Architecture firms · Reputation management

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.

Also for architecture firms

Sales and marketing for architecture firms, the overview.

Last updated 8 Nov 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.

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.
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.
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.
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.

A client dispute is still being settled and a public reply written before it ends could be read as part of the argument
You have no one who can reply to a review in a measured way, and a sharp answer from a principal does more harm than silence
You hope to remove an honest complaint, which this page does not do and which the platform will not allow

How it works

How the reputation management 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
Search your name as a stranger would
We search the business, its main product names and the owner's name, on a phone and a laptop, and record what appears.
2
Catalogue every mention
Reviews, news, listings, social posts and forum threads are sorted into accurate and positive, accurate and negative, and wrong. Each group gets a different action.
3
Agree the replies and the owner of each
Replies are drafted and approved by you. Anything involving a refund, a clinical matter, a legal claim or a named employee goes to the right person in your business before anything is posted.
4
Fix what you control
Listings, profile details and your own pages are corrected, and pages worth ranking for your name are strengthened with accurate information.
5
Monitor and report
The agreed places are checked on the agreed schedule. The name search is repeated and compared with the first record.

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.

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.
Step 2
Sales process design
One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.
Start here if every salesperson sells differently.
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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Tell us what you need

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 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.

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