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What Should the Sales Close Rate Be?

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I’ve read and heard (from a well-known industry analyst firm) that best-in-class companies close 30% of sales qualified leads while average companies close 20%. Those results factor in lead leakage of between 52% to 86% of the marketing qualified leads put into the top of the funnel. None were actually leads.

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Dear CEO: Fix these three things and increase revenue

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Companies with optimized sales and marketing organization achieve results by doing three things well. Deliver fewer, but better, leads to sales. They are herded into a direction of ineffectiveness by the actions or inactions of others in your company. Here is what you must do to fix it: Agree on market, lead definition, message.

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What Percent of Leads Should Sales Close?

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There are many factors that impact the percent of leads that should be closed by sales. This blog will take you through five factors that impact lead close rate and a calculation you can use to determine the minimum close rates your product or solution requires. The five main factors in lead close rate are: Market definition.