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Managed IT service providers · CRM

Keep the pipeline out of the ticket system and the renewals out of memory.

A CRM for a managed IT provider is the sales record that sits beside your ticketing tool: prospects with seat counts, the date their current arrangement ends, who signs, and each client's renewal and add-on history. GullySales decides what gets recorded and when, sets it up in the tool you have or a simple sheet, and puts renewals on dates instead of memory.

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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 CRM means

A CRM is the record where every enquiry, call and quote is kept against a customer, replacing separate notebooks, spreadsheets and memory. GullySales sets up or cleans an existing CRM and reports from it by enquiry outcome rather than by activity logged.

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For managed IT service providers

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

  • “The ticketing tool is mistaken for a CRM”

    Your help desk tool knows every printer fault but not who signs the renewal, what the client was quoted or which prospect is due a call.

  • “Seat changes go unbilled”

    A client hires a new team, the help desk sets them up, and the agreement keeps invoicing the old headcount.

  • “Founders sell on WhatsApp”

    The best buying conversations happen in a chat between two founders, and none of it reaches a record anyone else can see.

What we do

What we deliver for managed IT service providers.

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

  1. Fields that match how this trade sells

    Users, devices, locations, current IT arrangement, its end date, the trigger and the signer, kept on every prospect and nothing beyond that.

    Result: The record tells you who to call next.

  2. A link between the help desk and the sales record

    Seat changes, onboarding requests and project tickets flagged from the ticketing tool to the account, so billing and add-on quotes follow the work.

    Result: New users get invoiced and project work gets quoted.

  3. Renewal dates with a lead time

    Each agreement's end date entered with a review task set well before it and a named owner.

    Result: The renewal talk starts while there is still room to change the scope.

  4. Lost reasons from a short list

    Price, chose a freelancer, kept it in-house, stayed with the current vendor, no decision and timing, with one choice required on every lost deal.

    Result: You can see whether you lose on price or on trust.

  5. A rule for WhatsApp conversations

    A two-line summary of any buying chat pasted into the record the same day, with the chat itself left where it is.

    Result: A salesperson who leaves does not take the pipeline along.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiries logged in the CRM
  • Data completeness
  • Reports generated from CRM data

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

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What to record, and when

What a managed IT provider should record about each prospect and client, and when.

Users, devices and sites at the first call
Write down how many people need support, how many machines and servers, and which locations. Those counts set the price and decide whether the deal deserves an assessment.
Current arrangement and its end date
In-house person, freelancer, another provider or nobody, and when that ends. The end date is when the prospect can actually say yes, so set the follow-up from it.
The trigger and the signer
Note why they called now, such as a resignation, an audit or growth, and who approves the spend. A founder's interest without the finance head's agreement is not yet a pipeline deal.
Findings from the assessment
Record the risks found, such as untested backups or a shared admin password. Both the proposal and the next renewal conversation draw on this list.
Seat changes after signing
Log every user added or removed with the date, matched against the invoice. Unbilled seats quietly erode a per-user agreement.
Do you need software yet?
Not while one person sells to a short list; a shared sheet with these columns will do. Move to a CRM when a second person sells or renewals start slipping past unnoticed.

Who it is for

This is written for these managed IT service providers.

  • Per-user support for growing offices without an IT team
  • Resident engineer and IT facility management providers
  • Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace managed service partners
  • Co-managed IT for companies with one in-house IT person
  • MSPs serving CA firms, clinics and other compliance-heavy offices
  • Backup and endpoint management specialists
  • IT support firms for factories and export units
  • Remote-first providers serving offices in several cities

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 CRM work runs

  1. 1

    Map the sales process

    We record how a deal actually moves from enquiry to close in your business today.

  2. 2

    Configure stages and fields

    The CRM's pipeline and fields are built to match that process exactly, not a generic template.

  3. 3

    Set up automations

    Reminders, assignment rules and follow-up triggers are configured so routine steps happen without manual effort.

  4. 4

    Test with real deals

    We run the configuration against actual current deals to catch gaps before the whole team relies on it.

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.

Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.

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Our help desk tool has a sales module. Is that enough?
It can be, if it holds the prospect fields above and your salesperson works in it daily. Many of these modules are built for quoting rather than follow-up. Run a few weeks of real prospects through it before buying anything else.
Our account managers never update the CRM. What do we change?
Cut the fields to those that change a decision, and run the sales meeting from the CRM screen instead of anyone's notes. When the meeting depends on the record, people keep it current. Delete fields nobody has filled in for a quarter.
How do we capture deals discussed on WhatsApp?
Ask for a two-line note in the record after any chat that changes the deal: a price, a date or a new person involved. Do not try to copy whole chats. If you connect WhatsApp Business to a CRM, check what it stores and where.
Who owns the client contacts if our salesperson leaves?
The company, always. Set up the CRM under a company email, give each salesperson a named login you can switch off, and keep client contacts off personal phones where you can. Ask for notes on open deals before the last working day.
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.
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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