Influencer and creator marketing · Marketing
Borrow trust from someone your buyers already follow, for a fee that is agreed upfront.
A local food creator, a regional fitness influencer or a niche product reviewer already has an audience that trusts their opinion. A single relevant post from the right creator can do more than a week of generic ads, provided the creator's audience genuinely overlaps with your buyer.
Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.
In one paragraph
Influencer and creator marketing pays a content creator with a relevant audience to feature your product or service, usually for a flat fee agreed before posting. That differs from the commission-based arrangement used in affiliate marketing. GullySales finds creators whose audience actually matches your buyer, briefs them and checks the content before it goes live.
We shortlist creators based on their actual audience, not follower count alone. We agree the content and fee upfront, and review drafts before anything is published. That keeps the final post accurate and still sounding like the creator rather than a script.
This differs from affiliate marketing, where payment depends on tracked sales. Here, payment is usually a flat fee for the content itself, which suits brand awareness and trust-building rather than an immediate, trackable sale.
The problem
Does this sound like your business?
What owners tell us on the first call, in their words.
“A creator is chosen for follower count, not audience match”
A large following looks impressive, but if the audience is not the kind of person who buys from you, the post produces attention without enquiries.
“The content reads like an obvious script”
A creator's post is so tightly controlled by the brief that it loses the natural voice their audience actually trusts, which undermines the whole point of using them.
“There was no written agreement on usage or timing”
A creator posts late, deletes the content early, or the business assumed rights to reuse it that were never actually agreed.
“Nobody checked the content before it went live”
A post goes out with an incorrect price, an unapproved claim or a detail that embarrasses the business, because nothing was reviewed beforehand.
What we do
Everything that is included.
Each deliverable, and what it gets you. Nothing here is an extra.
Creator shortlisting
Creators identified by actual audience overlap with your buyer, not follower count alone.
The right tier for the job
Nano creators for one neighbourhood, micro creators for a subject their audience follows them for. Macro creators when a launch has to be seen across a state, and celebrity names when the fee buys fame rather than a recommendation.
Regional language shortlists
A separate list for Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi and Hindi markets, drawn up in that language rather than translated from a national one.
Usage rights for paid media
Whether you may run the creator's video as an advertisement afterwards is a second permission, priced and signed before the shoot rather than asked for once the post performs well.
Outreach and negotiation
Contact, fee negotiation and a written agreement covering deliverables, posting dates and how long the content stays up.
Content brief
Key points to include, left open enough for the creator's own voice to come through.
Pre-publish review
Draft content checked for accuracy and brand fit before it is posted publicly.
Performance tracking
Reach, engagement and, where trackable, enquiries traced to each creator's content.
How the result is measured
- Reach and engagement by creator
- Enquiries traced to creator content, where trackable
- Cost per thousand people reached
- Content delivered on schedule and as agreed
- Usage rights for paid media agreed before filming
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.
- Consumer brands with a product that photographs or demonstrates well
- Local businesses, such as cafes, salons or gyms, that benefit from a known local voice recommending them
- Businesses launching a new product that needs an initial burst of credible awareness
- Brands wanting to reach a specific niche audience a creator already has, faster than building it themselves
- Companies with a budget for content and awareness rather than an immediate, tracked sale
- Businesses selling in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi or Hindi, where a regional creator speaks the buyer's language
Not for
It is not the right fit if.
- Businesses wanting to pay only on results; that fits affiliate marketing better than a flat-fee creator deal
- Very technical or regulated B2B products with no natural creator audience
- Businesses unwilling to give a creator some creative freedom over how the content is presented
How it works
From your first message to the first report.
No open-ended retainer. Every step gives you something in writing.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 the audience needed
We define who this campaign needs to reach, which decides which creators are actually relevant.
- 2
Audit potential creators
We review candidates' actual audience and past content quality, not just their numbers.
- 3
Negotiate and brief
Fee, posting dates and paid-media usage are agreed in writing before filming, and the brief still leaves room for the creator's own style.
- 4
Review and publish
Content is checked before going live, then published on the agreed schedule.
- 5
Measure results
Reach, engagement and any traceable enquiries are reported against the fee paid.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 do you choose the right creator?
How much does a creator typically charge?
Do we get to approve the content first?
Do we need a big creator or a small one?
Can we run the creator's video as a paid advertisement later?
How does GullySales price this?
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
Influencer and creator marketing, written for your industry.
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- How to measure influencer marketing ROILikes are the creator's metric. Yours are a unique link, a code only they use, the median view count of their last ten posts, and the footage you keep afterwards.
- Beauty creators: how to choose who to work with and what to ask forHow a beauty brand in India picks creators whose skin, hair and budget match its buyers, what to ask each one to show on camera, and why the code's orders and returns matter more than likes.
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.