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How a sales leader measures the share of first meetings that become a qualified opportunity within a stated window, per rep and per source, from the activity log and the pipeline: the conversion rate, the meetings with no opportunity and no follow-up, the reps with many meetings and little pipeline, the sources whose meetings convert, and why the measure sits between activity and pipeline where most teams measure neither.
A rep has thirty first meetings a quarter and creates four opportunities. Another has fourteen and creates nine. The activity dashboard ranks the first rep higher. The activity log joined to the pipeline ranks them the other way, and says whether the first rep's problem is the meetings or the qualifying. This guide sets out meeting-to-opportunity conversion per rep and source, the no-follow-up list, and what it says.
Per first meeting:
Converted if a qualified opportunity was created on the account within the window Followed up if any logged activity on the account within the window
Per rep, per source:
Conversion = converted ÷ first meetings No follow-up share = meetings with no activity in the window ÷ first meetings
Account and rep identifiers only.
first meetings = converted + followed up without opportunity + no follow-up
Every first meeting in one state at the end of its window.
| Rep | First meetings | Converted | Conversion | No follow-up | Source mix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R-04 | 30 | 4 | 13% | 14 (47%) | 80% cold |
| R-11 | 14 | 9 | 64% | 1 | 60% referral |
| R-17 | 21 | 8 | 38% | 3 | Mixed |
| Source | First meetings | Conversion |
|---|---|---|
| Referral | 22 | 68% |
| Inbound | 18 | 44% |
| Cold outbound | 25 | 12% |
Rep R-04 holds the most meetings, converts one in eight, and never follows up on half of them. Their meetings are mostly cold, which converts at one in eight for everyone, so the source explains part of the gap. The no-follow-up half explains the rest, and it is fourteen accounts with names.
| Pattern | Reading | Response |
|---|---|---|
| Low conversion, source mix poor, follow-up fine | Meeting the wrong accounts | Targeting |
| Low conversion, source mix fine, follow-up poor | Not working the meeting | Process, coaching |
| High conversion, few meetings | Selective; possibly under-loaded | More at the top of the funnel |
Meetings counted, not converted. The rep with thirty wins the dashboard.
No source split. The cold-outreach rep is blamed for the source.
Window unstated. Any opportunity ever created counts.
List after the window. The account has forgotten the meeting.
Mapped once, the activity log, the pipeline and the account source produce conversion per rep and source, the two readings and the no-follow-up list every week. Covirage builds this from the exports as they are. The sales teams page describes the setup, and the activity metrics guide covers why meeting counts were the wrong number in the first place.
A logged meeting on an account with no meeting in the prior stated period, ninety days say, and no open opportunity at the time. It is the meeting that starts a cycle, and it is the one whose conversion says something about the rep and the source.
Thirty to sixty days, stated. An opportunity created six months after a meeting is not that meeting's result. The window is on the report and the same for every rep.
Because meetings from referrals convert at a different rate from meetings from cold outreach, and a rep whose meetings are all cold looks worse than one whose are all referrals for reasons that are not about the rep. The split by source makes the rep comparison fair.