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The mandate came out of a conversation at a wedding, not out of a pitch deck.

Personal branding for an investment banker is the visibility of the individual a promoter will trust with the sale of a company they built, at a time when almost everything you know is confidential. GullySales writes and runs it from a monthly conversation, cleared by compliance first.

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Personal branding for an investment banker is the visibility of the individual a promoter will trust with the sale of a company they built, at a time when almost everything you know is confidential. GullySales writes and runs it from a monthly conversation, cleared by compliance first.

Also written for

Investment banker, M&A adviser, Corporate finance professional.

Where this sits

For investment bankers

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

  • A promoter decides to sell years before they ring anybody

    The thought starts when a competitor exits, or when a son says he does not want the factory. For the next two years they read quietly and ask one friend who has been through it.

  • Everything worth saying is price sensitive or under an NDA

    A live mandate rules out the sector you know best, and the processes you lost you may never mention. What is left is the part promoters never understand: how a deal actually runs.

  • Funds send deal flow to people whose view they have read

    A mid-market fund meets the same intermediaries every quarter. The banker who has published a real opinion on a sector gets the call when that fund goes hunting in it.

  • A tombstone proves nothing about what you did

    Announced transactions are the only public proof you have, and they say the deal closed. They do not say you held it together in week nine when the buyer tried to reprice.

What we do

What we deliver for investment bankers.

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

  1. A profile built on announced transactions and sector coverage

    Registration, the sectors you cover, deal sizes and the transactions already in the public domain. Nothing live, nothing withdrawn, nothing the client has not agreed to.

    Result: A promoter and a fund partner both see the same verifiable record.

  2. The monthly interview about how a process really runs

    An hour with you on the mechanics: what diligence uncovers, why valuations move between term sheet and closing, what a promoter should settle with their family first.

    Result: Writing a first-time seller cannot find anywhere else.

  3. Sector notes with nothing live inside them

    Your reading of where consolidation is heading in a category, drawn from public filings and published transactions only.

    Result: Funds and family offices start the conversation by referring to your note.

  4. A compliance read before every publication

    Each draft checked against live mandates and restricted lists, with a record kept of who cleared what and when.

    Result: An audit trail if anybody ever asks why a piece appeared that week.

  5. Conference panels and closed promoter forums

    A speaker biography and two subjects offered to business family forums and industry bodies, where the audience owns companies rather than advises on them.

    Result: Conversations with owners who are years away from a process and will remember you.

  6. Your directors given sectors of their own

    Profiles and sector notes for the directors and vice presidents, so coverage does not sit with one person.

    Result: Two processes can run at once without the same name on both.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiries that name you or came through your profile
  • Searches for your name, from Search Console
  • Profile views and connection requests from your industry
  • Speaking invitations, press enquiries and podcast requests
  • Posts published against posts planned, and what held up the rest

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, then reported every month against it.

How it works

From your first message to the first monthly report.

No open-ended retainer. Each step has a point in time and something you receive.

  1. 01 · Day 1

    Free audit call

    45 minutes with whoever handles your enquiries: how they arrive, how fast they are answered, where they are lost.

  2. 02 · Within a few working days

    Written, scored report

    Six areas scored, fixes ranked by return and cost. If you want our help, the scope and fee come with it, in writing.

  3. 03 · Before work starts

    Baseline recorded

    Enquiries by source, reply time, conversion and cost per order, written down so every later month has an honest comparison.

  4. 04 · Month 1

    The first fix goes live

    Usually the cheapest one on the report: reply time, a follow-up sequence or the marketing-to-sales handover.

  5. 05 · Every month

    Report against the baseline

    What moved, what did not, and what changes next, in plain words.

  6. 06 · Month 3 to 6

    Renew on the numbers

    The term ends and you decide whether to continue from the results. No twelve-month lock.

How the work runs for investment bankers

  1. 1

    Work out whether this is even your bottleneck

    The audit call covers how enquiries reach you today. Plenty of owners come asking for this and leave with a report saying the company's own site is the weaker link, and that comes first.

  2. 2

    Search your own name with you

    We look at what a buyer sees today: every profile, old listing and photograph. Some of it you will want taken down, and some of it only you can take down.

  3. 3

    Agree what you will and will not say

    The subjects you know cold, the ones that belong to your clients, and the lines your regulator or association draws. Written down before anything is published.

  4. 4

    Rebuild the profiles

    The bio page, LinkedIn and the directories that matter in your field, done once and done properly.

  5. 5

    The monthly rhythm

    Interview, drafts, your approval, publication. The interview is the only part that needs you, and it is the part that cannot be skipped.

  6. 6

    Hand it over

    The subject list, the drafting notes and the calendar are yours. Plenty of owners keep it running themselves after a few months, and that is a fair outcome.

Why us

Why owners pick GullySales over an agency.

  • Marketing and sales, as one job

    Most agencies stop at the enquiry. We also fix what happens after it: the reply, the follow-up, the quote and the CRM.

  • The person on the first call does the work

    No account managers in between. You are never handed to someone you have not met.

  • A baseline before anything starts

    Your numbers are written down on day one, so every monthly report compares against something honest.

  • The fee in writing, split three ways

    Our time, your media spend and production on separate lines. You always see what goes to us.

  • No lock-in, no guarantees we cannot keep

    Three to six months at a time. We never promise a ranking or a lead count, because nobody controls those.

  • One office, and we say so

    Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru. We work across India by call and WhatsApp and travel when a session needs to be in person.

#257, 3rd floor, Sri Nanjundeshwara Complex, Nagarbhavi 8th Block, Outer Ring Road. How we work.

The offer

Start with a free audit of how you sell.

It is useful on its own, whether or not you hire us.

What you receive

  • A 45-minute call with the person who will do the work
  • A written, scored report on the six places orders leak, within a few working days
  • Every fix ranked by what it returns and what it costs
  • The one thing to do first, and why
  • An honest line on whether you need outside help at all
  • If you do, the scope and the fee in writing

No invoice. No obligation. No sales script.

We call and WhatsApp on this number.

We use your details only to reply to this enquiry. See the privacy policy.

FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.

Our compliance team will never allow this.
Then they set the scope, and that conversation happens before any writing is commissioned. Restrictions on unpublished price sensitive information, on live mandates and on personal dealing are not negotiable, and a sensible programme is built around them. Your registration and the firm's are what is at risk, so the compliance officer's word is final. If the answer comes back as a flat no, there is nothing here for you to buy and we will say so at the audit rather than after the invoice.
Can I write about a deal after it closes?
Only what has been publicly announced, and only what the client agrees to in writing. Even then, keep the commentary on structure and process rather than on what the business was worth to them. Promoters talk to each other, and discretion is the referral.
Is this not a business done entirely on relationships?
It is, and this is how a relationship stays warm between the two conversations a year you actually get. A promoter who has been reading your sector note for eighteen months rings you first when the board finally moves. The audit call starts by looking at where your last five mandates began.
How much does it cost?
There is no price list, because the work differs by business. The fee is scoped in the free audit and put in writing before anything starts, split into our time, your media spend and production.
How long is the contract?
Three to six months at a time. There is no twelve-month lock, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.
How soon will we see results?
Fixes to reply time, follow-up and your Google Business Profile usually show in weeks, because the enquiries already exist. Ads show in days once follow-up is ready. SEO and content take months. The audit tells you which applies to you.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you meet on the audit call. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.
What do you need from us?
For the audit, last month's enquiries in any format and 45 minutes with whoever handles them. After that, access to the accounts the work touches, such as the website, Google Business Profile or CRM, and time for the monthly review.
What if we are not happy with the work?
Tell us and the plan changes. Every month is reported against the baseline, so a number that is not moving is visible to both sides. Terms run three to six months at a time, and the refund and cancellation policy sets out the rest.

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