Product portfolio marketing · Marketing
You sell forty products, and buyers still ask which one they should buy.
Every product in your range gets the same space on the website and the same line in the price list. The best seller sits on page nine. A buyer who came for one item leaves without seeing the model that suits the job better.
Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.
In one paragraph
Product portfolio marketing decides how a whole range is presented: which products lead, which support, how they are grouped and linked, and which stop getting promotion. GullySales builds that plan from your sales records, restructures the catalogue and website around it, and briefs your dealers on the lines to stock.
Portfolio work starts from sales and margin records, not from opinions. We sort the range into lead products, supporting products, accessories and lines that have outlived their purpose. Then the catalogue, the website menu, the WhatsApp Business catalogue and the dealer briefing follow that order.
Marketing one item is a different job. If a single product needs its own launch, product marketing is the better fit. If the issue is the printed or PDF document itself, see brochures, catalogues and marketing materials. If the issue is what makes a product different from a rival, see product differentiation strategy.
Who it is for
This is written for you if these sound familiar.
- Manufacturers with a catalogue that has grown by addition and never by decision
- Distributors and wholesalers whose dealers stock the easy lines and ignore the profitable ones
- Retailers of furniture, paints, tiles or appliances whose shelf and website carry the same crowded range
- Clinics, schools and software firms with several services or plans that buyers confuse
- E-commerce sellers with variants, kits and accessories spread across unrelated pages
Not for
It is not the right fit if.
- A business with one product or one service. A good page and a clear offer do the work, and a portfolio plan adds nothing.
- A range with no sales records at all. We can only rank products from enquiries, orders or margin, so the first job would be keeping those records.
- Owners who want stock cleared by discounting. Pricing and clearance are a separate decision.
The problem
Does this sound like your business?
Common situations this work addresses.
“Customers ask for the cheapest one and nothing else”
With no order to the range, price becomes the only way to choose. The product that earns you the margin is never put in front of the buyer.
“Our website menu is a list of everything we make”
A buyer needs a route by use, size or budget, not an alphabetical list. They leave when the first page does not match the job they have.
“Dealers only stock what is already moving”
They have no reason to take on a new line, because nobody told them where it fits next to the old ones. Your newer products stay in the godown.
“We still promote models we want to stop selling”
Old items keep their place in the catalogue and on the shelf because nobody owns the decision to retire them. They take shelf space, stock money and sales attention from the lines that earn.
What we do
The work we can include.
Each deliverable and the purpose it serves. Your written scope confirms what is included, who is responsible, and what it costs.
Range review sheet
One sheet listing every product with its enquiries, orders and margin where your records hold them. Your sales head and accounts team confirm the figures before any ranking is made.
Lead, support and retire map
Each product is placed as a lead line, a supporting line, an accessory or a candidate to stop promoting. You make the final call on every retired item.
Catalogue and menu structure
The order of sections for the catalogue, the website navigation and the product page URLs. Groups follow how buyers choose, such as by use, size or budget, and the page names stay the same everywhere.
Bundle and kit list
Products sold together as a set, with a name, contents and a rule for what may be added. Your accounts team prices each kit, and we do not set prices.
Cross-link plan
A table of which product page, quotation and WhatsApp reply points to which related item. It names the better-fit model, the accessory and the upgrade.
Channel catalogue set-up
Collections in the WhatsApp Business catalogue, and the product groups and variant fields in your marketplace or Merchant Center feed. You hold the accounts and approve what is published.
Dealer line brief
A one-page sheet per dealer type saying which lines to stock, which to display and which to order on request. It carries the reason for each line in words a counter salesperson can repeat.
How the result is measured
- Enquiries and orders by product group
- Share of enquiries naming a lead product
- Kit and bundle orders
- Related-item clicks and quotation add-ons
- Dealer orders by line
Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.
Before you decide
Agree the work. Know how to judge it.
Product portfolio marketing: use these checks to prepare, choose the scope, and review what changes.
Bring the right evidence
Bring a recent won order and an enquiry that went nowhere. Trace how each buyer found you, what they asked, and who handled the next step. A channel list alone will not explain the difference.
Make the scope clear
Choose one offer and one buyer group first. Agree which part needs attention: being found, getting a useful enquiry, or turning an enquiry into an order. Separate recommendations from the work required to carry them out.
Check the work in use
A useful plan names the first change, its owner, the evidence behind it, and the number that will show whether it worked. Ask what has deliberately been left out and why.
Know when to change course
If your team cannot answer the enquiries it already receives, improve that handover before buying more traffic. If the offer itself is unclear, test it with buyers before adding channels.
These are discussion points, not a fixed package. GullySales confirms the deliverables, responsibilities, fee, and term in writing after reading your brief and speaking with you.
How it works
How the product portfolio marketing work runs
The work itself, in order. How an engagement starts, from your brief to a written scope, is set out on our method page.
- 1
Range inventory
Your team shares the full product list, price list and whatever order, enquiry and margin records exist. We mark gaps and agree who answers questions about each product group.
- 2
Sort and rank
We sort products by sales, margin and fit with the buyers you want. Your sales head challenges the first sort, because the people who sell the range know what the figures hide.
- 3
Structure and links
We draft the grouping, the bundles and the cross-links. You approve the names and the order before any page, catalogue or feed changes.
- 4
Channel changes
The agreed structure goes into the website, the WhatsApp Business catalogue and any marketplace or ad feed. Each change sits under your own login, and you see it before it goes live.
- 5
Dealer and team briefing
Salespeople and dealers receive the line brief and the cross-link table. A named person on your side keeps them current as products come and go.
- 6
Review and retirement
We read product-level enquiries and orders against the baseline and review the lines marked to stop. You decide which stay out of promotion and which return.
Before you hire anyone
Do this first yourself.
Find out which products your own records say are carrying the range.
- List every product you sell in one sheet, with the enquiries and orders each produced in the last year.
- Add the margin per product from your accounts, even if it is a rough figure.
- Mark the five products you would most want a new buyer to see, then check whether your records agree.
- Open your website menu on a phone and count the taps needed to reach each of those five.
- Ask two dealers which of your lines they do not stock, and why.
Judge any provider
What to ask any provider of this service.
Useful whoever you choose, including us.
- Which of our records will you use to rank products, and what happens where a record is missing?
- Who decides which products stop being promoted?
- Will the catalogue, website and WhatsApp catalogue use one product order, and who keeps them matching?
- Do you work under our own accounts for marketplace and feed changes?
- How will you separate the effect of the range plan from a season or an ad campaign?
Where this fits
Three pieces of sales work, in this order.
This work sits inside sales process design, at stage 0, foundation. The audit comes before it, and sales management keeps it running.
Step 1
Sales audit
Find where deals are being lost and what to fix first.
Start here if you cannot say where orders are lost.
Step 2 · you are here
Sales process design
One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.
Start here if every salesperson sells differently.
Step 3
Sales management
A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.
Start here if the team has targets and no routine.
FAQ
Questions owners ask before they call.
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How is this different from product marketing?
Will you redesign our catalogue?
Can you tell us which products to discontinue?
What if our records are incomplete?
What does it cost and how long does it take?
How long is the contract?
Who will actually do the work?
What do you need from us?
What if we are not happy with the work?
By industry
Product portfolio marketing, written for your industry.
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