Migrating from raw MQL volume to CRM-driven Sales Qualified Leads
The Problem
An enterprise software company with 6-month sales cycles was generating a high volume of top-of-funnel MQLs. However, their sales team was wasting 70% of their time conducting demos for unqualified SMBs. The cost to acquire an actual Enterprise SQL was unprofitably high, and the marketing agency was optimizing only for "Form Submits."
Infrastructure Implementation
We stopped optimizing for standard form conversions. Instead, we built a closed-loop integration between Salesforce and Google Ads via Offline Conversion Tracking (OCT). We mapped negative search intent rigorously and trained the bidding algorithm to recognize and bid *only* on users whose CRM status eventually shifted to "SQL" or "Closed-Won".
Project Constraints
Strict SOC2 compliance environment limited our ability to use certain 3rd-party tracking scripts. Budgets were hard-capped and could not be scaled until unit economics were mathematically proven to the CFO.
Cost per SQL (CAC)
New Pipeline Generated
CAC Trend (Month 1 to 3)