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Record the opening date against every enquiry, or the CRM is a phone book.

A CRM for a sign maker is one record of every shop, brand and contractor, with the sign asked for, the quote sent and the date the board is needed. GullySales sets it up on a tool your team will open on a phone, and writes down how each job moves through it.

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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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Last updated 5 Oct 2026.

For signage companies

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

  • “Enquiries live in six places at once”

    Photographs arrive on WhatsApp, calls come from a directory, a contractor passes on a name from a visiting card. Nobody can say how many quotes are open. The first job of a CRM here is to put them all into one list.

  • “A date field changes the work order”

    A shop opening on a fixed day and an owner idly checking rates look identical in a chat window. A date column sorts them, and the sorted list tells the team who to ring today and who can wait.

  • “The installed board is the asset”

    Every board you fitted is a later maintenance visit, a pre-monsoon check and a possible upgrade. Without the install date, size and lighting type on a record, that work stays invisible and a rival's repair visit wins the replacement.

  • “Brands need a different record from shops”

    A franchise rollout has outlets, approvals and an artwork standard. A shop has one board. Pushing both into one flat sheet means the second and third outlets of a rollout are forgotten while the first is being fitted.

What we do

What we deliver for signage companies.

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

  1. One list for every enquiry

    WhatsApp, directory, contractor and walk-in enquiries entered in a single place, each tagged with source, sign type and opening date.

    Result: You count open quotes without asking three people.

  2. Stages that match a signboard job

    Enquiry, measurement booked, mock-up sent, quote sent, design approved, fabrication, installation and handover, with a named owner at each.

    Result: You see exactly where jobs stall.

  3. An installed board record

    Size, material, lighting type, install date, warranty terms and photographs stored against each client.

    Result: A pre-monsoon list is pulled straight from the record.

  4. Rollout accounts handled as accounts

    A brand record with its outlets listed beneath, each outlet carrying its own survey, approval and installation status.

    Result: Outlet three is not forgotten while outlet two is fitted.

  5. Contractor and designer records

    Each fit-out contractor and designer linked to the jobs brought, so you see who sends work and who only asks for rates.

    Result: You know which referrers deserve your time.

  6. Entry rules and one short report

    A page saying who enters what and when, and a report of open quotes, approvals waiting and boards due for service.

    Result: The sales meeting runs from the report, not from memory.

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

Fields a sign maker should keep against each enquiry, quote and installed board.

Opening or event date
Filled by whoever takes the first call. Lets the team sort enquiries by deadline and warn a client when approval is needed to meet it.
Sign type and material
Filled by the estimator. Lets you see which boards, such as lit acrylic or ACP, you win and which enquiries are only price checks.
Site measurement taken
Filled by the person who visits. Shows which quotes rest on a real measurement and which on a photograph.
Design approval status
Filled by the designer. Shows where a job is stuck, so a late approval can be raised with the client before it threatens the date.
Installation date and photographs
Filled by the site team. Gives the base for later checks, reviews and a pre-monsoon call to the same shop.
Source and referrer
Filled at first contact. Tells you whether the job came from a contractor, a directory or a past client, so the next effort goes where jobs arise.

Who it is for

This is written for these signage companies.

  • ACP and acrylic letter signboard makers
  • LED and glow sign board manufacturers
  • Neon and LED neon sign studios
  • Corporate office and wayfinding signage companies
  • Retail and franchise rollout signage vendors
  • Outdoor hoarding and site branding companies
  • Digital signage and display installers
  • Flex, vinyl and vehicle branding printers
  • Hospital and institutional signage specialists

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • You have only a few jobs in hand and one person keeps them all in mind without error.
  • Staff keep quotes on their own phones and would not enter them, so the record would lag.
  • You have no installed-board photographs to attach, and a record without them would be half empty.

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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Do we need paid CRM software?
Not at the start. A shared sheet with an opening date column and a next action column does the job if everyone fills it in. Move to a proper tool when the sheet stops being opened. Pick one your team will use on a phone.
Our staff keep quotes in their own phones. How do we change that?
Make the shared record the only place a quote counts. If a quote is not in the list, it does not exist for follow-up or incentive. Start with one person, read the open quote list aloud in the meeting, and the habit spreads.
How should WhatsApp chats be handled?
Keep the conversation on WhatsApp, and copy the key facts into the record: sign type, size, opening date, last quote and next call. A chat is a poor memory and cannot be counted. Check the app's current features for labels and catalogues.
Can the CRM tell me which quotes will convert?
No, it cannot predict. It can show which sign types, sources and buyer types have converted before in your own book. The reason is that a small trade has few jobs, so read the pattern as a guide to where to spend calls, not as a forecast.
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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