Second, the past quarter saw significant expansion in our sales and marketing costs, increasing $2.4 million from the second quarter of 2021, excluding the impact of M&A. This includes almost $1 million related to our national client conference held in person this year for the first time since the onset of the pandemic. This increased investment is necessary to capitalize on the TrueBridge growth opportunity and to maintain our recent momentum in bookings.

Aug 2, 2022 / CFO / receipt, needs a key / Matt Fischer, CFO | earnings call 2022-08-02 | transcript 0fc7dd2a-4a46-4ee6-9839-87bed3a64ca1 | chars 8914-9374 | segment 9