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Nico: Definitely. Nico: Definitely. But we also use new tools such as Intercom to gather intent from inbound leads, or to gather intent from outbound companies that come back to the website. The CIT send over accounts to inbound SCRs and outbound SCRs who are really at the tip of the spear. Nico: Oh yeah, definitely.
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