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Write down the owner, the munim and the CA as three different buyers.

A buyer persona for an accounting software provider is a written description of the people involved in a purchase: who pays, who enters the data and who checks the output. GullySales works on drawing those people from your own calls, trials and lost deals so the team sells to each of them properly.

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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 buyer persona means

A buyer persona is a plain description of the kind of customer who actually buys from you. It includes what they search, what worries them and who else they ask before deciding. GullySales builds this from real enquiries and past sales rather than a generic template, then uses it to write every page and advert.

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  • “The owner pays and the munim lives with it”

    The owner asks about price and whether the CA approves. The munim asks about keyboard shortcuts and how long a day-end takes. Each persona has a different first question, and a single pitch answers only one.

  • “The CA is a gatekeeper with a reputation at stake”

    A recommendation that goes wrong lands on the accountant's desk at return time. The CA wants clean exports, an audit trail and support that picks up the phone. They are not asking for a discount.

  • “The trade changes the persona”

    A pharmacy owner worries about expiry and schedule drugs. A building contractor worries about running bills and retention. Persona sheets per trade stop the sales team reading the same script to every shop.

  • “The shopkeeper's family has a say”

    A son back from college or a nephew with a phone may start the search, and an older owner may decide. Naming that influencer in the persona explains why a trial begins at home and not at the counter.

What we do

What we deliver for accounting software providers.

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

  1. Three persona sheets

    One each for the owner, the accountant and the CA, built from your last calls and lost deals.

    Result: Three sheets, each with first question, fear and proof wanted.

  2. Trade variants of the owner sheet

    Short additions for the trades you serve best, naming their billing quirks.

    Result: Sales has a trade note ready before the call.

  3. A decision map for a typical purchase

    Who raises the need, who trials, who approves and who signs off, drawn from your own closed deals.

    Result: A one-page map of the buying path.

  4. Objection notes by role

    The doubts each persona raises, with answers that your team has actually used.

    Result: Each role has its own objection list.

  5. A tagging scheme for the CRM

    Fields recording role and trade on every contact.

    Result: Pipeline reports can be cut by role and trade.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiry match to persona
  • Conversion rate by persona
  • Content aligned to persona

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

Read the full B2B and B2C buyer persona development page

Who is asking

Roles that ask different things before one purchase.

Shop owner on a first computer
Wants to know if the software prints a bill the customer accepts, and who answers the phone on a busy evening.
Munim keying bills all day
Wants speed on the keyboard, a shortcut for repeat items and a clear way to fix a wrong entry without calling anyone.
CA with many small clients
Wants one login to view many books, a trial balance that matches Tally's and a say before the client buys.
Owner switching after a Tally licence lapse
Wants to know what carries over, what the old data looks like on the new screen and who sits with the munim on day one.
Dealer who will resell the product
Wants a demo kit, a clear margin discussion with your team and a promise that support does not bypass the dealer.

Who it is for

This is written for these accounting software providers.

  • Desktop accounting software vendors competing with Tally and Busy
  • Cloud accounting and GST billing apps for small businesses
  • Billing software for pharmacies, grocery and retail counters
  • Accounting products for wholesalers, traders and distributors
  • Software for contractors, builders and project businesses
  • Products built for CAs managing many client books
  • Dealer and reseller networks selling a single accounting product
  • E-invoicing and GST filing tool vendors

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • You have no recorded sales calls or support tickets, so a persona would be your assumptions with a stock photo on top.
  • You sell only through one dealer and never speak to the end user, so the persona work belongs with the dealer first.
  • Your product targets one trade only and one buyer role, so three persona sheets would repeat each other.

How it works

How the buyer persona 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

    Understand the current view

    We start with how your team currently describes the customer, since the gap between belief and reality is the finding itself.

  2. 2

    Audit past enquiries and sales

    We look at recent enquiries and closed deals to see who actually bought, not who was assumed to buy.

  3. 3

    Interview customers and staff

    Structured conversations with recent buyers, held as talk about the last purchase and not a questionnaire. We ask what happened before they called, who else was involved and what they compared. Customers agree before we contact them, and their answers are reported without names.

  4. 4

    Build the personas

    Findings are written into short, usable persona documents rather than a long report.

  5. 5

    Apply to your marketing

    We show where each persona should change a page, an ad or a script you already have. The sales team reads the drafts and says which ring true. A persona they do not recognise is rewritten.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales process design, at stage 0, foundation. 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 do we build a persona without inventing one?
Use conversations: sales calls, support tickets, trial drop-offs. Write only what you have heard. A persona made from guesses is a document nobody trusts.
How many personas are enough?
Start with the three roles and add trades as you sell into them. More than that becomes a document nobody reads.
Should dealers have a persona too?
Yes. A dealer wants margin, prompt support and a product they can demonstrate. Treat the dealer as a buyer of your partnership.
Where do we hear what a munim really thinks?
On support calls. The munim phones when a bill will not print or a ledger does not tally, and the words they use are the words to write in a guide. Ask your support staff to note the exact phrase and the trade, and keep it in the persona sheet.
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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