“Let’s generate more leads”
I hear it all the time.
Sales are slow lets generate more leads
Our conversion rates are going down, lets generate more leads
We are not achieving our revenue numbers, lets generate more leads.
So off you go to the Marketing or advertising company and pay them to generate more leads, and they can do that, they are expert at it, you want to generate more leads, you are in the right place.
But do you REALLY need to generate more leads?
Most businesses I engage with have a lead conversion rate, the number of deals won from the number of leads you generate that is under twenty percent.
Sure some are lower (as low as one percent) and higher (I have a client over ninety percent) but on average under twenty percent is a fair reflection,
This means they are EIGHTY PERCENT ineffective !
They are generating enough leads, they just cannot close them.
And there is a simple low cost yet highly effective solution that may even mean you can reduce your advertising and marketing expenditure.
FOCUS ON LEAD CONVERSION not generating more leads.
Here is an example of the impact that can be made when a company works a little on their lead conversion and I worked with this team for nine months and the goal, to increase lead conversions from eight percent to 15%.
UP EIGHTY SEVEN AND A HALF PERCENT
