What is Qualified lead?
Qualified lead: A prospect who is likely to buy and able to pay.
Where Qualified lead fits
Qualified lead is part of Sales Funnel in Sales & Negotiation. A sales funnel moves leads from awareness to purchase. Qualify leads, nurture them, follow up and track conversion at every stage to find leaks.
Practical tip
Fix the stage where prospects drop out before buying more leads.
Related terms
- Sales funnel
- The steps a lead passes through, from first contact to purchase.
- Lead
- A person or company that might become a customer.
- Conversion rate
- Share of visitors or leads who take the wanted action.
- Customer retention
- Keeping existing customers buying from you.
- Sales pipeline
- All potential deals a team is working on, organized by stage.
- Landing page
- A web page built to turn visitors into leads or buyers.
- Lead generation
- Finding and attracting potential customers.
- Follow-up
- Contacting a prospect again after the first meeting.
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Test yourself
Which term means: “A prospect who is likely to buy and able to pay.”?
Customer retention · Lead · Qualified lead
Answer: Qualified lead
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