Email marketing · Marketing
Send emails written for the person on your list, not everyone on it.
Most businesses have an email list sitting mostly unused, built from past customers and enquiries, sent to occasionally when someone remembers. A list like this loses value quickly: people forget why they are on it, and the eventual email either gets ignored or marked as unwanted.
A 90-minute audit call and a written, scored report. Turnaround, reporting and term are agreed in writing after the audit.
In one paragraph
Email marketing is the planned use of email to nurture enquiries and keep past customers engaged. It also announces offers, sent to a list your business actually owns rather than a rented one. GullySales writes, sends and reports on these emails, and treats a low open rate as a finding to fix rather than something to ignore.
We treat email as a channel worth planning properly: a regular, sensible schedule and content actually useful to the person receiving it. Segments keep a past customer, a live enquiry and a newsletter subscriber from all getting the identical message.
This is different from marketing automation, which builds the triggered sequences behind the scenes. Email marketing here covers the planned, written campaigns sent to your list, whether automated or sent by hand.
The problem
Does this sound like your business?
What owners tell us on the first call, in their words.
“The email list is only used once or twice a year”
A database of past customers and enquiries sits mostly untouched, so when an email finally goes out, most recipients barely recognise the sender.
“Every subscriber gets the exact same email”
A brand-new enquiry, a loyal customer and a one-time buyer all receive identical content, none of it particularly relevant to any of them.
“Open rates are low and nobody has asked why”
Emails go out on a rough schedule with no review of subject lines, sending times or content, so a declining open rate goes unnoticed.
“An enquiry goes cold because nothing follows up by email”
Someone shows interest, is not ready to buy immediately, and receives nothing further until they have forgotten the business entirely.
What we do
Everything that is included.
Each deliverable, and what it gets you. Nothing here is an extra.
List segmentation
Your list split into groups, such as past customers, live enquiries and newsletter subscribers, each receiving relevant content.
Email calendar
A planned schedule of what goes out and when, rather than emails sent whenever someone remembers.
Written content
Subject lines and email copy written for each segment, in your voice, checked before sending.
Automated nurture sequences
A short series of emails triggered when someone enquires but is not ready to buy, keeping them warm without manual effort.
Deliverability check
Technical settings checked so emails reach the inbox rather than a spam folder.
How the result is measured
- Open rate and click rate by segment
- Enquiries and orders traced to email
- List growth and unsubscribe rate
- Emails sent against the planned calendar
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 email list of past customers or enquiries that is rarely or never used
- Companies that want to nurture an enquiry that is not ready to buy immediately
- Businesses with regular news, offers or content worth sharing with an existing audience
- Owners who send occasional, inconsistent emails and want a proper schedule instead
- Companies that already collect email addresses on their website with no plan for what to do with them
Not for
It is not the right fit if.
- Businesses with no email list and no realistic way to build one
- Anyone wanting to buy or rent a list rather than build one with proper consent
- Businesses whose customers genuinely do not use email as a primary channel, where WhatsApp or SMS fits better
How it works
From your first message to the first report.
No open-ended retainer. Each step has a point in time and something you receive.
01 · Day 1
Free audit call
90 minutes with whoever handles your enquiries: how they arrive, how fast they are answered, where they are lost.
02 · 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.
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.
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.
05 · 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.
06 · At the end of the term
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 email marketing work runs
- 1
Understand your list
We review who is on the list, how they got there, and how long it has been since they last heard from you.
- 2
Audit past sends
We check open and click rates from past emails to see what has and has not worked.
- 3
Segment and plan
The list is split into meaningful groups and a sending calendar is agreed.
- 4
Implement content and automation
Emails are written, scheduled and, where useful, set to trigger automatically based on behaviour.
- 5
Measure and optimise
We track performance monthly and adjust subject lines, timing and content based on what the list responds to.
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.
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%
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%
Also worked with
Curtain Label · Difesa Security Services · Hands On CSR · Implevista · Kambar Group · Kalessi · Kerur Pain Clinic · LL Trust · Lucky Deals · Natural Gases · NavaShakthi Souhardha · NewCom Logistics · Proton Technical Services · Shakthi Foundation · Shakthi Group · Urbanest · Insyde Studio · Venkateshwara Laser Tech · Vivara Studios
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.
Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.
How often should we email our list?
Can we buy a list to grow this faster?
Is this the same as marketing automation?
What software do you use?
How is progress reported?
How much does it cost?
How long is the contract?
How soon will we see results?
Who will actually do the work?
What do you need from us?
By industry
Email marketing, 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.