Your marketing team generated 800 MQLs last quarter. Sales followed up on 200. 15 became opportunities. 3 closed. Marketing claims 800 leads. Sales says all 800 were garbage. Both are right and both are wrong — the problem is not volume, it's definition.
What Makes a Lead Worthless
A lead is worthless not because the person isn't real, but because they have no buying intent, no budget authority, or no relevant application. The three most common sources of worthless B2B leads:
- Content downloads: Someone downloaded your white paper on reed switches. They're a student writing a thesis. They will never buy.
- Exhibition curiosity: The buyer stopped by your booth to collect promotional material. No application in mind. No budget authority.
- Wrong role: A design intern sent you an email asking about specifications. They have zero budget authority. Your rep spends 2 hours qualifying them.
The High-Quality Lead Definition for B2B Manufacturing
A qualified B2B manufacturing lead has three things: application fit (they have a specific product need your component can solve), budget authority (they can influence or make a purchase decision), and timeline (they have a project in progress, not a vague future plan).
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