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Know what a marketing head reads about you before the pitch meeting.

Reputation management for an advertising agency means watching what former staff, freelancers and suppliers say about you in public, because a marketing head reads it while drawing up a shortlist. GullySales monitors the mentions, drafts replies and flags what keeps coming up.

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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 reputation management means

Reputation management is watching what is said about your business across Google, social media and review sites, and responding to it before it changes a buyer's mind. GullySales monitors mentions, drafts responses to negative reviews and flags recurring complaints back to your team.

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Last updated 5 Oct 2026.

For advertising agencies

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

  • “An unpaid freelancer posts where your next client reads”

    A designer or a printer chasing a bill writes about it publicly, and it sits under the agency's name for years.

  • “Ex-employee reviews shape a shortlist more than a showreel”

    Reviews from former staff tell a marketing head whether the team that pitched will still be there in six months.

  • “A missed release date travels through the client's trade”

    Advertisers in the same association talk, so one missed newspaper deadline is known before you hear about it.

What we do

What we deliver for advertising agencies.

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

  1. Alerts on the agency name and the founder's name

    Watches set on search, review sites and social, so a post from a freelancer or a former employee reaches you before it reaches a marketing head.

    Result: You hear it first.

  2. A written reply to the unpaid supplier post

    A factual response to a designer, printer or vendor chasing payment in public, agreed with you, alongside a note on what to settle so it does not repeat.

    Result: The thread ends instead of being screenshotted into a pitch meeting.

  3. Employer reviews answered and asked for

    Replies drafted for reviews left by former staff, and a routine for asking the current team to write theirs while they are happy with the place.

    Result: A shortlist reads more than one bitter account of your agency.

  4. Proof of publication filed against each client

    Tear sheets, hoarding photographs and radio schedules collected after every campaign and kept client by client, ready to send the day a bill is questioned.

    Result: An argument about whether the ad ran ends in one email.

  5. A same-week note when a release date slips

    What you say to a client whose insertion missed the edition, written and sent before their trade association hears somebody else's version.

    Result: Your account of it travels first.

  6. A summary of what came up

    Every mention found that month, what was replied, and the complaints that keep returning, set against the baseline recorded when work starts.

    Result: The same problem stops arriving every quarter.

How the result is measured

  • Average rating
  • Response time to reviews
  • Negative mentions resolved

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

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What to do with each review

How to answer each kind of review an advertising agency gets.

Praise from a client's marketing head
Thank them by role and name the campaign only if the client has agreed to be named. Pass the praise to the planner or designer who did the work, and ask whether they would let a prospect call them.
An unpaid freelancer or printer posting about a bill
Check your ledger before you reply. If it is owed, settle it and say so under the post. If it is disputed, state the disputed amount and the job in neutral words and offer a call with the accounts head.
A former employee writing about the agency
Thank them for the feedback and do not argue their account line by line or name them. Read it for a pattern, such as notice periods or credit for work, and raise it at the next partners' meeting.
A client saying the ad ran late or not at all
Reply with the release order reference and the publication proof you filed: tear sheet, hoarding photograph or radio schedule. If the medium slipped, say which medium and what credit or reinsertion was agreed.
A review that looks written by a rival agency
Search your records for the name and the job. If you find nothing, say politely that you cannot trace the account and ask them to write to you. If it breaks the platform's rules, report it through the platform.
Blame for a newspaper edition or a permit you do not control
Say plainly what the publisher or civic body did, what you did about it and what the client received in return. Keep the tone factual, since an advertiser reads this as a preview of how you handle their problems.

Who it is for

This is written for these advertising agencies.

  • Full-service advertising agencies
  • Media buying and planning agencies
  • Print advertising and newspaper classified agencies
  • Outdoor, hoarding and transit media agencies
  • Radio and cinema advertising agencies
  • Real estate and project launch specialists
  • Education and admission season advertising agencies
  • Below-the-line and activation agencies
  • Agencies empanelled for government advertising

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • You want a guaranteed Google ranking or a guaranteed number of leads. Nobody honest can promise either.
  • You need enquiries by next week and have nobody to answer them.
  • You want posts and reach reported, not enquiries and orders.

How it works

From your first message to the first report.

No open-ended retainer. Every step gives you something in writing.

  1. First

    Your brief

    You tell us what you need in a few short steps: your business, what you want, where enquiries come from and how they are handled.

  2. After the brief

    A conversation and a written scope

    We read it, then talk with whoever handles your enquiries. If you want our help, the scope, the fee and the reporting come in writing, and nothing starts before you have read them.

  3. Before work starts

    Baseline recorded

    Enquiries by source, reply time, conversion and cost per order, written down so every later report has an honest comparison.

  4. After the baseline

    The first fix goes live

    The fix we agreed to start with is put in place and measured against the baseline, whether that is reply time, a follow-up sequence, the page buyers land on or the handover between marketing and sales.

  5. As agreed

    Report against the baseline

    What moved, what did not, and what changes next, in plain words. How often you get it is set in writing before work starts.

  6. At renewal

    Renew on the numbers

    The term ends and you decide whether to continue from the results. The length is agreed in writing before anything starts.

How the reputation management work runs

  1. 1

    Understand current perception

    We start by actually searching your business name and reviewing what a stranger would currently see.

  2. 2

    Audit existing mentions

    We catalogue reviews, mentions and search results, flagging anything negative or inaccurate.

  3. 3

    Plan responses

    A calm, factual response is prepared for anything that needs one, agreed with you before posting.

  4. 4

    Implement monitoring

    Ongoing checks are set up so new mentions are caught promptly rather than discovered by accident.

  5. 5

    Measure and report

    Sentiment and response times are reported, with your business name searched again to see what has moved.

Why us

Why a studio brings us in for its own pipeline.

  • Marketing and sales, as one job

    We work the part after the enquiry as well: the reply, the follow-up, the proposal and the CRM your own pipeline runs on.

  • The person on the first call does the work

    No account managers in between. You are never handed to someone you have not met.

  • A baseline before anything starts

    Your numbers are written down on day one, so every later report compares against something honest.

  • The fee in writing, split three ways

    Our time, your media spend and production on separate lines. You always see what goes to us.

  • No guarantees we cannot keep

    The term is agreed in writing and never a default twelve months. We never promise a ranking or a lead count, because nobody controls those.

  • One office, and we say so

    Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru. We work across India by call and WhatsApp and travel when a session needs to be in person.

#257, 3rd floor, Sri Nanjundeshwara Complex, Nagarbhavi 8th Block, Outer Ring Road. How we work.

Your brief

Tell us what you need, and we will read it before we call.

Eight short steps about your business, what you want and who decides. Most questions are a tap, and you can skip any you would rather answer on the call.

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FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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Should we reply to a bad review from an ex-employee?
Reply once, factually and without argument, then fix what it points at. A defensive reply is the part people screenshot.
Does any of this reach a client's shortlist?
Yes. Marketing and procurement heads search the agency name, and what comes up decides whether you get the call.
Most of our work is confidential. How do we ask clients for reviews?
Ask for a short comment on how the team worked, not on the campaign or the numbers. Many clients will write about responsiveness and clarity without naming a brand. Check their contract first, and ask the marketing head in writing before you post anything under the client's name.
A freelancer has named our creative director in a post. Do we reply?
Reply from the agency's account, not from the director. Keep it about the job and the invoice, and do not discuss the person. Settle what is genuinely owed, then ask the platform to review the post only if it breaks its rules on abuse or harassment.
Can a traditional agency still grow when clients are moving to digital?
Yes, if it stops selling media alone. Builders, institutions and retailers still spend on print, radio and outdoor, and an agency that can plan those alongside digital keeps the whole budget.
Should we take part in pitches that ask for free creative?
Only when the account is worth it and the odds are fair. Ask how many agencies are pitching and whether a pitch fee is paid, and decline briefs where the creative could simply be taken and handed to a cheaper supplier.
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.

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