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Parents ask a neighbour for a good teacher, then search that name.

Personal branding for a teacher is the visibility of the person who takes the class rather than the coaching centre's board.

Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

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In one paragraph

Personal branding for a teacher is the visibility of the person who takes the class rather than the coaching centre's board. It is what a parent finds when a neighbour hands over your name. GullySales builds that profile and writes the parent-facing material from an hour with you.

Also written for

Teacher, Tutor, Coaching faculty.

Where this sits

For teachers and tutors

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

  • “Admissions are decided in six weeks”

    Batches fill between April and June, and a tutor nobody can find in March waits a full year for the next chance. The mother asking in a school WhatsApp group in May is most of the market.

  • “The institute's board carries your results”

    Students say they studied at the centre, not under you. When you move, or start a batch of your own, ten years of results stay on somebody else's wall.

  • “A parent is buying a person for their child”

    She is handing over the thing she cannot replace, two hours a day, to a stranger. Fees come up late in that conversation. Safety, patience and whether the child will dare to ask a question come first.

  • “Your subject is searched, your name is not”

    Plenty of parents type maths tuition Vijayanagar and find listings. The ones sent by a friend type your name, and a blank result sends them back to ask the centre instead.

What we do

What we deliver for teachers and tutors.

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

  1. A profile a parent can check in two minutes

    Your degree, the boards and syllabuses you teach, the classes you take and how long you have taught them. Written for a mother reading on a phone at ten at night, not for another teacher.

    Result: The referral from a neighbour survives the search that follows it.

  2. Results stated without naming a child

    How your students did, written as subjects and ranges rather than photographs of minors holding marks cards. Where a family is glad to be named, their permission is taken in writing first.

    Result: Proof a parent believes, with nothing you would later have to take down.

  3. The hour we take from you

    One call between batches, usually about the chapter your students keep failing and why. That conversation becomes the writing. If the hour is not there in your week, put the money into a signboard and better notes instead.

    Result: Material in your own explanation, without drafting anything after correcting papers till midnight.

  4. Answers to what parents actually ask

    Why a child who scores in unit tests freezes in the board exam, when NEET coaching should start, what a demo class ought to show you. Plain pieces under your name.

    Result: A parent walks into the demo class already half decided.

  5. Your own batch, findable where you teach

    A Google Business Profile for the address you take classes at, the area names parents use, and a one-page note they can forward in a building group.

    Result: Enquiries reach your phone instead of the centre's counter.

  6. A record that moves when you move

    The profile, the writing and the parent notes sit on something you control rather than on an institute's website.

    Result: Leaving a coaching centre costs you a notice period, not your reputation.

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, so every later report has an honest comparison.

How it works

How the work runs for teachers and tutors

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

    Work out whether this is even your bottleneck

    The first conversation covers how enquiries reach you today. If the company's own site is the weaker link, that comes first, and we say so.

  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 routine

    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. If you would rather keep it running yourself, that is a fair outcome.

Before you hire anyone

The first thing to do yourself.

It costs nothing, and it shows what a buyer sees before they ever call you.

  1. Search your own name and your practice or business name in a private browser window, and list the first ten results.
  2. Open your profile on each major platform and check that the name, photo, description and contact details agree.
  3. Ask two people who recently chose you what they looked up first, and write down their answers.

Judge any provider

What to ask any agency or ghost-writer.

Useful whoever you choose, including us.

  • Who writes my words, and do I approve everything before it goes out?
  • Which of my own details and claims will you need to check with me before publishing?
  • What will you not write because of the rules my profession follows?
  • Whose account do the profiles and the content sit in, and what happens to them if we stop?
  • What do you count as a result, and what will you not promise?

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

GullySales builds every engagement from three pieces of sales work. This page is not one of them, but the same three steps apply to the business behind it.

  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

    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.

Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.

I teach at a school. Am I allowed to do this?
Read your appointment letter first. Then the school's service rules. Many schools restrict private tuition and outside work, and some state education rules do as well. That is between you and your employer, and we will not write around it. Where tuition is permitted, the school's name stays out of it.
My batches are already full. Is there any point?
Not much, and we would tell you so in the first conversation. A full batch means your problem is price or capacity. Come back when you are opening a second batch, moving out on your own, or trying to attract serious students rather than whoever turns up.
Do I need to be on Instagram for this?
No. Parents decide in WhatsApp groups and by searching your name, so a findable profile and something worth forwarding does more than a daily reel. If you enjoy posting, keep doing it. We will not pretend that follower counts fill a batch.
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 what is being changed and how many of the people who matter see it. 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 the work touches, such as your profiles, your website or your accounts, and time with the people who can answer our questions.
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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Your next practical step

Tell us what you are trying to grow, and we will read it before we call.

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