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Continued use → Revenue

Activity, but no revenue

People keep moving, but the business can't see what turns into revenue.

The last handoff asks whether useful movement becomes an outcome the business can recognise and learn from: paid work, retained revenue, qualified pipeline. Perfect attribution is rarely available. Inspectable evidence usually is, and it's what tells you where the next pound should go.

What to check

  • Whether source, enquiry, booking and payment sit in one record
  • Free-to-paid conversion and expansion by acquisition source
  • What counts as a conversion, and whether it means a customer
  • Where attribution is measured, and where it is assumed

How to inspect this handoff, in the Growth Leak Diagnostic →

Signs you’re here

  • A busy pipeline and flat revenue
  • Reports count conversions that aren't customers
  • Nobody can say which channel produced last month's revenue
  • Platform numbers add up to more than total sales

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