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Stop internal busywork eating your marketing team's week before any creative gets made.

A marketing team loses real time to internal administration, chasing a content request that sits in someone's inbox and compiling a report by hand from five different spreadsheets. The same freelancer onboarding details get filled in again every time a new vendor is hired.

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

Marketing workflow automation moves internal marketing tasks, content requests, approvals, reporting compilation and vendor onboarding, through a set process automatically, rather than by email and memory. GullySales builds this across the whole marketing function, not just one campaign, freeing time for the actual creative and strategic work.

We automate the specific tasks that recur across your marketing operation. Requests route to the right person, reports assemble themselves from connected data, and vendor onboarding follows a standard, repeatable path.

This is broader than campaign workflow automation, which focuses specifically on moving a single campaign through its approval and scheduling steps. Marketing workflow automation covers the whole function's recurring internal work, campaigns included.

The problem

Does this sound like your business?

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

  • “A content request sits in an inbox for a week”

    Someone asks for a piece of content or design work, and it waits until whoever is responsible happens to notice the email among everything else.

  • “The report is compiled by hand from five spreadsheets”

    Someone spends hours every month pulling numbers from different sources into one document, work that could largely run itself.

  • “An asset or content request form does not exist”

    Requests arrive in different formats with different missing details, so work often starts before the brief is actually complete.

  • “Onboarding a new freelancer takes longer than the project itself”

    Contracts, access and briefing are handled from scratch each time, with no standard checklist to speed up a routine process.

What we do

Everything that is included.

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

  1. Task and request automation

    Standard forms and routing so a content, design or campaign request reaches the right person automatically.

  2. Automated reporting compilation

    Reports assembled from connected data sources rather than manually copied between spreadsheets.

  3. Vendor onboarding workflow

    A repeatable checklist and process for bringing on a new freelancer or agency quickly and consistently.

  4. Status visibility

    A shared view of what is requested, in progress or complete, without needing to ask around.

  5. Ongoing refinement

    Adjustments to the automation as new recurring tasks are identified across the team.

How the result is measured

  • Time saved on recurring internal tasks
  • Requests completed without a missing detail delay
  • Reports compiled automatically versus manually
  • Vendor onboarding time

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.

  • Marketing teams spending noticeable time each week on repetitive internal administration
  • Businesses compiling reports by hand from multiple disconnected sources
  • Companies onboarding freelancers or vendors regularly with no standard process
  • Teams where a content or design request often gets lost or delayed before work even starts
  • Businesses that have already automated customer-facing messages and want the same discipline applied internally

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • One-person marketing operations with few internal handovers to automate
  • Businesses with too little recurring administrative work to justify the setup effort
  • Teams unwilling to follow a standard process once the automation exists

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 the recurring tasks

    We identify the internal tasks that repeat often enough to be worth automating.

  2. 2

    Audit current handling

    We check how these tasks are currently handled and where time is being lost.

  3. 3

    Design the automated workflow

    Forms, routing and reporting connections are designed around your existing tools.

  4. 4

    Implement and test

    The automation is built and tested against real requests before becoming the standard process.

  5. 5

    Measure and refine

    We track time saved and refine the automation as new recurring tasks emerge.

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.

Is this the same as campaign workflow automation?
Campaign workflow automation is scoped to moving one campaign through approval and scheduling. This covers the whole marketing function's recurring internal work, including but not limited to campaigns.
What tools does this use?
Usually tools you already have, such as a shared drive, forms and your reporting platform, connected through automation rather than replaced.
How much time does this typically save?
It varies by team, but compiling reports and chasing requests are commonly the biggest time drains we find, often several hours a week once totalled.
How is this priced?
There is no published price. The fee covers mapping your recurring tasks and building the forms, routing and reporting connections, put in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.
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 the trade, the channel and what is already in place. 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 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.

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