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Know the five people who decide whether a centre opens and whether it fills.

A buyer persona for a diagnostic network describes the people who make a decision: the prospective centre owner, the referring doctor, the patient, the family member and the HR manager. Each weighs different things. GullySales writes these out in plain terms so every page and script speaks to one of them.

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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 buyer persona means

A buyer persona is a plain description of the kind of customer who actually buys from you. It includes what they search, what worries them and who else they ask before deciding. GullySales builds this from real enquiries and past sales rather than a generic template, then uses it to write every page and advert.

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  • “The prospective centre owner thinks like an investor”

    A pharmacist or small-lab owner asks about the reference lab, the report system, the support after opening and what the network gives them that they lack. They want to meet someone who runs a centre today. A persona note should list these questions.

  • “The referring doctor judges the report”

    A clinician sends patients where reports are readable, consistent and on time. They talk to colleagues. A persona note for a doctor lists what they check: report format, contact for queries, collection timings.

  • “The patient with a prescription wants convenience”

    This reader has a list of tests, a day off work or a parent who cannot travel, and wants a price and a slot. Home collection, fasting guidance and the report route are what they ask about.

  • “The family member books for someone else”

    An adult child arranging tests for a parent asks different questions: can a collector come home, will someone explain, how will the report be shared. Scripts should assume the caller may not be the patient.

What we do

What we deliver for diagnostic franchise networks.

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

  1. Five persona sheets

    A one-page sheet for each decision-maker with their questions, doubts and the page or script that answers them.

    Result: Five sheets staff can read in a few minutes.

  2. A question list per persona

    The real questions each persona asks, gathered from calls, forms and visits.

    Result: A list that is updated from actual enquiries.

  3. A message map

    For each persona, the points to make and the points to avoid, including no claims about accuracy.

    Result: Every page and script can be checked against the map.

  4. Persona tags on enquiries

    A tag recording which persona each enquiry fits.

    Result: At review, the network sees which persona sends the largest share of enquiries.

  5. A staff briefing

    A short session for counter and phone staff on how to answer each persona.

    Result: Staff use the same language for the same question.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiry match to persona
  • Conversion rate by persona
  • Content aligned to persona

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

Read the full B2B and B2C buyer persona development page

Who is asking

Know the five people around every centre.

Prospective centre owner
Thinks as an investor and asks about support, locality and rules. Give a candidate document and a call with someone who runs a centre.
Referring doctor
Judges by the report and by how the centre handles a query. Their question is whether the sample will be handled with care and returned in a form they can read.
Patient with a prescription
Wants a nearby slot, a clear price and instructions. Reply with preparation and timings, and offer home collection if the area is served.
Family member booking for someone else
An adult child arranging a test for a parent. Ask for the patient's details with consent, and confirm the slot with the family member.
HR manager planning a camp
Asks about employee numbers, privacy and the day of the camp. Share how the network handles individual results and consent.
Pharmacy or clinic partner
A site that could host a collection point. Their question is space, staff and the working arrangement, so note the premises.

Who it is for

This is written for these diagnostic franchise networks.

  • Pathology lab collection centre networks
  • Radiology and imaging centre franchises
  • Home sample collection brands
  • Diagnostic centres inside clinics and pharmacies
  • Preventive health check package providers
  • Corporate health check and camp providers
  • Speciality test brands such as genetics or allergy testing
  • Master franchise holders managing centres in a city

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • You have no data on who actually walks in or books, so a persona would be an opinion about patients.
  • You plan to use personas to target patients by health condition, which raises privacy concerns and is best avoided.
  • One persona sheet for all centres would hide how a locality differs, so centres would not use it.

How it works

How the buyer persona 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 the current view

    We start with how your team currently describes the customer, since the gap between belief and reality is the finding itself.

  2. 2

    Audit past enquiries and sales

    We look at recent enquiries and closed deals to see who actually bought, not who was assumed to buy.

  3. 3

    Interview customers and staff

    Structured conversations with recent buyers, held as talk about the last purchase and not a questionnaire. We ask what happened before they called, who else was involved and what they compared. Customers agree before we contact them, and their answers are reported without names.

  4. 4

    Build the personas

    Findings are written into short, usable persona documents rather than a long report.

  5. 5

    Apply to your marketing

    We show where each persona should change a page, an ad or a script you already have. The sales team reads the drafts and says which ring true. A persona they do not recognise is rewritten.

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.

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Where do the persona details come from?
From your calls, forms, visits and the questions staff hear. We do not invent them. We gather what is already said at counters and on phones and organise it.
Why include the family member?
Because the caller is sometimes not the patient. A script that assumes the patient is on the line misses the person arranging a parent's tests. Persona notes help staff ask the right first question.
Should we have one persona for all centres?
Start with one set and adjust where a locality differs. A centre near a hospital meets different people from one in a residential lane. Centre owners can add notes.
How do we study patients without collecting health data?
Ask about the booking, not the condition. Capture how the patient found the centre, whether they used home collection and who booked. Do not record why the test was ordered. Rules on health data differ, so check with your own adviser.
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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