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Protect the reference call that decides the order.

Reputation management for an integrator is making sure what a plant hears about you, whether from a reference call, an estate neighbour or a registration check, matches the work. GullySales collects the references, watches the mentions and handles the commissioning complaint.

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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 reputation management means

Reputation management is watching what is said about your business across Google, social media and review sites, and responding to it before it changes a buyer's mind. GullySales monitors mentions, drafts responses to negative reviews and flags recurring complaints back to your team.

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Sales and marketing for industrial automation companies, the overview.

Last updated 5 Oct 2026.

For industrial automation companies

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

  • “One estate talks to itself”

    Maintenance heads in the same industrial area meet often, and a delayed commissioning is known across Peenya before you hear it.

  • “A reference call outweighs a lower price”

    Purchase can be argued with, but an engineer ringing a plant you commissioned settles the order in ten minutes.

  • “Handover is where goodwill is lost”

    Missing drawings, an undocumented programme and no named support person turn a good project into a bad reference.

What we do

What we deliver for industrial automation companies.

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

  1. A reference list agreed in writing

    Plants willing to take a call, with the named contact, what they are happy to confirm and how often they may be approached.

    Result: You can offer a reference without ringing round first.

  2. Handover documents as a standing checklist

    Drawings, programme backup, licences, spares list and the named support engineer handed over before the team leaves site.

    Result: The project ends as a good story, not a chase.

  3. A same-week note when a date slips

    What you tell the plant head when commissioning runs over, with a revised plan and the reason, before their peers hear it elsewhere.

    Result: Your version of it reaches the estate first.

  4. Mentions watched on search and LinkedIn

    Alerts on the company and the directors' names, so a post from a former engineer or a customer reaches you early.

    Result: Nothing is read by a buyer before you have seen it.

  5. Vendor registration documents kept current

    Registration papers, certifications, safety records and past order references in one folder, updated before renewals fall due.

    Result: A registration renewal stops holding up an order.

  6. What former engineers write, answered

    Replies to reviews left by engineers who have moved on, and a routine for asking the present team while a project is running well.

    Result: A plant checking you up does not read only complaints.

How the result is measured

  • Average rating
  • Response time to reviews
  • Negative mentions resolved

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

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What to do with each review

How to answer each kind of review an automation integrator gets from plants.

Praise from a plant head or maintenance manager
Thank them and name the type of line, such as packaging or conveyor control. Ask whether they will take a reference call from a buyer, and note who to ring.
A handover without drawings or program backups
Check the handover checklist. Reply that drawings, manuals and PLC backups are part of every handover, and send what is missing. Put the list in the order and keep a signed copy.
A breakdown soon after commissioning
Pull the fault log and the program version at handover. Reply that an engineer will look at it, and call the plant. Record the cause and the fix for the file.
A claim that a change request was charged unfairly
Compare the signed scope with the change request. Reply with where the scope is written and offer a call. Give every change a written quote before work.
A maintenance engineer blaming the PLC or drive brand
Say which part is the brand's product and which is your program. Offer to raise it with the brand. Do not criticise the brand in public, since the buyer may buy it again.
A review about a panel built by another vendor
Check project records and drawing stamps for that panel. Plants often have several integrators on one line. Reply politely, offer to look at it, and report the review through the platform if it breaks the rules on fake reviews.

Who it is for

This is written for these industrial automation companies.

  • PLC, SCADA and HMI system integrators
  • Control panel and MCC panel builders
  • Robotics and pick-and-place integrators
  • Special purpose machine builders
  • Process automation and DCS integrators
  • Industrial IoT, MES and energy monitoring providers
  • Authorised channel partners and distributors of automation brands
  • Drive, motion control and servo specialists
  • Retrofit and migration specialists for old control systems

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • A plant is in a live dispute over a commissioning or a program handover, and public work now would sit awkwardly on top of it.
  • You have no customer willing to speak to a prospect, so a push on references would have nobody to name.
  • You have no way to learn of complaints before the customer posts them, so reputation work would only react.

How it works

How the reputation management 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

    Search your name as a stranger would

    We search the business, its main product names and the owner's name, on a phone and a laptop, and record what appears.

  2. 2

    Catalogue every mention

    Reviews, news, listings, social posts and forum threads are sorted into accurate and positive, accurate and negative, and wrong. Each group gets a different action.

  3. 3

    Agree the replies and the owner of each

    Replies are drafted and approved by you. Anything involving a refund, a clinical matter, a legal claim or a named employee goes to the right person in your business before anything is posted.

  4. 4

    Fix what you control

    Listings, profile details and your own pages are corrected, and pages worth ranking for your name are strengthened with accurate information.

  5. 5

    Monitor and report

    The agreed places are checked on the agreed schedule. The name search is repeated and compared with the first record.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales management. A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

  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

    Sales process design

    One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.

    Start here if every salesperson sells differently.

  3. Step 3 · you are here

    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 ask a customer to be a reference?
Ask at handover while the line is running well, and agree who may be given the number and what they may be asked.
A plant is unhappy about a commissioning delay. What now?
Go in person with a revised plan and a date. A written apology without a schedule makes it worse.
A client says we did not hand over the PLC program. What now?
Check the contract for who owns the program and what was to be handed over. If a backup was due, send it with a signed handover note. If the contract keeps the source with you, say so plainly and explain what the plant gets, such as a read-only copy.
A plant engineer criticised us on LinkedIn. Do we reply there?
Yes, once, politely, and then call. Engineers read these threads and so do buyers. Do not argue the technical points in public. Say you would like to look at it together, and post an outcome only with the customer's agreement.
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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