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80%

80% -- lead loss rate for B2B sales leads (2011)

2011  · MECLABS

80 percent of leads are lost, ignored, or discarded because the sales team gets leads they do not believe will result in a sale.

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80%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2011
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B2B sales leads
B
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Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
MECLABS Primary Tier B
http://b2bleadblog.com/2011/09 ↗
Confidence: 53/100 Vintage: 2011 Channel: Wayback
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B2B Lead Blog
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B2B sales leads: 80% lead loss rate. Source: MECLABS (2011). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/leads-lost-ignored-discarded-80-percent-2011
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