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Chase every surveyed roof and open proposal until the owner says yes or no.

A follow-up system for a solar EPC company is the written routine that decides who calls after a survey, who answers the finance head's questions after a proposal and when a silent file is closed with a reason. GullySales sets that routine, the message wording and the record that holds each next step.

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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 follow up systems means

A follow-up system is the set routine for calling, messaging or emailing an enquiry more than once, since most buyers do not decide on the first conversation. GullySales sets the number and timing of follow-ups so an undecided buyer keeps hearing from you until they decide either way.

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

  • “The silence after the survey is where the order is lost”

    A site engineer measures the roof, notes the shading and leaves. The proposal takes its time, and the owner, meanwhile, speaks to another contractor. Nobody at your end is assigned to call between the visit and the proposal, so the gap goes unfilled.

  • “A proposal sent by email is not a proposal received”

    Plant heads forward it to the finance head, the finance head forwards it to the chartered accountant, and the file is read on a phone. A call to ask who is reading it, and what question they have, finds the real decision maker.

  • “Each reader needs a different next step”

    The owner wants the saving explained, the finance head wants the payback working, the plant head wants to know about outages on the day of installation, and the consultant wants the datasheets. One generic reminder serves none of them.

  • “Closed files teach nothing when no reason is written”

    A deal marked lost with no note cannot be learned from. Price, a rival's financing offer, a roof lease problem and a delayed board meeting call for very different responses, and only a written reason lets you sort them.

What we do

What we deliver for commercial solar EPC companies.

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

  1. Step map from enquiry to order

    A one-page map of enquiry, bill review, survey, proposal, finance discussion and order, naming the owner of each step and what must be recorded before moving on.

    Result: Each live file shows its current step and who holds it.

  2. Call and message scripts by reader

    Short wording for the owner, the finance head, the plant head and the consultant, each asking the question that reader decides on.

    Result: The person following up asks something useful rather than asking whether the proposal was received.

  3. A next-action rule for every open file

    Each record carries a next call, a date and a reason, and a file with no next action is flagged in the review.

    Result: No proposal sits without a named person and a planned call.

  4. Closing rules and reason codes

    A short list of closing reasons such as price, financing, roof ownership, board delay and no response, with a rule on when a silent file is closed.

    Result: The lost-deal list can be sorted by reason and discussed in the sales review.

  5. A reactivation note for quiet files

    Wording to reopen a closed file when a tariff revision, a new financing option or a new shed changes the owner's position.

    Result: Old surveys get a second look instead of staying buried.

How the result is measured

  • Follow-up completion rate
  • Average number of follow-ups before close
  • Enquiries closed after repeat follow-up

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

Read the full lead response and follow-up page

What to capture or send

Capture these after every survey so no proposal goes quiet.

Survey date and who attended
The sales engineer records who from the buyer stood on the roof. That person is the one to message next, and the date anchors every later note.
Proposal version and recipient
Record which version went to which person. A finance head and a plant head may hold different drawings, and a reply to the wrong one wastes the next call.
What the finance head asked
A line on the question raised, such as the payment structure or the roof's remaining life. The next message answers that and not a general reminder.
Approval stage inside the buyer
Note whether the proposal is with the plant head, the finance head, the board or the lender, so the follow-up goes to the one who holds it.
Reason for a closed file
If the buyer chose another firm or paused, write why. A closed file with a reason tells the team who to message when the roof or the bill changes.

Who it is for

This is written for these commercial solar EPC companies.

  • Rooftop EPC specialists for factories and industrial units
  • Warehouse, cold storage and logistics park rooftop installers
  • Campus installers for schools, colleges and hospitals
  • Pay-per-unit (OPEX) rooftop developers
  • Open access and group captive solar developers
  • Ground-mount and solar carport contractors
  • Government and public sector tender EPC companies
  • Operations and maintenance firms adding new installations

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • You do not log the proposals you send, so a reminder system would have no dates to work from
  • The sales engineer who surveys the roof also runs project sites, and no one else will make the calls

How it works

How the follow up systems 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

    Measure today's reply time

    From your recent enquiries, we set the time each arrived against its first reply, using the call log, chats, form entries and portal panel. We also count the follow-ups each one got.

  2. 2

    Agree targets and the sequence

    We set reply targets and the follow-up sequence with your team, based on its real hours and workload.

  3. 3

    Write the templates and first-call questions

    The first reply, the quote follow-up and the last attempt are written in your voice and loaded as quick replies. The first-call questions are agreed with your best salesperson.

  4. 4

    Set ownership, tasks and alerts

    Named owners, cover for leave and CRM or sheet tasks go live. App alerts, such as IndiaMART's, are switched on for the right phones.

  5. 5

    Track and adjust

    Reply time and follow-up completion are reported against the baseline, and the routine is changed where it is not kept. How often you are reported to is agreed in writing.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales process design, at stage 2, qualification. 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 many times should we call before closing a proposal?
Set the rule yourselves and write it down. What matters is that each call has a purpose, such as answering the finance head's question or asking about the board date, and that the final closing is recorded with a reason.
Should the sales engineer or a separate person follow up?
The person who knows the roof should handle the technical questions, but a named coordinator can hold the dates and reminders. Agree who calls whom, otherwise two people call the same owner and nobody calls the finance head.
Is WhatsApp acceptable for following up a proposal?
Yes, for a short note, a document and a call confirmation, provided the owner has agreed to be contacted there. Keep the pricing discussion in the written proposal and log every message in the record. Check the platform's current rules for business messages.
How does a long approval chain change follow-up for a solar proposal?
It makes the next person matter more than the next day. A proposal can sit with a finance head, a board or a lender, and each needs a different answer. Record where it sits and send what that person needs.
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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