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Pay for the click that ends in a measurement, not a rate on chat.

A click from somebody collecting three rates costs the same as one from somebody ready to book a site visit. GullySales builds the keyword and negative lists around your installation radius, writes ads that ask for a measurement, and tracks calls through to confirmed orders.

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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 pay per click advertising means

Pay per click advertising (PPC) is paying a fee each time someone clicks your advert on Google or another platform. It puts you at the top of a search page immediately, instead of waiting for ranking to build. GullySales sets the targeting, writes the ad text and checks spend against enquiries received.

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Sales and marketing for signage companies, the overview.

Last updated 5 Oct 2026.

For signage companies

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

  • “The ad has to ask for the measurement”

    An ad offering a quote gets a rate enquiry by message. An ad offering to come and measure the shopfront gets an address and a time.

  • “Negatives decide this account”

    Signage software, sign language, signboard vacancies, design-only enquiries and school project queries all spend the same money as a real job would.

  • “The radius is an installation radius”

    A board sixty kilometres out means a crew, a vehicle and a lost day. The ad area should match how far you will actually travel to fix one.

  • “The season is somebody else's opening date”

    Shop fit-outs cluster before the festivals and before the financial year closes. Budget should rise in those weeks and fall away after them.

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. A keyword list split by sign type

    Separate groups for ACP board, acrylic letters, glow sign, neon and hoarding, each with its own ad text and its own landing page.

    Result: The enquiry tells you what it is for before you pick up.

  2. A long negative keyword list

    Software, sign language, jobs, free design, school projects and material-only enquiries excluded, and added to from the search report.

    Result: Your budget stops paying for a different trade entirely.

  3. Call ads inside your installation radius

    Ads running in working hours across the distance your crew will travel, pointing at a phone number rather than at a contact form.

    Result: The enquiry reaches whoever can book a slot.

  4. A landing page per sign type

    A short page with installed photographs of that sign type, what changes the rate, and a button that books a site measurement.

    Result: The click has proof sitting in front of it.

  5. Call recordings listened to

    The first month's calls listened to, with a note of what was asked and how it was handled, so the ad text and the script both improve.

    Result: You hear why an enquiry did not become a visit.

  6. A cost per site visit and per confirmed board

    Spend set against measurements booked and boards confirmed rather than against clicks, and read against the enquiry numbers from before the work.

    Result: You know what an order from search costs you.

How the result is measured

  • Cost per click
  • Cost per enquiry
  • Enquiries from paid search

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

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Searches to bid on and block

The searches worth paying for as a signage company, and the ones to keep out.

Sign type plus town, such as LED glow sign board in Surat
Bid. A shop owner who names the sign and the town is ready for a measurement. Keep ACP boards, glow signs and neon in separate ad groups with their own installed photographs.
New shop searches, such as shop name board for a new showroom
Bid in a separate campaign aimed at owners fitting out a shop. They are working to an opening date and will approve a design and a quote when the frontage is ready.
Hoarding and unipole searches
Bid only if you hold or build outdoor sites. Brands buying hoardings are comparing sites and permissions, so the page should list locations or what you can arrange, not show shop boards.
Material and rate searches, such as acrylic sheet price or flex printing rates
Block unless you sell the material. Add free design, sign language and software words too. These searchers want a rate list, not a fitted board.
Where the click lands
Send the click to the page for that sign type. The form should ask the shop width, the floor and a photograph of the frontage, so you can give a figure range before a measuring visit.
Counting a real enquiry
Count a call that fixes a site measurement, or a WhatsApp that includes a photo of the frontage. A message that asks only for a rate per square foot is a price check, not an enquiry.

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.

  • Nobody answers the phone in the first hour of the day, so paid calls would go to voicemail.
  • You cannot yet say which sign types leave a margin, so paying for every search would fill the book with the wrong jobs.
  • Your quotes take a long time to come out, and a paid click would meet a buyer who has already asked three others.

How it works

How the pay per click advertising 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

    Agree the whole budget

    We fix the total paid budget across platforms, who owns each ad account, and how much is open to moving.

  2. 2

    Audit tracking and accounts

    We check that conversions fire once, that calls and WhatsApp chats are counted, and that your enquiry sheet matches what the platforms say.

  3. 3

    Set one definition of success

    You and we agree what a qualified enquiry is and what an order is, so every platform is judged the same way.

  4. 4

    Build and launch the plan

    Campaigns are structured across platforms with shared naming and tags from day one.

  5. 5

    Read search terms and lead quality

    We review the queries that triggered ads and the enquiries that arrived, and remove waste before moving money.

  6. 6

    Reallocate and report

    Budget moves toward what is earning, within agreed limits. Results are reported against the baseline, at the frequency 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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Our ads bring people who only want a rate. How do we fix it?
Change the offer in the ad before you change the bid. Ask for a free site measurement and say the rate depends on the material. Most rate collectors will not give an address, which is exactly the filter you wanted.
How far out should we advertise?
As far as you will send a crew and a vehicle without complaining about it. Draw that line on a map first, then set the ad radius to match. Beyond it, you are paying to quote jobs you do not want.
Should we bid on printing searches, such as flex banner or standee?
Only if you want that work and can print it. These are small, short-run orders at thin margins, and they will use the budget for installed boards. Run them as a small separate campaign or leave them out.
Should we advertise on Google, or is a Justdial listing enough?
They reach different moments. A listing sits there for someone browsing a category, while a search advert catches the owner who has typed exactly what they need today. Test a small search campaign alongside, and compare the calls.
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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