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Chase the proposal with dates you set the day you sent it.

A follow-up system for a managed IT service provider is the set of agreed next steps after an enquiry, an assessment, a proposal and a renewal notice, each with an owner and a date. GullySales writes the steps and messages and sets them up in your CRM so no proposal sits unanswered.

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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 follow up systems means

A follow-up system is the set routine for calling, messaging or emailing an enquiry more than once, since most buyers do not decide on the first conversation. GullySales sets the number and timing of follow-ups so an undecided buyer keeps hearing from you until they decide either way.

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For managed IT service providers

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

  • “The proposal goes out and the silence begins”

    A per-user quote lands with a finance head who does not reply for days. Without a fixed date to ask, the engineer assumes it is under review and the prospect assumes you have lost interest.

  • “The prospect's contract end date is a calendar, not a secret”

    A company with a running agreement will not move until it ends. Ask when it ends at the first call, record it, and call before that date. Otherwise you meet them after they have renewed.

  • “Assessment visits create promises nobody writes down”

    An engineer walks the office, notes an ageing switch and an unmanaged backup, and says a report will follow. The report depends on memory, and a gap here costs the sale.

  • “Renewals get a reminder only when the invoice is due”

    The invoice is the worst moment to remind a finance head what the year delivered. The follow-up that matters starts before it, with a record of work done and risks still open.

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. Stage map from enquiry to renewal

    A one-page list of every stage, who owns it and what must be sent before the deal moves on.

    Result: Any open deal has a named owner and a next step.

  2. Message set for each stage

    Written replies for the first enquiry, the assessment booking, the proposal chase and the lost-deal note, in your voice.

    Result: The team stops writing the same message from scratch.

  3. Date rules in the CRM

    Next-contact dates set when a proposal is sent, and a field for the prospect's current contract end.

    Result: A list of prospects due a call is one filter away.

  4. Assessment report template

    A short document for the engineer to complete after a site visit, with findings in plain language and a quote reference.

    Result: The prospect gets the report that was promised.

  5. Renewal pack outline

    A record of tickets closed, patches, backup tests and open risks, drafted ahead of the renewal conversation.

    Result: The finance head reads the year before reading the invoice.

How the result is measured

  • Follow-up completion rate
  • Average number of follow-ups before close
  • Enquiries closed after repeat follow-up

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

Read the full lead response and follow-up page

What to send

Each message should carry a date set on the day the proposal went out.

Contract end date of the current vendor
Recorded at the first call. It tells you when to write again, since a prospect may sign nothing until that renewal is near.
Findings from the assessment visit
A one-page summary of what the engineer saw, sent with the proposal so the prospect has a document to circulate to the signer.
Open questions from the walkthrough
A list of what you promised to answer, such as exit terms or data location, with the name of the person who owes each answer.
Reference call offer
A note offering a call with a client of similar size, sent only with that client's consent and with the sector matched.
Renewal reminder to the signer
A message to the person who signed, ahead of the agreement end, with changes in seats and scope since the last term.

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

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • You have not sent a proposal yet, so there is nothing to follow up and no date to set.
  • Your engineers promise things on assessment visits that nobody writes down, and follow-up would repeat promises you cannot trace.
  • You plan to chase a prospect whose contract with the old vendor is locked for a long period with no sign of a problem.

How it works

How the follow up systems 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

    Measure today's reply time

    From your recent enquiries, we set the time each arrived against its first reply, using the call log, chats, form entries and portal panel. We also count the follow-ups each one got.

  2. 2

    Agree targets and the sequence

    We set reply targets and the follow-up sequence with your team, based on its real hours and workload.

  3. 3

    Write the templates and first-call questions

    The first reply, the quote follow-up and the last attempt are written in your voice and loaded as quick replies. The first-call questions are agreed with your best salesperson.

  4. 4

    Set ownership, tasks and alerts

    Named owners, cover for leave and CRM or sheet tasks go live. App alerts, such as IndiaMART's, are switched on for the right phones.

  5. 5

    Track and adjust

    Reply time and follow-up completion are reported against the baseline, and the routine is changed where it is not kept. 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 2, qualification. 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 many times should we chase a proposal?
Set the number with your own sales head, based on how long your deals take. What matters more is that each chase adds something: an answer to a question, a clarified scope or a reference to the contract end date.
Who should own the follow-up, sales or the engineer?
Give the deal one owner, the person who sent the proposal. Engineers supply technical answers when asked. Split ownership is how a quote ends up with nobody chasing it.
What if the prospect has gone silent after an assessment?
Send a short note that restates the main finding and offers one specific next step, such as a call with the finance head. A silent prospect is not a lost one until you have asked for a decision.
How do we keep promises made on an assessment visit?
Write them in the assessment report the same day and send it to the prospect. A promise that exists only in an engineer's memory gets lost when the project is handed over. The report also gives the signer a document to share inside the firm.
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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