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Business coaches and corporate trainers · Lead generation

Fill the diary with enquiries that have a budget holder behind them.

Lead generation for a coach or trainer is getting enquiries in from talks, webinars and referrals, then finding out who behind them can approve a spend. GullySales builds the capture and the qualifying questions, and logs every enquiry against the source that produced it.

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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 lead generation means

Lead generation is the combined work of every channel that brings in a new enquiry, whether from search, adverts, referrals or a stall at an exhibition. GullySales runs these channels together and reports the number of enquiries each one produced, not the activity behind it.

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For business coaches and corporate trainers

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

  • “A room of sixty HR managers is a lead source, and it leaks”

    You speak, people nod, and nobody collects the names. The follow-up then depends on who happens to send a LinkedIn request that week.

  • “The free-advice caller books the same slot as the buyer”

    An hour given to someone who wanted a free consultation is an hour the L and D head who wanted a proposal could not get.

  • “A webinar registration is not an enquiry yet”

    Fifty sign-ups for a free session mean nothing until each one is checked for role, team size and whether money was set aside this year.

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. A booking form that asks role, team size and dates

    A short form before any discovery call is confirmed: who they are, how many people the programme is for, and when it has to run.

    Result: You know before the call whether there is a programme in it.

  2. Name capture at every talk and webinar

    A way to collect names, roles and companies in the room or on the call, with consent, going straight into the CRM rather than a notebook.

    Result: The people who watched you speak are still reachable next month.

  3. A recorded talk for the people who only want advice

    A recorded session or short guide sent to anyone who is not buying, so the answer is generous and your calendar stays clear.

    Result: Nobody is turned away, and nobody takes an hour they were never going to pay for.

  4. A first-reply script that finds the approver

    The questions asked in the first reply to a corporate enquiry: who owns the problem, who signs, and whether empanelment is needed.

    Result: The proposal goes to the person who can approve it.

  5. Every enquiry tagged to the source that produced it

    Talk, webinar, referral, search or outreach recorded against each enquiry, and reported against the baseline recorded before work starts.

    Result: You stop guessing which effort is filling the diary.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiries generated
  • Cost per enquiry
  • Enquiries by source

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

Read the full demand and lead generation page

Where enquiries come from

The places a programme enquiry reaches a trainer or coach, and what to record at each.

An HR head's call or email
Record the company, the role, the team size and the programme they have in mind. Ask the date the training must run and who approves the budget.
A referral from a past client's manager
Note who referred and which programme they saw. Reply with a call slot and a one-page summary of a similar programme you ran.
A LinkedIn message after a post or talk
Record the post or talk that led to it. Ask what they are trying to change in the team before sending any programme details.
A training company or panel booking
Write down the training company, the end client, the daily rate they offer and the date. Check the payment terms before accepting.
A founder or manager looking for one-to-one coaching
Record what they want to work on and the length of time they expect. Offer a short discovery call and a clear next step in writing.
A participant from a past session
Write down the participant's name and the company. Ask whether they have a colleague or a team who would benefit from the programme.

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.

  • No one asks role, team size and dates before a call, so more enquiries would only add to the hours spent on free advice.
  • You collect no names at talks and webinars, so any new source would leak in the same way.
  • You want a larger audience for a free session, when the diary needs buyers who hold a budget.

Before you decide

Agree the work. Know how to judge it.

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

Bring the right evidence

Define the organisations or buyers you can serve and the reasons they would consider a conversation. Bring examples of accepted and rejected prospects so the selection rule is visible.

Make the scope clear

Agree the research sources, contact approach, qualification rules, and handover. Clarify which meetings count as accepted and what happens to replies that are not ready to buy.

Check the work in use

Review why a prospect was selected and what was learned from the response. Count held, relevant conversations separately from contacts found, messages sent, or meetings booked.

Know when to change course

If the same objection appears repeatedly, adjust the offer or buyer group before increasing outreach. Respect a request to stop contact and keep the exclusion in the record.

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 lead generation 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

    Requirements and capacity decision

    Send the requirements brief, then discuss your offer and available sales capacity with us. You receive the scope, fee, and term in writing before committing to the work.

  2. 2

    Source review and baseline approval

    We review available enquiry records and channel dashboards. You confirm the starting figures for enquiries by source, reply time, conversion, and cost per order, including gaps in the records.

  3. 3

    Offer and capture approval

    Your sales lead approves the audience and the questions needed before a call. Page copy and contact-use wording go through your internal review before publication.

  4. 4

    Test enquiry and sales handoff

    We test the agreed routes from submission to the shared record and first reply. The person responsible for sales checks that the record contains enough information to act.

  5. 5

    Launch and source decisions

    Traffic starts on the approved channels. We compare enquiry quality with the baseline and use your sales outcomes to decide which sources need changes or less spend.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales process design, at stage 1, prospecting and lead generation. The audit comes before it, and sales management keeps it running.

  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 · you are here

    Sales process design

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

    Start here if every salesperson sells differently.

  3. Step 3

    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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How do we stop giving away an hour on every discovery call?
Ask three questions before the slot is confirmed: the role, the team size and when the programme has to run. Send everyone else a recorded talk instead.
Which source brings the best corporate enquiries?
A talk in front of HR heads, and a referral from a past participant who has changed companies. Both take longer than ads to build and hold up better. We count your own enquiries by source first.
How do we find out who really decides on a training budget?
Ask on the first call: who approves the budget, and who signs the purchase order? Write both names down. If the contact cannot name them, the proposal will probably stall in HR, so offer a short note they can pass on.
Should we record webinar sign-ups as leads?
Record them as contacts, not leads, until someone has asked for a programme. Note the webinar, the name, the company and the consent given. Write to the attendees about the next session and the sort of programme that follows from it.
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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