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How many leads should convert to consultations? What's a healthy conversion rate?

Knowing your lead-to-consult benchmark helps you quickly identify whether a dip in booked appointments is an ad problem or a phone intake problem.

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Know the benchmark: 15–25% lead-to-consult is healthy
For hair restoration practices, converting 15–25% of inbound leads into booked consultations is the healthy range. That means for every 100 leads that enter your pipeline, you should be booking 15–25 consultations. Below 10% is a red flag — and it almost always points to a phone intake issue, not a lead quality issue.
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Calculate your current rate in RootLogic
Go to Reporting → Opportunities and set the date range to the last 30 days. Note the total number of opportunities created (these are your leads) and the number that reached Consult Booked stage. Divide Consult Booked by total leads and multiply by 100. That's your conversion rate.
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If you're below 10%, diagnose the phone intake first
A conversion rate below 10% almost never means the ads are sending bad leads — it usually means leads are not being called fast enough, or the phone conversation isn't moving toward a booking. Go to the Activity tab on 10 unconverted contacts and check: How long after the form submit was the first call? Was there a second attempt if no answer? How long did the call last?
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Speed-to-lead is the single biggest lever
Calling a new lead within 5 minutes of their form submit is the #1 driver of lead-to-consult conversion. After 30 minutes, the odds of reaching that person drop dramatically. RootLogic's automated texts buy you some time, but nothing replaces a live call while the patient is still thinking about their hair.
Important: If your conversion rate drops suddenly — say from 20% to 8% in a single month — that is worth flagging to VMMG right away. It could mean a surge in unqualified leads from a new campaign, and the ad targeting may need adjustment.