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Get the posts, the shifts and the payment terms before you quote.

Lead generation for a security agency is turning a request for a rate into a site survey and a proposal you can actually price. GullySales sets up an intake that asks posts, shifts and payment terms, books the survey, and keeps a follow-up on every quote that goes quiet.

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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 lead generation means

Lead generation is the combined work of every channel that brings in a new enquiry, whether from search, adverts, referrals or a stall at an exhibition. GullySales runs these channels together and reports the number of enquiries each one produced, not the activity behind it.

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For security services companies

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

  • “Posts and shifts are the quote, not the rate per guard”

    A single gate covered around the clock takes more men than a buyer expects once weekly offs are counted. Asking first prevents a number you have to withdraw.

  • “Credit terms end more deals than price does”

    Wages go out on a fixed date every month and a large client may pay ninety days later. Ask about the payment cycle before the survey, not after the contract.

  • “The survey is the sales call”

    A manager decides on the supervisor who walks the site and the questions that supervisor asks. Whoever surveys first usually writes the specification everyone else is compared against.

  • “A tender is not a lead until the file is ready”

    Bids are lost on a missing certificate or an expired document more often than on rate. Keep the folder current and the deadline stops being a scramble.

What we do

What we deliver for security services companies.

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

  1. An intake that asks the sizing questions first

    Number of posts, shifts, armed or unarmed, start date, expected credit period and who signs, captured before a survey is promised.

    Result: You quote from facts instead of from an assumption.

  2. A survey slot offered on the first call

    A diary the office can see, with a named supervisor and a time given while the manager is still on the phone.

    Result: The visit happens before a rival has replied.

  3. A proposal out within a stated time

    An agreed deadline from survey to document, with the deployment plan, supervision schedule and compliance summary already built in.

    Result: Managers stop waiting a week for your number.

  4. A bid folder kept current

    Licence, registration certificates, training records, past site list and reference letters in one place, with renewal dates noted.

    Result: A tender deadline is met without a night of searching.

  5. A next date against every open quote

    An owner and a follow-up date on each proposal sent, including the question of where you stand against the other two quotes.

    Result: You learn why a bid failed instead of guessing.

  6. Enquiries, proposals and contracts counted

    How many asked, how many were surveyed, how many were quoted and how many signed, against the baseline recorded before work starts.

    Result: The leak in the process becomes obvious.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiries generated
  • Cost per enquiry
  • Enquiries by source

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

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Where enquiries come from

Where a guarding or CCTV enquiry starts, and what to log at each before a survey is booked.

A facility manager calling or filling a form
Ask posts, shifts, armed or unarmed, start date and who signs, then book the survey. Note whether the manager inherited the current agency or chose it.
A housing society or RWA committee
Record the committee contact, the date of the next general meeting and when the current agency's contract ends. Committees decide at meetings, so the follow-up date should sit just before one.
A tender or RFQ on a company or government portal
Log the deadline, the document list and the earnest money. Check eligibility conditions before spending time on a quote, since a missed condition cannot be fixed on the day.
A referral from a site you already guard
Record the client's contact, the new site and who introduced you. A new site of an existing client skips a lot of trust building, so ask for the introduction in writing.
A Justdial or IndiaMART enquiry
Tag the listing, the city and the service asked, whether guarding, CCTV or an event. Many are price hunts, so ask for the number of posts before sending any rate.
An event organiser at short notice
Note the date, the venue, expected crowd and whether the permission is in place. Event dates do not move, and the same organiser may need you again for the next event.

Who it is for

This is written for these security services companies.

  • Manned guarding for corporate offices
  • Residential society and gated community security
  • Industrial and factory security
  • Retail and mall security
  • Event and venue security
  • CCTV and control room monitoring services
  • Cash and valuables escort services

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • You cannot send a costed proposal after a survey, so more enquiries would only wait.
  • You are not clear on the number of posts and shifts you can staff, and new sites would stretch your guards thin.
  • You have not decided your credit terms, so each lead would reach a quote with no stated payment basis.

How it works

How the lead generation 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 capacity

    We ask how many enquiries your team can answer well, who answers after hours, and what a good enquiry looks like. Without this, the system fills a funnel nobody is watching.

  2. 2

    Audit current sources

    We read your call log, WhatsApp chats, enquiry sheet and platform dashboards. The baseline is recorded: enquiries by source, reply time, conversion and cost per order.

  3. 3

    Strategise the channel mix

    Search and maps are chosen for people ready to buy, ads for people who are not yet looking, and content and referrals for trust.

  4. 4

    Implement capture and follow-up

    Pages, forms, tags, the lead record and the first-reply message are built and tested end to end. We submit test enquiries ourselves before any media money is spent.

  5. 5

    Measure and optimise

    Enquiries are traced to source and judged by what became orders, not by volume alone. Channels that fill the sheet with poor enquiries are cut back. 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 1, prospecting and lead generation. 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 do we get a proposal out the same week when surveys take time?
Book the survey on the first call and write the standing parts of the proposal in advance. Deployment pattern, supervision, compliance and references do not change per site. Only the post chart and the rate are written after the visit.
A buyer is taking three quotes. What should we do differently?
Get your survey in first and put the proof in front of the rate. Licence, training records and two references who will take a call answer the question they are quietly asking. Who will they have to defend if something goes wrong?
Should we respond to every tender we see on a portal?
No. Read the eligibility terms, the turnover and experience asked, the earnest money and the payment terms before you commit. A bid you cannot staff or finance costs time and money. Bid where you meet the conditions and can hold the posts.
Can we pay a facility management company for referring sites?
You can, if the arrangement is written down: who refers, what the fee is and when it is paid. Some clients bar commissions in their vendor code, so check first. Pay on a signed contract and first invoice cleared, not on an introduction.
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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