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Branding and graphic design studios · Reputation management

One angry client sits at the top for a long time.

Reputation management for a design studio is what a founder finds when they check you out: a handful of Google reviews, or a complaint about revisions on a forum. GullySales watches what is said, drafts the reply to a bad review, and collects reviews describing how you work.

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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 branding and graphic design studios, the overview.

Last updated 5 Oct 2026.

For branding and graphic design studios

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

  • “Fifteen projects a year, fifteen chances at a review”

    A clinic buries a bad one under a hundred. A studio cannot.

  • “The review you need describes the process”

    The line you want says you asked about the business before showing colours, not that the logo is lovely.

  • “Answer a copying accusation once, with facts”

    Post the brief, the routes shown and the dates, then stop. Every future client reads it.

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. A review ask timed to the launch

    A short request sent the week the signboard goes up or the pack reaches a shelf, prompting the client to describe how the project ran.

    Result: The review describes working with you, not just the logo.

  2. A shortlist of which clients to ask

    Past projects sorted into the ones that ended well and the ones that did not, so the request only goes where the answer will be fair.

    Result: You are not inviting a review of the job that went wrong.

  3. A drafted reply to a bad review

    A response to a complaint about revisions or delays, written with you, stating what was agreed and what you offered, and posted once.

    Result: A future client reads your account beside theirs.

  4. A single factual post for a copying accusation

    The brief, the routes shown, the dates and the working files, assembled and ready before any accusation is made, published once and left there.

    Result: You stop arguing in comment threads.

  5. Watches on the studio name and the founder's name

    Alerts on search, Google, Instagram and the design forums, so a thread about your studio is found by you rather than by a prospect.

    Result: You read it before your next client does.

  6. A note on what is being said

    Mentions found, replies made and the complaint that keeps repeating, set against the baseline recorded before work starts.

    Result: You have one factual answer to point to.

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.

Read the full online reputation management page

What to do with each review

How to answer each kind of review a design studio gets.

Praise for the process
Thank the client and say what the review mentioned, such as the discovery meeting or the way revisions were handled. Ask if they would let a founder call them before signing.
A complaint about endless revisions
Check the signed scope and the revision limit. Reply with what was agreed and what the extra rounds cost, politely and without naming the figures. Put the revision limit in the proposal so the next client sees it first.
A complaint that the fee was too high
Do not defend the price in public. Say what the fee covers, such as research, concepts and files, and invite them to speak. Compare against the scope rather than against a gig-site logo.
A copying or plagiarism accusation
Post one factual reply with the concept notes and sketch dates, and offer to show the process privately. Do not trade accusations in public. Check any image you used for a licence.
A complaint about a missed date or unresponsiveness
If you slipped, say so and say what changed in how you schedule. If the client was slow with feedback, say that gently and point to the timeline you shared at the start.
A review from someone who was never a client
Search your project list and invoices. If there is no match, reply that you cannot find the project and ask them to write to you. Report it through the platform if it breaks the rules.

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 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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A project ended badly. Do we ask that client for a review?
You do not. Ask the clients whose launch went well, the week the signboard goes up.
Do awards matter more than reviews?
An award gets you looked at by other designers. A review gets you the nervous founder.
Is it fine to ask a client who paid late for a review?
Only if the project finished well and they were happy. Ask once, in the same way as any other client, and do not link it to settling the invoice. If the relationship is strained, skip the ask rather than risk a poor review.
A freelancer who worked with us posted that we did not credit them. What now?
Check the credit terms in your agreement. If you owe credit, add it and thank them in public. If not, reply with the agreed terms and offer a private call. Add a credits line to your next contract so it does not repeat.
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.

More for branding and graphic design studios

Everything else we would do for you.

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Your next practical step

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