Articles tagged "Team chat"

How to automatically create tasks from email or Slack messages

Does it ever feel like half of the time you spend "working" is actually just copying over information and tasks from one piece of software to another? Rather than wasting time manually copy-and-pasting between apps, let automation deal with it?

How to get custom chat notifications for new form submissions or emails

Nobody can possibly keep track of all the information coming into your organization every day, so a little automation can help you stay on top of your work and give your new contacts a great experience with your team.

3 ways to empower your team with automation

The automated workflows that orchestrate tasks behind the scenes are what empower L. Michelle Smith and her team to do our best work. Here's a look inside her tech stack and the Zaps that power it.

Slack vs. Discord: Which should you use?

Comparing Slack to Discord doesn't, at first glance, make sense. It's apples to oranges—or, more accurately, conference room to arcade—in terms of branding.

Why messaging apps are still useful in the office

Team chat apps make remote work easier. I'd even say they're what make remote work possible. But that doesn't mean team chat apps are only useful for remote work: these tools won't stop being useful just because your team is moving back to their desks.

Turn Microsoft Teams into the ultimate collaboration hub with these automation ideas

Out of all the team chat apps out there, Microsoft Teams' distinct advantage is its integration with Microsoft 365 products such as Excel and Outlook. Streamlining work and communication is a huge plus for small businesses needing to move quickly.

How to use Zapier within Microsoft Teams

The new Zapier integration for Microsoft Teams is here. For those unaware, Microsoft Teams is a team chat app competing with the likes of Slack.

How Icebreaker uses Zapier and Wufoo to get close to customers

When thousands of your wool-wearing customers send you feedback from all over the world in different languages, deciphering and sending that information to the right teams can be challenging.

Create helpful documentation from Slack messages

Whenever I have a question at work, the first place I go is Slack. After a while, you could build an FAQ page out of just my messages, and it would have been so much easier if we had just done that from the beginning.

Wait, is Skype shutting down? 

Microsoft recently announced that Skype for Business Online is shutting down on July 31, 2021. But the consumer version of Skype, which you can download for free, isn't going anywhere. So: what's happening?