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Translation and interpretation services · Customer retention

Find the clients who sent you work once and should have sent it again.

Customer retention for a translation or interpretation agency means getting corporate clients to send work regularly and individual clients to return when they need another document. GullySales works from your invoices to find who has gone quiet, and sets up the contact routine and the reminders.

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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 customer retention means

Customer retention is keeping an existing customer buying again rather than losing them to a competitor after the first purchase, usually cheaper than winning a new customer. GullySales sets a routine of check-ins and renewal reminders aimed at customers before they show signs of leaving.

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Last updated 11 Oct 2026.

For translation and interpretation services

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

  • “One-time clients are treated as one-time”

    A student who got a degree certificate translated will need other papers and may send friends. No one writes to them again.

  • “A company sends a test file, then nothing”

    A manufacturer tried the agency on one manual and moved to another. No one asked why.

  • “Repeat clients get no better service”

    A company with regular volume is quoted from zero each time, with no glossary and no named contact.

What we do

What we deliver for translation and interpretation services.

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

  1. A client list from your invoices

    Every client and project by date and value, in one sheet, with the type of client.

    Result: You can see who is regular and who is not.

  2. A lapsed client list

    Clients who sent work in the past and have been silent for longer than their usual gap.

    Result: You know whom to call.

  3. A contact routine for corporate clients

    A named contact, a short check-in after each project and a note on upcoming needs.

    Result: A company hears from you before it looks elsewhere.

  4. A returning client benefit

    A saved glossary, a priority slot or a simplified quote for repeat clients, within your own commercial terms.

    Result: A repeat client gets something a new one does not.

  5. A win-back message

    A short note to lapsed clients that asks about a new need and does not push a discount.

    Result: Some lapsed clients return with a file.

How the result is measured

  • Retention rate
  • Repeat purchase rate
  • Customers won back

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

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Work it out from your records

How a translation agency can see who is staying and who has gone from its own invoices.

List every client from the last two years of invoices
Put name, first date, last date and number of projects in a sheet. Mark companies and individuals separately. This is your base.
Find clients who came back at least once
Count those with two or more projects. Compare the share of companies with the share of individuals to see which type returns.
Work out each regular client's usual gap
For a company that sends work each season, note the usual gap between projects. A gap that has run well beyond it is a lapse.
Mark the clients who have lapsed
List the ones who have gone quiet longer than their usual gap. Add what they used to send and who dealt with them.
Look at the last project of each lapsed client
Check for a late file, a complaint or a dispute. A lapse that follows a problem needs a different call from one that follows nothing.
Choose who to call first
Start with companies that sent regular work and were happy, then individuals who may have a new need such as a visa or admission.

Who it is for

This is written for these translation and interpretation services.

  • Certified translation for visa, immigration and admission files
  • Legal and court document translation
  • Technical and manufacturing manual translation
  • Medical and pharma document translation
  • Website and software localisation
  • Subtitling and audio translation
  • Business and conference interpreters
  • Medical and international patient interpreters

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 customer retention work runs

  1. 1

    Assess current retention

    A first read of current retention rate, existing tactics and where they are or are not coordinated.

  2. 2

    Build the strategy

    A written plan developed covering priority segments, touchpoints and a measurable target.

  3. 3

    Align existing tactics

    Current retention activities mapped against the strategy and adjusted to work together rather than independently.

  4. 4

    Track toward the target

    Retention tracked against the goal, with the strategy adjusted as results come in.

Why us

Why owners pick GullySales over an agency.

  • Marketing and sales, as one job

    Most agencies stop at the enquiry. We also fix what happens after it: the reply, the follow-up, the quote and the CRM.

  • 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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When is a client lapsed?
When they have gone silent for much longer than their own usual gap. A company that sends manuals each season is lapsed sooner than a student who needs one certificate. Judge each type by its own pattern.
Is a win-back worth the effort?
For a company with past volume, yes, a call costs little. For a one-time individual, a short note at the time of a likely new need is enough. Do not chase a client who said no.
Who should call a lapsed client?
The person who dealt with them or the owner for a large account. A warm, short call from someone they know works better than a mailer from a stranger.
How do we ask a company why they stopped?
Ask plainly and listen. A line such as 'We have not worked together for a while, was there something we could have done better?' is enough. Record the answer in the client's record.
Do you translate documents for us?
No. GullySales is a sales and marketing firm. We bring the enquiries in and help turn them into orders, and your own translators and reviewers do the language work.
Can you promise our pages will rank for visa translation?
No one can. We build pages that answer what clients search and record the requests that come from them. Rankings depend on search engines and competitors, and are never promised.
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.

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