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Sadra Raadfar
Marketing Automation
Marketing Automation11 Jun 20266 min read

Lead scoring that survives contact with sales

A score nobody trusts is a number that gets ignored twice a week.

Scoring models fail socially before they fail technically. The first time a rep opens a 92-point lead and finds a student doing research, the score stops being used.

Make the inputs visible

Every score should be able to show its components: fit, behaviour, recency. When the number is wrong, someone can point at which part was wrong — and that is what makes it fixable rather than dismissed.

Decay is not optional

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const score = fit * 0.5 + behaviour * 0.5 * Math.pow(0.9, weeksSinceLastActivity);

Without decay, a burst of activity in March keeps a contact at the top of a queue in September. Decay makes the list reflect now.

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