Public relations agencies · CRM
Track every pitch from first meeting to signed retainer and renewal.
A CRM for a PR agency is one record of each prospect, proposal, client and renewal. GullySales sets it up around sector, decision makers and stage, so a pitch made in spring is still followed in the summer.
Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

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 public relations agencies, the overview.
Last updated 22 Oct 2026.
For public relations agencies
Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.
“Pitches pass through several readers”
A founder shows the document to a marketing head, a finance head and an investor. Without a record of who has seen it, nobody knows whom to follow. Record each reader and the date the document reached them, and follow the one who has gone quiet.
“Referral sources need tending”
Investors, lawyers and past clients send names. If nobody records who sent what, thanks are forgotten and the source fades. Log who introduced each prospect and when they were thanked, so referrers continue to send names.
“Renewals are sales”
A retainer comes up for review and a client weighs it against another agency. A record of what was delivered and what was said makes the conversation easier. Keep a note of what was delivered during the retainer, so the review meeting starts from your record.
“Past clients move on”
A communications head who leaves takes a relationship to a new company. A record that tracks people as well as firms lets you follow them. Record job moves among your contacts and follow them to the new company with a short note.
What we do
What we deliver for public relations agencies.
Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.
Fields for agency sales
Sector, announcement date, decision makers, service wanted and stage, kept in a simple tool.
Result: Each record describes the real opportunity.
Stages from first meeting to renewal
Meeting, proposal, committee, signed, in delivery, review, renewal, each with an owner.
Result: You can see where every client stands.
Proposal tracking
Who received the proposal, who has questions and when the next contact is due.
Result: No proposal is left without a follow-up date.
Referrer and alumni records
Investors, lawyers, past clients and moved contacts with the last conversation noted.
Result: You can see who deserves a call.
Renewal prompts
A reminder ahead of each retainer review so the conversation starts before the buyer begins to compare.
Result: Renewals are raised by you, not by the client.
Reminders for stalled proposals
A prompt that raises any proposal with no contact for a period you choose, assigned to a named person.
Result: Stalled proposals surface on their own.
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.
Who it is for
This is written for these public relations agencies.
- Funded startups and scaleups, from seed to late stage
- Hospitals, clinics and diagnostic chains
- Real estate developers launching projects
- D2C and consumer brands entering new cities
- Professional firms such as law, accounting and consulting practices
- Educational institutions and edtech firms
- Listed and unlisted mid-sized corporates
- Founders building a personal profile
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
Map the sales process
We record how a deal actually moves from enquiry to close in your business today.
- 2
Configure stages and fields
The CRM's pipeline and fields are built to match that process exactly, not a generic template.
- 3
Set up automations
Reminders, assignment rules and follow-up triggers are configured so routine steps happen without manual effort.
- 4
Test with real deals
We run the configuration against actual current deals to catch gaps before the whole team relies on it.
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.
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.
Step 2
Sales process design
One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.
Start here if every salesperson sells differently.
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.
FAQ
Questions owners ask before they call.
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Do we need paid software?
What about client confidentiality?
Who keeps it updated?
How much does it cost?
How long is the contract?
How soon will we see results?
Who will actually do the work?
What do you need from us?
What if we are not happy with the work?
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