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Keep every investor and every mandate prospect in one record the whole team can search.

A CRM for a franchise development firm holds two kinds of record: investors who might buy a unit and brand owners who might sign a mandate. GullySales sets up the fields, stages and rules so a candidate for one brand can be found again when another opens.

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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 CRM means

A CRM is the record where every enquiry, call and quote is kept against a customer, replacing separate notebooks, spreadsheets and memory. GullySales sets up or cleans an existing CRM and reports from it by enquiry outcome rather than by activity logged.

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Sales and marketing for franchise development companies, the overview.

Last updated 18 Oct 2026.

For franchise development companies

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

  • “The spreadsheet nobody opens”

    Candidates collect across portals, calls and events, and end up in sheets kept by different people. When a new brand arrives, the team starts again from the portal, though a good match was in last season's file.

  • “A candidate and a brand are not the same record”

    An investor is interested in more than one brand over time. A system that ties a candidate to a single brand loses their history when that brand stops being relevant.

  • “A mandate has stages of its own”

    From first meeting through readiness note, proposal, signing and brand material, a mandate moves in steps that differ from an investor's. Mixing both in one pipeline hides where each is stuck.

  • “Shared candidates need rules”

    If two brands in the same sector compete for the same investor, the team needs a rule about who calls first and what the candidate is told. Without it, the investor receives conflicting pitches.

What we do

What we deliver for franchise development companies.

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

  1. Separate pipelines for investors and mandates

    One pipeline with stages for candidates, from enquiry to unit opened, and one for brand owners, from first meeting to signed mandate.

    Result: The owner can see each stage for each audience.

  2. Candidate tags

    Fields for sector interest, capital band, city, property and the brands already discussed.

    Result: A search finds every candidate fitting a new brand.

  3. A rule for contacting candidates again

    A stated trigger, such as a new mandate in a sector the candidate liked, with the person responsible.

    Result: Dormant candidates are contacted when something relevant opens.

  4. Source and consent fields

    Where each record came from and what the person agreed to be contacted about.

    Result: The team contacts people only for what they asked.

  5. Placement record

    For each unit placed, the brand, the candidate, the date and the status of the commission.

    Result: Commission follow-up is tracked from the same system.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiries logged in the CRM
  • Data completeness
  • Reports generated from CRM data

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

Read the full CRM implementation and customisation page

Fields worth keeping

The fields that keep candidates and mandates apart in a placement firm's record.

Record type
Candidate, brand owner or referrer, set at entry by whoever logs it. A candidate and a brand are different records.
Capital band and site status
Entered by the recruiter at the first call. It lets the firm filter candidates for a brand that needs a funded person with a site.
Brands shared and the response
Added after each pitch, with the date and the answer. It stops two recruiters offering the same brand.
Mandate stage
Pitch, signed, live or closed, set by the person who owns the brand. It shows which brands can be offered today.
Candidate sharing rule
A note per brand on whether a candidate may be offered to others. It settles disputes before they start.
Next step and owner
Entered after every contact. It keeps a slow decision from being lost between calls.

Who it is for

This is written for these franchise development companies.

  • Firms that sell franchises for food and beverage brands
  • Franchise development firms for retail and fashion brands
  • Education and training franchise placement agencies
  • Health, wellness and salon franchise recruiters
  • Franchise recruiters working with home service brands
  • Master and area franchise placement firms
  • Franchise portals that also run a placement desk
  • Independent franchise recruiters working with a few brands

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • The firm has no agreed rule on shared candidates, and the CRM would only record a dispute you have not settled
  • The existing candidate lists are in many personal phones, and none has been gathered, so the tool would start with a few records
  • One person handles every candidate and remembers each, so a shared tool would add entry work for a team of one

How it works

How the CRM 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

    Map the sales process

    We sit with the people who sell and write down how a deal moves from enquiry to payment, including where it stalls.

  2. 2

    Agree stages, fields and owners

    Each stage gets a name your team already uses and a proof that the deal has left it. We agree which fields are required at which stage, and who may change what.

  3. 3

    Build on a copy

    Pipeline, fields and views are built on a trial copy where the CRM offers one, or in a separate pipeline where the plan allows. Live work stays untouched.

  4. 4

    Connect channels, then switch on automations

    Channels are connected first. Each automation is then switched on separately, so a misfiring rule is easy to find.

  5. 5

    Test with real deals

    The people who will use the CRM run open deals through it. Gaps are fixed before the whole team switches over.

  6. 6

    Switch over and trim

    Once real use shows which fields stay empty and which stages nobody uses, those are cut and the handover record is updated.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales management. A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

  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

    Sales process design

    One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.

    Start here if every salesperson sells differently.

  3. Step 3 · you are here

    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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Which CRM should a small firm use?
One the team will open every day. Choose on whether it handles two pipelines and tags, and whether it is affordable at your team size, rather than on its feature list.
Can we load old candidate lists?
Yes, after cleaning duplicates and marking where each person came from and what they agreed to. Do not contact anyone for a purpose they did not agree to.
What matters most in a placement firm's CRM setup?
The rule for candidate ownership. A candidate shared across brands needs a record of who introduced them and to which brand, or two recruiters pitch the same person and the brand disputes the fee. Settle the rule before loading any names.
Can the CRM show which brand is selling?
Yes, if each pitch is logged with the brand and the response. You can then see which mandates draw interest and which draw silence, and tell a brand owner honestly what the market says about their offer.
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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