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Executive SummaryThe 20% Close Rate Is Misleading

Total Appointments
103
60 days, no DQ/email quotes
Closed Won
21
20.4% of total booked
Real Close Rate
45.7%
Of resolved sits only
No-Shows
24
23% no-show rate
Still In Pipeline
33
32% unresolved
The Real Story

The team is closing at 45.7% of deals that actually sat and resolved — right where January was. The 20% headline is diluted by 24 no-shows (23%) and 33 deals (32%) still working through the pipe. This is not a closing crisis. It's a show-up crisis and a pipeline timing issue.

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Samarah's PerformanceMonth-by-Month Close Rate

MonthWonLost (excl DQ)Total SitsClose Rate
Oct 202514274134.1%
Nov 202512243633.3%
Dec 20258202828.6%
Jan 202619274641.3%
Feb 202613304330.2%
Mar 202613415424.1%

6-month average: 30.7%

March's "Crash" Is Mostly Pipeline Cleanup

Roughly 17–19 of March's 41 "closed lost" deals were stale pipeline from 2024–2025 that got bulk-closed on March 12–13 and March 27. These were not real March losses. When stale pipeline cleanup deals are removed, March's adjusted close rate is approximately 35–37% — a drift, not a cliff.

What Actually Changed in Feb & March
  • More "staying in house" and "HO said no" rejections — contacts were interested but higher-ups killed deals. Authority not confirmed at setter level.
  • Weaker DBMs — January had strong pain ("can't tell things are cleaned," "contract ending"). By March: "just looking for a quote," "price only."
  • Contract objections are new — "CONTRACT IS DEAL BREAKER" and "still in contract" appearing in March. Setters not qualifying contract status.
  • Smaller deal sizes — January had whales ($2,736, $1,696, $1,242). March wins are mostly $290–$400.
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60-Day PerformanceSetter Scorecard

SetterBookedWonWin RateAssessment
Melcher Carpio24520.8%Volume Leader
Aika Arcillas18422.2%Best Quality
Joyce Donayre18422.2%Solid, Needs Filter
Elvie Herbolingo14535.7%Top Performer
Saeed Rashid1000%Critical Problem
Joie Isidro600%Zero Closes
Omolade Favor3133.3%Low Volume
Raj Akinniyi3133.3%Low Volume
Rocky Baldado200%Inactive
Erika Cabantog200%Inactive
Jared Rodriguez100%Inactive
Bottom 5 Setters: 21 Bookings, 1 Win

Saeed, Joie, Rocky, Erika, and Jared combined booked 21 appointments and produced 1 close. That's 20% of total volume producing near-zero revenue. Meanwhile Melcher, Aika, Joyce, and Elvie carry the entire operation with 74 bookings and 18 wins.

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Activity MetricsPer-Week Averages & No-Show Rates

SetterBookedBooked/WkNo-SitsSitsSits/WkNo-Show %
Melcher242.85192.221%
Aika182.17111.339%
Joyce182.12161.911%
Elvie141.62121.414%
Saeed101.2280.920%
Joie60.7060.70%
Omolade30.3210.167%
Rocky20.2200.0100%
Raj30.3120.233%
Erika20.2110.150%
Jared10.1010.10%
TOTAL10312.024799.223%
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Individual AnalysisSetter-by-Setter Deep Dive

MC
Melcher Carpio
24 booked · 5 won · 10 lost · 5 no-sit · 4 pipeline
33.3%
Resolved Win Rate
2.8
Booked/Week
2.2
Sits/Week
$441
Avg Win Value

Volume leader but 3–4 losses were leads with thin DBMs or no authority confirmed. Trish First General — contact wanted it, HO killed it. Roxanne City Sheet — price-only lead. Gerald Golden Palm — weak urgency. Shannon Bella Turf — email price check. If those 4 were filtered out, Melcher's pipeline would be 20 deals with a 45.5% close rate. Quality control is the fix, not more volume.

Key Issue

Authority not confirmed on deals. Booking people who can't make the final decision. Also letting price-only leads through without a real DBM.

AA
Aika Arcillas
18 booked · 4 won · 2 lost · 7 no-sit · 5 pipeline
66.7%
Resolved Win Rate
2.1
Booked/Week
1.3
Sits/Week
39%
No-Show Rate

Aika's issue isn't closing — it's no-shows. 7 of 18 never sat (39%). Aika books legitimately strong leads (Ritvik Mampster $9,882, Ryan Yard & Flagon, Salik Universal Supply) but they're not showing up. The booking confirmation process needs tightening. If even 3 of those 7 had sat at that 67% close rate, that's 2 more wins. Also has 5 strong deals still in pipeline.

Quality Benchmark

Aika is the standard other setters should be trained against. Specific, pain-based DBMs. Active switching signals. Clear urgency. Every appointment has a reason to meet.

JD
Joyce Donayre
18 booked · 4 won · 6 lost · 2 no-sit · 6 pipeline
40.0%
Resolved Win Rate
2.1
Booked/Week
1.9
Sits/Week (Best)
11%
No-Show Rate

Best sit rate on the team (89%) and close rate is exactly at the 40% target. But 3 of 6 losses (Bryson, Edward, Andrea) were qualification failures — contract terms, frequency, and pricing weren't screened before booking. These are people who had disqualifying conditions that a few questions would have caught. Remove those 3, and the numbers become 4/7 = 57% close rate. Strong pipeline with Sarah Costantini ($895), Pedro EMedia ($895), Chris Berendsen ($290) in verbal agreement.

Fix

Add 3 mandatory screening questions: (1) What are you paying now? (2) Are you in a contract? (3) Do you need weekly or less? These alone would have prevented 3 losses.

EH
Elvie Herbolingo ★ Top Performer
14 booked · 5 won · 1 lost · 2 no-sit · 6 pipeline
83.3%
Resolved Win Rate
1.6
Booked/Week
1.4
Sits/Week
$539
Avg Win Value

Best closer by a mile. 83% win rate on resolved sits. Wins include Usman Soho ($400), Amanda Homer Animal Hospital ($382), Taylor Turning Leaf ($1,221), Cory Lynch Bus ($401), Serena Kerr Design ($290). Real businesses with real pain. Only 1 loss — Cat Gearhead ($290), where the contact was interested but management killed it. Has 3 deals in presentation-done stage that could close soon.

Highest ROI Move

Elvie's only weakness is volume — 1.6 booked/week is below the other core setters. If Elvie booked at Melcher's rate (2.8/week) with that 83% close rate, the output would be 8–9 wins per 60 days instead of 5. Getting more dials and contacts flowing to Elvie is the single best investment available.

SR
Saeed Rashid
10 booked · 0 won · 4 lost · 2 no-sit · 4 pipeline
0%
Resolved Win Rate
1.2
Booked/Week
0.9
Sits/Week
0
Revenue Generated

Zero wins in 60 days. The lowest volume of any core setter and the weakest close rate. 3 of 4 losses had disqualifying information that basic screening questions would have caught: Yang's sqft was wrong, Christina was paying half what the quote came in at, Tammy was in a contract. These should never have hit Samarah's calendar. Even if 1–2 pipeline deals close, the 60-day output would be 1–2 wins from 10 bookings — 10–20% when the team average is 46% of resolved sits.

Critical Failures
  • Yang Intertek — sqft not verified (thought 3,200, was actually 8,700). Price-only DBM.
  • Christina Success Tutorial — paying $1,600, quote came in at $3,395. Current price never asked.
  • Tammy TJH2b — still in contract. Contract status not pre-qualified.
  • Yuliya Amrize — ghosted after presentation. Moderate DBM, no urgency.
JI
Joie Isidro
6 booked · 0 won · 0 lost · 0 no-sit · 6 pipeline
N/A
Win Rate (none resolved)
0.7
Booked/Week

All 6 deals still in pipeline — zero resolved outcomes to judge. Includes Doug Loblaw ($7,000, pres done) which is a whale that could change everything. But DBM quality is mixed: Doug and Tina are strong, Jenise is price-only, Mukul is C-rated price-only. The primary concern is volume — 0.7 bookings/week is barely one appointment every 10 days. Even if 2–3 close, the throughput isn't enough to move the needle.

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Remaining Setters
Omolade (3) · Raj (3) · Rocky (2) · Erika (2) · Jared (1)

Omolade Favor (3 booked, 1 won) — Kelly Avenuephysio closed. The other 2 no-sat. Not enough data — the issue is pure volume at 0.3/week.

Raj Akinniyi (3 booked, 1 won) — Samantha CBDentistry ($671) closed, A-rated lead. Same story: quality looks fine, volume is the problem.

Rocky Baldado (2 booked, 0 won) — Both appointments no-sat. Zero sits in 60 days. Not producing anything usable.

Erika Cabantog (2 booked, 0 won) — G All Spec lost (C-rated, price-only). One deal that sat in 60 days and it was a junk lead.

Jared Rodriguez (1 booked, 0 won) — Gordon Blackbird (pres done). The DBM was "he said he wants better cleaning." One deal in 60 days with a one-sentence DBM.

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March 16–28 AnalysisLead Quality Breakdown

34 non-DQ'd, non-email-quote appointments booked in this 13-day window. Here's how they sort into quality tiers:

Strong
11
32% of appointments
Moderate
13
38% of appointments
Weak
10
29% — shouldn't be on calendar
Setter Quality Scores — March 16–28
SetterBookedStrongModerateWeakQuality
Aika651083% Strong
Joie621350% Weak
Joyce722343% Weak
Saeed6150Soft Not Junk
Melcher5041Moderate Heavy
Elvie2002Recent Dip
Jared1001Weak
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Quality ControlWeak Appointments — Sorted by Date

These 10 appointments had no real DBM, were price-only, or were not real opportunities. They should not have made it to Samarah's calendar.

Mar 16
Jenise — Stormore Home Solutions, Surrey ($387)
"interested to get a better pricing" — price only
Setter: Joie Isidro
Mar 18
Edward — Skyline Electrical, Calgary ($290) → LOST
"window once in a while" — only wanted biweekly
Setter: Joyce Donayre
Mar 18
Aman — Capilano Volkswagen, North Vancouver ($2,445)
"spots missed on top of cabinets" — thin DBM on a $2,445 deal
Setter: Elvie Herbolingo
Mar 23
Mukul — Rent it Furnished, Vancouver ($290) · C-Rating
"open to look at other quotes, price only"
Setter: Joie Isidro
Mar 23
Pedro — EMedia Digital, Vancouver ($895)
"looking for a lower price"
Setter: Joyce Donayre
Mar 25
Justine Chu — Marpole Transport, Delta ($995)
No DBM written at all
Setter: Melcher Carpio
Mar 25
Myr — Saskatoon Open Door Society ($590)
No DBM — "Just Looking For Quote"
Setter: Joie Isidro
Mar 26
Gordon Blackbird — Treaty Aboriginal Rights, Winnipeg ($290)
"He said he wants better cleaning" — that's the entire DBM
Setter: Jared Rodriguez
Mar 26
Kashish — Prism Construction, Delta ($450)
"Just Looking For Quote; Price Only"
Setter: Elvie Herbolingo
Mar 27
Dylan — Captain's Cabin Pub, Mission ($1,500)
"doing just fine but looking to save money"
Setter: Joyce Donayre
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Findings & RecommendationsWhy 20% and Not 40%

The close rate isn't actually 20%. It's being suppressed by four compounding issues:

1 · 32% of deals haven't resolved yet

A third of the pipeline is still alive. When these close or die, the real win rate will emerge. Right now it's artificially suppressed by open deals. The resolved sit close rate is 45.7% — right on target.

2 · 23% no-show rate is eating capacity

24 of 103 appointments never sat. Aika is running at 39% no-show alone — 7 strong leads that never showed. Rocky is at 100% no-shows. That's not a closing problem, it's a confirmation and show-up problem. Fixing this is cheaper and faster than any hire.

3 · Qualification gaps are creating unwinnable deals

Saeed (0/4), Joyce (3 preventable losses), and Melcher (3–4 preventable losses) are all booking deals where basic screening questions — current price, contract status, decision authority, frequency needs — would have filtered out leads that were never going to close. That's roughly 8–10 losses across the team that shouldn't have been on the calendar.

4 · Bottom 5 setters are producing near-zero

Saeed, Joie, Omolade, Rocky, Erika, and Jared combined: 24 bookings, 1 win. That's 23% of all bookings producing almost nothing. Meanwhile Melcher, Aika, Joyce, and Elvie carry the entire operation at 74 bookings and 18 wins.

The Fix Is Not "Close Harder"

The fix is: (1) tighten setter qualification with mandatory screening questions, (2) fix the no-show leak with a confirmation sequence, (3) let the 33 pipeline deals resolve, and (4) get the bottom setters either performing at Aika and Elvie's quality standard or replaced with people who can.

Mandatory Setter Screening Questions
  • What are you paying right now? (catches pricing gaps before presentation)
  • Are you in a contract? When does it end? (catches contract objections)
  • Are you the person who makes the final decision on this? (catches authority gaps)
  • How often do you need cleaning — weekly? (catches frequency mismatches)
  • What specifically isn't getting cleaned well? (forces specific DBM, not "better cleaning")