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Be the pin on the map that shows correct hours and actually answers reviews.

For a clinic, a restaurant, a repair shop or any business people visit or call locally, the Google Business Profile is often the first thing a searcher sees. It appears before they ever reach the website. A profile with wrong hours, no recent photos and unanswered reviews looks neglected, and neglected looks unreliable.

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

Google Business Profile management keeps your listing on Google Maps and search complete, accurate and active: correct hours, categories, photos and prompt replies to reviews. GullySales sets it up properly and keeps it current, since an abandoned profile quietly costs local businesses calls and visits.

We set up the profile completely: correct categories so it appears for the right searches, service and product listings, and a steady stream of photos and posts. We then answer reviews, good and bad, because a reply says more about a business than the review itself.

This is narrower than full local SEO, which also covers the website and citations across other directories. Google Business Profile management is specifically the maintenance and activity on this one listing, kept current every month.

The problem

Does this sound like your business?

What owners tell us on the first call, in their words.

  • “The listing shows the wrong hours or an old address”

    A customer drives to a location that has moved, or calls outside hours the listing still shows as open, because nobody has updated it.

  • “A bad review sits unanswered for months”

    A negative review is visible to every future searcher, and the silence from the business looks worse than the review itself.

  • “The profile has no recent photos”

    The last uploaded photos are years old, so the listing looks abandoned compared to a competitor's active one.

  • “The business shows up for the wrong searches”

    Categories and services are set incorrectly or left at the default, so the listing appears for the wrong kind of enquiry.

What we do

Everything that is included.

Each deliverable, and what it gets you. Nothing here is an extra.

  1. Profile setup and correction

    Categories, services, hours, address and contact details checked and corrected across every location.

  2. Photo and post schedule

    Regular photos and short posts added, keeping the listing visibly active rather than static.

  3. Review response

    Every review responded to within a few days, in your voice, whether positive or negative.

  4. Question and answer monitoring

    Public questions on the listing answered accurately before an incorrect answer from someone else appears instead.

  5. Multi-location consistency

    The same standard of accuracy and activity maintained across every branch's profile.

How the result is measured

  • Calls and direction requests from the profile
  • Review response time and rate
  • Photos and posts added per month
  • Profile completeness across all locations

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.

  • Any business people find through Google Maps: clinics, restaurants, repair shops, retailers, salons
  • Multi-branch businesses needing a separate, accurate profile for each location
  • Businesses with an existing profile that has not been updated in months
  • Owners who receive reviews, positive or negative, and do not respond to any of them
  • Businesses that have never used the posts, Q&A or product listing features on their profile

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • Purely online businesses with no physical location or service area customers search locally for
  • Businesses unwilling to respond to reviews, since ignoring them undermines the value of managing the profile at all
  • Anyone expecting this alone to fix a wider website or SEO problem

How it works

From your first message to the first report.

No open-ended retainer. Every step gives you something in writing.

  1. First

    Your brief

    You tell us what you need in a few short steps: your business, what you want, where enquiries come from and how they are handled.

  2. After the brief

    A conversation and a written scope

    We read it, then talk with whoever handles your enquiries. If you want our help, the scope, the fee and the reporting come in writing, and nothing starts before you have read them.

  3. Before work starts

    Baseline recorded

    The numbers this work is meant to move, such as enquiries, quotations, orders, visits or renewals, written down so every later report has an honest comparison.

  4. After the baseline

    The first fix goes live

    The fix we agreed to start with is put in place and measured against the baseline, whether that is a reply, a follow-up, a page, a listing or the handover between marketing and sales.

  5. 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.

  6. 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. 1

    Understand your locations

    We confirm every branch, its correct details and which categories genuinely match what it offers.

  2. 2

    Audit current profiles

    We check what is wrong, outdated or missing on each existing listing.

  3. 3

    Correct and complete

    Every profile is brought up to date, with services, hours and photos filled in properly.

  4. 4

    Implement ongoing activity

    Posts, photos and review replies are added on a regular schedule rather than occasionally.

  5. 5

    Measure and adjust

    We track calls and direction requests and adjust categories or content where a listing underperforms.

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.

All case studies
  • 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%
    Read the case study
  • Burhani Hydroline

    Situation
    The website was dated. Menus were hard to follow, pages were slow, and it did not work properly on a phone, which is where a buyer looks first.
    What we did
    • Research before design
    • Wireframes and prototypes
    • The full product catalogue
    • An online checkout
    Result
    No numbers were recorded for this engagement. The work is described in full in the case study.
    Read the case study
  • HOPO Hardware

    Situation
    There was no website or online platform of any kind, so nothing showed the products, their features or their technical specifications. A dealer who wanted a specification had to ask for it every time.
    What we did
    • Website and product catalogue
    • Logo and colour palette
    • Printed stationery
    • Social accounts opened
    Result
    No numbers were recorded for this engagement. The work is described in full in the case study.
    Read the case study

Also worked with

Chord Road Hospital · 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 · SB Engineering · 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 your brief and a conversation.

  1. Option 1

    The conversation on its own

    A call after you send your brief. It says honestly whether you need outside help, and many fixes are ones your own team can make.

  2. Option 2

    One fix, scoped

    Start with the fix that matters most, such as reply time or follow-up. The fee is in writing before anything starts.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

Your brief

Tell us what you need, and we will read it before we call.

Eight short steps about your business, what you want and who decides. Most questions are a tap, and you can skip any you would rather answer on the call.

FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.

How long does it take to fix an outdated profile?
Corrections to hours, categories and details can go live within days. Building up fresh photos and review responses is an ongoing effort.
What if we have several branches?
Each location gets its own profile managed to the same standard, which is often where the biggest gaps show up, since branches drift out of consistency over time.
Do you respond to negative reviews too?
Yes, calmly and factually, since an unanswered negative review looks worse to future customers than a measured response to it.
Is this the same as local SEO?
It is part of local SEO but narrower. Local SEO also covers your website's local pages and listings elsewhere; this service is specifically your Google Business Profile.
How is progress reported?
At an interval agreed in writing, showing calls, direction requests and website clicks from the profile, as part of GullySales' enquiry-based reporting.
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.
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.

Your next practical step

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

Eight short steps, mostly taps. Skip anything you would rather answer on the call.