Sales and marketing budgeting · Marketing
Stop marketing and sales from competing for the same rupee of budget.
Marketing and sales budgets are usually set separately, often by different people. Each function argues for its own share without a shared view of what actually drives revenue between the two. This can mean marketing is starved of budget while a sales incentive scheme goes underused, or the reverse.
Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.
In one paragraph
Sales and marketing budgeting plans spend across both functions together. It covers marketing campaigns, sales tools, incentives and headcount, as one connected budget tied to revenue targets. This replaces two separate budgets negotiated independently. GullySales builds this jointly, so a rupee is allocated to whichever function needs it most to hit the shared revenue goal.
We build one combined budget, starting from the revenue target and working backward to what marketing and sales genuinely need. Neither function then defends its own historical allocation instead of the shared goal.
This differs from marketing budget optimisation, which reallocates within marketing's own spend. This service sets the split between marketing and sales budgets as a whole, at the planning stage.
The problem
Does this sound like your business?
What owners tell us on the first call, in their words.
“Marketing and sales budgets are set independently”
Each function submits its own budget request based on its own priorities, with nobody checking whether the combined total makes sense against the revenue goal.
“One function is underfunded relative to what actually drives revenue”
Marketing generates strong enquiry volume but sales lacks the tools or incentive structure to convert it, or the reverse, and the budget split does not reflect this imbalance.
“The two functions compete for the same limited budget”
Marketing and sales leaders each argue for a larger share of a fixed total, without a shared framework for deciding what the split should actually be.
“Budget decisions are made without reference to the revenue target”
Spend is set based on what was spent last year, rather than on what this year's specific revenue goal actually requires from each function.
What we do
Everything that is included.
Each deliverable, and what it gets you. Nothing here is an extra.
Combined budget model
A single budget plan covering marketing and sales spend, built backward from the revenue target.
Function-level allocation
A recommended split between marketing campaigns, sales tools, incentives and headcount, based on what the goal actually requires.
Scenario planning
A small number of budget scenarios showing the revenue implications of different allocation choices.
Joint sign-off process
A shared approval step so both marketing and sales leadership agree the final budget together, rather than negotiating separately with the owner.
Ongoing budget check
A standing review point to adjust the split as actual results come in against the target.
How the result is measured
- Combined marketing and sales spend against the revenue target
- Budget split by function against what the target required
- Variance between planned and actual spend
- Revenue achieved per rupee of combined spend
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 separate marketing and sales budgets that are never planned together
- Owners setting next year's budget and wanting one rationale covering both functions
- Companies where marketing and sales compete for the same limited pool of money
- Growing businesses formalising budget planning as both functions scale
- Boards or leadership wanting one combined revenue investment plan rather than two departmental requests
Not for
It is not the right fit if.
- Very small businesses where the owner personally manages both budgets informally
- Companies wanting marketing and sales budgets to remain entirely separate by design
- Businesses without a revenue target specific enough to plan backward from
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 revenue target
We start from the specific revenue goal for the period, not last year's combined spend.
- 2
Audit current spend and split
We map exactly where marketing and sales money currently goes and how it was decided.
- 3
Model the combined budget
A budget is built backward from the revenue target, covering both functions as one plan.
- 4
Agree and implement
The split is agreed jointly by marketing and sales leadership before implementation.
- 5
Review and adjust
The budget is checked against results at agreed points in the year and adjusted as needed.
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 is this different from marketing budget optimisation?
Who needs to be involved in this process?
How often should this budget be revisited?
How is this priced?
How long is the contract?
How soon will we see results?
Who will actually do the work?
What do you need from us?
What if we are not happy with the work?
By industry
Sales and marketing budgeting, written for your industry.
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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.