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Why does paid traffic not increase total traffic?

When I run ads, total traffic barely changes.

Symptom

Blended funnel conversion rate looks healthy at 3.1% and every summary metric on the dashboard shows green.

Cause

A single blended rate collapses five stage transitions into one number, hiding a 9pp MoM collapse at MQL-to-SQL under rising top-of-funnel volume.

Impact

Deals stall at qualification, deal cycles stretch 2.7×, and quota attainment erodes for months before the blended number shifts enough to alert.

Full diagnostic context

When I run ads, total traffic barely changes.

Blended funnel conversion rate looks healthy at 3.1% and every summary metric on the dashboard shows green.

A single blended rate collapses five stage transitions into one number, hiding a 9pp MoM collapse at MQL-to-SQL under rising top-of-funnel volume.

Deals stall at qualification, deal cycles stretch 2.7×, and quota attainment erodes for months before the blended number shifts enough to alert.