Optical businesses · Follow up systems
Bring back the customer who left with a prescription and no frame.
A follow-up system for an optical shop chases the customer who took their prescription away, the contact lens wearer whose supply is running out, and the camp contact who never visited. GullySales sets the messages, the timing and the rule for when to stop.
Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.
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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For optical businesses
Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.
“The prescription in their pocket is a live enquiry”
A customer who tested with you and did not buy has not decided against you. They are comparing a price online, and a call in the next few days is the whole conversation.
“A lens wearer runs out on a date you can work out”
Monthly lenses in a three-month box finish about three months later. That is a reminder with a date attached, and almost no shop sends it.
“A camp hands you a list that is worthless by Friday”
Two hundred screenings at a school or an office produce nothing unless somebody calls while the teacher's note is still in the child's bag.
What we do
What we deliver for optical businesses.
Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.
A call list of tests that ended without a purchase
Everyone who left with a prescription and no order, listed daily with the power, what they looked at and what they said about price.
Result: The shop knows who to call tomorrow morning.
Written answers for the customer comparing prices online
Replies that meet the online price honestly, offering the fitting, the adjustments and the warranty instead of a reflex discount.
Result: Staff hold the conversation without giving the margin away.
Reorder reminders timed to the lens supply running out
A reminder calculated from the box size and purchase date, with the brand and power already written into the message.
Result: The lens customer reorders from you rather than from an app.
A camp follow-up plan agreed before the camp happens
Who calls the screened list, in what order and with what offer, planned while the camp is being arranged rather than afterwards.
Result: The day's contacts turn into appointments instead of a stack of forms.
A recall for spectacles nobody came back for
A reminder for finished work sitting in the tray, and for a fitting appointment that was never kept.
Result: Completed jobs leave the shop and get paid for.
A stop rule for each kind of follow-up
Two attempts on a prescription that walked, three on a lens reorder, then the record is closed with a reason.
Result: Nobody is called until they are annoyed.
Completion and conversion read against the baseline
How many of each list were actually worked and what they produced, measured against the baseline recorded before work started.
Result: You can see whether the calls are being made at all.
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.
Follow-up routine for optical shops
Each test, prescription and contact lens order has a day to call and a line to say.
- Eye test done, no frame bought
- The optometrist or counter staff rings the next morning, asks if the prescription is still needed and offers frames they liked. Record the power and the price comment.
- Spectacles ready for collection
- Send a message with the shop hours and the customer's name on the order. Ring if the order is not collected and offer fitting at their convenience.
- Contact lens box running out
- Work out the finish date from the box size and the wearing schedule, then message a few days before. Record the brand, power and quantity so the reorder takes one reply.
- School or corporate camp list
- Ring the school or HR contact first to confirm the parents may be reached, then send the report with the next step. Note which children were advised glasses.
- Customer says the online price is lower
- Reply with the lens type, coating, fitting and warranty included, not a reflex discount. Ask if they would like the frame tried on before they decide.
- Child or senior prescription review
- Set the review date on the prescription card and ring when it falls due. Record what the optometrist advised so the next test builds on it.
Who it is for
This is written for these optical businesses.
- Independent single-location optical shops
- Multi-branch optical retail chains
- Optical shops attached to an eye hospital or clinic
- Contact lens specialist retailers
- Optical shops with an in-house optometrist
- School and corporate eye check-up service providers
- Premium and designer eyewear retailers
How it works
From your first message to the first report.
No open-ended retainer. Every step gives you something in writing.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 follow up systems work runs
- 1
Measure today's reply time
From last month's enquiries, we measure how long each waited for a first reply and how many follow-ups it got.
- 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
Set up templates, tasks and ownership
Templates, first-call questions, CRM tasks and named owners go live, with cover for leave and weekends.
- 4
Track and adjust every month
Reply time and follow-up completion are reported against the baseline, and the routine is changed where it is not kept.
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.
FAQ
Questions owners ask before they call.
Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.
Is it pushy to call someone who took their prescription elsewhere?
Who should make these calls?
Should the optometrist or the counter staff make these calls?
A customer bought online after taking our prescription. Do we chase?
How much does it cost?
How long is the contract?
How soon will we see results?
Who will actually do the work?
What do you need from us?
What if we are not happy with the work?
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Your next practical step
Tell us what you are trying to grow, and we will read it before we call.
Eight short steps, mostly taps. Skip anything you would rather answer on the call.