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Keep every HR contact, proposal and programme date in one place you can open.

A CRM for a coach or trainer is a single record of each company, each contact inside it, each proposal and the programme dates attached. GullySales sets up the stages and fields to match how a training order moves from discovery call to purchase order, and loads it with what you already hold.

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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 CRM means

A CRM is the record where every enquiry, call and quote is kept against a customer, replacing separate notebooks, spreadsheets and memory. GullySales sets up or cleans an existing CRM and reports from it by enquiry outcome rather than by activity logged.

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

  • “Contacts live in four places”

    Phone contacts, a LinkedIn list, an old sheet of past participants and a folder of proposals. When an HR head moves to another company, nobody notices, and the new employer never hears from you.

  • “A training order has more stages than a normal sale”

    The order passes the L and D head, the business head, finance and procurement, then vendor empanelment, before a purchase order. A generic deal board with three columns hides the desk where the order is stuck.

  • “Seasonal budgets need a memory”

    Budgets set in April leave unspent money in February and March. A record of each client's budget window, last programme and next review lets you call before the planning is done, not after.

  • “A solo trainer will not keep up a heavy system”

    A tool that asks for a long form per contact is abandoned on the first long trip. The entry has to be made from a phone, between sessions, in a few taps.

What we do

What we deliver for business coaches and corporate trainers.

The work available for this need. We agree the deliverables and responsibilities for your engagement in writing.

  1. Stages that match a training order

    Enquiry, discovery call, needs questionnaire, proposal, approval, empanelment, purchase order, delivery and follow-on, each with a clear rule for moving on.

    Result: Every proposal sits in a stage you can name.

  2. Company and contact records

    Each company holds its HR contacts, the business head, procurement and finance, with their roles and the date you last spoke.

    Result: You know whom to approach when an HR head moves on.

  3. Budget window and last programme fields

    Each client's financial year budget window, last programme, participant count and next review date.

    Result: Outreach starts before planning, not after it.

  4. A clean import of what you hold

    Phone contacts, LinkedIn connections, past participant lists and old proposal files tidied and loaded once.

    Result: The CRM begins with your history instead of an empty screen.

  5. Phone-first entry

    A short mobile form for logging a call or a talk, built for the gap between sessions.

    Result: A call is logged before the next session begins.

  6. A pipeline report by source and year

    Enquiries by source, open proposals and value by financial year, read against the baseline recorded at the start.

    Result: You can see what is in the pipeline for the coming year.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiries logged in the CRM
  • Data completeness
  • Reports generated from CRM data

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

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Fields worth keeping

A training order needs fields for each desk the proposal passes through.

HR contact and their role
You fill it at the first call. When the person moves companies, the record shows who to write to at both places.
Business head named
You fill it from the L and D head. It tells you who signs and lets you prepare a line for them.
Procurement or vendor desk contact
Filled once empanelment is raised. It lets you send the documents they ask for without searching old mail.
Programme and cohort size
Filled from the discovery call. It shows which programmes sell and which dates are held for a client.
Proposal stage and who holds it
Updated at each chase. It shows the desk where the order is waiting, so the next call goes to the right person.
Budget year and planning month
Filled from what the HR head says. It reminds you to write before the year's training plan is fixed.

Who it is for

This is written for these business coaches and corporate trainers.

  • Independent corporate trainers for soft skills and leadership
  • Sales training and sales coaching specialists
  • Executive coaches for senior managers and CXOs
  • Business coaches for founders, family businesses and SMEs
  • Training companies with a panel of facilitators
  • Life coaches for career, relationships and wellbeing
  • Outbound, team-building and offsite facilitators
  • Communication, public speaking and presentation trainers
  • Behavioural assessment and psychometric practitioners

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • You hold a handful of clients and a single diary already shows every date, so a record would repeat it.
  • You keep participant details in the same record and have no consent for storing them, so the file would expose people.
  • You want a tool to chase payment from clients, which belongs with your accounting.

Before you decide

Agree the work. Know how to judge it.

CRM for coaches and corporate trainers: use these checks to prepare, choose the scope, and review what changes.

Bring the right evidence

List the records your team uses and show how an enquiry becomes an order today. Bring examples of duplicate entries, missing owners, and reports that require manual correction.

Make the scope clear

Agree the stages, required fields, access roles, and integrations before configuring the system. Separate software subscriptions from setup, data work, and training.

Check the work in use

Ask the people who will use the CRM to complete a real handover and find the next action without help. Check that the management report can be traced back to individual records.

Know when to change course

If the process is unclear, buying a more complex CRM adds more places for confusion. Start with the minimum fields and rules the team can use consistently.

These are discussion points, not a fixed package. GullySales confirms the deliverables, responsibilities, fee, and term in writing after reading your brief and speaking with you.

How it works

How the CRM 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. 1

    Sales journey agreement

    Your sales lead explains how an enquiry becomes an order, using open deals as examples. We agree which steps belong in the CRM and identify decisions needing your approval.

  2. 2

    Configuration approval

    You approve stage definitions, required fields, ownership rules, and access. Unresolved choices are settled before configuration starts.

  3. 3

    Test environment decision

    We confirm whether your plan provides a trial copy or separate pipeline. Where neither is available, changes to the live system need an agreed approach before work proceeds.

  4. 4

    Connection and rule checks

    Enquiry connections are checked before automations are activated separately. Your nominated owner verifies where records arrive and which person receives each task.

  5. 5

    Sales team acceptance

    The people handling enquiries test open deals from entry through closure. Required corrections are resolved before you approve the switch.

  6. 6

    Switch and ownership handover

    The agreed configuration goes into use, and your CRM owner receives the final record. Any post-switch corrections included in the scope are documented before handover closes.

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.

  1. 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.

  2. Step 2

    Sales process design

    One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.

    Start here if every salesperson sells differently.

  3. 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
Do we need paid CRM software?
Not at the start. A free or low-cost tool that runs on a phone and lets you export your data is enough for a solo trainer. Choose by whether you will actually use it between sessions.
Is it safe to store participant details in a CRM?
Store only what you need, with consent, and keep participant feedback apart from company records. India's data protection law applies to personal data, so ask your own adviser how it applies to your list.
Can a CRM remind us about open proposals?
Yes. Put a next step and a date on each open proposal and the tool lists what is due. The reminder only works when the next step names a person, such as the L and D head or procurement.
Can we store participants' personal details in the CRM?
Store only what you need and only where they or the client agreed. The reason is that participant details belong to the hiring company. Check what your agreement says, and the current data protection rules, before keeping anything beyond name and role.
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.
What if we are not happy with the work?
Tell us and the plan changes. Everything is reported against the baseline, so a number that is not moving is visible to both sides. The term is in your written scope, and the refund and cancellation policy sets out the rest.

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