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Decide which practice area to grow within what advertising rules allow.

A marketing strategy for a law firm starts with which practice area has capacity and genuine demand. It then works backwards to the content, directories and referral relationships needed, within the Bar Council's advertising restrictions. GullySales builds this with your partners and reports on 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 marketing strategy means

Marketing strategy is the plan for which channels to use, in what order and with what budget. This way, marketing spend is aimed at a goal instead of tried one channel at a time. GullySales sets this plan after the first conversation, based on where your buyers actually search and decide.

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Last updated 17 Oct 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 law firms

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

  • “The plan has to work within advertising restrictions from the start”

    A strategy built around tactics that assume normal advertising freedom wastes effort correcting course later.

  • “The firms that send you work belong in the plan”

    Chartered accountants, other lawyers and past clients who refer work deserve the same planned attention as any content strategy.

  • “The plan states which practice area waits”

    A smaller firm cannot build content and referral relationships for every practice area at once, and the plan says which comes first.

What we do

What we deliver for law firms.

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

  1. A written strategy by practice area and capacity

    A document setting out which practice area gets marketing attention first, based on genuine capacity and demand.

    Result: Partners agree on priorities instead of everything competing at once.

  2. A referral relationship plan alongside content

    A specific plan for maintaining relationships with chartered accountants, other lawyers and past clients, planned with the same attention as content.

    Result: Referral relationships get deliberate attention, not occasional effort.

  3. A compliance framework built into the plan

    Every planned activity checked against Bar Council advertising restrictions before it is scheduled, not after.

    Result: The plan avoids wasted effort correcting a compliant course later.

  4. A sequencing plan for practice areas that wait

    A written note on which practice areas wait, and what would trigger moving them up the plan.

    Result: Partners know what is deferred and why, not just what is happening now.

  5. A report on consultations and referrals

    A report on consultation numbers and which referral relationships are sending work, checked against the baseline.

    Result: Partners read consultation counts instead of arguing from impressions.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiries against target
  • Cost per enquiry
  • Channel contribution to revenue

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

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What to decide first

What a law firm decides about practice areas, clients and referrers before any visible marketing.

The practice area to be known for
Look at the matters you handled well, billed fully and would like more of. Choose one area, such as property, family or commercial disputes, and write pages and profiles around it first.
Individuals or businesses
A person in a family dispute and a company with a contract dispute choose a lawyer differently and pay differently. Decide which group the next effort is for.
The professionals who refer
List the chartered accountants, bankers, brokers and other advocates who have sent matters. Choose the few worth a regular, professional conversation, and keep it to what is permitted.
The forums and cities you cover
Name the courts, tribunals and cities where you appear. State them plainly, and say what you will refer elsewhere, since a client wants to know you can follow the matter to the end.
What a consultation enquiry must carry
Matter type, forum, stage and the other party's name, for a conflict check. Decide who reads the first message, and what happens when the matter is not yours.
What stays out of your marketing
The Bar Council of India restricts how advocates advertise and solicit, and the rules are interpreted. Check them with your own bar council, and write down which claims, client names and results you will not use.

Who it is for

This is written for these law firms.

  • Litigation and dispute resolution practices
  • Corporate and M&A law firms
  • Family law practices
  • Intellectual property law firms
  • Real estate and property law practices
  • Tax and compliance law practices
  • Boutique single-practice-area firms

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • The partners disagree on which practice area to grow, and a written plan would only record the disagreement.
  • Nobody will own the plan after it is written, so it would sit in a folder while enquiries are handled as before.
  • You have no record of where this year's clients came from, so there is nothing yet to plan against.

How it works

How the marketing strategy 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

    Understand business goals

    We start with what the business needs this year in orders, revenue and growth, not marketing terms.

  2. 2

    Audit current activity

    We review every current marketing activity, account and record, and what each has actually produced. Where there is no source record for enquiries, we set one up first.

  3. 3

    Strategise the plan

    Objectives, buyers, messages, channels and budget are chosen from the goals and what we found, and then written down with a reason beside each choice. A channel that does not serve a stated objective is left out.

  4. 4

    Implement the roadmap

    The plan becomes an execution roadmap, run by GullySales, your own team, or both.

  5. 5

    Measure against milestones

    Results are reported against the baseline recorded before work starts, and each milestone is checked against the plan. How often you are reported to is agreed in writing.

  6. 6

    Optimise

    Spend and activity move toward what produced orders, and the plan is revised in writing when the market or the business goal changes.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales process design, at stage 0, foundation. 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 often should this change?
We report on consultation numbers and which referral relationships are actually sending work. The plan itself is revisited whenever a practice area's capacity or demand shifts.
Who should be involved?
The partners and whoever manages client communication, since both shape what the plan can deliver.
Our senior partner prefers referrals only. Is a plan still useful?
Yes. A referral plan is still a plan: name the sources, decide how you thank them within the rules, and note which matters came from which source. It also shows what happens if a source goes quiet, and where a simple, accurate profile would help.
Should the plan include public talks or articles?
They can, if they explain the law and do not solicit. Pick one subject in your chosen practice area and decide who writes it and who checks it. Keep it informative, and confirm with your own bar council that the format is acceptable.
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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