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Decide which device category and buyer to prioritise before the next exhibition.

A marketing strategy for a medical device manufacturer sets out which device category, buyer type and region to prioritise, before content or exhibition spend is committed. Government tenders or export distributors are typical priorities. GullySales builds this around your certifications and manufacturing capacity.

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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.

Also for medical device manufacturers

Sales and marketing for medical device manufacturers, the overview.

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For medical device manufacturers

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

  • “Certifications should decide which markets to pursue first”

    A device certified for a specific export market should be marketed there before spend goes toward a market where approval is still pending.

  • “Tenders and private hospital sales need separate strategies”

    Government tender business runs on price and compliance documentation, while private hospital sales run more on relationships and service, and a single strategy rarely serves both well.

  • “Distributor relationships need their own strategic attention”

    A strategy focused only on direct sales misses that most volume in this industry often moves through distributor networks that need their own support and incentives.

What we do

What we deliver for medical device manufacturers.

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

  1. Certification-led market priority list

    A ranked list of device categories and export markets to pursue first, based on which certifications you already hold.

    Result: Spend goes toward markets you can actually sell into.

  2. Separate tender and private hospital plans

    Two distinct plans, one for government tender business built on price and documentation, one for private hospital relationships and service.

    Result: Each buyer type gets an approach suited to how it actually buys.

  3. Distributor support plan

    A plan for what distributors need from you, from specification content to pricing tools, alongside recruitment targets.

    Result: A signed distributor has what they need to sell confidently.

  4. Strategy review against certifications and orders

    A structured review of the strategy against new certifications, export approvals and actual order sources from the recent past.

    Result: The plan reflects the markets that are actually open to you now.

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 a device maker decides about products, buyers and approvals before choosing an exhibition or a channel.

The device to lead with
Pick the device whose approvals, test reports and clinical documents are complete. Lead with it, and describe the rest as coming after the paperwork is ready.
Hospital, distributor or tender
A private hospital buys on demonstration and trust, a distributor on margin and support, and a government tender on specification and price. Choose which route the next effort is built for.
The states or countries to enter
List where you already have orders and a service engineer in reach. Add the next region beside them, and enter a new country only when its registration route is clear to you.
The documents that must be ready
Decide which documents sit in a folder before any outreach: CDSCO licence or registration status, quality certificates, test reports, manuals and service terms. Send nothing that is out of date.
What you will not promote yet
A device without the needed approval, or a use outside its intended purpose, stays out of every page and brochure. Write the list so a salesperson and a distributor both see it.
The distributor you want
Write criteria for distributors: territory, hospital relationships, service capacity and stock. Choose by criteria first, and then by who responds, so the network does not form by chance.

Who it is for

This is written for these medical device manufacturers.

  • Diagnostic equipment manufacturers
  • Surgical instrument manufacturers
  • Hospital furniture and equipment makers
  • Disposable and consumable device manufacturers
  • Implant and orthopaedic device makers
  • Home healthcare device manufacturers
  • In-vitro diagnostic kit manufacturers
  • Export-focused medical device units

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • You have one device, one distributor and no sales history yet, and a long strategy would be guesswork before you have order data.
  • Nobody in the company can decide between tenders and private hospitals, so a plan would wait for an owner who is not named.
  • Your certifications are pending, and a market plan built on them would assume approvals you do not yet hold.

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 strategy change?
Reviewed at least twice a year, and immediately when a new certification or export approval changes what markets are open to you.
Who should be involved?
Your regulatory and quality team alongside sales, since the strategy has to match what can actually be legally claimed and delivered.
Should we sell the same device in the same way to doctors and to hospital buyers?
No. A doctor asks how it performs and what the training involves, while a purchase committee asks about approvals, service, price and warranty. Keep one device page with two clear sections, and decide who handles each conversation.
We have one flagship device. Is a strategy overkill?
A short one is useful. Name the buyers, the regions, the proof you hold and the channel to test first. With a single product, a wrong choice costs a whole year, so a page that records why you chose each step helps the next decision.
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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