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Answer the sowing question before the farmer has to ask the dealer.

Content marketing for a seed company is the set of crop guides, videos and dealer sheets that answer the questions asked before and during a season. GullySales writes them from the questions your field team and dealers already hear, in the language of each district.

Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

An agribusiness field officer reviewing a seasonal crew roster with supervisors at a crop collection point

What content marketing means

Content marketing is writing articles, guides and pages that answer the questions buyers search before they are ready to enquire. This makes your business visible and trusted before the first call. GullySales plans this content from the first conversation onward, choosing topics that match real search demand rather than guesses.

Last updated 18 Oct 2026.

For agricultural seed companies

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

  • “The best topics are already in your complaint log”

    Why did the seedlings come up unevenly, how deep should the seed go, when is the right time to thin. Each recurring question is an article, a video and a dealer sheet waiting to be written.

  • “Agronomy content needs an agronomist's name behind it”

    A guide written by someone at a desk is spotted at once. Put the company agronomist's review on every guide, and state the district and the season the advice was written for. Readers in a farming belt notice at once when advice was written for another soil or another rainfall pattern.

  • “The dealer needs a different document from the farmer”

    A farmer wants spacing and sowing dates. A dealer wants margin terms, return policy and what to say when a customer asks for a rival hybrid. Write both and keep them apart. The dealer sheet stays inside the trade, and the farmer guide goes on the open web.

  • “Season gives the schedule”

    Content for kharif is wasted if it lands after the sowing window. Plan the order of guides from the sowing date backwards, and set aside time for the second crop of questions after emergence. Questions about thinning, gap filling and early pests arrive after emergence, so keep those guides ready before then.

What we do

What we deliver for agricultural seed companies.

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

  1. Question bank from the field

    A list of questions collected from dealers, the field team and the complaint log, sorted by crop and stage.

    Result: A ranked list of what to write first.

  2. Crop guides in district languages

    A guide for each priority crop covering sowing, spacing, water and common worries, reviewed by the company agronomist.

    Result: Each guide carries the reviewer's name and the season it is for.

  3. Dealer talking sheets

    A one-page sheet per variety with the points a dealer can say at the counter, kept within what the label supports.

    Result: A dealer has something to read and keep by the till.

  4. Trial and demonstration write-ups

    Plain accounts of what was sown, when and how it stood, with photographs from the plot and no invented figures.

    Result: Every claim traces to a plot record.

  5. Short video explainers

    Short clips on one question each, shot in the field.

    Result: A dealer can send one link in answer to one question.

  6. Content archive by crop

    A folder and a web page listing everything written for each crop.

    Result: The team can find any guide by crop.

How the result is measured

  • Pages published
  • Organic traffic
  • Enquiries from content pages

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

Posts and pieces to plan

The pieces a dealer and a farmer need before sowing.

Sowing guide for one crop and region
A guide with spacing, depth and window from your agronomist, in the district language. It needs the agronomist's name and the trial site behind it.
Dealer talking sheet for a line
A one-page sheet a dealer can read to a farmer at the counter: what the seed is bred for, how to sow it and who to call. No yield claims.
Demonstration plot write-up
A dated account of one plot with photographs at each stage and the conditions of the season. Proof is the plot record, shown with its limits.
What to do if the crop fails to emerge
A plain page on how to report the problem, which photographs to take and where the lot number is. It protects the dealer and the farmer.
Season calendar for kharif or rabi
A calendar of sowing windows by crop for the region, so a dealer plans stock and a farmer plans purchase before the rush.

Who it is for

This is written for these agricultural seed companies.

  • Hybrid seed companies for maize, cotton, paddy and vegetables
  • Open-pollinated and certified seed producers
  • Vegetable and horticulture seed companies
  • Oilseed and pulse seed companies
  • Fodder seed and forage crop suppliers
  • Seed companies selling through distributors and village dealers
  • Contract seed production companies working with grower farmers
  • Regional seed companies with a few districts as their home market

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • You have no demonstration plots on record, so the write-ups would borrow from other companies' trials.
  • Your agronomist has no time to review the pieces, so unreviewed advice on sowing would reach farmers.
  • You would write pieces for varieties that are not stocked in the districts you reach, which would draw demand you cannot meet.

How it works

How the content marketing 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

    Agree the plan

    Topics and formats come from the content strategy and the buyer-question list. The volume goes into the written scope, agreed with you, not into a number quoted on a call.

  2. 2

    Brief and draft

    Each piece starts from its one-page brief and a short conversation with your technical person, recorded if they allow it, so the draft uses their words.

  3. 3

    Check the facts

    Your person marks the draft for accuracy and we correct it. Regulated subjects also go to your own adviser, because restrictions on claims apply to articles as much as to advertisements.

  4. 4

    Publish and distribute

    The piece goes live on your site, then out through the channels where your buyers already are.

  5. 5

    Read the enquiries and adjust

    Results are reported against the baseline recorded before work began. Topics that brought readers but no enquiries are changed or dropped. 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 0, foundation. 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.

Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.

How do we avoid copying what other seed companies publish?
Start from your own trial plots, your own dealer questions and your own complaint log. Those sources are specific to your varieties and districts, so the content cannot sound like a competitor's brochure.
Does content need to be written for every variety?
Start with the varieties that carry your sales and the crops your dealers ask about. A thin page for each variety adds little, so add detail where there is trial evidence and a real question.
Who checks the agronomy?
Your own agronomist or technical head signs off every guide. We write and organise; we do not decide agronomy, and seed labelling rules differ by state, so claims go past your adviser too.
Should the content name competing seed lines?
Do not. Compare only within your own range and keep to what you can show from your trials. Naming a rival line invites a dispute and a complaint. Seed advertising is watched in many states, so GullySales keeps pieces to your products and your own papers.
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.

Your next practical step

Tell us what you are trying to grow, and we will read it before we call.

Eight short steps, mostly taps. Skip anything you would rather answer on the call.