6 Slack Hacks Only the Smartest People on Your Team Know About

6 Slack Hacks Only the Smartest People on Your gruppe Know About If youre anything like me, youre constantly looking for ways to cut down on schmelzglas and streamline your business life (well, all of life, but for now, lets just focus on business). So, if havent already heard about Slack, you need to get on board the bandwagon ASAP. Ten million users cant be wrong, and any company that dubs itself the email killer is worth a second look. Slack is a live-messaging application that allows you to talk to your gruppe via text or video/audio call, share files and keep your communications organized by topic. Its also allowed my growing law firm to reduce internal emails by 90% and increase efficiencies across three offices. To make the most out of the app, practice these six hacks and look forward to a tidier inbox.1. You can organize channels by topic, client or project.Slack is a great way to organize and focus your conversations with your team. You can create different channels (think chatrooms la 1990) and state a purpose for each channel (Help John Doe leid get sued). Depending on your industry, you can create channels for specific clients or projects. You can also create channels for non-work-related banter, like a virtual water cooler. This encourages interpersonal relationships between team members without it being a distraction.2. You can set reminders.Ever forget something you swore you wouldnt? Yeah, me too. Luckily, Slack has a great feature where you can set reminders and make sure youre not dropping the ball. For me, the reminders are in specific project channels and can be as simple as Remember to follow up with Jane Doe and obtain financial records.3. You can connect Slack to other apps.Slack plays nicely with lots of other apps, which can make life exponentially easier. Under the add apps section, you can easily integrate Asana, Google Docs, Gmail, Google Calendar, Twitter and a whole host of other apps that you and your team may already be using. How nice would it be to have a conversation in a channel with a teammate and then instantly create a follow up task in Asana? Or, share an email regarding a critical project with the team thats working on it, instead of risking its loss in the inbox shuffle?4. You can create single channel users.What if you are working with a contractor or a client and you want to be able to collaborate using the awesome power of Slack? Have no fear Slack allows you to create a single channel user where a person who is not a full member of the team can only access the one channel you give them permission to access. Your business secrets and client confidentiality can remain safeessential for law firms, CPAs, and other companies that provide professional services and handle confidential information.5. You can create private channels.Managing a team is a whole lot easier with Slack. Private channels that are restricted to the members of the leadership team mean an end to worrying about employees overh earing conversations between leaders. Especially if your management team is distributed across several cities or offices, operating this way is a must. Users are also not able to read private messages in Slack think direct messages and private-channels unless they have a particular subscription. This is normally the case in industries such as finance, where employers are required to keep diligent and complete communication records. As a manager, you can decide how long the conversations are stored in the cloud. Use of Slack for these types of private conversations means youll need the proper policies in place to guide your companys data storage, security and code of conduct about what is or is not appropriate communication within your organization.6. You can use all the keyboard shortcuts.You can departure a call, end a call and toggle between channels all with just a few strokes of your keyboard. Slack has an entire list of keyboard shortcuts to help you use the app more efficien tly.Slack has been a game changer for my firm. It has helped us establish more organized and efficient processes and become one of the fastest growing law firms in Idaho. Its worth taking the time to check it out and integrate it within your organization.