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Find the shops that never joined and the brands that were never asked.

For a trade association, a lead is a shopkeeper who has not joined, a lapsed member, or a supplier who sells into the market and has never been approached for the annual day. GullySales builds the list of all three and gives each enquiry a named person on the committee.

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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 lead generation means

Lead generation is the combined work of every channel that brings in a new enquiry, whether from search, adverts, referrals or a stall at an exhibition. GullySales runs these channels together and reports the number of enquiries each one produced, not the activity behind it.

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Last updated 18 Oct 2026.

For trade associations

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

  • “The lane holds more leads than the register does”

    A new shop opens, the shutter goes up, and the register does not know. The best list of prospects is the lane itself, so the walk with a notebook matters more than any advertisement. Every shop found goes onto the list with a phone number and the neighbour who can introduce it.

  • “Sponsors are leads with a budget line”

    A tyre company or a paint distributor that sells to half the lane already has a reason to be at the annual day. It has never been asked because nobody wrote the names down. A list of such suppliers, with the person to write to, is lead generation for the event.

  • “A lapsed member is a warm lead nobody calls”

    A shop that left after a dispute or a missed payment still trades in the market. The reason it left is known to someone on the committee. Without a record, the next caller does not know it and asks the wrong question.

  • “An enquiry that waits in a chat group goes cold”

    A trader asks how to join in the market WhatsApp group, and three people reply with different answers. The enquiry belongs on one sheet with a name beside it, so the trader hears from one person who knows the fee and the form.

What we do

What we deliver for trade associations.

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

  1. A shop-by-shop prospect list

    Every shop in each lane, with owner name, phone, trade and whether it has joined, built from the lane walk and the old register.

    Result: The committee can point to any lane and say which shops are still to be asked.

  2. A sponsor target sheet

    Brands, distributors and bank branches that serve the market, with the person to write to and a note on any earlier approach.

    Result: A volunteer can open the sheet and know who to call for the annual day.

  3. An enquiry log

    One place where every question about joining is written, whoever received it, with the next step and the person who owns it.

    Result: No enquiry sits unanswered in a chat group.

  4. A lapsed member list

    Past members with the reason each left, where known, and the committee member best placed to call.

    Result: The caller knows the history before dialling.

  5. A short joining note

    Four lines on what the association does and how to join, in the local language, for the shutter visit and for a forward on WhatsApp.

    Result: Any member can hand a neighbour the same explanation.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiries generated
  • Cost per enquiry
  • Enquiries by source

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

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Who it is for

This is written for these trade associations.

  • Wholesale market traders' associations in one mandi, cloth market or hardware lane
  • Retail shopkeepers' associations for a street, a mall or a main road
  • Dealers' associations for a single product such as tyres, pumps or electricals
  • Street vendor and hawkers' unions that act as a trade body
  • Distributors' and stockists' associations tied to one brand family
  • Taluk and district level associations federated from smaller bodies
  • Associations of chemists, grain merchants or jewellers
  • Bazaar and market welfare committees that collect a regular subscription

How it works

How the lead generation 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 your capacity

    We agree how many enquiries your sales team can actually handle well, so the system is not built to overwhelm it.

  2. 2

    Audit current sources

    We check what already brings in enquiries today, even informally, before adding anything new.

  3. 3

    Strategise the channel mix

    Content, search and paid channels are chosen based on where your buyers already look.

  4. 4

    Implement capture and follow-up

    Pages, forms and a follow-up process are built and connected end to end.

  5. 5

    Measure and optimise

    We track enquiry volume and quality and adjust the channel mix to match.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales process design, at stage 1, prospecting and lead generation. 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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Do we need ads to get more members?
For a body that serves one market, the lane walk and a call from a neighbour cost less and reach the right shop. We say plainly if a paid campaign would not repay itself, and we leave it out of the plan.
How do we find out which suppliers might sponsor?
Start with the invoices and boards in the lane: whose name is on the shutters, the scales and the delivery vans. We turn that into a list with a contact for each brand and check it with the committee before anyone writes.
Who on the committee should own the leads?
Name one person for member enquiries and one for sponsors, with a deputy for each. When the committee changes, the sheet stays and the names on it change.
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 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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