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Fill the trial queue with shops that bill every day and file GST.

Lead generation for an accounting software provider is the work of bringing traders, retailers and small firms to a trial when they already keep books, file returns and have a reason to move. GullySales works on the trade pages, the partner routes and the enquiry handling that feed that trial queue.

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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 lead generation means

Lead generation is the combined work of every channel that brings in a new enquiry, whether from search, adverts, referrals or a stall at an exhibition. GullySales runs these channels together and reports the number of enquiries each one produced, not the activity behind it.

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

  • “A trial installed by the wrong person goes nowhere”

    The owner downloads the trial on a Sunday, the munim opens it on Monday, finds the ledger screen unfamiliar and closes it. The lead report counts an install, yet the person who decides whether the product survives never saw a demo.

  • “Search intent is written by trade, not by feature”

    A pharmacist types billing software with expiry alerts. A garment wholesaler types stock by size and colour. Hardly anyone types accounting software on its own. Lead sources have to be organised around the shop the buyer runs.

  • “The CA is a lead source nobody counts”

    A chartered accountant who keeps the books of a long list of small clients recommends one product out of habit. That recommendation does not appear as a campaign, so it is credited to direct traffic and the CA is never thanked or equipped.

  • “Switchers are the best leads and the hardest to spot”

    A buyer unhappy with Tally or Busy searches for the old product's name next to the word alternative. Without a page that answers that search, the switcher lands on a competitor's comparison and the enquiry never reaches you.

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. Lead sources split by trade and channel

    Every enquiry is tagged with the trade of the shop and the route it arrived by: search, video, dealer, CA or personal referral.

    Result: You can see which trade and which route brought each enquiry.

  2. A trial form that asks who will use it

    Fields for the owner, for the person who keeps the books and for the CA, so follow-up reaches the user as well as the payer.

    Result: Each trial record carries a named accountant contact.

  3. Pages for people leaving other software

    Pages for buyers moving from Tally, Busy or Excel, written around what moves over and what must be re-checked.

    Result: Switcher searches land on a page made for them.

  4. A partner registration route

    A short form where CAs and dealers register a lead, so credit is recorded before the demo and not argued about after it.

    Result: Partner-sourced buyers appear in the same list as web enquiries.

  5. A handover note for the sales team

    A one-page summary of each enquiry: trade, current software, return volume and the question asked first.

    Result: Whoever calls knows the buyer's trade before dialling.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiries generated
  • Cost per enquiry
  • Enquiries by source

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

Read the full demand and lead generation page

What to capture

Fields that tell a real trial from an idle install.

A trial form for billing software needs more than a name and a number.

Trade of the business
Pharmacy, grocery, wholesale or contractor. It decides which sample bill and which demo the sales team opens first.
Who will enter the bills
The owner, a munim or a CA's staff. The person at the keyboard judges the software, so the follow-up speaks to them.
Software in use today
Tally, Busy, Excel or a paper register. It tells you whether the call is about data migration or about a first system.
GST registration type
Regular, composition or not registered. It shows which invoice and return screens the buyer will test in the first sitting.
How they found you
Search, a CA, a dealer or a friend's shop. Record it on the lead so partner credit and channel spend stay honest.

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 one to call a trial user, so more installs would sit unopened and teach you nothing.
  • Your trial cannot yet import a Tally or Excel file, so the best leads, the switchers, would stall at the first screen.
  • Your sample bills are not ready for any single trade, so a lead would land on a generic demo that fits nobody.

How it works

How the lead generation 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 your capacity

    We ask how many enquiries your team can answer well, who answers after hours, and what a good enquiry looks like. Without this, the system fills a funnel nobody is watching.

  2. 2

    Audit current sources

    We read your call log, WhatsApp chats, enquiry sheet and platform dashboards. The baseline is recorded: enquiries by source, reply time, conversion and cost per order.

  3. 3

    Strategise the channel mix

    Search and maps are chosen for people ready to buy, ads for people who are not yet looking, and content and referrals for trust.

  4. 4

    Implement capture and follow-up

    Pages, forms, tags, the lead record and the first-reply message are built and tested end to end. We submit test enquiries ourselves before any media money is spent.

  5. 5

    Measure and optimise

    Enquiries are traced to source and judged by what became orders, not by volume alone. Channels that fill the sheet with poor enquiries are cut back. 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 1, prospecting and lead generation. 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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Which leads deserve a call first?
Rank by fit: a trade you serve well, a current tool the buyer dislikes, a CA already involved. A casual download from an unrelated trade can wait. GullySales helps you write the ranking down so the whole team applies it.
Do paid ads belong in lead generation here?
They can, for trades with clear search words. The ad spend is yours, set by you and kept separate from our fee in the written agreement. Start with the trades where your demo already wins.
How do we stop paying for installs that never open?
Count the first invoice raised, not the download. Make the trial ask for an opening balance import, and treat an unopened trial as an unfinished lead rather than a closed one.
Should we ask for the GST number on the trial form?
No. Ask for the trade and the registration type instead. A GST number on a form makes a cautious owner leave, and it is not needed to start a trial. Collect it later, when the buyer is ready to issue real invoices and wants them printed properly.
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.

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