THE CAPTAIN'S LOG

Welcome aboard! The VSSL crew is back with more resources and helpful insights to ensure your business is on the right track. We’ve also included a few crew highlights to catch up on the latest news. Keep diving to learn more.

1% FOR THE PLANET

VSSL for Change is our internal initiative to make a positive change in the world through education, discussion and giving back. And this year, we’re proud to announce that we’ve supercharged that focus on positive change, by joining?1% for the Planet, and pledging to donate 1% of our annual sales to support environmental organizations.

VSSL TAKES SILVER AT THE ONE AWARDS

The VSSL team took home the Silver Award in the Interactive, Online & Mobile: Utility category for our work on the ASTERRA customer portal. The customer portal we designed helps customers interact with their data in meaningful ways and see the clear ROI of their engagement.

SALESFORCE CERTIFIED PARTNER

VSSL recently became a Salesforce Certified Consulting Partner, validating the custom solutions, implementations and integrations we’ve developed within their ecosystem. Need help migrating from another platform or getting your existing organization in order? Get in touch!

CASE STUDY: HOW WE HELPED WITRICITY

WiTricity is working to bring wireless charging for electric vehicles to market and, with a brand-new team, needed to build out their core martech infrastructure to be ready for growth. Thanks to VSSL's efforts, they can now better understand their leads, track referral business in one place, and segment opportunities around different service offerings. Additionally, we won our second?HubSpot Impact Award?in a row for our work with WiTricity!

CREW'S QUARTERS?

Here we go—the latest updates from the VSSL crew. Find out what we’ve been up to!

Welcome Aboard Emma!

• Emma joins as our newest Sr. Marketing Account Manager – we’re excited to add her expertise to the crew.

VSSL-Approved Internet Finds:?

• The Wonders of Street View: Have you ever wanted to spend hours perusing a collection of weird and unusual sites on Google Maps?
• Designing the Next Wordle: Guardian editor, David Shariatmadari was challenged by a colleague to create the next Wordle. He came up with a new game called Wordiply and documented the design process in this article.
• The Booj Strikes Back: Twenty Thousand Hertz is a podcast about recognizable and interesting sounds, and in this episode, they explore the overused clichés in today’s blockbuster movie trailers.
• The Strongest Passwords: Do the recent security breaches freak you out? Us too … so the team came up with a new, extra secure password generator. According to our calculations, it would take about one hundred octillion quinquagintillion years to crack one of these bad boys.

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