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Record the school, its board, its three decision makers and where the deal stands.

A CRM for a school software firm is the shared record of every school you have spoken to, who is involved and what has been promised. GullySales works on the fields, stages and habits that fit a school sale tied to the academic year, using whichever tool you already use.

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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 CRM means

A CRM is the record where every enquiry, call and quote is kept against a customer, replacing separate notebooks, spreadsheets and memory. GullySales sets up or cleans an existing CRM and reports from it by enquiry outcome rather than by activity logged.

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Last updated 18 Oct 2026.

For school management software providers

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

  • “The record is a school, not a person”

    A principal may leave or a trustee may change at the next management election. If the record is built around one contact, the history walks out with them. The school should own the record and the people hang off it.

  • “Stages should follow how schools buy”

    Enquiry, first call, demo with all three desks, school visit, proposal, management approval and onboarding are real steps. Generic stages like prospect and negotiation hide where schools actually stall.

  • “The academic year belongs in the record”

    A field for the session a school is deciding for and the month it wants to go live turns a vague pipeline into a calendar. Without it, a school that said next year is lost in the same list as one signing this month.

  • “Customers need records as much as prospects”

    The accountant at a current school, the principal's renewal month and the campuses that could be added are all facts worth holding. Software firms stop the CRM at signature, and renewal then arrives as a surprise.

What we do

What we deliver for school management software providers.

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

  1. A school-shaped record

    Fields for board, campuses, current system, student strength band, language and the named trustee, principal and accountant.

    Result: Any salesperson can open a record and see who the decision makers are.

  2. Deal stages that match the school year

    A short list of stages with a plain rule for moving between them, such as demo only counted once all three desks attended.

    Result: Stages mean the same thing to everyone on the team.

  3. Source and reference fields

    A tag for where each school came from and whether it can host a visit or take a call from another school.

    Result: You can find a reference school by board and town.

  4. Import of existing lists

    Clean-up and import of the spreadsheets and phone contacts the team already holds, with duplicates merged.

    Result: One list instead of several personal ones.

  5. Customer records for renewal

    Contact dates, support history and open requests held against each customer school, with the accountant and principal both recorded.

    Result: A renewal conversation starts from what is already written down.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiries logged in the CRM
  • Data completeness
  • Reports generated from CRM data

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

Read the full CRM implementation and customisation page

Fields worth keeping

The fields that let a software firm record a school, its board and its three signatories.

School, board and student strength
Filled by the salesperson at the first call. Sets the demo, the plan offered and the person who should join the conversation.
Trustee, principal and accountant names
Filled as each is met. A deal with only the principal named has no route to the person who signs.
Current system and data to import
Filled after the first demo. Tells onboarding what files to expect and whether the import is simple or messy.
Session start and board meeting date
Filled when the school tells you. Lets the manager see which schools decide before the session opens.
Reference school visited
Filled after a visit to another customer. Records which schools you lean on, and which prospects have seen a working school.
Renewal date and users added
Filled by the account team. Keeps customers in the same record so a renewal or an extra campus is not missed.

Who it is for

This is written for these school management software providers.

  • Software for single-campus private schools
  • Platforms for school groups and trusts with many campuses
  • Fee collection and accounting tools for schools
  • Parent and student mobile app providers
  • Admission and enquiry management tools for schools
  • Transport tracking and attendance software
  • Pre-school and play-school management software
  • Coaching centre and tuition institute management software

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • Your demos are run by whoever is free and nobody writes them up, so a record would fill with blanks.
  • You have very few schools in the pipeline and a spreadsheet would hold them.
  • You want the CRM to forecast sales without anyone entering the decision dates.

How it works

How the CRM 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

    Map the sales process

    We sit with the people who sell and write down how a deal moves from enquiry to payment, including where it stalls.

  2. 2

    Agree stages, fields and owners

    Each stage gets a name your team already uses and a proof that the deal has left it. We agree which fields are required at which stage, and who may change what.

  3. 3

    Build on a copy

    Pipeline, fields and views are built on a trial copy where the CRM offers one, or in a separate pipeline where the plan allows. Live work stays untouched.

  4. 4

    Connect channels, then switch on automations

    Channels are connected first. Each automation is then switched on separately, so a misfiring rule is easy to find.

  5. 5

    Test with real deals

    The people who will use the CRM run open deals through it. Gaps are fixed before the whole team switches over.

  6. 6

    Switch over and trim

    Once real use shows which fields stay empty and which stages nobody uses, those are cut and the handover record is updated.

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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Which CRM should a school software firm use?
The one the team will actually update. GullySales works with the tool you have and shapes its fields and stages first. Moving to a new tool is worth it only when the current one blocks the process.
Who updates the CRM after a school visit?
The person who made the visit, the same day, with a short note on who attended and what they asked. Put this in the visit routine so it does not depend on memory.
Who updates the CRM after a school visit?
The salesperson who made the visit, before the next call. A record filled in a week later holds what was remembered, not what was said, so make the entry part of closing the visit.
Should customer schools and prospects share one record?
Yes, with a type field. A school moves from prospect to customer to renewal, and its history of demos, concerns and references should stay with it, so the account team does not start from nothing.
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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