PI firms track a lot of numbers.
Cost per lead, cost per signed case…
Case value, revenue… ad spend.
But there's one number most firms never calculate.
The cost of a missed lead.
A legitimate prospective client who never hears back.
Or hears back too late.
Think about it.
Many firms are spending hundreds of dollars to generate a single inquiry.
Then the lead comes in.
A call gets missed.
A voicemail sits too long.
A follow-up never happens.
The lead signs somewhere else.
And nobody notices.
The scary part is most firms will never know it happened.
They'll just assume the lead wasn't interested.
As competition increases and advertising costs continue to rise, the winning formula isn’t necessarily to spend the most money.
The goal is to respond the fastest, follow up the best, and let the fewest opportunities slip through the cracks.
Because one missed lead isn't just one missed lead.
Sometimes it's a case.
Other times it's a referral source.
It could be a six-figure outcome.
And most firms never calculate the true cost.
Until next time,
The PI Brief
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