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Reach the HR team that books next year's offsite while budgets are set.

Email marketing for an event company works on the corporate side, where an admin or HR manager reads at a desk and forwards your proposal upward. GullySales builds the list, the reminder before their budget year closes, and the follow-up on a quote nobody replied to.

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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 email marketing means

Email marketing is sending planned messages to a list of past and prospective customers who have agreed to hear from you. It suits offers, updates and staying in touch with someone who is not ready to buy yet. GullySales writes and schedules these emails and tracks who opens, clicks and enquires.

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Last updated 5 Oct 2026.

For event management companies

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

  • “Families answer WhatsApp, offices answer email”

    A bride's mother will not open a newsletter. The company's admin head will.

  • “Last year's client is this year's enquiry”

    Write to the team that ran last year's dealer meet before their budget closes, not after the brief goes out.

  • “A quote with no reply needs two dated follow-ups”

    Set both dates the day you send the quote, because in season nobody remembers to chase.

What we do

What we deliver for event management companies.

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

  1. A corporate list built from clients, exhibitions and lost enquiries

    Names, roles and companies from past events, exhibition visitor lists and the people who enquired and chose somebody else, kept in one place.

    Result: Everyone on the list has already dealt with you once.

  2. A note to last year's client before their budget closes

    A short mail to the team that ran last year's dealer meet or annual day, timed ahead of the brief going out rather than after it.

    Result: You are in the conversation before the shortlist is drawn.

  3. Two dated follow-ups fixed the day a quote goes out

    Both dates put in the calendar with the wording already written, because in season nobody remembers to chase a silent quote.

    Result: A quote nobody rejected does not quietly die.

  4. A proposal an admin head can forward upward

    One attachment carrying the agenda, the crew, the timeline and an itemised cost, written for a manager who has to sell you to the boss.

    Result: The person who liked you can put you in front of the person who signs.

  5. The list split by the event each company runs

    Contacts marked by whether they run an annual day, a dealer meet, a conference or an offsite, and in which month it falls.

    Result: The offsite mail goes only to the companies that run offsites.

How the result is measured

  • Open rate
  • Click rate
  • Enquiries from email

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

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What must be in place first

What an event company needs in place before it emails corporate buyers.

A corporate list from real contacts
Gather the admin, HR, marketing and CXO assistants you have worked with or met. Note the event, the date and the budget year against each. Keep wedding clients on a separate list.
A proposal that survives a forward
Prepare a short deck or PDF with the concept, venue options, vendor list, a cost summary and your terms. The admin who reads it will forward it to a manager, so it must work without you in the room.
Budget-cycle dates on the record
Note when each company plans offsites, annual days and product launches. Mail them before the planning window, not after the date has been fixed. A calendar of past events is enough to start.
A portfolio you may actually show
Keep photographs and a short note for each event with client permission. Do not name a client or publish their staff's faces without written agreement. Describe the brief when you cannot.
A reply path to the producer
Send from the sales lead and route replies to the person who can quote. A client who asks for an alternative venue on a Friday evening should not wait until Monday.

Who it is for

This is written for these event management companies.

  • Wedding planning companies
  • Corporate and MICE event agencies
  • Exhibition and trade show organisers
  • Birthday and private party planners
  • Destination wedding specialists
  • Government and institutional event contractors

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • You have no list of corporate contacts who agreed to hear from you, so an email would reach people who never asked.
  • Your quotes still go out as loose WhatsApp messages, so an email would have nothing to attach or point to.
  • Nobody updates contacts after each event, so addresses would go stale and bounce.

How it works

How the email 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

    Understand your list

    We review who is on the list, how they got there, what they agreed to, and how long since they last heard from you.

  2. 2

    Audit past sends

    We read past campaign reports, your sending domain settings and any spam complaints to see what has and has not worked.

  3. 3

    Segment and plan

    The list is split into groups and a sending calendar is agreed, with a rule for unsubscribes and quiet addresses.

  4. 4

    Write and set up

    Emails are written, checked and scheduled in your email tool. Welcome and nurture emails are set to send on a trigger where that fits.

  5. 5

    Measure and adjust

    We read clicks, replies, enquiries and complaints by segment, and change subject lines, timing and content to match.

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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Do couples read marketing emails?
Mostly not. Email carries the quote and the paperwork, and WhatsApp carries the rest.
Where does the corporate list come from?
Past clients, exhibition visitors, and the people who enquired and chose someone else.
Do we need consent to email a corporate admin we met at a trade fair?
Write once, personally, saying where you met and what you offer, and give an easy way to opt out. Add them to a list only when they reply or agree. A list of bare names from a stall has no consent behind it.
What should a mail after an unanswered quote say?
Ask one question: has the plan changed? Restate the date held and what you have blocked, such as venue or hotel rooms, and offer a short call. Do not send several reminders. One clear nudge is enough before you move on.
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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