A brand asks for a
A brand asks for a media plan and the proposal with costs takes too long to build.
Media Planning Specialists CRM
CRM for Media Buying Planning Agencies and Media Buyers
Sell more space, chase fewer invoices.
A brand wants a media plan and costs by Friday, and the TV rates are spread across mails from five vendors. Two pitches wait on proposals, and no one can say which plan went out. An annual account is up for review, and last year's release orders sit in a folder. Right now that runs across mail, WhatsApp and an Excel sheet only one person opens, and every vendor credit sits in the owner's head. CIPHER CRM puts every brief, plan, booking and account on one screen, made for how an Indian media agency actually runs.
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192+ Indian businesses -
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Works offline
CIPHER CRM is a purpose-built CRM for media buying and planning agencies, part of its Media edition from 🏢 CIPHER Craft Pvt. Ltd. (est. 2018).
📩 It captures brand enquiries, builds media proposals and quotes, ✅ tracks the deal pipeline, and follows up on annual accounts, on one screen 🖥️.
Used by 192+ businesses across India, ⭐ rated 4.8/5, with every feature and unlimited staff in every plan, and ⚡ live in 1-3 days.
Success stories What Media teams say about CIPHER CRM
Ad payments for our magazine's Puja special trickle in well past Kali Puja. My executives start their calls with the invoices marked Overdue.
Paromita Bose Deputy Manager, AdvertisingKolkata
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Annual media accounts creep up
Annual media accounts creep up on review and get prepared at the last minute.
Warm pitches stall between the
Warm pitches stall between the plan presentation and the sign-off.
New-business enquiries are not logged
New-business enquiries are not logged in one shared place across the team.
When an account lead leaves
When an account lead leaves, the brand relationship and history go with them.
The difference From the old way to the CIPHER way
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Media Buying & Planning Agencies enquiries scattered across notebooks, calls and WhatsApp
Every media buying & planning agencies enquiry captured in one list with a named owner
Nobody is sure who was meant to manage client leads and brand enquiries
A named owner and a due date on every media buying & planning agencies follow-up
Quotes rebuilt by hand and sent hours late
Branded quotes from saved item rates in minutes
No single view of how you track proposals and follow-ups
A progress board with deal values, and a live overdue flag on unpaid bills
Media Buying & Planning Agencies history walks out of the door when staff leave
Every deal, quote and note kept on the customer record
Definition
What is a Media Buying & Planning Agencies CRM?
A media buying agency CRM is one place to win and keep accounts: it captures enquiries from brands, builds media plans and proposals, moves each deal through negotiation, and tracks annual account reviews and renewals, instead of plans and costs scattered across spreadsheets.
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Who it's for
Media buying and planning agencies across India buying and planning campaigns across print, digital, outdoor and broadcast for brands, from a regional agency to a firm managing large annual accounts.
Core capabilities
- Lead capture from online enquiry forms, calls and walk-ins
- A sales pipeline that fits how you work
- Logged follow-ups and reminders for your team
- Estimates and invoices with GST and other taxes on each line
- Payment tracking with receipts
- A branded customer portal
- It keeps working offline on a weak signal.
CIPHER CRM has a purpose-built CRM for Media Buying & Planning Agencies (part of its Media edition); trusted by 192+ Indian businesses, rated 4.8/5, with lead management, quotations, invoicing and reminders included in every plan.
Why a CRM
Why teams like yours need a CRM
See how CIPHER CRM solves this
Never lose a media buying & planning agencies enquiry
Every enquiry from calls, online enquiry forms and walk-ins lands in one list, gets an owner, and gets followed up.
Follow up on time, every time
A reminder on each media buying & planning agencies lead keeps it warm until they decide.
Quote and collect faster
Send branded quotes in minutes, turn a yes into an invoice, and see every overdue balance at a glance.
Finally track proposals and follow-ups
One progress board shows exactly where every deal stands, with the value sitting in each stage.
Keep media buying & planning agencies customers for life
The full customer history stays with the business, not with whoever leaves.
Features
Everything your team needs
Twelve things that cover media buying & planning agencies work from the first enquiry to the collected payment.
Media Buying & Planning Agencies CRM features and capabilities
Lead capture
Website forms drop enquiries straight in; calls and walk-ins take seconds to add.
Sales pipeline
Move every deal through clear, visible stages.
Follow-up reminders
Never miss a follow-up, renewal, or callback.
Quotations
Build branded quotes from saved item rates and share a link to accept online.
Team chat per customer
Every lead, customer, project and bill gets its own team chat.
Payment tracking
Record full or partial payments, with a PDF receipt for each one.
Works offline
Keeps working on a weak signal and syncs the moment you are back online.
Customer portal
Customers sign in to see their quotes, invoices, balances and projects.
Customer database
Keep every customer and contact in one searchable place.
Checklists
Tick off each step on the record and see progress without opening it.
Roles and access
Control what each person can view, create, edit and delete.
Calendar
Every due date, reminder and document date on one month or week view.
192+ Businesses in 31 industries
4.8/5 Average rating
92 Tools included
1-3 Days to go live
In practice
A day in your business with CIPHER CRM
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A media plan request
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Trigger: A brand asks for a cross-channel media plan and costs.
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CIPHER CRM: The enquiry is captured with scope and a proposal is built from saved templates.
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Outcome: A complete plan reaches the brand while it is still comparing agencies.
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An annual account review
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Trigger: A retained media account is due for its yearly review.
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CIPHER CRM: A dated reminder on the account flags it early, with the account scope and value on record.
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Outcome: The account is renewed after a well-prepared review, not a rushed one.
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A quiet brand
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Trigger: A brand goes silent after the plan presentation.
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CIPHER CRM: A follow-up reminder prompts a timely call.
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Outcome: The pitch stays alive rather than drifting to a rival agency.
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Questions, answered
Common questions
Question: 1
How does a CRM help Media Buying & Planning Agencies teams manage leads?
A CRM puts every media buying & planning agencies enquiry from calls, online enquiry forms and walk-ins in one list, gives it a named owner, and reminds them to follow up, so nothing is missed and owners can track proposals and follow-ups as it happens.
Every media buying & planning agencies lead is tagged by source, so you know which channels actually bring you business.
Question: 2
Which CRM is best for Media Buying & Planning Agencies in India?
For most Media Buying & Planning Agencies businesses in India, CIPHER CRM is a strong fit. It is India-first, works in the browser on any phone or laptop, is flat-priced with no per-user fees, and goes live in 1-3 days. Compare options against your own workflow before deciding.
CIPHER CRM: India-first, works on any device, flat pricing, live in 1-3 days.
Question: 3
Does a CRM help Media Buying & Planning Agencies teams follow up faster?
Yes. A reminder on every media buying & planning agencies enquiry means it is followed up on time, not when someone remembers. Each call is logged on the lead with its outcome, so the whole team can see who was contacted last and when.
Pick a lead source once and its starter checklist is added to every new media buying & planning agencies enquiry from that source.
Question: 4
How do Media Buying & Planning Agencies teams track quotations and payments?
Your team builds branded quotations from saved media buying & planning agencies item rates, shares each one as a link the customer can accept or decline online, turns a yes into an invoice, and records full or partial payments as they come in.
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Record payments against each invoice -
A live overdue flag on anything unpaid past its due date
Question: 5
Can Media Buying & Planning Agencies teams message customers from the CRM?
Yes, in a few ways. One click on a lead or contact opens a call, an email or a WhatsApp chat. Customers on your portal get their own support thread with your team. And every media buying & planning agencies follow-up is logged on the record with an owner and a date for the next one.
Nothing about a media buying & planning agencies customer lives in a personal phone; the whole story sits on their record, where the next person can pick it up.
Question: 6
How much does a Media Buying & Planning Agencies CRM cost in India?
CIPHER CRM uses flat pricing with no per-user fees, so a media buying & planning agencies team can add every user for one predictable cost. What you pay depends on your team size and whether you pay quarterly or yearly, so call +91 97122 00017 for a quote and a free demo.
Two plans, Flexi and Growth. Both include unlimited staff and unlimited clients.
4.8 What Media teams say about CIPHER CRM
Our PR retainers end in different months, and for years those dates lived only in my head. The account lead now gets a reminder weeks ahead, so we bring up renewal before the client does.
Harleen Bakshi Founding Partner, ManagementNew Delhi
We shoot many of our ad films in the tea estates near Munnar, where you barely get a signal. If the client asks for an extra cutdown on set, I note it in CIPHER from my phone's browser, and our editor has it once we are down the ghat.
Sreerag Menon Production Manager, ProjectsKochi
On Mondays I walked desk to desk asking which free ad audits had turned into proposals. The CIPHER CRM board now shows each prospect's stage and retainer value.
Sayali Deodhar Founder & CEO, ManagementPune
One campaign bill can have hoarding rent, flex printing, a newspaper release and our agency fee, each with its own GST rate. The bill gets a number from our financial-year series, and the PDF prints our signature and the total in words, which our older clients still look for.
Tahira Zaidi Finance Manager, AccountsLucknow
Each brand had a WhatsApp group, and a caption change for the Bihu post got buried under good-morning forwards. We use the chat on the brand's record now.
Rituraj Deka Head, Client ServicingGuwahati
Before Diwali, namkeen shops and showrooms want sponsored stories and banners on our news portal, and many just message a reporter they know. The reporter forwards it to our sales desk, who add it to the same lead list as our website form enquiries and give it an owner.
Anurag Chouksey Senior Executive, SalesIndore
The numbers Where we stand today
92
Tools included
465
Sub-industries
99.9%
Uptime
1-3
Days to go live
Compare CIPHER CRM vs spreadsheets vs a generic CRM
| Criteria | CIPHER CRM | Spreadsheet | Generic CRM |
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 Built for Media Buying & Planning Agencies | Pipeline stages, fields and item rates set up for media buying & planning agencies | Whatever the last person set up | Generic sales pipeline you configure yourself |
 Helps you handle bookings and payments | Pipeline & reminders set up for it | Manual, easy to forget | Custom build or add-on |
 Lead capture | Straight in from your online enquiry forms | Copy-pasted by hand | Manual or paid add-on |
 Follow-ups | Reminders and logged follow-ups | Memory & sticky notes | Limited / extra cost |
 Conversation history | On the customer record | Personal phones | Varies |
 Quotations & invoicing | Built in, with GST and other taxes per line | Word / Excel templates | Add-on or none |
 Pricing model | Flat, unlimited users | Free but manual | Per-user fees |
 Weak signal | Works offline, syncs when back | Paper only | Varies |
 Onboarding speed | Live in 1-3 days | Immediate but chaotic | Weeks to months |
 India-based support | Hindi & English, included | None | Overseas / email only |
Decision
Best CRM for Media Buying & Planning Agencies businesses in India
For most Media Buying & Planning Agencies businesses in India, CIPHER CRM is a strong fit. It is India-first, works on any device, is flat-priced, and goes live in 1-3 days. Evaluate options against your own workflow before deciding.
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CIPHER CRM
India-first, flat-priced, works on any device, and built for how Indian teams actually work, the best fit for most.
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Generic global CRM
Powerful, but built for overseas sales; rupee billing with GST is often an add-on and per-user pricing adds up.
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Spreadsheets & WhatsApp
Free and familiar, but leads slip, follow-ups are missed, and there is no single view of your pipeline or payments.
By the numbers
By the numbers
92
features included in every plan
ciphercrm.co
1-3 days
to go live with free migration
CIPHER onboarding
Methodology directional figures based on aggregated CIPHER CRM usage; actual results vary by team and workflow.
Connected
Works anywhere
On any phone
CIPHER CRM runs in the browser, so your media buying & planning agencies team can add enquiries, update deals and raise quotes from a phone on site or on the road. It keeps working on a weak signal and syncs the moment the connection is back. Everything lands in the same pipeline the office sees, and your customers get a branded portal of their own.
Built in
- Online enquiry forms
- Customer portal
- Share links for quotes and bills
- Offline mode
- Your own web address
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Ready when you are
See CIPHER CRM in your workflow
Book a 20-minute demo, see it live, decide after.
No lock-in contract and no card needed - and 192+ Indian businesses already run on CIPHER CRM.
Switching
Moving your Media Buying & Planning Agencies data across
Switching is handled for you with free data migration - no spreadsheets to rebuild, no data left behind.
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What we migrate
- Contacts
- Quotes
- Enquiries
- Payment history
How long it takes
Most teams are live in 1-3 days without rebuilding a single spreadsheet. Your data stays encrypted, and you choose who sees what.
Success story
How a business like yours grew with CIPHER CRM
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The client
A media buying and planning agency handling cross-channel campaigns for brands, running new business on spreadsheets and email.
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The challenge
Media proposals were slow, annual reviews were prepared late, and enquiries were scattered.
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The solution
They moved to CIPHER CRM: enquiries in one inbox, proposals from templates, a deal pipeline, and account review reminders.
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The result
Faster media proposals, better-prepared account reviews, and fewer new-business enquiries lost.
Get started
How to set up CIPHER CRM in 4 steps
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Import your media buying & planning agencies contacts & enquiries
We migrate your existing media buying & planning agencies contacts, customers and open deals for free, so you rebuild nothing.
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Set up your pipeline & item rates
Your stages, fields and pricing are configured around how media buying & planning agencies teams track proposals and follow-ups.
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Invite your team
Add your whole team with no per-user fees, and set who sees what by job role.
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Go live and start selling
Most media buying & planning agencies teams are live within 1-3 days, with hands-on onboarding from our India-based team.
Success stories Loved by Media businesses across India
Ad payments for our magazine's Puja special trickle in well past Kali Puja. My executives start their calls with the invoices marked Overdue.
Paromita Bose Deputy Manager, AdvertisingKolkata
For years our logo and packaging estimates went out as PDFs on WhatsApp, and when a client argued about revisions, a thumbs-up was all we had. Now clients accept an estimate online with the revision rounds spelled out.
Chintan Vyas Studio Manager, SalesVadodara
A brand would ask for food creators in Pune who do Reels, and I would spend the evening digging through sheets and old chats. Each creator's record has our own fields for handle and rate, with tags for niche and city, so a shortlist starts with a filter.
Kashish Lalwani Talent Manager, CampaignsMumbai
I put off getting a CRM for ages because I was sure setting one up would eat my weekends, and weekends are when we record. CIPHER's team shifted our Excel sheet of podcast sponsors over at no cost, and we raised our first invoice from it on day three.
Nischal Hegde Co-owner, ManagementBengaluru
My mornings went into client emails asking where a batch of blog posts had reached. These days each batch is a project they can see in our portal.
Lipsa Mohanty Account Manager, OperationsBhubaneswar
Our development executive left halfway through a web series pitch to an OTT platform. Her call notes and the budget proposal were on the platform's record, and her replacement picked it up from where the last call ended.
Siddhant Mhatre Vice President, ContentMumbai
We make explainers for studios in London and for brands in Hyderabad. The London studio sees its estimate in pounds, and local invoices stay in rupees with GST.
Mounika Yarlagadda Studio Head, ManagementHyderabad
TV channels often drop spots from a release order after we have already billed the client. The credit note is linked to that invoice, and it stays Open until we use it on next month's bill.
R. Senthilnathan Billing In-charge, FinanceChennai
Shooting a lakeside wedding is the easy part, and the album afterwards is where couples start calling. Each wedding is a project on the couple's record, and its album task has a checklist for selection, editing, design and printing, so I can answer them without ringing our editor.
Hemendra Paliwal Client Coordinator, BookingsUdaipur
Media Buying & Planning Agencies CRM frequently asked questions
Still thinking it over? Media Buying & Planning Agencies CRM - frequently asked questions
The things Indian business owners ask us most, answered straight.
What is the best CRM for Media Buying & Planning Agencies in India?
CIPHER CRM is a strong choice for Media Buying & Planning Agencies in India. It is India-first, with lead capture, a sales pipeline, follow-up reminders, quotations, invoicing and a customer portal in one place, flat-priced and live in 1-3 days. Compare it against your own workflow before you decide.
Which CRM works for Media Buying & Planning Agencies businesses?
A CRM that fits how Media Buying & Planning Agencies teams actually work, capturing enquiries from calls, online enquiry forms and walk-ins, reminding the team to follow up, and tracking quotes and payments in one place. CIPHER CRM is built this way for Indian businesses, with flat pricing and no per-user fees.
Does Media Buying & Planning Agencies CRM handle GST on invoices?
Yes. Every estimate and invoice can carry GST and any other tax on each line, with the customer's tax number printed on the document. Your team raises the bill, shares it as a link or PDF, and records payments against it without leaving the CRM.
How do Media Buying & Planning Agencies manage leads and follow-ups?
Every enquiry from calls, online enquiry forms and walk-ins lands in one list, gets assigned to a person, and carries a reminder for the next follow-up so nothing goes cold. Owners see each lead's stage on the progress board as it changes.
Is CIPHER CRM good for Media Buying & Planning Agencies businesses in India?
Yes. CIPHER CRM is used by 192+ businesses across India and suits teams like yours. It brings leads, follow-ups, quotations and payments into one India-first system, with flat pricing and go-live in 1-3 days. 192+ businesses across India run CIPHER CRM across 31 industries, with a 4.8/5 average rating.
How much does a Media Buying & Planning Agencies CRM cost in India?
CIPHER CRM uses flat pricing with no per-user fees, so a media buying & planning agencies team can add every user for one predictable cost. What you pay depends on your team size and whether you pay quarterly or yearly. Call +91 97122 00017 for a quote and a free demo.
Can a Media Buying & Planning Agencies team WhatsApp a customer from CIPHER CRM?
Yes. One click on a lead or contact opens a WhatsApp chat, a call or an email. The media buying & planning agencies team logs each follow-up on the record and gets reminded before the next one, so no reply is lost in a personal phone.
Can a Media Buying & Planning Agencies team use CIPHER CRM on a phone?
Yes. CIPHER CRM runs in the browser on any phone, tablet or laptop, so your media buying & planning agencies team can add enquiries, update deals and raise quotes on site or on the road. It keeps working on a weak signal and syncs when the connection is back, and your customers get a branded portal of their own.
How long does CIPHER CRM take to set up for Media Buying & Planning Agencies?
Most media buying & planning agencies teams go live within 1-3 days. Setup includes free migration of your existing records, a pipeline configured around how you track proposals and follow-ups, and hands-on onboarding from our India-based team in Hindi and English.
Can I migrate my Media Buying & Planning Agencies data to CIPHER CRM?
Yes. Your existing media buying & planning agencies contacts, customer history, past quotations and open deals are migrated for you at no extra cost, so nothing is rebuilt by hand and no enquiry is lost in the switch. 192+ businesses across India run CIPHER CRM across 31 industries, with a 4.8/5 average rating.
Is my Media Buying & Planning Agencies customer data secure?
Yes. Your media buying & planning agencies records travel encrypted over HTTPS, sit behind access set by job role, with protection against password guessing, and are protected by regular backups on a platform built for 99.9% uptime. 192+ businesses across India run CIPHER CRM across 31 industries, with a 4.8/5 average rating.
Which CRM is best for a small Media Buying & Planning Agencies business?
For most small media buying & planning agencies businesses in India, CIPHER CRM is a strong fit: flat-priced, works on any device, and live in 1-3 days with free setup. It is built to help you manage client leads and brand enquiries without adding admin work.
Quick assessment
How CRM-ready is your business?
Questions: 1/3
How do you track enquiries today?
Questions: 2/3
How often do follow-ups slip through?
Questions: 3/3
How big is your team?
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Choosing a CRM for Media Buying & Planning Agencies
The right CRM for Media Buying & Planning Agencies is the one that matches how your team already sells - how enquiries arrive, who owns the follow-up, and how quotes turn into payments. Everything below is covered in depth on our guides.
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