Sales Qualified Lead (SQL)
A Sales
Qualified Lead is a prospect that has been thoroughly researched and evaluated
by the company’s marketing department, which is ready for the next stage in the
sales process. These prospects have displayed an interest in the company’s
product/service and have fulfilled any of the lead qualification criteria
determined by the company to decide if the buyer is a right fit or not. SQL tag
is given to those prospects that reach out to your brand by organic means,
ready to be converted into their full-fledged customer.
Marketing
Qualified Leads (MQL) are often identified by the marketing department and
passed on to the sales team if these prospects show intent to buy, thereby
becoming Sales Qualified Leads. The sales team continues interacting with them
to explore their interests and capability of purchasing the company’s
offerings.
SQL is
valued by through lead scoring process to determine SQL conversion rates. Many
companies use lead scoring to assign values to each prospect’s actions. Lead
scoring is the process that determines the worthiness of each lead by assigning
certain values, agreed mutually by sales and marketing team, based on their
interaction history, generally referring it to as “hot”, “warm” or “cold”.
Offering
bonus, discounts, etc. provide that extra bit of push for closing the deal.
Providing clear communication and a consistent experience for the prospect from
the marketing team prevents any hindrance to the sale. The next step to close
the deal is to identify the path chosen by a prospect to reach the brand,
understand the problems of the prospect and focus on the solutions and continue
the conversation till you attain a smooth transition from a qualified lead to
being a customer.
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