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Chase the quote that went silent before the family signs with another planner.

A follow-up system for an event company is the routine that decides who contacts an enquiry after the quote, what they say and when the next nudge happens. GullySales writes the messages and the reminders with your team, so a silent quote is chased on purpose and not by memory.

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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 follow up systems means

A follow-up system is the set routine for calling, messaging or emailing an enquiry more than once, since most buyers do not decide on the first conversation. GullySales sets the number and timing of follow-ups so an undecided buyer keeps hearing from you until they decide either way.

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

  • “Silence after the quote is not a no”

    A family that goes quiet after receiving a quote is usually comparing, asking relatives or waiting for a salary to clear. A planner who does not call again leaves the decision to whoever does.

  • “A busy season buries the small enquiry”

    During the peak wedding months, the team is on site and phones go unanswered. An enquiry for a modest birthday or a corporate lunch is the first to be forgotten, though it can become a larger booking next year.

  • “Each follow-up needs a reason to exist”

    Asking whether they have decided is easy to ignore. A message that offers a site visit, a venue walk-through or a revised package gives the buyer something to answer.

  • “The yes-with-no-advance trap”

    A client who says yes on a call but has not paid the advance holds your date without committing. A gentle reminder with a clear last date for the hold protects the calendar and respects the family.

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 follow-up ladder after the quote

    The sequence of contacts after a quote goes out: who calls, who messages and what each one offers.

    Result: The team knows the next step for every quote that has not been answered.

  2. Message templates in your voice

    Short WhatsApp and email wordings for a quote reminder, a site-visit invitation and a date-hold notice.

    Result: A coordinator can send a polite reminder without drafting it from scratch.

  3. Owner assignment

    Each open quote is assigned to one named person, with a reminder in the CRM or sheet.

    Result: No quote is left because everyone thought someone else had called.

  4. Date-hold rule

    A written policy on how long a date is held without an advance and what the buyer is told.

    Result: Held dates stop blocking other clients without notice.

  5. Closed-lost reasons

    A short list of reasons a booking was lost, recorded each time, such as price, date or another planner.

    Result: You see a pattern in lost bookings and can change the quote or the reply.

  6. Post-event follow-up

    A message after the event asking for a review, permission to post photographs and a note about the next occasion.

    Result: Finished events feed reviews and repeat enquiries.

How the result is measured

  • Follow-up completion rate
  • Average number of follow-ups before close
  • Enquiries closed after repeat follow-up

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

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What to capture or send

The messages and moments to plan around a quote that has gone silent.

Quote sent, no reply
Record the date and the version sent. A short message asking whether the quote is clear, signed with the planner's name, is the first touch.
Date still free
Tell the family the date is open on your calendar and record that you said so, so a later hold is not a surprise.
Client asks for a revised number
Log what changed and who approved it. Send the revision as a new version, not as a reply into an old thread.
Venue visit offered
Offer a walk-through of a hall you have worked at. Record the time and who attends, because a visit turns a quote into a plan.
Yes in words, no advance paid
Send the hold terms in writing and record when the hold ends. Until an advance arrives the date is not booked.
Event completed
Send thanks and ask for a review and an introduction. Record the answer, since the next enquiry from that family or company starts here.

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.

  • The founder answers every quote personally and has no one to hand a follow-up to, so a ladder would be ignored.
  • Your quote itself is unclear or unitemised, and chasing it would only repeat the confusion.
  • You have no calendar of holds, so a reminder to confirm a date would promise something you cannot check.

How it works

How the follow up systems 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

    Measure today's reply time

    From your recent enquiries, we set the time each arrived against its first reply, using the call log, chats, form entries and portal panel. We also count the follow-ups each one got.

  2. 2

    Agree targets and the sequence

    We set reply targets and the follow-up sequence with your team, based on its real hours and workload.

  3. 3

    Write the templates and first-call questions

    The first reply, the quote follow-up and the last attempt are written in your voice and loaded as quick replies. The first-call questions are agreed with your best salesperson.

  4. 4

    Set ownership, tasks and alerts

    Named owners, cover for leave and CRM or sheet tasks go live. App alerts, such as IndiaMART's, are switched on for the right phones.

  5. 5

    Track and adjust

    Reply time and follow-up completion are reported against the baseline, and the routine is changed where it is not kept. 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 2, qualification. 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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How often should we contact a family that has not replied?
Set the gap by the event date and the buyer's pace, then write the rule down. A wedding six months away and a corporate event next month need different rhythms, and we set these with you.
Will repeated messages irritate the client?
They will if each one only asks for a decision. Each contact should carry something new, such as a revised option or an offer to meet at the venue, and stop when the buyer asks you to.
Who should make the follow-up call, the founder or a coordinator?
The person the buyer already spoke to, with the founder joining for larger bookings. A change of voice partway through a quote makes the buyer feel passed along.
What do we do when the family says yes but delays the advance?
Send the hold terms in writing and set the date the hold ends. Until an advance is paid the date is not booked, and a rival can still win it. Record the agreed end date in the booking so any coordinator can see it.
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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