The Leak Detector · Chapter 5

The Follow-Up Leak

Most businesses follow up two or three times and quit. The real money is in month four, month eight, year two. Stay front of mind without being annoying. That’s the leak.

Most sales happen on the seventh touch

Eighty percent of sales need at least five follow-ups. The average salesperson stops at two. The gap between those numbers is your follow-up leak. The fix isn’t harder selling. It’s lighter, smarter touches over a longer arc.

80%

Of sales require at least five follow-ups

44%

Of salespeople quit after one no

18 mo

Average sales cycle for high-ticket B2B

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After you build your playbook

Pick one touch.

Don’t try to build a full cadence. Pick one thing you can do for every customer this month.

Make it remembered.

If the touch isn’t useful, memorable, or human, it’s noise. Cut it.

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The follow-up doesn't have to feel like a follow-up.

The garage door company that leaves the leftover material on the porch. The contractor who calls six months later just to check the roof held up. That’s the leak you’re plugging.