This is a trick question. As are most funnel questions.
The more folks you attract into your funnel, the lower your conversion rate.
The fewer, but more highly qualified folks you attract, the higher the conversion rate.
This is why SaaS start-ups often are so proud of their “amazing” conversion rates before they hire a real VP of Demand Gen. I’m not so proud. It’s because your top-of-funnel is unimpressive.
So avoid obsessing too much about absolute metrics inside your funnel, especially the metrics between lead and close.
Instead, measure them, and usually, drive them up.
But sometimes, as your brand grows and you get better at marketing, you’ll attract more general passers by. And thus a lot of your conversion metrics will actually fall as you scale.
