“We're rated number one in G2.”
G2
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“you get back a list on let's say G2”
“I'm on G2 Crowd and there's 24 CRMs in the top right corner.”
“people are talking on App Stores and G2 crowd”
“a good way to explore your space and your relevant categories would be to go to G2 crowd or software advice”
“we had to meet with them and explain what it was and talk to them about the differentiation of this category”
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