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Industrial suppliers and distributors · Digital marketing

Most of the money is sitting in the accounts you already have.

Digital marketing for a distributor is the plan deciding what gets built first: product data, brand pages, advertising, email to the book you already have, or the enquiry routine. GullySales writes that plan against your sales history, sequences the work by what it earns, and reports on 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 digital marketing means

Digital marketing is the combined work of search, social media, advertising and website channels running together rather than as separate projects with separate people. GullySales runs these as one connected system so a change in one channel, such as a new offer, is reflected everywhere at once.

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Sales and marketing for industrial suppliers and distributors, the overview.

Last updated 5 Oct 2026.

For industrial suppliers and distributors

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

  • “An ecommerce site is a catalogue until it shows stock and price”

    A buyer who cannot see whether the branch holds it will pick up the phone anyway, which is the outcome the site was bought to avoid.

  • “An account losing two lines still looks healthy on a revenue report”

    Nothing flags the fasteners going elsewhere, so the plan starts with your sales history rather than with website traffic.

  • “Punchout and EDI are sales work that got filed under IT”

    Sitting inside a buyer's Coupa or Ariba catalogue decides whether their purchasing side can order from you at all.

What we do

What we deliver for industrial suppliers and distributors.

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

  1. A channel plan split by the two buyers

    Separate work for the maintenance technician who searches and the purchasing agent who buys off a contract, because almost nothing reaches both.

    Result: Money stops chasing the buyer you already hold.

  2. Work sequenced by what the sales history shows

    The categories, brands and accounts carrying margin decide what gets built first, read out of your ERP rather than off a keyword list.

    Result: The first three months go to the lines that pay.

  3. A calendar tied to shutdowns and the year-end spend

    Campaigns timed to turnaround planning in the plants you serve and to the December budget that lapses if nobody uses it.

    Result: You are in front of a buyer while there is money to spend.

  4. The enquiry routine fixed before any spend goes out

    Logging, acknowledgement and follow-up put right first, since an advert feeding a branch that replies on Wednesday is wasted.

    Result: New enquiries reach somebody who acts on them.

  5. A handover format so a lead reaches the territory

    One short note giving the outside rep what was asked, what was quoted and what the account last bought, ready before the visit.

    Result: The rep walks in knowing more than the customer expects.

  6. A report on orders, not traffic

    Enquiries by source, quotations issued and won, accounts reactivated and lines recovered, read against the baseline taken after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

    Result: The spend is judged on what shipped.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiries across channels
  • Cost per enquiry overall
  • Channel mix by contribution

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

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Where to start for a distributor

Start with the accounts you hold and the quote routine, then the catalogue.

A sales history review
Export a year of sales by account and by line, and mark accounts that stopped buying a line. Call those first, and record what they said.
A quote routine
Log each quote with the account, the part, the date and the next call. Give one person the job of chasing, and write down why a quote was lost.
Product data for your top lines
Clean the part number, size, brand and stock for your best-selling lines before you load more. Record the searches and enquiries on those pages.
Brand and application pages
Write a page for each brand you stock and the problem it solves, such as a hose assembly or a bearing replacement. Count the enquiries by page.
Email to the existing book
Send a short note about a new line or a shutdown stock to accounts that agreed. Record the orders that follow.
What to leave until later
A large ecommerce build and punchout set-up. Show stock and price first, and build the system only once the quote routine holds.

Who it is for

This is written for these industrial suppliers and distributors.

  • MRO and general industrial supply houses
  • Bearing, power transmission and motion distributors
  • Hydraulic and pneumatic distributors with a fabrication shop
  • Electrical and automation distributors
  • Fastener, abrasive and cutting tool suppliers
  • Safety and PPE distributors
  • Pipe, valve and fitting suppliers
  • Process equipment and pump distributors with service work
  • Single-branch independents inside a buying group

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 digital marketing work runs

  1. 1

    Understand the objective

    We agree the one thing this campaign needs to achieve before choosing any channel.

  2. 2

    Audit available channels

    We assess which channels are realistic to run well within the budget and timeline.

  3. 3

    Strategise the central idea

    One message and offer is developed that will work across every planned channel.

  4. 4

    Implement across channels

    Each channel receives its own adapted version, launched on a shared timeline.

  5. 5

    Measure as one campaign

    Results from every channel are combined into a single report against the original objective.

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.

  • Hours that fit your day, agreed up front

    Which hours we overlap with yours is settled before any work starts, so you know when a reply is coming and when it is not.

#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 much should a branch our size spend?
That is scoped after we have read your brief and spoken to you, and written down before anything starts, with our time, your media spend and production costs such as product photography kept apart. The term is agreed in writing. A branch with poor product data usually spends more on the data than on advertising in the first quarter.
Our outside reps say web leads are junk. Are they?
Some are. A technician pricing one seal is not a rep's job, and an inside desk should take it. The plan separates the two so a rep only sees what is worth the drive.
Our reps say web leads are poor. How do we check that?
Log each web lead with the source, the part, the account and the result, and review the log with the reps. Some leads will be a single item. The pattern shows which pages bring buyers with accounts and which bring only price checks.
How do we tell a lapsing account from a quiet one?
Compare each account's lines this season with last, and call those that dropped. Ask what moved, such as price, delivery or a competitor. Record the answer. Accounts losing a line still look healthy on total revenue.
What hours would you cover for our branch?
The hours that overlap your working day, agreed and written down before any work starts. We settle that on the first call rather than the third, because a counter runs to its own clock and a quote chased at the wrong hour is wasted. Nights, weekends and the will-call desk stay with your own people.
Can anyone actually compete with Amazon Business?
Not on a box of gloves, and pretending otherwise wastes your money. You compete on the part that is not stocked anywhere near the plant, on the assembly made while the truck waits, and on knowing what fits. The work here is making those three things findable and answerable, then defending the lines you still hold.
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.

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