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Keep every producer, brief and bid in one record the whole house can read.

A CRM for an ad film studio is a shared record of agency producers, creative heads, brand contacts, briefs, bids and outcomes. GullySales works on the fields, stages and habits that put what the executive producer remembers onto paper.

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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 advertising film studios, the overview.

Last updated 18 Oct 2026.

For advertising film studios

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

  • “Relationships live in one phone”

    The executive producer knows which agency producer likes which director. When that person is on a shoot or moves on, the knowledge goes with them. A shared record keeps the history inside the studio.

  • “A brief passes through stages a list cannot show”

    Brief received, treatment sent, cost sent, clarification, award or loss, then shoot. A list of names cannot show which bids wait on an answer. A pipeline with those stages shows what needs a note today.

  • “The agency and the director are separate relationships”

    A creative may love a director and not know the house. Record the director the contact asked for and the producer who handled the bid, so you can see which relationship brought the work.

  • “A loss carries information”

    A studio that records only wins loses the evidence of what agencies value. A field for the reason lost, the house that won and any price the client shared builds a picture that sharpens the next treatment.

What we do

What we deliver for advertising film studios.

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

  1. Pipeline stages from brief to wrap

    Stages named in the studio's own language, from first brief to delivery and payment.

    Result: Each open job sits in one stage that everyone recognises.

  2. Contact records

    Agency, role, city, directors they have asked for and films they have commissioned, held for each producer and creative head.

    Result: A new team member can read a contact's history in one place.

  3. Bid log linked to the treatment library

    Each bid entry carries its treatment, cost sheet and outcome, with the reason when lost.

    Result: Every bid can be found with its documents.

  4. Reminder rules

    Prompts on each open bid and each past client when a campaign season nears, assigned to a named person.

    Result: Open bids show who owes whom a reply.

  5. Tool choice and import

    A choice between a shared sheet, Zoho CRM or HubSpot, fitted to the studio's size, with existing contacts cleaned and imported.

    Result: Contacts sit in one list with no duplicates.

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.

Read the full CRM implementation and customisation page

Fields worth keeping

Fields a film house needs on every producer and brief.

Agency and the producer's name
Entered by whoever takes the call. The agency and the person are separate records, since producers move between agencies.
Director shortlisted
Filled by the studio head when the treatment goes out. It shows which directors win bids and which only sit on the roster.
Bid stage
Brief, treatment sent, cost sheet sent, awarded, lost or wrapped, updated by the producer. It shows how many briefs are alive.
Reason for loss or award
Filled when the agency replies. It builds a record that the next treatment can use, and that a founder can read.
Usage and clearance terms
Filled by the production manager at award. It decides what may be posted, shown on the reel or used in a case note later.

Who it is for

This is written for these advertising film studios.

  • Full-service ad film houses with a director roster
  • Boutique production houses led by one director
  • Digital-first film studios making social and performance ads
  • Product and food film specialists
  • Corporate film and brand documentary studios
  • Production service companies that execute for agency-led shoots
  • Fashion and lifestyle ad film houses
  • Regional-language ad film studios

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • The founder holds each agency relationship and will not share them, so a shared record would be empty.
  • You win a small number of films each year and know each producer, so a CRM would add typing and little else.
  • No one is named to update a bid after a call, and an out-of-date stage is worse than a notebook.

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

    Map the sales process

    We sit with the people who sell and write down how a deal moves from enquiry to payment, including where it stalls.

  2. 2

    Agree stages, fields and owners

    Each stage gets a name your team already uses and a proof that the deal has left it. We agree which fields are required at which stage, and who may change what.

  3. 3

    Build on a copy

    Pipeline, fields and views are built on a trial copy where the CRM offers one, or in a separate pipeline where the plan allows. Live work stays untouched.

  4. 4

    Connect channels, then switch on automations

    Channels are connected first. Each automation is then switched on separately, so a misfiring rule is easy to find.

  5. 5

    Test with real deals

    The people who will use the CRM run open deals through it. Gaps are fixed before the whole team switches over.

  6. 6

    Switch over and trim

    Once real use shows which fields stay empty and which stages nobody uses, those are cut and the handover record is updated.

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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Is a spreadsheet enough?
For a small house with a few open bids, a shared sheet with fixed columns works. When several producers chase the same agencies, a CRM adds reminders and history. Choose the simpler tool the team will actually fill in.
Who should update the record?
The person who spoke to the contact, on the day. An entry written weeks later from memory loses the detail. GullySales sets up the fields so that logging a call is a short task.
Should the CRM hold cost sheets?
Link to them, do not copy them into notes. A cost sheet shows crew rates and margins, and the CRM is read by more people than the finance file. Keep a pointer to the sheet and its version in the record, and give only the production head and the founder access to the sheet.
How do we record a producer who moved agencies?
Keep one record for the person and change the agency they sit under. Their history with you goes with them, and so does the goodwill. Add the new agency as an account, mention the move in the note, and let the studio head decide who writes to them first.
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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