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Industrial suppliers and distributors · Email marketing

You already own the list, and half of it goes to accounts payable.

Email for a distributor is the cheapest way back into accounts you already sell to: the lost line, a new stocking programme, the shutdown that needs planning. GullySales sorts the contacts out of your ERP into buying roles, writes each campaign around what that account stopped buying, and ties opens back to 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 email marketing means

Email marketing is sending planned messages to a list of past and prospective customers who have agreed to hear from you. It suits offers, updates and staying in touch with someone who is not ready to buy yet. GullySales writes and schedules these emails and tracks who opens, clicks and enquires.

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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 ERP contact list is mostly clerks”

    Invoices go to accounts payable and orders come from a buyer, so half the addresses you hold cannot act on anything you send.

  • “The email that works is one line and one category”

    An account that stopped buying abrasives wants a price and a stock figure on abrasives, not a newsletter about the branch.

  • “December money disappears if nobody spends it”

    Plants with a use-it-or-lose-it budget place an order in the last three weeks of the year, and most distributors send nothing.

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. ERP contacts sorted into the roles that buy

    Your customer records read and split into maintenance, purchasing, stores and accounts, with the dead addresses taken out.

    Result: Campaigns reach people allowed to place an order.

  2. A lost-line campaign written per account

    A message built from the sales history, naming the one category that stopped, with the price, the stock position and a direct number.

    Result: The conversation is about a line, not about loyalty.

  3. Shutdown and turnaround planning mails

    A note to maintenance planners ahead of the shutdown season at the plants you serve, offering kitting, spares lists and after-hours cover.

    Result: Your name is on the parts list before the order is cut.

  4. A year-end mail for budget about to lapse

    A short December campaign on stocking programmes, vending and spares holdings, aimed at plants with money they have to use.

    Result: Budget going somewhere goes to you.

  5. Quote follow-up that goes out unprompted

    An automatic note a set number of days after a quotation, carrying the quote again and a question about the need-by date.

    Result: A quiet quote gets one honest nudge.

  6. Opens read against orders in the ERP

    Reporting matching who opened and clicked to what they ordered, set beside the account positions recorded before the first send.

    Result: Email is judged on orders, not on open rates.

How the result is measured

  • Open rate
  • Click rate
  • Enquiries from email

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

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What must be in place first

What an industrial distributor needs in place before it emails customers.

Contacts pulled from the ERP by role
Export buyer, stores head, maintenance head and accounts contact for each account, with the lines they buy. A mail on bearings should reach the person who places bearing orders, not the accounts clerk.
A lapsed-line list
For each account note what they once bought and stopped, such as a hydraulic hose or a cutting tool. A mail that mentions the lost line is far more likely to get a reply than a whole-range flyer.
Principal brand terms in hand
Keep the brand's current price list, stock programme and datasheets for the lines you sell, in files you may send. Check your distributor agreement for what you may promote and how.
A quotation template with codes
Include brand, part number, specification, unit price, GST, stock position and lead time. A purchase officer cross-checking against a drawing will not tolerate a vague description.
A consent line on the account form
Add a line to the customer account form saying purchase and offer mail may be sent to the contacts given. Honour opt-outs from the ERP list on the same day.

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 email marketing work runs

  1. 1

    Understand your list

    We review who is on the list, how they got there, and how long it has been since they last heard from you.

  2. 2

    Audit past sends

    We check open and click rates from past emails to see what has and has not worked.

  3. 3

    Segment and plan

    The list is split into meaningful groups and a sending calendar is agreed.

  4. 4

    Implement content and automation

    Emails are written, scheduled and, where useful, set to trigger automatically based on behaviour.

  5. 5

    Measure and optimise

    We track performance and adjust subject lines, timing and content based on what the list responds to.

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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Can we email our whole customer list?
Business contacts who buy from you are usually reachable, but the rules on commercial email and on unsubscribes are yours to meet and they differ by state and by country. Your counsel confirms the position before the first send, and every mail carries a working opt-out.
How often should we send anything?
Less often than most people suggest, and always about one thing. A branch sending a targeted lost-line mail once a month does better than one sending a weekly newsletter nobody in purchasing reads.
How do we know which accounts opened the mail but did not call?
Treat opens as a rough signal only, since mail apps load images unevenly. Record replies and quotation requests against each account in your CRM, and ring the ones that clicked a price list or a datasheet.
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 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.

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