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Corporate gifting and gift businesses · Email marketing

Reach last year's buyer in July, before she writes a new brief.

Email for a gifting business is the channel the corporate buyer actually works in, where a proposal gets forwarded, an approval is recorded and a purchase order is raised. GullySales builds the account calendar and writes the mails that arrive before a brief goes out to five vendors.

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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 email marketing means

Email marketing is sending planned messages to a list of past and prospective customers who have agreed to hear from you. It suits offers, updates and staying in touch with someone who is not ready to buy yet. GullySales writes and schedules these emails and tracks who opens, clicks and enquires.

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Last updated 5 Oct 2026.

For corporate gifting and gift businesses

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

  • “The order is half decided before the brief is sent”

    By the time five vendors receive it, she has usually already spoken to one of them. Being that one is a mail sent in July.

  • “Last year's buyer is the easiest order of the year”

    She has your invoice, her employees liked the hamper, and she has to do the whole thing again. Nobody writes to her until October.

  • “Approvals live in the inbox”

    A proposal, a GST invoice and a purchase order all sit in mail. A quotation sent on WhatsApp cannot be attached to a file note.

  • “Kits reorder without waiting for a festival”

    A company hiring in batches needs welcome kits every few months, and a short mail at the right time takes a repeat order with no competition.

What we do

What we deliver for corporate gifting and gift businesses.

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

  1. An account calendar for every past buyer

    Each company's past orders, occasions, quantities, budget and contact person, with the month to write to them marked in advance.

    Result: Last year's buyer hears from you before anybody else.

  2. The early-season mail to HR and admin teams

    A July and August mail carrying the season's ranges, budget bands, lead times and a sample offer, written to be forwarded upwards.

    Result: You are on the shortlist before the brief exists.

  3. A researched list of companies worth pursuing

    Companies that look like the buyers you already serve, with the HR or admin contact found properly rather than bought in bulk.

    Result: Outreach goes to people who buy in your quantities.

  4. Reorder mails for kits and events

    Short notes timed to hiring batches, dealer meets and conference seasons, offering the same kit again at the agreed rate.

    Result: Orders arrive outside the festival months.

  5. Consent and unsubscribes handled properly

    Permission recorded, unsubscribes honoured and the corporate list kept apart from the retail one.

    Result: Your mail keeps reaching the inbox.

  6. Opens, replies and briefs reported

    Which mails were opened and replied to, and which became a brief or a sample request, read against the position before the outreach began.

    Result: You learn which month of writing actually works.

How the result is measured

  • Open rate
  • Click rate
  • Enquiries from email

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

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What must be in place first

What a gifting business needs in place before it emails an HR or admin team.

An account sheet for each company
Record the company, the HR, admin or marketing contact, what you supplied last, the festival it was for and the date the budget is usually fixed. A mail that cites these gets read.
A catalogue at a link with branding options
Show products with photographs, the branding methods you offer, minimum order and delivery points as text. Heavy PDFs get blocked, and a link lets the buyer forward it to the approver.
Sample records
Record which samples went to which company, who approved them and what came back. A reminder about a sample from a named person is easier to answer than a general offer.
Vendor registration papers ready
Keep your GST certificate, PAN, bank details and any MSME registration in one folder. Many companies will not raise a purchase order until the vendor form and papers are complete.
A festival and event calendar for each account
Note which accounts buy for Diwali, new year, joining kits or annual days, and when their planning starts. Write the mail before their approval round, not after it.
An opt-out and a named account manager
Replies go to the person who owns that account. Add an unsubscribe line, and update the sheet when a contact leaves, so a mail never goes to a desk nobody holds.

Who it is for

This is written for these corporate gifting and gift businesses.

  • Corporate gifting companies and B2B gift suppliers
  • Promotional merchandise and branded product makers
  • Employee welcome kit and swag providers
  • Festive hamper and dry fruit gift makers
  • Gift shops and gift stores
  • Personalised and custom gift makers
  • Handicraft and artisan gift suppliers
  • Online gifting businesses and gift delivery services

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

    The numbers this work is meant to move, such as enquiries, quotations, orders, visits or renewals, 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 a reply, a follow-up, a page, a listing 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 email marketing work runs

  1. 1

    Understand your list

    We review who is on the list, how they got there, and how long it has been since they last heard from you.

  2. 2

    Audit past sends

    We check open and click rates from past emails to see what has and has not worked.

  3. 3

    Segment and plan

    The list is split into meaningful groups and a sending calendar is agreed.

  4. 4

    Implement content and automation

    Emails are written, scheduled and, where useful, set to trigger automatically based on behaviour.

  5. 5

    Measure and optimise

    We track performance and adjust subject lines, timing and content based on what the list responds to.

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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Is it worth buying a database of HR contacts?
No. A bought database is full of people who never asked to hear from you. The spam reports that follow push your later mails into junk folders, including the ones going to buyers who know you.
How often should we write to a corporate account?
Four or five times a year, timed to their occasions, and once more before the month they ordered in last time. A monthly newsletter of new products gets filed under promotions and stays there.
What should we do when our HR contact has moved to another company?
Write one note to the old address if it still works, asking who now handles gifting. Follow the person only if you have a reason and they agree. Treat the new employer as a fresh prospect, and do not carry over the old company's data.
Should the first email show our prices?
Show a price band for the main categories with the minimum order and what the price includes. Do not publish every rate. Offer a quote against a stated quantity and date. A buyer comparing three suppliers wants a number to compare.
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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