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Website design and development companies · Lead generation

Sort the owner who needs a site from one who needs a rebrand.

Lead generation for a web company is bringing enquiries in and finding out, before anyone writes a proposal, what the owner actually wants built. GullySales sets the questions asked on the first call and records where every signed project came from.

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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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Sales and marketing for website design and development companies, the overview.

Last updated 5 Oct 2026.

For website design and development companies

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

  • “I need a website means something bigger”

    The owner wants a logo, photographs and a catalogue, calls all of it a website, and the quote never matches the brief.

  • “A full proposal is free to shop with”

    Twelve pages of scope sent to a stranger travels to the freelancer who will do it for a third.

  • “Renewal dates are a list of warm calls”

    Every hosting date you hold names a client thinking about their website, and nobody opens the list.

What we do

What we deliver for website design and development companies.

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

  1. A first-call script that separates the two enquiries

    Questions that establish whether the owner wants a site, a rebrand, a catalogue or photographs, and what they expect it to do for the business.

    Result: You quote for the job the owner actually has.

  2. A one-page scope note before the full proposal

    The build, the exclusions and a price band on a single page, with the detailed document held back until there is a paid discovery or a serious call.

    Result: Your scoping work stops walking to a cheaper developer.

  3. A budget question you are comfortable asking

    The wording for asking what an owner has set aside, and what to say when the answer is ten thousand rupees.

    Result: The half-hour call goes to somebody who can pay.

  4. A call list from your hosting and domain records

    Every past client's renewal date, platform version and build year in one sheet, with the month to ring marked against each.

    Result: Old projects produce work without a cold start.

  5. A build partner note for agencies

    A page and a short note for marketing and advertising agencies that need landing pages and client sites, carrying your rates, turnaround and how white label work is handled.

    Result: Projects arrive already scoped by somebody else.

  6. A record of which source pays for itself

    Each enquiry and each signed project marked with where it came from, so the report shows work won by channel rather than visits.

    Result: The referral source that actually pays gets your attention.

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.

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Where enquiries come from

Where a website or app enquiry starts, and what to record on the first call.

A referral from a past client
Record who referred, the project they saw and the new owner's business. Ask whether the owner is replacing an old site or building a first one.
A Google search for a web designer in your city
Tag the page the visitor landed on. A local owner often needs a site, a Google listing and a few fixes together, so ask which of these is the main worry.
A freelance platform enquiry
Tag the platform and the job post. Check the platform's current rules on taking work off it, and ask the same scoping questions you ask everyone.
A hosting or domain renewal list
Write down the client, the renewal date and the last conversation. A client at renewal is already thinking about the site, so call before the invoice goes out.
An agency or freelancer needing a build partner
Note the agency, the client behind it and who owns the relationship. Agree the rate, who speaks to the end client, and what you may show as portfolio.
An owner who messages after seeing a site you built
Record the site the lead saw and who made the introduction. Someone who likes a particular site wants something like it, so ask which parts they liked.

Who it is for

This is written for these website design and development companies.

  • Small web design studios for local businesses
  • WordPress and WooCommerce developers
  • Shopify and e-commerce website builders
  • Custom web application developers
  • UI and UX design firms
  • Web companies focused on one industry, such as healthcare or real estate
  • Hosting and website maintenance providers
  • Freelance web developers building a team

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • You have no written scope note to send, so every enquiry would turn into a long call with an owner who has not decided to buy.
  • Your team is already full of projects that are late for content, and more enquiries would only delay the ones in hand.
  • You accept any budget and any brief, and a sorting step would only make you refuse work you intend to take.

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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How do we stop quoting for people who never pay?
Ask about money on the first call, plainly. An owner who will not give a range is comparing you with a nephew.
Where do projects come from when referrals dry up?
Past clients, agencies needing a build partner, and the trades you have already built for. Tag every enquiry so you feed what works.
A message says it needs a website and gives a very low budget. Do we reply?
Once, with what a simple template build includes and what it does not. Do not invent a custom quote. If the enquirer wants more than the budget allows, say so plainly. Log the enquiry, and the owner may return when the business grows.
Whose client is it when an agency brings us a client for white-label work?
Agree it in writing before starting: who speaks to the client, who owns the contract, and whether you may show the site as your own. Log the agency and the end client on separate lines, so renewals go to the right person.
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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