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Your customers already walk past you, so buy the two streets and the glass.

Outdoor advertising for a salon is the shopfront, the board at the lane and a few panels inside the couple of kilometres a customer will walk or ride for an appointment. GullySales reviews what you already own, puts bridal boards up ahead of the muhurta season, and gives each panel one service.

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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 outdoor advertising means

Outdoor advertising is the hoarding, billboard, bus shelter or digital screen on a road your buyers already use. GullySales picks the sites from where your customers actually come from, coordinates the booking with the media owner, and gives the campaign a traceable route so it is not judged on guesswork.

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Last updated 5 Oct 2026.

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

  • “The catchment is two streets wide”

    A haircut or a threading appointment is decided on convenience, and nobody crosses a city for one. The panels worth buying are the ones a resident of those two or three layouts passes on the way home.

  • “The glass front is the site you are not using”

    Most salons put the name above the door and stop there. The services that fill weekday chairs, the starting price and whether you take walk-ins belong on that glass, where somebody is already standing and looking in.

  • “Bridal boards belong months before the season”

    A bride shortlists an artist four to six months before the date, with the family and two friends. A board that appears during the wedding season is talking to women who chose somebody else in the monsoon.

  • “A board cannot promise a skin result”

    Claims that a facial clears acne or removes pigmentation are the ones that attract a complaint, and on a panel they stay up for the whole cycle. Have the wording read by your own adviser before it is printed.

What we do

What we deliver for salons and beauty studios.

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

  1. Shopfront and board review from the footpath

    What the glass says to somebody walking past, whether the services and timings can be read, and whether the sign is lit when people are coming home from work.

    Result: A passer-by learns what you do before they walk on.

  2. Panel list inside the walking catchment

    Lane boards, gate arches at nearby societies and the kiosk at the junction, chosen from the layouts your appointment book already shows customers coming from.

    Result: You stop buying reach you cannot serve.

  3. One service to a panel, with a starting price

    Hair colour, a bridal package or the membership on its own board, with the price band where you publish one, because somebody who cannot guess the cost does not come in.

    Result: The board answers the question that stops people at the door.

  4. Claim wording checked before the flex is printed

    Anything the panel says about results on skin or hair read against what you can stand behind, and past your own adviser, since it cannot be edited once it is on the structure.

    Result: Nothing on the board invites a complaint.

  5. A booking line used outdoors alone

    One WhatsApp number on the panels and nowhere else, answered while the chairs are running, so an enquiry can be put down to a board rather than guessed at.

    Result: You know what the boards brought in.

  6. The desk question and the read

    Every new customer asked where they saw you, recorded against the display cycle and read against the baseline taken before the boards went up.

    Result: The next cycle is bought on evidence instead of memory.

How the result is measured

  • Sites booked
  • Proof of display received
  • Enquiries quoting the campaign route

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

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How it is bought, and approved

A salon buys outdoor close to its door, and the landlord and the civic body clear it first.

The glass front
Window film and a lit sign on your glass fall under the lease and the local body's signage rules. Ask the landlord and the traders' association before changing it.
A board at the lane
A board at the lane sits on someone's wall. Get that owner's written consent, and note who fixes it when it tears.
Kiosk faces on the walking route
Pole kiosks are sold per face. Pick the face on the street your customers walk, within a couple of streets of the salon.
Bridal boards and wedding streets
Look at the roads near the wedding halls and saree shops. Book before the muhurta season, because good faces are held by earlier advertisers.
Photographs on the flex
A model or a customer in a photograph needs a written release, and a stock image needs a licence. Keep both on file.
A booking line and a desk question
Print a line used on the boards only, and have the desk ask 'which board did you see' when a booking is made.

Who it is for

This is written for these salons and beauty studios.

  • Neighbourhood unisex salons
  • Ladies beauty parlours and threading studios
  • Premium hair studios and colour specialists
  • Bridal makeup artists and bridal studios
  • Freelance and home-visit makeup artists
  • Nail, lash and brow studios
  • Men's grooming lounges and barbershops
  • Franchise outlets of salon chains
  • Skin care and cosmetics brands selling online and through salons

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • The landlord or the civic body has not cleared a board or glass sticker, and you would be paying for a design that cannot go up.
  • You plan to put a skin or hair result claim on the board, which a board cannot support.
  • The salon is not on a street with footfall, and a nearby board would reach nobody.

How it works

How the outdoor advertising 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

    Draw the catchment

    We agree the roads, junctions and neighbourhoods your buyer moves through. Owners first name a wider area than their buyers travel, and a clinic in Nagarbhavi does not need the whole of west Bengaluru.

  2. 2

    Survey what is available

    We work through the sites on offer inside that catchment and go and stand in front of the ones worth looking at, at the hour your buyer passes. A site that reads well at noon can be dark and hidden by a tree at seven.

  3. 3

    Compare and book

    Sites are compared on facing, visibility, illumination, paperwork and cycle length, then booked through the media owner or their agency at a negotiated rate. The booking is written down: site address, size, lit or unlit, start date and cycle.

  4. 4

    Print to specification

    Artwork is made to the exact panel size and delivered ahead of mounting day, with a proof you approve before printing.

  5. 5

    Monitor the cycle

    We collect mounting and mid-cycle photographs, and take up anything late, torn or unlit with the media owner while the cycle is still running.

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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Should the board show our prices?
A starting band, yes. People walk past a salon they like the look of because they cannot tell whether it is meant for them. A price for a haircut or a clean-up answers that from the footpath, and the full list stays inside on the menu.
When do bridal boards need to be up?
Four to six months ahead of the muhurta dates, so the boards for a winter season go up around the middle of the year. Brides shortlist early and pay the trial fee long before the shopping starts. A panel during the season catches only the brides whose first choice was already booked.
Is branding an auto or e-rickshaw better than a board for a neighbourhood salon?
A moving panel buys a route, and a salon's catchment is a few streets, so most of its reach is wasted. Ask for the route and hours before you pay. Vehicle advertising rules differ by state and change, so check the permit.
A rival put a bigger board right next to mine. What can I do?
You cannot stop a permitted board, so improve your own: a clean, lit front with one service and a number. Ask your landlord about the frontage, and consider a second face on the route customers walk before they reach the rival's.
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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