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Sales Technology: 3 Trends You Need to Know

Intercom, Inc.

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended entire industries, forcing rapid change in the ways companies do business and dramatically accelerating the adoption of new technologies. Modern customers expect a fluid, digital-first sales experience that feels like a good conversation with someone who understands their needs ”.

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Core responsibility: How we scaled our core technologies team

Intercom, Inc.

It’s a familiar problem for all companies that scale fast – how do you keep your core technologies manageable for the increasing number of teams that depend on them? How our core technologies were being used was also diverging, leading to needlessly increased complexity in our systems. Our first challenge – Elasticsearch.

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Cloud is Eating all of Technology and Software… Is it Sustainable?

SaaStr

Privacy debt = new technical debt ??Cloud Automation at scale. A few key learnings and top trends to consider: #1 There is unlimited potential; even with COVID ‘craziness’ As we continue to face and adapt to the challenges of COVID-19, many companies are turning to Cloud for Business Continuity and growth.

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What we learned from Scale in 2020

Intercom, Inc.

This year, we launched Scale , a new content strand focusing on how industry leaders are propelling their companies forward by keeping their customers front and center. . When we created Scale, we had no idea what the year would hold in store; we simply knew that investing in long-term customer relationships was the key to success.

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Tech Trends to Take Your Sales Tech Stack to the Next Level: The Startup Sales Stack Report 2020

Sales Hacker

Having the right technology in place is often the difference between success and failure, and this is even more true for startups and SMB, where you have a small team and limited resources. Today, we’re seeing a continuous trend of vendor consolidation across multiple software categories. Vendor Consolidation.

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What Makes a Great VP of Marketing in SaaS: A Deep Dive with Jason and Dave Gerhardt, ex-VPM of Drift

SaaStr

Lemkin expresses concern about the changing work ethic and loyalty of sales and marketing professionals, observing a trend of multiple job-holding and lack of commitment. Revenue per employee has doubled since 2021, leading to budget cuts and the necessity for leaders to achieve more with fewer resources.

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Why customer engagement is the key to business growth in 2022 and beyond

Intercom, Inc.

To answer it, we believe that there are three recurring trends that are shaping the future of business: First, businesses across all industries are facing pressure to become digital businesses. Third, the lines between sales, marketing, product, and support are blurring. This trend shows no signs of slowing down.

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