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Metal fabrication and laser cutting units · Digital marketing

Run one plan for the OEM buyer and another for the house owner.

Digital marketing for a job shop covers two unrelated trades sharing a shed. Industrial work is won on search, marketplaces and purchase relationships, while gate and railing work is won on Maps and photographs. GullySales runs both, keeps the enquiries in one record, and reports which trade the money came from.

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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 metal fabrication and laser cutting units, the overview.

Last updated 13 Nov 2026.

For metal fabrication and laser cutting units

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

  • “The industrial buyer never opens Instagram for this”

    A purchase engineer searches, checks your site for capability and sends the file. Reels do nothing for these buyers, but they bring architects and homeowners.

  • “WhatsApp is the real front desk”

    Drawings, rates, photographs of the job and the dispatch all pass through one phone, the owner's, where nobody else can see them.

  • “Marketplace and Maps do not overlap”

    IndiaMART reaches buyers from other cities, the Maps pin reaches the plant half a kilometre away. Dropping either leaves a whole set of buyers untouched.

What we do

What we deliver for metal fabrication and laser cutting units.

The work available for this need. We agree the deliverables and responsibilities for your engagement in writing.

  1. One plan covering both trades

    A written split of channel, budget and effort between industrial job work and local metal work, with the buyer each part is aimed at.

    Result: You stop funding one trade out of the other's pocket by accident.

  2. WhatsApp Business set up as the enquiry desk

    A company number with a catalogue, quick replies and drawing acknowledgement templates, so files stop living in a personal phone.

    Result: Anyone in the office can see what was quoted and when.

  3. All enquiries logged into one record

    Calls, WhatsApp files, marketplace leads and website forms recorded together with the drawing, the quote and the outcome.

    Result: A repeat buyer is recognised the moment they write in.

  4. The marketplace listing matched to the website

    Machines, materials, thickness and areas served checked across IndiaMART and your site so a buyer comparing the two sees one shop.

    Result: Nothing in the comparison gives a buyer pause.

  5. A capability sheet that travels

    One document on machines, capacity, tolerances, finishing and quality checks, used for vendor registration, email replies and the website alike.

    Result: Purchase teams register you without chasing details.

  6. A report split by trade

    Enquiries, quotations and orders reported separately for industrial and local work, each against its own baseline recorded before work starts.

    Result: Neither trade hides the other's problem.

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 job shops

Start with the WhatsApp number and the drawing that arrives on it.

WhatsApp Business as the desk
Set a greeting that asks for the DXF or PDF, material, thickness and quantity. Label each chat as new, quoted or order. Record the time from drawing received to quote sent.
Capability sheet
Make a one-page sheet of sheet sizes, thickness by material, finishes such as powder coating and your usual tolerance. Send it with the first quote and note who replies.
Directory listing matched to the sheet
Make your IndiaMART listing say the same sizes, materials and finishes. Log every enquiry from it against the part asked for and whether it was quoted.
Business Profile for gates and grills
Add photographs of gates, railings and sheds with the material and finish named. House owners search by locality, so list the areas you reach. Record each call and visit it creates.
Photographs of finished parts
Photograph cut and bent parts on the bench with a scale and the steel grade. Use them on the sheet, the listing and WhatsApp. Note which photograph a buyer mentions.
What to leave until later
Leave out social media posting, shop-floor films and paid ads for industrial buyers. An OEM engineer is not found there. First get the desk, the sheet and the listing working together.

Who it is for

This is written for these metal fabrication and laser cutting units.

  • CNC laser cutting job shops
  • Sheet metal fabrication units
  • Structural steel fabricators
  • Precision sheet metal and enclosure makers
  • Decorative and architectural metal work studios
  • Gate, grill, railing and shed fabricators
  • Stainless steel kitchen and equipment fabricators
  • Powder coating and finishing units

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • Nobody owns the shop's WhatsApp number, so a wider plan would add enquiries to a phone no one watches.
  • You run only gate and grill work for the neighbourhood, where a signboard and a Maps profile already do what a full plan would.

Before you decide

Agree the work. Know how to judge it.

Digital marketing for metal fabrication and laser cutting units: use these checks to prepare, choose the scope, and review what changes.

Bring the right evidence

Bring a recent won order and an enquiry that went nowhere. Trace how each buyer found you, what they asked, and who handled the next step. A channel list alone will not explain the difference.

Make the scope clear

Choose one offer and one buyer group first. Agree which part needs attention: being found, getting a useful enquiry, or turning an enquiry into an order. Separate recommendations from the work required to carry them out.

Check the work in use

A useful plan names the first change, its owner, the evidence behind it, and the number that will show whether it worked. Ask what has deliberately been left out and why.

Know when to change course

If your team cannot answer the enquiries it already receives, improve that handover before buying more traffic. If the offer itself is unclear, test it with buyers before adding channels.

These are discussion points, not a fixed package. GullySales confirms the deliverables, responsibilities, fee, and term in writing after reading your brief and speaking with you.

Before we start

What to have ready before the work starts.

The records, access and decisions this work needs from metal fabrication and laser cutting units. Anything missing is noted in the written scope, with who will supply it.

A year of invoices by customer type
Sales invoices or ledger extracts we can sort into industrial and household work. They show which trade pays and which only keeps the shop busy. Without them, the plan rests on the owner's feeling about where money comes from, which can be wrong.
The directory subscription statements
The IndiaMART or JustDial bills and the lead log for the term you paid for. We need to see what each lead cost and which became an order. If the log is unavailable, the renewal question stays open and we do not recommend spending more.
One owner for the WhatsApp number
The person who will check messages through the day, whether the quotation clerk or the owner. Channels create enquiries; if nobody is assigned, they are lost, and the plan scales back to the volume you can handle.
Floor and finished-job photographs
Pictures taken in your own shop, of machines running and parts after finishing, clean enough to publish. They go on the website, the profile and the capability sheet. If you have none, a morning with a phone fixes it before anything is published.
A decision on which trade grows first
Only you can say whether the next machine hour should go to plant orders or household work. It sets the first channel and the budget. If undecided, we begin with the trade that paid more last year and review once the numbers arrive.

How it works

How the digital marketing 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

    Split last year's sales into two trades

    We take last year's invoices and sort them into industrial parts and household metal work, so the plan begins with where money actually came from. You confirm the split, and tell us which trade you want to grow. That decision fixes the order in which channels are set up and which is left alone for now.

  2. 2

    Name who answers the shop's number

    The WhatsApp number is the front desk of this business, so we ask who holds the phone, who is away at lunch and who knows enough to read a drawing. You choose one person per trade. We write the answers they will give to the questions that come up every time.

  3. 3

    Match the marketplace and website entries

    We compare what the directory listing, the website and the Maps profile say about machines, materials and areas served. Where they differ, you decide which is correct. We then correct all three to agree, since a buyer who finds three versions of the shop trusts none.

  4. 4

    Prepare the capability sheet and photographs

    A one-page capability sheet for industrial buyers and a gallery for homes and builders are drafted from your machine list and the floor photographs. You approve the figures and the images. The sheet is formatted so a purchase department can file it with a vendor form.

  5. 5

    Switch on the channels in order

    The first channels are the ones tied to the trade you chose, starting with search or Maps. Each gets a tracking number or link so the enquiry record shows its source. We start the second trade only when the first is answering reliably, and you watch the record fill in.

  6. 6

    Read sales by trade against the baseline

    We add up drawings, calls and walk-ins by trade and by source and compare them with the figures noted at the start. The report is split so the industrial and household work are not blended. You decide where the next amount of money goes and whether to renew the directory subscription.

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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Where should a job shop spend first?
On answering faster, then on being found. Most shops lose more orders to a slow quote than to poor visibility. We measure your reply time before any budget is discussed.
Do we need a website if IndiaMART brings enquiries?
Yes, because a serious buyer checks you before sending a drawing. A page carrying your machines, thickness range and finished work is what turns a listing into a shortlist.
Should the quotation clerk run the WhatsApp number, or the owner?
Give it to whoever can read a drawing and price it, which may be the estimator. The owner steps in on large or repeat accounts. Whoever runs it needs a note of what each chat is waiting for, since people send drawings late in the day.
How do I judge whether the directory subscription is worth renewing?
Count from your own register: the enquiries it sent, the ones you quoted, the orders won and the value of repeats. Look at a full year, because job-shop buying comes in bursts. Judge the subscription against orders, not the number of enquiries.
Is one plan enough for both the industrial and household work?
One plan, but two sets of pages and messages. Both trades share your enquiry record, your phone and your photographs, so they sit in one plan. They differ in where buyers look and what they ask, so the website, adverts and replies are kept apart. A purchase engineer should not see a gate, and a homeowner should not see a vendor form. The report shows each trade's results beside the other.
How do we know the directory subscription is worth renewing?
Count what it produced. Using the lead log, we list the enquiries, mark which were drawings you could cut, and trace which became orders, then set that against the fee. If the bulk are one-piece curiosities, the listing wording may need work before renewal. The decision is yours, but it is taken from your own order book rather than from the directory's claims about reach.
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.

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