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Manage what a client finds beyond the portfolio, the reviews and the coverage.

Online reputation management for an architecture firm means monitoring reviews, client comments and press coverage about how a project actually went. A prospective client checks this alongside the portfolio before a long, expensive commitment. GullySales sets up monitoring and a considered reply process.

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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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Sales and marketing for architecture firms, the overview.

Last updated 5 Oct 2026. Rules for this trade differ by state and professional body, and they change. We describe restrictions in general terms, so check the current position with your own council or adviser before you publish anything.

For architecture firms

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

  • “A dispute over cost or delay reads worse unaddressed”

    A public comment about a project running over budget, left unanswered, damages trust more than the actual delay usually would.

  • “Client references matter more here than star ratings”

    A prospective client for a large project often asks to speak with a past client directly, and having willing references ready matters more than review volume.

  • “Press coverage of a project needs monitoring too”

    An article about a completed project, positive or critical, shapes perception long after publication and deserves an accurate public record.

What we do

What we deliver for architecture firms.

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

  1. A monitored review and comment feed

    Reviews, comments and mentions of the practice checked regularly across the platforms a prospective client is likely to search.

    Result: Nothing about a project's reception goes unnoticed for long.

  2. A calm, factual response process for disputes

    A written approach for replying to a public comment about cost or delay, factually and without defensiveness, while the issue is resolved directly.

    Result: An unresolved-looking dispute does not do more damage than the actual issue.

  3. A maintained list of willing client references

    A short, current list of past clients who have agreed to speak with a prospective client considering a large project.

    Result: A serious prospect can reach a real reference when they ask for one.

  4. A press coverage record for completed projects

    Articles about a completed project tracked and kept as an accurate public record, whether the coverage was positive or critical.

    Result: What is written about a project stays visible and correct over time.

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 architecture firm gets.

Praise from a completed project
Thank the client and mention the type of project, not the cost or the plot. Ask whether they would be willing to take a call from a prospect, and add them to your reference list if they say yes.
A complaint about fees or extra charges
Check the signed fee agreement before you write. Reply with the scope that was agreed and what changed, state it without heat, and invite them to meet. Do not publish the figures.
A complaint that the project ran late
Say what stage the delay came from: approval, drawings or site. Municipal sanction and contractor schedules are often outside your hands, but a reader still expects you to name the cause and say what you did.
A contractor or consultant complaining about drawings
Check whether the drawings issued matched the revision on site. If a mistake was yours, say so plainly and say what changed in your drawing check. If it was a site change, say that gently.
A review that looks unfair or written by a rival
Search your project list for the name. If there is no such client, reply that you cannot find the project and ask them to write to you. If the post breaks the platform's rules, report it through the platform.
Press coverage that criticises a finished building
Do not argue in the comments. Ask the publication for a correction only if a fact is wrong, and keep a short factual note on the design brief and approvals ready for a prospect who asks.

Who it is for

This is written for these architecture firms.

  • Residential and villa architecture practices
  • Commercial and corporate campus architecture firms
  • Hospitality architecture practices
  • Institutional architecture firms, schools and hospitals
  • Interior-architecture hybrid practices
  • Sustainable and green building specialists
  • Practices working on government and public sector tenders
  • Boutique single-principal practices

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 owners pick GullySales over an agency.

  • Marketing and sales, as one job

    Most agencies stop at the enquiry. We also fix what happens after it: the reply, the follow-up, the quote and the CRM.

  • 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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How do we handle a dispute that became public?
Respond factually and calmly, and resolve the underlying issue directly with the client wherever possible.
Should we ask clients for public reviews?
Yes, once a project concludes well, alongside keeping a list of clients willing to be a reference.
A client's family is unhappy and wrote a review. Should we reply?
Yes, briefly and privately offer to meet, since a public reply cannot settle a family disagreement over a house. Keep the tone calm, name no one, and do not argue the design. A prospect reads how you respond more than who was right.
An ex-intern posted about the studio. Do we respond?
Reply once, politely, and do not discuss the person or their pay. Read it for any pattern, such as unpaid overtime or credit, and fix that. Reviews from former staff are often checked by clients who want to know who will actually draw their project.
How soon would we see more enquiries?
Fixing follow-up discipline is mostly a habit change, so it can start helping as soon as your team follows the new process. Ranking for project-type searches and building referral relationships takes sustained work over a longer stretch.
Do we need to respond to every tender?
No, only the ones matching your team's real capacity and experience, since a mismatched proposal wastes effort on both sides.
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.
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.

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