Act · Speed-to-Lead

Reach every lead before the moment passes

Interest has a half-life, and the difference between a five-minute follow-up and a two-day one is a deal. Use Upside to see how fast sales actually follows up after someone engages, who's still waiting, and where warm leads are going cold.

Speed-to-lead · overview

On the clock
2h 14mmedian · 312 leads
< 15 min
34%
15–60 min
22%
1–4 hrs
18%
4–24 hrs
14%
> 1 day
12%

Reach every lead before interest cools — and see the 12% that slip past a day.

1RESPONSE TIME

See how fast sales really follows up

Everyone agrees speed-to-lead matters, but almost no one can tell you their actual median follow-up time. Use Upside to measure how long it takes sales to respond after someone engages with a campaign, with the fastest and slowest reps and the best and worst campaigns summarized up front, so the standard you talk about is finally a number you can see.

Speed-to-lead · this month

2h 14mmedian follow-up
Fastest · Priya S.6 min
Slowest · Dev R.2d 9h

The standard you talk about is finally a number you can see.

2NEEDS FOLLOW-UP

Route the leads that are still waiting

The leads that hurt most are the ones nobody realizes are sitting untouched. Use Upside to surface a 'needs follow-up' list grouped by owner, so every rep knows exactly who's still waiting on them and warm interest gets a touch before it cools instead of quietly aging out.

Needs follow-up · by owner

13 waiting
DDev R.7oldest 2d
MMarta L.4oldest 1d
SSam K.2oldest 9h

Every rep knows exactly who's still waiting on them.

3REP LEADERBOARD

Hold the whole team to a follow-up standard

Speed-to-lead coaching usually comes down to a manager's memory of one bad example. Use Upside to see speed-to-follow-up leaderboards by rep, by campaign, and by month, so you can hold the whole team to a standard on evidence, spot the reps who need help, and recognize the ones setting the pace.

Leaderboard · by rep

Rep · campaign · month
Priya S.6 min
Sam K.48 min
Marta L.3h 20m
Dev R.2d 9h

Coach the slow reps, recognize the ones setting the pace.

4CAMPAIGN STATUS

Know which campaigns hand off leads that get worked

A campaign can generate great leads and still lose them to a slow hand-off. Use Upside to see follow-up status per campaign, so you know which programs get worked fast and which ones are wasting the demand they create, and can fix the routing before you pour more budget in.

Follow-up · by campaign

Webinar · AI in GTM94% worked
Gated report71% worked
Trade show list38% worked

The trade-show list generates leads and loses them to a slow hand-off.

Live example · built on Upside

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Campaign Follow-Up Tracker · Sales
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What you get when follow-up has a standard

What Upside unlocks

A follow-up time you can actually see

Median speed-to-lead with fastest and slowest reps and campaigns, so the standard is a number instead of a hope.

No warm lead left waiting

A needs-follow-up list grouped by owner, so every rep knows who's still waiting and interest gets a touch before it cools.

Coaching and routing on evidence

Leaderboards by rep, campaign, and month, so you coach the slow reps and fix the campaigns that lose leads to a slow hand-off.

I had the data to make the case. We could see the impact these conversations were having on our bottom line and made the case to invest more.
Lindsey Marymont, Head of Demand Generation · Assembled

Related use cases

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Deal Execution & Coaching

Turn every deal into a runbook and coach the team on the next best move, from first touch to close.

Frequently asked questions

How does Upside measure follow-up time?

Upside ties each engagement to the sales activity that followed it in your unified data, so it can measure the real gap between when someone engaged and when a rep responded, then roll that up by rep, campaign, and month.

Can reps see their own leads that need follow-up?

Yes. The needs-follow-up list is grouped by owner, so each rep sees exactly which leads are still waiting on them, and managers see the whole picture across the team.

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