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The finance head starts it, the IT head can stop it, and you meet only the first.

The buyer journey for an automation firm runs from a person who hates a chore to a signed pilot, through an IT review and a business case nobody in the room wrote. GullySales maps each stage in the buyer's words, names an owner on your side for each, and finds where discovery calls go quiet.

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What buyer journey means

The buyer journey is the sequence of steps a customer actually takes, from first hearing about you to deciding to buy, which is rarely a single visit or call. GullySales maps this sequence for your business and checks that something useful happens at each step instead of only at the final call.

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

  • “The person who feels the chore does not sign”

    The accounts executive who keys invoices all morning wants it gone. The finance head wants a business case and the IT head must approve a bot that holds a login. Your first call is with the wrong one.

  • “The comparison is rarely with another vendor”

    It is with an ERP module, a freelancer, an Excel macro and doing nothing. A page that compares only automation firms misses the decision the buyer is actually making.

  • “The journey starts again after the pilot”

    The second process is decided by how the first one behaved in production, and by whether anyone rang to ask. The map most firms draw ends at the signature.

What we do

What we deliver for business automation and RPA companies.

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

  1. A journey map in the buyer's words

    Stages from the chore becoming unbearable to the second process, written as the buyer describes them, with an owner on your side named for each handover.

    Result: No stage sits between two of your people with nobody on it.

  2. A page for each room in the decision

    One for the finance head on the business case, one for the IT head on access and logs, one for the operations team on what changes in their day.

    Result: Each person who can say no has met a page written for them.

  3. A note the champion can forward

    One page that the person who raised the chore sends upward: the process, the hours the team spends according to their own records, what a pilot would show and what it would not.

    Result: The case is carried to the budget holder in your words.

  4. A security and access pack

    Where credentials are kept, who holds access, what is logged and where data stays, in a form the IT head can attach to a ticket.

    Result: A deal stops stalling on questions nobody owned.

  5. A comparison against what buyers weigh

    An honest sheet setting a bot against the ERP's module, a macro, a freelancer and a hire, with when each fits.

    Result: You are in the comparison the buyer is already making.

  6. Drop-out read from your records

    Enquiries counted from first call to process walk, proof of concept, proposal and order, against the baseline recorded before work starts.

    Result: You can name the stage that loses the most buyers.

How the result is measured

  • Drop-off rate by step
  • Time from first contact to sale
  • Steps with no content

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

Read the full buyer journey mapping page

Stages of this buyer's journey

From a chore nobody can stand to a bot that runs, with the question the buyer asks at each step.

The chore becomes unbearable
A close is delayed, a clerk resigns or an auditor flags a manual reconciliation. Write a page on each chore in the words the team uses, and name the role that feels it.
Asking around and searching
The buyer asks the CA or the ERP partner, then searches the chore. Be on the search results with a process page, and be a name the partner can say aloud.
Comparing the options
A macro, a module from the ERP vendor, a freelancer, another partner or leaving things alone. Publish an honest comparison so you are in the list the buyer is drawing.
Discovery call and process walk
The buyer expects questions about the work. Watch the process on a screen share, note the exceptions, and write down what a bot would and would not do.
Business case and IT review
The finance head needs a case and the IT head needs access answers. Hand over a forwardable note and a security pack before they are asked for.
Pilot, go-live and the second process
The bot runs and the team judges it. Name who looks after it, and ask the process owner what else the team retypes before the pilot is a month old.

Who it is for

This is written for these business automation and RPA companies.

  • UiPath, Automation Anywhere and Blue Prism implementation partners
  • Power Automate and Microsoft 365 consultancies
  • Workflow studios building on Zoho, n8n, Make and Zapier
  • Document processing and OCR specialists for invoices, KYC and claims
  • Finance back-office automation firms covering GST, TDS and bank reconciliation
  • Software houses adding an automation practice
  • Shared-service and BPO teams turning their own bots into a product
  • Freelancer-led teams becoming a registered company

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • You have not yet sat through a full sale with a buyer, so the map would be drawn from other firms' habits.
  • You close nearly all work through one vendor referral, and the journey you would map does not reach you.
  • You want a journey map to show a result, when it only shows who needs to hear from you at each stage.

How it works

How the buyer journey 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 sales process

    We walk through how a sale happens today, from the person who first answers an enquiry to the one who closes it.

  2. 2

    Audit the data

    Website analytics, call logs and CRM records are put together to see where people drop out. Where records are thin, we say so and mark the gap rather than guess.

  3. 3

    Interview buyers and staff

    Recent customers, and some who did not buy, plus the team who speak to them, explain the reasons behind the numbers.

  4. 4

    Build the map

    Stages, touchpoints, decision-makers and drop-off points are set out in one document everyone reads the same way.

  5. 5

    Fix and measure

    Each fix is made against the stage it addresses, and the drop-off at that stage is compared with the baseline afterwards.

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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How long does an automation buyer take to decide?
Longer than a software subscription, because a pilot, an IT review and a budget approval sit in the way. Some buyers decide after one watched process, and others wait for the next financial year. Ask on the first call what has to happen internally, and who else must agree.
Who else has a say besides the finance head?
The IT head, who approves access and systems, and sometimes information security, procurement and the CEO. The operations staff have no vote but can sink a pilot by refusing to trust it. Ask early who signs off on each of these.
A buyer went quiet after the proof of concept. What now?
Find out whether the pilot failed, passed or was never reviewed. A buyer whose pilot passed may be waiting for budget, so send the note their manager needs. One whose pilot failed needs a straight account of why, and a decision on whether to try again.
How do we find where buyers drop out?
Count from your own register: enquiries, discovery calls held, process walks done, proofs started, proofs passed, proposals sent, orders signed. The biggest fall between two neighbours is your problem stage. Only the register can show it.
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.
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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