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Dear CEO: Fix these three things and increase revenue

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A deeper dive pointed to the fact that the relatively low cost per lead was offset by the relatively poor quality of the leads as indicated both by the percent of qualified leads generated, 1.28% as a percent of raw leads, and the overall percent of qualified companies. Almost 47% of sales reps miss quota.

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What Percent of Leads Should Sales Close?

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Cost per Lead (based on $61.50/hour Break-Even Close Rate (1 / (Margin per Deal / Cost per Lead)). Close Rate Required for 10x ROMI*. ROMI = Return on marketing investment. In my opinion, this approach is too simplistic, and doesn’t account for variety of variables such as deal size, margins and lead rate.