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Advertising film studios · Lead generation

Get onto the short list before the agency has picked the houses to bid.

Getting leads, for an ad film studio, means being on the list an agency producer builds the day a brief lands and being found by brand teams that have no agency. GullySales works on the introductions, the roster links and the brief form that put your studio into that conversation.

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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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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.

  • “The short list is drawn before the phone rings”

    By the time a producer calls a house, the creative team has already named directors whose style suits the idea. A studio nobody remembers is not asked. Lead generation here means being known by name inside the right agencies ahead of the brief, not scrambling to introduce yourself after it.

  • “Agency leads are people, not forms”

    The person who decides is a named producer or creative head in a particular agency in a particular city. A mass mailer to every agency reaches nobody. A list by city, with a note on the last film each person commissioned, gives an introduction a reason to be read.

  • “Direct brands search with a problem in mind”

    A founder without an agency types a phrase about a product film or a brand film and compares what appears. A page that is only a showreel with no way to start a brief loses that visitor. They want work close to their own product and a clear first step.

  • “A lost bid is still a lead”

    The agency that chose another house this time will brief again. A studio that records why it lost, who sat on the panel and when the next campaign season starts turns one declined treatment into the next invitation to bid.

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. Agency producer list by city

    A list of producers and creative heads at agencies in the cities you shoot in, each with the last film they are known to have commissioned and the director who would suit them.

    Result: You can see which producers have had a note and which have not.

  2. Roster link on every introduction

    One link to the director roster with reels, so each note opens on work and not on an attachment that has to be downloaded.

    Result: A producer can open your roster from a phone without a file.

  3. Brief form for direct brands

    A form asking for the length, format, cast, locations and usage, placed on a page of relevant sample work.

    Result: A direct enquiry arrives with the details a quote needs.

  4. Lost-bid follow-up note

    A short message sent after a decline, thanking the producer, asking what decided it and noting when the next campaign season begins.

    Result: Every lost bid has a recorded reason and a date to write again.

  5. Lead source record

    Each brief logged by origin: an agency panel, a director's name, a past client, the website or a referral.

    Result: You can say where the last briefs came from.

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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What to capture

Details to record when an agency or brand reaches an ad film studio.

Who briefed and who holds the budget
Entered by the producer on the first call. In an agency these are two people, and the second one decides if a bid goes ahead.
Film format and length
Television spot, digital film or a set of cut-downs. It decides which director and which cost sheet the studio opens first.
Brand, sector and shoot city
Recorded at the brief. It shows if the studio has done similar work and what location and crew costs the quote must carry.
Rival houses on the bid
Asked politely of the producer. It tells the studio how much to spend on the treatment and which strengths to put first.
Reason for a lost bid
Filled in after the answer. A note on price, director or schedule becomes the opening line of the next conversation.

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.

  • No one writes treatments in good time, so more briefs would turn into bids you either skip or send half-ready.
  • Your reel is still scattered across links, so a producer who asks for it would get a different answer each time.
  • You hope to find agency work through a bought contact list, when producers pass work to houses they have met.

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 ask how many enquiries your team can answer well, who answers after hours, and what a good enquiry looks like. Without this, the system fills a funnel nobody is watching.

  2. 2

    Audit current sources

    We read your call log, WhatsApp chats, enquiry sheet and platform dashboards. The baseline is recorded: enquiries by source, reply time, conversion and cost per order.

  3. 3

    Strategise the channel mix

    Search and maps are chosen for people ready to buy, ads for people who are not yet looking, and content and referrals for trust.

  4. 4

    Implement capture and follow-up

    Pages, forms, tags, the lead record and the first-reply message are built and tested end to end. We submit test enquiries ourselves before any media money is spent.

  5. 5

    Measure and optimise

    Enquiries are traced to source and judged by what became orders, not by volume alone. Channels that fill the sheet with poor enquiries are cut back. How often you are reported to is agreed in writing.

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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Is a bought list of agency contacts worth using?
A bought list gives names without context. A list built by hand, with the agency, the city, the last film commissioned and the director who fits, is read. Check the source and the consent behind any list before writing to anyone on it.
Do brand teams really commission a studio directly?
Businesses without an agency do, for product films, corporate films and short digital ads. They need the whole process explained, so the form and the cost guide carry more weight with them than a reel alone.
When is a direct brand lead worth a bid?
When the brand can name a budget, a purpose and a person who approves. A direct lead without these asks for a price and walks away. Ask on the first call, and send the cost guide with a form so the brand sees what a film involves before you invest in a treatment.
Can we reuse an agency's brief for another client?
No. A brief belongs to the agency and the brand behind it, and sharing it breaks the producer's trust. You may reuse what you learned about how that agency works. Keep the brief in your own bid log, marked confidential, and never send its detail to anyone else.
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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