Channel performance management · Channel and partners
Move next month's budget to the channel that is actually working.
Knowing which channel performs best is only useful if the budget actually moves in response. Many businesses commission a comparison once, agree a channel needs less funding, and then leave the budget exactly as it was because nobody owns the follow-through.
A 90-minute audit call and a written, scored report. Turnaround, reporting and term are agreed in writing after the audit.
In one paragraph
Channel performance management is the ongoing work of shifting marketing budget between Google Ads, Meta, email, organic search and other channels as their results change. It replaces reviewing this once a year. GullySales tracks channel performance as results come in and moves spend while there is still time in the quarter to benefit from it.
We treat channel budget as something to manage actively, not set once. A channel with a rising cost per enquiry gets less of the budget. A channel beating its target gets more. Both moves stay inside limits agreed in advance, so spend does not swing wildly.
This follows on from channel performance analysis, which compares channels at a point in time. Channel performance management is the month-to-month discipline of acting on that comparison as conditions change.
The problem
Does this sound like your business?
What owners tell us on the first call, in their words.
“Budget reallocation happens once a year, if at all”
Spend by channel is reviewed at the annual planning meeting and left untouched for the rest of the year regardless of what changes.
“A channel keeps its funding after three months of poor results”
Nobody has explicitly decided to reduce a channel's budget, so it continues receiving the same amount by default.
“Nobody owns the decision to move spend between channels”
Everyone can see a channel is underperforming, but reallocating budget requires a decision nobody has been given clear authority to make.
“A new channel is tested without a plan to fund it properly or drop it”
A trial budget is given to a new channel with no threshold set in advance for when it earns more spend or is stopped.
What we do
Everything that is included.
Each deliverable, and what it gets you. Nothing here is an extra.
Channel scorecard
Cost per enquiry and trend for every active channel, kept current rather than looked at once a year.
Reallocation recommendation
A specific suggestion on how much budget should move between channels, within agreed limits.
Threshold rules
Written rules for when a channel gains budget, loses budget, or is paused, agreed in advance so decisions are not made on feeling.
New channel test framework
A defined trial budget and a review date for any new channel, so a test does not run indefinitely without a decision.
Review call
A short call to walk through the scorecard and agree any changes for the coming month.
How the result is measured
- Overall cost per enquiry across all channels
- Budget reallocated month to month
- Channels meeting, missing or exceeding their threshold
- New channel tests concluded with a clear decision
- Active dealers
- Dealer sales
- Territory coverage
Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.
Who it is for
This is written for you if these sound familiar.
- Businesses with an existing multi-channel budget and the flexibility to move spend between channels
- Owners who have had a channel comparison done but never acted on its findings
- Companies testing a new channel who want a clear point to fund it further or drop it
- Teams managing marketing across more than one person or agency who need one view of where budget sits
- Businesses with seasonal demand where the best channel changes across the year
Not for
It is not the right fit if.
- Businesses on a fixed media plan with contracts that cannot be adjusted mid-term
- Single-channel operations with no budget to move between anything
- Anyone unwilling to actually change spend based on what the numbers show
How it works
From your first message to the first report.
No open-ended retainer. Every step gives you something in writing.
First
Free audit call
90 minutes with whoever handles your enquiries: how they arrive, how fast they are answered, where they are lost.
After the call
Written, scored report
Six areas scored, fixes ranked by return and cost. If you want our help, the scope, the fee and the reporting come with it, in writing.
Before work starts
Baseline recorded
Enquiries by source, reply time, conversion and cost per order, written down so every later report has an honest comparison.
After the baseline
The first fix goes live
Usually the cheapest one on the report: reply time, a follow-up sequence or the marketing-to-sales handover.
As agreed
Report against the baseline
What moved, what did not, and what changes next, in plain words. How often you get it is set in writing before work starts.
At renewal
Renew on the numbers
The term ends and you decide whether to continue from the results. The length is agreed in writing before anything starts.
How the work runs
- 1
Understand budget flexibility
We confirm which parts of the budget can actually move and which are locked into contracts or commitments.
- 2
Audit current allocation
We record how spend is currently split before making any changes, as the starting baseline.
- 3
Set thresholds
Rules for increasing, reducing or pausing a channel's budget are agreed with you in advance.
- 4
Implement reviews
On the schedule agreed in writing, the scorecard is updated and reallocation is proposed against the agreed thresholds.
- 5
Measure and adjust
We track whether the money we moved brought the cost per enquiry down. If it did not, the thresholds change.
Proof
What happened when owners fixed this.
Real clients, the work we did, and the result as it was recorded. Where no number was recorded, none is claimed.
SB Engineering
- Situation
- Buyers searching for laser cutting and sheet metal work in Bengaluru were finding other suppliers first, because the company did not rank for the terms its own customers type.
- What we did
- The site redesigned for mobile
- Search work on the buyer's terms
- Content that shows the work
- Social channels managed
- Result
- Website traffic rose 60% within six months, against a target of 50%.
- High-quality leads rose 45%, with a rise in conversion rates alongside them.
- Fifteen target keywords moved up the rankings, five of them into the top three positions.
Chord Road Hospital
- Situation
- Patients who knew the hospital trusted it. Patients who searched for a department or a treatment in the area did not find it.
- What we did
- Website rebuilt around patient needs
- Search visibility
- Social media on a schedule
- Review management
- Result
- Organic traffic increased 60% within six months
- Online appointment bookings increased 40%
- Social following grew 45%, and engagement on it rose 70%
Hotel Felicity Inn
- Situation
- A traveller compares three hotels on a phone and books one. The website was not built for that.
- What we did
- The site rebuilt around booking
- Photography and one look
- Search work for destination searches
- Content a traveller reads
- Result
- Online bookings increased 35%
- Organic traffic increased 50% within six months
- Positive reviews on Google and TripAdvisor increased 30%
Also worked with
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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 later 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 guarantees we cannot keep
The term is agreed in writing and never a default twelve months. 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.
Engagement options
Ways to work with us.
Pick the size of commitment that fits. Every option starts with the free audit.
Option 1
The audit on its own
A 90-minute call and a written, scored report. It says honestly whether you need outside help, and many fixes are ones your own team can make.
Option 2
One fix, scoped
Start with the fix the audit ranks first, such as reply time or follow-up. The fee is in writing before anything starts.
Option 3
An ongoing programme
We run the work, report against the baseline, and you renew on the numbers. The term and the reporting are agreed in writing first.
Option 4
Guidance for your own team or agency
We plan, brief and check the work of your in-house team or current agency, instead of replacing them.
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 90-minute call with the person who will do the work
- A written, scored report on the six places orders leak
- 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.
FAQ
Questions owners ask before they call.
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How much can move between channels each month?
Do you need control of our ad accounts to do this?
What if two channels perform similarly?
Is this only about digital channels?
How is this reported?
How long is the contract?
How soon will we see results?
Who will actually do the work?
What do you need from us?
What if we are not happy with the work?
By industry
Channel performance management, written for your industry.
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Your next practical step
Get a free audit of how you sell, and a scored report of where the work is.
90 minutes. A written, scored report. No invoice and no obligation.