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Women's development NGOs · CRM

Keep every funder, buyer and trainer in one record that outlasts any single coordinator.

A CRM for a women's development NGO is a shared record of the funders, buyers, trainers and partners the organisation deals with, each with a last conversation and a next step. It is not a record of the women served. GullySales works on setting up the fields, the owners and the habit of updating it.

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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 CRM means

A CRM is the record where every enquiry, call and quote is kept against a customer, replacing separate notebooks, spreadsheets and memory. GullySales sets up or cleans an existing CRM and reports from it by enquiry outcome rather than by activity logged.

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Sales and marketing for women's development NGOs, the overview.

Last updated 18 Oct 2026.

For women's development NGOs

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

  • “The contact book that leaves with the coordinator”

    The corporate buyer, the trainer and the funder's programme officer all know one person. When that person moves to another organisation, three relationships are left without an owner. A shared record with named owners turns a personal contact into the NGO's contact.

  • “Case files and the sales record must never be merged”

    Counselling notes and survivor details belong in a protected case system under your own rules. A CRM for buyers and funders holds business contacts only. Mixing them in one spreadsheet puts the weightiest information where the widest group can read it.

  • “A festival order is a chain of promises”

    The buyer promises a date for payment, the group promises delivery, the coordinator promises to pass on the message. Without a record of who said what, a late delivery becomes a quarrel between the buyer and a group that never heard the date.

What we do

What we deliver for women's development NGOs.

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

  1. A contact record for funders, buyers and trainers

    Fields for organisation, person, role, last conversation, next step and owner, kept simple enough that the coordinators will fill them in.

    Result: Each contact shows an owner and a next step.

  2. An order log linked to the group

    Each order records the buyer, the group, the items, the agreed date and who confirmed it to the women.

    Result: Every order shows the date the group confirmed.

  3. A rule that separates business contacts from client files

    A written line stating that no beneficiary or client details enter the CRM, and where those records are kept instead.

    Result: The rule is signed off by your safeguarding lead.

  4. Access settings by role

    Who can view, edit or export each part of the record, set for coordinators, leadership and volunteers.

    Result: Each role has defined access, and exports are limited.

  5. A handover routine

    A short procedure for passing contacts to a new owner when a coordinator leaves.

    Result: A leaving coordinator's contacts are reassigned on a set day.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiries logged in the CRM
  • Data completeness
  • Reports generated from CRM data

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

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Fields worth keeping

Keep these fields in the sales and partner record only.

Organisation and contact role
Filled by whoever meets the buyer or funder. Lets any coordinator pick up the relationship if the first contact leaves.
Interest and order history
Products asked for, quantities and dates. Filled from the order sheet and used to plan the next season's production.
Group that made the order
Filled by the production coordinator. Shows which group carries the load, and which has spare capacity.
Advance received and balance due
Filled by the accounts person. Stops a promised order starting before the group has the materials.
Funder conversation log
Dates and notes on proposals, questions and reports requested. Filled by the programme lead. Keeps the answer consistent across people.
Consent to be contacted
Whether the person agreed to updates. Filled at first contact, and honoured in every later message.

Who it is for

This is written for these women's development NGOs.

  • Self-help group federations and microfinance-linked livelihood trusts
  • Handicraft, textile and food enterprise collectives of women
  • Shelters and counselling centres for women in distress
  • Legal aid and domestic violence support organisations
  • Menstrual health and adolescent girls' programmes
  • Women farmers' and agricultural producer groups
  • Skill and vocational training centres for women
  • Anti-trafficking and rehabilitation organisations

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • Case files and sales records would share one tool, which risks exposing sensitive details.
  • Only one coordinator knows the relationships, and no one else would fill the record.
  • The women in the groups expect to see the whole contact list.

Before you decide

Agree the work. Know how to judge it.

CRM for women's development NGOs: use these checks to prepare, choose the scope, and review what changes.

Bring the right evidence

List the records your team uses and show how an enquiry becomes an order today. Bring examples of duplicate entries, missing owners, and reports that require manual correction.

Make the scope clear

Agree the stages, required fields, access roles, and integrations before configuring the system. Separate software subscriptions from setup, data work, and training.

Check the work in use

Ask the people who will use the CRM to complete a real handover and find the next action without help. Check that the management report can be traced back to individual records.

Know when to change course

If the process is unclear, buying a more complex CRM adds more places for confusion. Start with the minimum fields and rules the team can use consistently.

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.

How it works

How the CRM 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

    Sales journey agreement

    Your sales lead explains how an enquiry becomes an order, using open deals as examples. We agree which steps belong in the CRM and identify decisions needing your approval.

  2. 2

    Configuration approval

    You approve stage definitions, required fields, ownership rules, and access. Unresolved choices are settled before configuration starts.

  3. 3

    Test environment decision

    We confirm whether your plan provides a trial copy or separate pipeline. Where neither is available, changes to the live system need an agreed approach before work proceeds.

  4. 4

    Connection and rule checks

    Enquiry connections are checked before automations are activated separately. Your nominated owner verifies where records arrive and which person receives each task.

  5. 5

    Sales team acceptance

    The people handling enquiries test open deals from entry through closure. Required corrections are resolved before you approve the switch.

  6. 6

    Switch and ownership handover

    The agreed configuration goes into use, and your CRM owner receives the final record. Any post-switch corrections included in the scope are documented before handover closes.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales management. A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

  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

    Sales process design

    One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.

    Start here if every salesperson sells differently.

  3. Step 3 · you are here

    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 paid software?
Not necessarily. A well-kept shared sheet works for a small NGO, and a simple CRM tool becomes useful as the list grows. We recommend one by counting the people who will use it and the habits they already have.
Can women in the groups see the order log?
Show each group the orders that concern it. Group leaders can be given access to their own orders only, and your leadership decides who sees the rest. Keep a note of who has access and review it when people change.
Where do donors fit in?
Funders and corporate partners belong in the record. Individual donor data has its own handling needs, so check the rules with your own adviser before you store it, and keep it apart from the buyer list.
Where do donors go in this record?
Keep donor records in the organisation's own finance and donor system, not in the sales record. Gifts have legal and reporting rules that differ from sales. The sales record can note that a buyer is also a supporter, but nothing about amounts or compliance.
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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