How Can Australian Businesses Improve Lead Quality in 2026?
Your sales team is drowning in leads that go nowhere. Marketing proudly reports hundreds of monthly inquiries while salespeople spend 60% of their time chasing prospects who were never going to buy—wrong budget, wrong timing, wrong fit. The disconnect between lead quantity and lead quality is costing Australian businesses millions in wasted sales capacity and missed revenue targets. This quality crisis affects B2B companies across every sector. According to 2025 research by the Australian Sales Acceleration Council, 67% of Australian sales teams report that fewer than 30% of marketing-generated leads ever qualify for meaningful sales conversations. The problem isn't lack of leads—it's that most lead generation Australia efforts optimize for volume over fit, filling pipelines with contacts who will never convert while genuine opportunities get lost in the noise. The solution isn't generating fewer leads—it's implementing systematic approaches that dramatically improve le...