Why do salespeople reject leads that come from their firm's marketing team? Why do marketers think leads are rejected?

To find out, RollWorks surveyed 527 salespeople and 323 marketers.

Salespeople say they are most likely to reject leads if they don't fit the target account criteria (industry, company size, revenue), don't fit the target individual criteria (role, seniority), or don't fill out a content form.

Marketers accurately predict that salespeople are most likely to reject leads if they don't fit the target account criteria (industry, company size, revenue) or target individual criteria (role, seniority). However, marketers underestimate the importance of form fills.

If a lead comes from a "high-fit" account, salespeople say the signals they are most likely to accept from Marketing are site visit and content form fill.

About the research: The report was based on data from a survey of 527 salespeople and 323 marketers.