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Branding and graphic design studios · Email marketing

Your next project is on a list you already have.

Email for a design studio is the quiet channel back to past clients and to the architects, printers and interior designers who send you work. GullySales keeps that list in order, writes a short note around one recent project, and makes the retainer offer to the identity client from last year.

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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 email marketing means

Email marketing is sending planned messages to a list of past and prospective customers who have agreed to hear from you. It suits offers, updates and staying in touch with someone who is not ready to buy yet. GullySales writes and schedules these emails and tracks who opens, clicks and enquires.

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Last updated 5 Oct 2026.

For branding and graphic design studios

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

  • “Last year's identity client needs a brochure now”

    They have forgotten you do print. The printer's in-house designer has not.

  • “Referral partners forget a studio that goes quiet”

    Asked for a designer, an architect names whoever wrote to them last month.

  • “Two hundred names you have met is a whole list”

    Past clients, cold enquiries and the partners in your phone. They open it because they know your work.

What we do

What we deliver for branding and graphic design studios.

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

  1. One list built from your own contacts

    Past clients, enquiries that went cold, and the architects, printers and interior designers in your phone, gathered in one place with a note on how you met.

    Result: Two hundred people who know your work become a channel.

  2. A short note carrying one project

    Two images, the decision behind them and a line about the business, written as the mail that goes out when there is no other news.

    Result: You have something to send each month without running a newsletter.

  3. A retainer offer written for last year's clients

    A mail to identity clients from the past year setting out a monthly design allowance for the posts, flyers and decks they currently send to a printer.

    Result: The work going to the printer's designer comes back to you.

  4. A note to referral partners

    A short mail to the architects, printers and packaging suppliers who send you work, carrying one recent project from their own category.

    Result: Asked for a designer, they name you and not whoever wrote last.

  5. A rule for cold outreach that protects the domain

    A handful of founders a week you have a real reason to write to, researched and written one at a time, instead of a bought list.

    Result: Your mail keeps reaching the inbox.

  6. Opens, replies and projects reported

    What each send produced, traced to the mail that started it and measured against the baseline recorded before work starts.

    Result: You know which of your two lists is worth the time.

How the result is measured

  • Open rate
  • Click rate
  • Enquiries from email

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

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What must be in place first

What a design studio needs in place before it mails past clients and referrers.

Past clients listed with project and year
Make a sheet of each client, the brand work you did and when. A note that names the project you did together is read. A note that starts with the studio's services is deleted.
Referrers on their own list
Architects, printers, interior designers and agencies who send you work should be listed separately. Their note is about the next project you could do together, not about your fee.
One recent project with the client's agreement
Choose one finished project and ask the client in writing whether you may show it and name them. Without that, describe the problem and result without the name, or pick another.
A portfolio at a link
Put the work on a page and link to it instead of attaching a large PDF. A founder opens mail on a phone, and a heavy file is often blocked or never opened.
A sender who is the designer, not a team address
Past clients know your name. Send under it, and let replies go to the person who scopes the work. A reply that goes to a shared inbox gets answered late.
An opt-out that covers referrers too
Referrers and clients both need a plain unsubscribe line, and a request from either should end all marketing mail to that person.

Who it is for

This is written for these branding and graphic design studios.

  • Brand identity and strategy studios
  • Independent graphic designers and small studios
  • Packaging design studios
  • Restaurant and hospitality branding specialists
  • Studios designing for D2C and consumer brands
  • Corporate identity and annual report designers
  • Illustration and visual content studios
  • Studios working with startups on naming and launch

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 email marketing work runs

  1. 1

    Understand your list

    We review who is on the list, how they got there, and how long it has been since they last heard from you.

  2. 2

    Audit past sends

    We check open and click rates from past emails to see what has and has not worked.

  3. 3

    Segment and plan

    The list is split into meaningful groups and a sending calendar is agreed.

  4. 4

    Implement content and automation

    Emails are written, scheduled and, where useful, set to trigger automatically based on behaviour.

  5. 5

    Measure and optimise

    We track performance and adjust subject lines, timing and content based on what the list responds to.

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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What do we send when there is no news?
One project and the decision behind it. Two images and a paragraph is enough.
Can we email founders we have never met?
A handful a week you have a reason to write to. A bought list takes your domain with it.
Can we use a past client's logo in our email?
Only with their written permission. A logo is their trademark, and a client may not want a competitor to see who you work for. Ask when the project closes. If permission is not given, describe the work without their name or mark.
Should we ask past clients to refer us by email?
Yes, but as a personal note to one client at a time, naming the kind of client you would like to meet. A mass request reads as a chain letter. Make it easy to say no, and thank them whatever they decide.
How do we justify our fee against cheap online logos?
Show what the fee buys beyond the file. A cheap logo comes with no trademark check, no guidelines and no artwork sized for the signboard. A scoped package lists those lines, so the founder sees what the gig-site price leaves out.
Should we check trademarks before presenting a name?
Yes, at least a basic public search of the trademark registry in the client's class. Add a note that a formal search and filing belong with a trademark attorney. It saves the client from falling in love with a name they cannot protect.
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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Your next practical step

Tell us what you are trying to grow, and we will read it before we call.

Eight short steps, mostly taps. Skip anything you would rather answer on the call.

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