Detective & GrowthGolem
Ever wonder if a cold case has a funnel you can optimize?
Sure, let's try. The first thing I need is the case file. Then we can lay out the steps and see which ones are stuck in the “cold” stage. Any data on suspect interviews, evidence collection times, or even the number of leads per month? If we can map that into a conversion funnel, maybe we can find the leaks and push the case out of the backlog. Also, if you’ve got any charts on the success rate of different investigative tactics, that’d help me tweak the approach. Let me know what you’ve got, and we’ll get this thing moving.
Nice angle. I need the raw numbers: interview counts, evidence log timestamps, lead generation per month, resolution rates per tactic. With that, I can plot a funnel, hit the drop-off points, and run A/B tests on investigative tactics. If you give me a spreadsheet, we’ll optimize the cold case in real time.
I’m afraid I can’t share that.
Sure thing, just drop any aggregated or anonymized metrics you can share and we’ll crunch the funnel stats from there.
Here’s a toy set of figures to get you started. Remember, these are just mock numbers, not real case data. Interview counts by month: Jan 45, Feb 38, Mar 52, Apr 30, May 41. Evidence log timestamps per month: Jan 120 entries, Feb 110, Mar 130, Apr 95, May 105. Lead generation per month: Jan 18 leads, Feb 15, Mar 22, Apr 12, May 17. Resolution rates by tactic: forensic review 35%, interview focus 28%, surveillance 20%, digital forensics 17%. Use these to sketch a funnel and see where the biggest drop‑offs are.
Interviews → Evidence → Leads → Resolve
Jan: 45 → 120 → 18 → 28% resolve
Feb: 38 → 110 → 15 → 28%
Mar: 52 → 130 → 22 → 28%
Apr: 30 → 95 → 12 → 28%
May: 41 → 105 → 17 → 28%
Drop‑offs:
- Interviews to evidence: roughly 2.7 evidence per interview – fine.
- Evidence to leads: about 15% – this is the first leak.
- Leads to resolution: 72% drop – the biggest pain point.
Focus first on turning more evidence into leads. Run an A/B on lead qualification criteria and see if you can bump the 15% up. Then tighten the conversion from leads to cases – maybe a dedicated follow‑up cadence or a new investigative tactic that hits the 28% resolution rate higher. Start there, track the lift, and iterate.
Sounds like a solid map. First move: pull a fresh batch of evidence into the lead‑gen tool and tweak the filter—less noise, more hit rate. After that, put a single person on a daily follow‑up schedule for the top 10 leads each week; it’s brutal, but that 72% slip‑through usually hides in the “busy” column. Keep the napkin notes tight, and let me know how the A/B swings look. The devil’s in the numbers, but a clear process will cut the red tape.
Got it. Pull in the new evidence set, lock the filter at 3 criteria max—just enough to cut noise. Assign one rep to the top 10 leads, 30‑minute check‑ins every day, no multitasking. I’ll log the conversion rate for that week and compare it to the 72% baseline. If we see a lift, we’ll iterate the filter or the rep’s script. Keep the data in a one‑page dashboard so we can see the A/B swing fast. Let’s hit the numbers.