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Decide whether to chase volume orders or high-margin precision work.

A sales strategy for a CNC machining company sets out which buyer segments and order types to pursue, and how the sales effort should be spent. It might mean export precision work over high-volume, low-margin contracts. GullySales builds this around your actual machine capacity and past order history.

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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 sales strategy means

Sales strategy is deciding which customers to chase, through which channel and at what price, instead of every salesperson working their own way. GullySales sets this plan against your actual pipeline and the deals you have won and lost so far.

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

  • “Competing on price alone favours the largest shop in the region”

    A smaller machining business rarely wins on price against a bigger competitor, so the strategy needs a real alternative, such as faster turnaround or tighter tolerances.

  • “Export buyers reward reliability over the lowest quote”

    A strategy targeting overseas buyers should sell consistency and documentation, since these buyers are usually less price-sensitive than domestic ones comparing three quotes.

  • “The strategy needs an answer for idle capacity between big orders”

    A plan that only chases large contracts leaves gaps in machine time that smaller, quicker jobs could fill if the sales effort is built to catch them.

What we do

What we deliver for CNC machining companies.

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

  1. Volume work or precision work, decided in writing

    A stated decision on whether to pursue high-volume, lower-margin contracts or export precision work, based on your capacity and past orders.

    Result: Your sales effort is not split evenly across work that pays differently.

  2. A non-price pitch for competing against bigger shops

    A stated alternative to price, such as faster turnaround or tighter tolerances, written down for your team to use against a larger competitor.

    Result: A smaller shop has an answer beyond matching a lower quote.

  3. Export pitch built around reliability and paperwork

    A sales approach for overseas buyers built on consistency and documentation rather than the lowest quote, matched to how these buyers decide.

    Result: Export buyers are sold on what they actually value most.

  4. A plan for filling idle capacity between orders

    A stated approach for catching smaller, quicker jobs that can fill machine time gaps left by large contracts.

    Result: Machine time between big orders is not simply left empty.

  5. Strategy reviewed twice a year, or sooner

    A short review scheduled twice a year, or sooner whenever new machinery changes what capacity and capability you can sell.

    Result: The strategy never falls far behind what the plant can do.

How the result is measured

  • Win rate
  • Average deal size
  • Pipeline coverage against target

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

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Choices a sales strategy makes

Make these calls from your quote log, machine hours and rejection notes.

Which buyer sector to quote first
Group last year's purchase orders by sector: auto ancillary, medical, aerospace or general engineering. Quote first for the sector where your parts passed inspection without rework and schedule orders followed.
Which drawings to decline
Check the quote log for jobs you won and then lost money on, because of extra setups or a material you rarely cut. Decline that kind of drawing politely and tell the buyer what you do machine well.
How a drawing becomes a repeat purchase order
Write the path: drawing received, feasibility, quote, first article inspection, batch order, schedule order. Find the step where recent RFQs dropped and fix that before chasing new buyers.
Who prices a drawing when the owner is on the floor
Pick someone who can read a drawing and price it from a standard sheet of machine hour rates and material costs. Keep the owner for tight-tolerance and five-axis jobs only.
Which machines to sell spare hours on
Look at utilisation machine by machine, not for the shop as a whole. Offer the idle hours on the VMC or turning centre that sits empty, with a short list of parts it suits, to buyers who send small batches.

Who it is for

This is written for these CNC machining companies.

  • Job shops doing contract machining
  • Precision component manufacturers
  • Auto ancillary machining suppliers
  • Aerospace and defence component machinists
  • Machine shops serving medical device makers
  • Prototype and low-volume machining shops
  • Sheet metal and fabrication shops with CNC capability
  • Export-focused precision machining units

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.

  1. First

    Your brief

    You tell us what you need in a few short steps: your business, what you want, where enquiries come from and how they are handled.

  2. After the brief

    A conversation and a written scope

    We read it, then talk with whoever handles your enquiries. If you want our help, the scope, the fee and the reporting come in writing, and nothing starts before you have read them.

  3. 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.

  4. After the baseline

    The first fix goes live

    The fix we agreed to start with is put in place and measured against the baseline, whether that is reply time, a follow-up sequence, the page buyers land on or the handover between marketing and sales.

  5. 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.

  6. 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 sales strategy work runs

  1. 1

    Review the current approach

    We study how the business currently targets customers, sells and prices its offer.

  2. 2

    Assess the market

    Segments, channels and competitors are reviewed against where genuine opportunity sits.

  3. 3

    Develop the strategy

    Clear direction is set on where to focus and how to reach it.

  4. 4

    Document and present

    The strategy is written up and presented, with a plain explanation of the reasoning.

  5. 5

    Plan implementation

    A practical roadmap for the first steps is agreed before the engagement closes.

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.

Your brief

Tell us what you need, and we will read it before we call.

Eight short steps about your business, what you want and who decides. Most questions are a tap, and you can skip any you would rather answer on the call.

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FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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How is this different from a marketing strategy?
Marketing strategy decides which capability to promote and to whom. Sales strategy decides how the team converts and grows the buyers already talking to you.
How often should this change?
Reviewed twice a year, or sooner if new machinery changes what capacity and capability the shop can actually sell.
I quote, run the shop and meet buyers. When do I hire a salesperson?
When quotes leave late because you are on the floor, or buyers who ordered once stop hearing from you. Hire someone who can read a drawing, not a general salesperson. Their first job is following up open quotes and existing buyers, while you keep the technical meetings until they can take them.
Our work drops whenever the auto industry slows. How should the strategy handle that?
Check how much of last year's order book came from one sector or one OEM's vendor chain. If a slowdown there would idle most machines, start quoting into a second sector that uses the same machines and materials, such as pumps, valves or medical parts, before the next slowdown arrives.
How soon would we see more RFQs?
Fixing quote turnaround and the capability page shows within weeks. Ranking for a search such as five-axis machining in your industrial area takes a few months.
Do we need to advertise?
Most shops benefit first from a faster quote response and a clearer website. Advertising helps when you want a specific capability, such as export orders, pushed this quarter.
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.
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.

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