reported to is agreed in writing.

  6. 6

    Optimise

    Spend and activity move toward what produced orders, and the plan is revised in writing when the market or the business goal changes.

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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How often should this change?
Not on a fixed schedule. Revisit it whenever order volume, capacity or margins shift enough to change the priority list.
Who should be involved?
Sales, production planning and whoever manages the marketplace listings.
We make both OEM and aftermarket parts. Should the marketing be one plan or two?
Two plans under one budget. OEM buyers look for approvals, quality documents and capacity. Aftermarket buyers look for fitment, packing and margin. Mixing them on one catalogue page confuses both, so give each its own pages and its own count of enquiries.
Is it worth running a trade fair and a dealer drive in the same year?
Only if one person can follow up both. A fair brings cards that go cold without calls, and a dealer drive needs field visits. If the team is small, choose the one that matches your priority part families and hold the other until follow-up is steady.
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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